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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 291 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 1680 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 5922 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 1953 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 195621 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 6121 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 1779 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


ITAT Directs TDS Refund Despite Delayed E-Verification; Revenue Cannot Retain Tax on Technical Grounds

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that technical lapses in e-verification cannot override a taxpayer's lawful entitlement to a refund. Once the d...

June 17, 2026 27 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment: Approval from PCIT Instead of PCCIT Renders Section 148 Notice Invalid

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that reopening proceedings cannot survive where the mandatory sanction under Section 151 is not obtained from t...

June 17, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

CSR Donations Eligible for Section 80G Deduction; No Double Disallowance Merely Because They Form Part of CSR Spend

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that donations qualifying under Section 80G do not lose eligibility merely because they form part of Corporate Soc...

June 17, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Restricts Bogus Purchase Addition to 5% Profit Element; Revenue’s Plea for Entire Addition Rejected

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that addition of the entire amount of bogus purchases as unexplained expenditure was unwarranted in the facts o...

June 17, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT Upholds PF/ESI Disallowance in U/s 143(1) Processing; Income-tax Act, 2025 Relief Held Prospective

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT ruled that delayed deposit of employees' PF/ESI contributions attracts disallowance under Section 36(1)(va). The decisi...

June 17, 2026 177 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 48690 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 696 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 561 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 210 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


New Corporate Taxation regime (Section 115BAA) and MAT

August 2, 2020 36390 Views 0 comment Print

Section 115BAA was introduced by way of a mid year budget in FY 2019-20 and is applicable to certain domestic companies from 1st April 2020. The new section gives a one-time option to Domestic Companies to pay tax on their taxable income at 22% (instead of 25%/30%) subject to certain conditions: 1. Deductions for SEZ […]

Analysis of amendment to Section 194J of Income-tax Act 1961

August 2, 2020 20763 Views 1 comment Print

1. Background: Finance Act 2020, has reduced withholding tax rates for fees for technical services under Section 194J of the Act to 2 percent from the existing rate of 10 percent.  Memorandum to Finance Bill 2020, clarified that this amendment is introduced to reduce existing litigation on account of classification of services under section 194J […]

High Value Transactions under Income Tax Act 1961

August 2, 2020 134286 Views 51 comments Print

1. Introduction High Value transactions are transactions which are incurred in high denominations. From last few years income tax department is shaking hands with all the other related Govt. departments from which it can procure financial information and trace all the persons who are spending high amount but are not filing income tax return or […]

Judicial Pronouncements- Income Tax (April-July 2020)

August 2, 2020 12432 Views 1 comment Print

April 2020 Union of India & Ors. Vs Exide Industries Limited & Anr. (Supreme Court); Civil Appeal No. 3545/2009; 24/04/2020 Supreme court upheld the constitutional validity of section 43B(f) of income tax Act i.e. deduction is available only on actual payment of leave to the credit of employee BT India Private Ltd. Vs ITO (Delhi […]

Depreciation allowable on Actual Cost of Assets without reducing Subsidy

August 2, 2020 10785 Views 0 comment Print

Where the Government subsidy is intended as an incentive to encourage entrepreneurs to move to backward areas and establish industries, the specified percentage of fixed capital costs, which is the basis for determining the subsidy, is only a measure adopted in the scheme to quantify the amount of subsidy and it is not a payment directly or in directly to meet any portion of the actual costs of assets.

Addition for unexplained gold cannot include value of Silver

August 2, 2020 1041 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition for unexplained Gold made by combining the value of Gold and Silver is justified in law?

MCI Code of Conduct not Applicable to pharma companies; Freebies to doctors allowed

August 2, 2020 5496 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT states the code of conduct prescribed by the Medical Council is applicable only to medical practitioners/ doctors registered with the MCI and does not apply to pharmaceutical companies & the healthcare sector in any manner.

Set off of long term capital loss against STCG on depreciable assets sale

August 1, 2020 11073 Views 0 comment Print

The long term capital loss (LTCL) can be set off against the short term capital gain (STCG) arise on depreciable assets u/s 50 of income tax act, 1961 As per provisions of section 74(1)(b) loss related to a long term capital gain can be set off against the long term capital gain. Long Term Capital […]

Taxability of Joint Development Agreement under Income Tax Act, 1961

August 1, 2020 40407 Views 4 comments Print

Joint Development Arrangement (JDA) has always been an area of conflict between the assessee and the tax department. In real estate sector JDA i.e. Joint Development Agreement has emerged as most popular arrangement between land owner and developer. In this article I will explain taxability of JDA under Income tax law. Meaning of Joint Development […]

Postponement of Deadline Fine Income Returns Till September 30

August 1, 2020 1272 Views 0 comment Print

Postponement of Deadline Fine Income Returns Till September 30 Instead of July 31,2020! 1. Introduction: The Central Board of Direct Taxes has once again, relieved the taxpayers from going into an unnecessary hassle for submitting their ITR returns and saving them from paying penal charges unnecessarily. On July 29, the CBDT has formally extended the date to […]

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