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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 186 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 804 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 2994 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 1923 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 195558 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 6118 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 1767 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 3822 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 99 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 93 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 111 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 87 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 102 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 48555 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 207 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


Detailed Analysis of TDS under Section 194-IA

November 25, 2020 16848 Views 1 comment Print

Section 194-IA is very familiar but tricky section to implement in real life. Though it is effected from year 2013, so many people are still unaware about many different things related to 194-IA and hence today I am writing this all inclusive article on Section 194-IA which will include everything from basic section, its compliance, […]

No rejection of books of account if no specific defect pointed out by AO

November 25, 2020 2319 Views 0 comment Print

Rejection of books of accounts under section 145(3) was not justified as once the books of accounts had been prepared/recasted, AO could not go back to the stage of survey proceedings  to contend that since no books of accounts were available at that point in time, he would not consider the books of accounts so recasted/prepared and furnished subsequently.

Section 11 exemption on donation by a charitable trust to others for utilization towards charitable objects.

November 25, 2020 4950 Views 0 comment Print

Inter-trust donations from one charitable trust to another for utilization by the donee trust for charitable purposes was proper application of income for charitable purposes in the hands of the donee trust and it would not affect the exemption claimed as application by the Donor trust.

No TP adjustment for Overdue Receivables which already been considered in working capital adjustment

November 24, 2020 1377 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether overdue receivables from AEs is considered as an international transaction? ITAT direct the learned transfer pricing officer to delete the addition on account of interest on overdue receivable from associated enterprise. Accordingly ground of the appeal is allowed.

Assessment u/s 153C cannot be made in absence of incriminating documents discovered during search

November 24, 2020 1989 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs S.R.Trust (Madras High Court) Conclusion: In the absence of any incriminating documents or evidence discovered during the course of search under Section 132 in the case of searched person against the assessee, the jurisdiction under the provisions of Section 153C could not be assumed. Held:  Assessee was a charitable trust registered under Section […]

Income Tax Search and Seizure Assessments- No universal application of “extrapolation technique” in Search Assessments

November 24, 2020 8859 Views 0 comment Print

During the course of a Search and Seizure action, it is seen in practice that incriminating material in the form of documents, diaries and other evidences are found which sometime reflects undisclosed income of an assessee only for a particular limited period of time and not for all the assessment years to be covered u/s 153A of the Income Tax Act’1961.

HC permits common trial of 3 cases of not declaring foreign account

November 24, 2020 927 Views 0 comment Print

The genesis of trial of three petitions before the trial court is the complaint bearing CC No.511538/16 (Old CC No.131/2014), under Section 276-D of the Income Tax Act dated 28th February, 2015 and the other two complaints rest on the same. Whether the petitioner is holding a foreign account or not is a matter of trial in the first complaint and the assumption that he holds an undisclosed foreign account, which forms basis of other two complaints, is also subject matter of trial.

Case Commentary on Vodafone International Holdings B.V. vs. Union of India (SC) & Formula One World Championship V CIT

November 24, 2020 17214 Views 0 comment Print

Case Commentary on Vodafone International Holdings B.V. vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. (20.01.2012 – SC) and Formula One World Championship V CIT. TAX OPINION PAPER- CASE SUMMARY FOR VODAFONE AND FORMULA ONE CASE Vodafone International Holdings B.V. vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. (20.01.2012 – SC): MANU/SC/0051/2012 Vodafone International Holdings, a copany […]

Disallowance u/s 40A(3) vs Restrictions on cash u/s 269ST

November 24, 2020 13980 Views 0 comment Print

Example: Five separate invoices of Rs. 60,000 each were issued to a customer. The customer intends to make cash payment in installments of Rs. 10,000 each on daily basis. State the applicability of Sec 269ST and 40A(3)? As per sec 40A(3), if any payment is made by an assessee to a person in a day above Rs.10,000, other than […]

9 deductions that people miss out while filing their ITR

November 23, 2020 28869 Views 2 comments Print

Chapter VI A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides for various deductions that are available from the total income of an assessee while computing the taxable income. The assessees are normally aware of certain common deductions such as deduction u/s 80C in respect to contribution made towards LIC, provident fund, deduction u/s 80D for […]

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