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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 219 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 1149 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 4125 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 195576 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 3828 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 117 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 108 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 120 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 108 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 111 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 48624 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 693 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


No section 14A Disallowance if There is No Exempt Income

September 27, 2020 2700 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Sky Limited Vs. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance of expenditure under section 14A is justified if there is no exempt income? In the instant case, the assessee has invested in various investments which, yield exempt income. Further, the assessee has not made suo moto disallowance of expenditure incurred […]

Keyman Insurance Policy Maturity Value Taxable as Income From Other Sources

September 27, 2020 4230 Views 1 comment Print

Ravjibhai L. Kakadia  Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether the maturity value of the Keyman Insurance Policy is taxable under Income Tax Act and under which Head?

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Justified if Assessee not Acted Bonafidely

September 27, 2020 4302 Views 0 comment Print

Gangotri Textiles Ltd. Vs. DCIT (Madras High Court) The issue under consideration is whether the penalty u/s 271(1)(c) levied by the assessing officer is justified in law? In the present case, the assessee did not disclose about the sale of the lands and windmill in the return of income, which was clear from the perusal […]

Amendments in Residential status provisions – Impact on sea fearers

September 27, 2020 2745 Views 0 comment Print

One of the major changes in the Finance Act, 2020 (‘FA, 2020’) is with respect to amendments in residential status criteria, which directly impacts the Non Resident Individual (NRI) community. Various news articles had spread wrong stories wherein they had stated that new amendments in FA 2020 will affect the taxation of salary received by […]

Amendments in the Finance Act 2020 passed in Parliament

September 27, 2020 7422 Views 0 comment Print

It is a known fact that the global pandemic of COVID-19 has brought grave losses to humanity as well as the tax collections this year as per the Government reports. However, it may also be considered as a “year of resolutions” as the Union Government has made continuous efforts to improve traditional corporate practices and evolving better […]

Section 194O- Difficult to implement & Inconsistent with Section 198

September 27, 2020 2994 Views 0 comment Print

REPRESENTATION BEFORE MINISTRY OF FINANCE W.R.T. EXPLANATION TO SEC 194-O: BEING DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT AND  INCONSISTENT WITH SECTION 198 OF INCOME TAX ACT The Finance Bill 2020 has introduced a new Section 194-O to mandate Electronic Commerce Operators for deducting TDS in respect of the amount payable to the seller on sale of goods and […]

Roll-back provisions of TCS under section 206C(1H)

September 27, 2020 55479 Views 7 comments Print

Request for roll-back of provisions of Tax Collection at Source (TCS)  under section 206C (1H) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which is effective from 01.10.2020. As a result of the said amendment, a seller who receives any amount as consideration for sale of any goods of the value or aggregate of such value exceeding fifty lakh rupees in any previous year shall at the time of receipt of such amount collect from the buyer, a sum equal to 0.10% of the sale consideration exceeding fifty lakhs as income tax.

Summary of Performance Audit on Income tax Search & Seizure Assessments

September 27, 2020 1710 Views 0 comment Print

Report No.14 of 2020 – Performance Audit on Search and Seizure Assessments in Income Tax Department, Union Government, Department of Revenue – Direct Taxes Search and Seizure is a very powerful tool available to Income Tax Department to unearth any concealed income or valuables and to check the tendencies of tax evasion thereby mitigating the […]

Highlights of Compliance Audit of provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961

September 27, 2020 1644 Views 0 comment Print

Report No.11 of 2020 – Compliance Audit of Union Government, Department of Revenue – Direct Taxes This Report primarily discuss compliance to the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the associated rules, procedures, etc. as applied to all aspects related to the administration of direct taxes. Direct taxes receipts of Union Government in […]

Govt to study award in Vodafone matter

September 26, 2020 579 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Ministry has said today that it has just been informed that the award in the arbitration case invoked by Vodafone International Holding BV against Government of India has been passed. The Government will be studying the award and all its aspects carefully in consultation with its counsels. After such consultations, the Government will consider all options and take a decision on further course of action including legal remedies before appropriate fora.

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