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Why RERA & Income Tax Reconciliation Is Crucial for Real Estate Developers

Income Tax : Increasing use of RERA data by tax authorities makes alignment between project disclosures and income tax reporting essential to a...

June 16, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

Which Income-Tax Law Applies to Returns Filed After 1st April 2026?

Income Tax : Taxpayers are facing confusion following the introduction of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The key clarification is that income earned...

June 16, 2026 519 Views 0 comment Print

Presumptive Audit Controversy: Profit Trigger vs Turnover Trigger

Income Tax : The issue concerns whether declaring profits below the presumptive rate automatically triggers tax audit or whether turnover thres...

June 16, 2026 1881 Views 0 comment Print

Don’t Blindly Trust Form 16: One Small Error Can Trigger a Huge Tax Demand

Income Tax : The case demonstrates how an incorrect exemption claim based on Form 16 led to scrutiny and penalty proceedings. The Tribunal ulti...

June 15, 2026 1887 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Tax Provisions, Challan, e-payment Utility & Examples

Income Tax : This article explains the advance tax provisions under the Income-tax Act, including liability thresholds, exemptions, and instalm...

June 15, 2026 195519 Views 14 comments Print


Latest News


Income Tax Superintendent Caught by CBI in Bribery Case Linked to PAN Deletion

Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...

June 6, 2026 6115 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Prioritizes Old Appeals as Rising Pendency Requires Urgent Disposal Measures

Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...

June 5, 2026 267 Views 0 comment Print

Request for Rationalisation and Merger of TDS Return Codes 1023 & 1024

Income Tax : A representation has urged CBDT to merge TDS return codes 1023 and 1024, arguing that both apply to the same contract payments wit...

June 4, 2026 1761 Views 0 comment Print

Reduce CASS 2026 Scrutiny Cases Due to New Income Tax Act Transition Challenges: ITGOA

Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...

May 21, 2026 3816 Views 1 comment Print

Representation for timely release of e-filing utilities for ITR for AY 2026-27

Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...

May 13, 2026 4005 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Madras HC Upholds Section 80IA Deduction as Audit Report Filed Before Assessment Completion

Income Tax : The Court held that, for assessment year 2009-10, filing the audit report along with the return was directory and not mandatory. D...

June 16, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Cancels Section 263 Revision as Issue Was Already Pending Before CIT(A)

Income Tax : The Chennai ITAT held that the Pr. CIT could not invoke Section 263 on matters already under consideration before the appellate au...

June 16, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 69B Addition as Excess Stock Was Recorded as Business Income

Income Tax : The Chennai ITAT held that excess stock found during a survey could not be taxed as unexplained investment when it had been accoun...

June 16, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Denies Section 80GGC Deduction as Political Party Denied Reciept of Donation

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the disallowance of a ₹10 lakh deduction after the recipient political party informed the tax authorities th...

June 16, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Sustains Section 80GGC Political Donation Addition as Donation Was Found to Be Non-Genuine

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the denial of deduction under Section 80GGC after finding that the political donation formed part of an allege...

June 16, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Issues Complete Income Tax Scrutiny Guidelines for FY 2026-27

Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...

June 7, 2026 48498 Views 1 comment Print

Income-Tax (Amendment) Commencement Ordinance, 2026

Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...

June 6, 2026 690 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies Infrastructure Sub-Sectors as Eligible Businesses Under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...

June 2, 2026 558 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves National Institute of Advanced Studies as Scientific Research Institution  

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves S. Nijalingappa Sugar Institute for Scientific Research Tax Benefit Eligibility 

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print


Relief measures announced due to Covid outbreak

July 7, 2021 1392 Views 2 comments Print

Relief measures announced due to Covid outbreak & 25% Tax under Section 115BA on certain Domestic Companies Relief Measures Announced By Finance Minister DUE TO COVID-19 Outbreak India 2021 INCOME TAX PARTICULARS DUE DATE EXTENDED TO Filing of Belated or Original Income Tax Return for FY 2018-19 30th June 2020 Linking of Aadhaar – PAN […]

Provisions of Section 194Q of Income Tax Act 1961

July 7, 2021 2523 Views 2 comments Print

Income tax updates Newly Inserted Section 194Q Section 194Q of the Income Tax Act is introduced vide the Finance Act, 2021, has come into effect from 01-07-2021. The new section 194Q applies to any buyer who is responsible to pay for purchase of goods of the value or aggregate of value exceeding INR 50 Lakh in the […]

Rule 8AC Computation of short term capital gains & written down

July 7, 2021 7917 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT inserts new Income Tax Rule 8AC -Computation of short term capital gains and written down value under section 50 where depreciation on goodwill has been obtained vide Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax | Dated: 7th July, 2021 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax | […]

Applicability of newly inserted provisions of Section 148A: HC Stays the matter

July 7, 2021 8550 Views 0 comment Print

Briefly, the issue concerns the applicability of the newly inserted provisions of Section 148A and the amendments brought inter alia in Section 149 of the Act. According to the petitioner, the proceedings should conform to the amended provisions.

Exempted Income from House property

July 7, 2021 57432 Views 0 comment Print

Exempted Income from House property There are certain cases where income from House property is exempted. As per section 10 of Income Tax Act 1961, below income are exempted and not to be included while calculating the total income of Assessee. 1. [Section 2(1)(c)] Agricultural House Property Income from such house property which is situated […]

FAQs on TDS under Section 194Q Inserted from 01.07.2021

July 7, 2021 141045 Views 11 comments Print

1. On which type of Assessee section 194Q applies? Ans. Any person, being a buyer whose total sales/gross receipts/turnover from the business carried on by him exceed 10 crore rupees during the F.Y. immediately preceding the F.Y. in which the purchase of goods is carried out, not being a person, as the Central Government may, […]

Higher TDS for Income Tax Return Defaulters w.e.f. 01.07.2021

July 7, 2021 7611 Views 4 comments Print

Higher TDS for Income Tax Return Defaulters w.e.f. 01.07.2021-Decoding section 206AB Have you filed ITR for the previous two years? If not, then this article can disappoint you. This is the hard truth that income tax department has introduced a new section 206AB effective from 01.07.2021 that ensures higher deduction of TDS of the payees […]

Bombay HC on Section 148 notices issued after 31st March, 2021

July 6, 2021 27591 Views 1 comment Print

Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) 1. Mr. Jehangir Mistri, learned Senior Advocate appearing for petitioner vehemently contends that the impugned notice under section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 in the present matter issued on 21/05/2021 is absolutely untenable on various grounds. He submits several provisions of the Income Tax […]

IT deduction cannot be claimed during section 153A Assessment if not claimed in original assessment proceedings

July 6, 2021 2130 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment or re-assessment made in pursuance to Section 153A of the IT Act, is not a de novo assessment and therefore, it was not open to the Appellant to claim and be allowed deduction or allowance of expenditure which it had not claimed in the original assessment proceedings which in the case of the Appellant stood completed.

Evolution of the Income Tax Statute Over Centuries

July 6, 2021 23118 Views 4 comments Print

‘Income tax’ is of a comparatively recent origin, first introduced as a ‘War Tax’ in England in the year 1798, by William Pitt. In the following year a 10 per cent, duty was imposed on all incomes above a basic limit. Under the 1799 Act of England, the taxpayer was ‘required to give a return of his income from every-source. In the year 1816 the tax was entirely withdrawn. An Act was introduced by Sir Robert Peel in 1842 formulating a code which to a large extent remains in force in England till date.

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