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TDS under Income Tax Act 2025: New Sections, Same Rates, Zero Confusion

Income Tax : The new law reorganizes TDS provisions into simplified sections and forms. The key takeaway is that rates remain unchanged, but co...

April 20, 2026 882 Views 0 comment Print

Interplay of Income-tax, Black Money & Benami Laws: A Comprehensive Analysis

Income Tax : The ruling confirms that in matters of undisclosed foreign assets, the Black Money Act prevails over general tax provisions. This ...

April 20, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

Minimum Alternate Tax for Companies under Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : The case clarifies that only specified adjustments can be made while computing book profit under MAT. The ruling limits arbitrary ...

April 20, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Why Income Tax Notices issued in Exempt Agricultural Land Transactions?

Income Tax : Many taxpayers receive notices despite exemption due to AIS-ITR mismatches. The case highlights that non-reporting of even exempt ...

April 20, 2026 144 Views 0 comment Print

Old vs New Income Tax Regime: 7 Costly Mistakes to Avoid in FY 2026-27

Income Tax : Key mistakes taxpayers should avoid when choosing between old and new tax regimes for FY 2026-27, including deductions, deadlines,...

April 19, 2026 14457 Views 6 comments Print


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CAAS Moves Supreme Court on ITAT Vacancies

Income Tax : The issue concerns massive backlog in ITAT caused by unfilled positions and delayed appointments. The intervention highlights that...

April 18, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

Massive Tax Irregularities Found Due to Improper Deductions by Banks & NBFCs: CAG

Income Tax : The audit found widespread incorrect claims of deductions for bad debts and reserves. It highlights the need for stricter verifica...

April 6, 2026 3306 Views 0 comment Print

Free Live Webinar: Decoding the New Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : This webinar breaks down the major structural and conceptual changes introduced in the new Income Tax Act, 2025. It helps professi...

April 5, 2026 7938 Views 0 comment Print

Representation for enhancement of monetary limit for SMC cases before ITAT

Income Tax : A representation seeks doubling the SMC threshold due to inflation and higher dispute values. The key takeaway is that increasing ...

April 4, 2026 870 Views 0 comment Print

Income-tax Act, 2025 comes into force from 1st April, 2026

Income Tax : The government replaced the six-decade-old law with the Income-tax Act, 2025. The reform aims to simplify compliance through clear...

April 4, 2026 3516 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Exemption Allowed as Sponsorship and Royalty were Incidental to Charitable Purpose: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that receipts from sponsorship and royalty were incidental to the promotion of sports. It ruled that absence of ...

April 20, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

Gratuity Deduction Can’t Be Denied for ITR–Audit Report Mismatch Without Verification

Income Tax : The Tribunal addressed disallowance arising from mismatch between ITR and tax audit report. It held that inadvertent reporting err...

April 20, 2026 873 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands ₹1.57 Cr Addition as NRE Deposit Evidence Not Properly Examined

Income Tax : The case involved additions for unexplained bank deposits where the assessee later produced authenticated NRE account evidence. IT...

April 20, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

SC dismissed SLP for Delay & Lack of Merit on Interconnect Charges Taxability

Income Tax : The Court dismissed the SLP due to a 390-day delay and absence of valid grounds. The ruling leaves intact the finding that interco...

April 20, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Interconnect Charges Not Royalty: HC Dismisses Revenue Appeal

Income Tax : The High Court followed its earlier ruling that interconnect service charges are not taxable as royalty. The Revenues appeal was d...

April 20, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Income Tax Notification Corrected Due to Technical Errors in Rules & References

Income Tax : A corrigendum fixes multiple drafting and referencing mistakes in income tax rules. The update ensures clarity without altering su...

April 17, 2026 597 Views 0 comment Print

Transition from Form 15G/15H to Consolidated Form 121 for TDS-exempted Incomes

Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...

April 15, 2026 1707 Views 0 comment Print

Corrigendum to Notification of Income tax return Form U

Income Tax : CBDT clarified the presentation of error categories in Form U. The update ensures clearer reporting of incorrect income heads and ...

April 11, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

Corrigendum to Notification of Income tax return Form 7 (ITR 7)

Income Tax : The corrigendum corrects technical errors in multiple ITR schedules, including CG and CYLA. It ensures accurate reporting and smoo...

April 11, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

Corrigendum to Notification of Income tax return Form 6 (ITR 6)

Income Tax : CBDT corrected multiple clerical and structural errors across income tax return schedules. The changes ensure accurate reporting a...

April 11, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print


Substantial Expense on additional construction / renovation for improvement of building taken on lease is Capital in nature

August 25, 2019 4014 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, the Assesses had incurred substantial expenditure towards renovation leading to enduring benefit. They are not merely repairs. The Assessees had also incurred expenditures towards improvement and construction of the building. These cannot be termed as ‘repairs’.

MAT on depreciation on write back of excess depreciation provided in earlier 10 years & credited to P&L A/c of current year

August 25, 2019 4542 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs M/s. Rational Handloom Co. Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) MAT on depreciation on write back of excess depreciation provided in earlier 10 years and credited to profit and loss account of current year. The appellant has contested the action of the Assessing Officer on the ground that the appellant has rightly taken the books […]

Section 151 Sanction for issue of Income Tax Notice by Higher Authorities

August 25, 2019 48534 Views 2 comments Print

Section 151- Income Tax Act, 1961 The Assessing Officer has to take approval from higher authorities before issue of notice u/s 148 of the Act. How important is application of mind by the Assessing Officer to record the reasons and more important  is grant of approval u/s 151(1)&(2), of the Act with full application of […]

No Deemed Dividend if Assessee was not a Shareholder when amount been advanced

August 24, 2019 1686 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs M/s. Bhaawani Shankar Ginning Factory (ITAT Pune)  The issue in the present ground is with respect to addition u/s 2(22)(e) of the Act. It is an undisputed fact that assessee had received loan from Mahesh Ginning Pvt. Ltd., in which both the partners of the assessee also held 18.19% shares each. We find […]

Expense on Foreign Scholarship to Promote Professional Profile allowable

August 24, 2019 1083 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Harish Narinder Salve Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Undoubtedly, assessee is a noted international lawyer who has set up a scholarship for creating his visibility in international arena and his social standing. The assessee has specifically submitted that it has increased lot of value of the CV of the assessee and the government of Singapore […]

ITAT Explains Meaning of Term ‘Lottery’ for Taxation & TDS deduction

August 24, 2019 3813 Views 0 comment Print

Before a scheme can be regarded as a lottery, there must be the element of distribution of prizes which should be by chance or lot and such distribution should be among those who had paid a price for participating in the scheme. Mere gratuitous distribution without any price having been paid by the participants for acquiring the chance and receiving a prize that is ultimately distributed, would not amount to a lottery.

Failure to make reference to TPO renders TP Adjustments bad in law

August 24, 2019 3627 Views 0 comment Print

In view of the guidelines issued by the CBDT in Instruction 3/2003 the Tribunal was right in observing that by not making reference to the TPO, the Assessing Officer had breached the mandatory instructions issued by the CBDT.

Vicious Circle of Setting up of Over-Ambitious Revenue Collection Targets

August 24, 2019 1179 Views 0 comment Print

The Vicious Circle of Setting up of Over-Ambitious Revenue Collection Targets – Revenue Authorities Over-Reaching Taxpayers- Withholding of Refunds!! With a view to provide the much needed stimulus and push to the falling GDP growth rate and the currently prevailing slow-down in economy, the Hon’ble Finance Minister (FM) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in a press conference […]

Govt withdraws enhanced surcharge on tax payable on transfer of certain assets

August 24, 2019 2520 Views 0 comment Print

In order to encourage investment in the capital market, it has been decided to withdraw the enhanced surcharge levied by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 on tax payable at special rate on income arising from the transfer of equity share/unit referred to in section 111A and section 112A of the Income-tax Act,1961(the ‘Act’) from the current FY 2019-20. The following capital assets are mentioned in section 111A and section 112A of the Act:

ITAT held 282 time Capital Gains from Penny Stocks as Bogus

August 23, 2019 3726 Views 0 comment Print

No doubt assessee has meticulously completed the paper work by routing his entire investment through banking channel but the results thereof are altogether beyond human probabilities. Because neither in the past nor in the subsequent years, assessee has indulged into any such investment having huge windfall. Had the assessee been so intelligent qua the intricacies of the share market, he would have definitely undertaken such risk taking activities in the past or future by making such investment in the unknown stock. So, we are of the considered view that what appears to be apparent in making investment by the assessee in unknown stock is not real when examined the whole transaction of sale and purchase of the stock with huge windfall to the assessee.

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