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New Tax Audit Form 26 Expands Stock Reporting Requirements in 2026-27

Income Tax : Tax Audit Form 26 now requires reporting of both quantity and value of principal stock, purchases, and sales. The key takeaway is ...

June 19, 2026 261 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of Section 332(1) of Income Tax Act, 2025 for Educational Institutions Covered by Schedule VII Sl. No. 19

Income Tax : This article examines whether educational institutions with receipts up to Rs. 5 crore must obtain RNPO registration to claim exem...

June 19, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Redeemed My ELSS Fund After 3 Years – Is Gain Taxable & How Much?

Income Tax : This article explains why ELSS redemption gains are taxable despite offering tax deductions at the time of investment. It highligh...

June 19, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

I Sold Listed Shares & Made INR 3 Lakh Profit – How Is LTCG Taxed Now?

Income Tax : Learn how the increased Rs. 1.25 lakh exemption and 12.5% LTCG tax rate apply to listed shares and equity mutual funds. The guide ...

June 19, 2026 2193 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Income Tax e-Verification Scheme 2021

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department explains how the e-Verification Scheme addresses mismatches between reported financial transactions and ...

June 19, 2026 11913 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Advance Tax Collections Grow 15.30% due to Higher Corporate Tax Payments

Income Tax : Net direct tax collections for FY 2026-27 grew by 14.64% as of June 17, 2026, driven by higher corporate and non-corporate tax rec...

June 19, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

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 6154 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 276 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 1833 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 3900 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition as Accepted Cash Sales Cannot Be Treated as Unexplained

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that cash deposits arising from recorded and accepted cash sales cannot be added as unexplained cash credits under...

June 19, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Transfer Pricing Adjustment as CCDs Are Not Call Options

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that Compulsorily Convertible Debentures cannot be equated with call options and that no option premium arose fro...

June 19, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Holds Interest on CCDs Allowable as RBI’s FDI Classification Cannot Govern Income Tax

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that RBI's classification of compulsorily convertible debentures as equity for FDI purposes cannot determine t...

June 19, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Support Service Fee Disallowance as CIT(A) Ignored Documentary Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that no disallowance under Rule 8D(2)(ii) could be made where investments yielding exempt income were financed fro...

June 19, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes CCD Interest Disallowance as Debentures Remain Debt Until Conversion

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that Compulsorily Convertible Debentures retain their character as debt until conversion into equity. It deleted ...

June 19, 2026 75 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 49167 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 753 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 591 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 228 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 183 Views 0 comment Print


Guidelines for scrutiny of invalid returns selected through CASS

November 29, 2019 16491 Views 0 comment Print

It has been brought to the notice of Board that notices under section 143(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’) were generated in respect of certain invalid returns of the assessees filed for the Assessment Year 2017-18 through CASS Cycle 2018. As the scrutiny of such returns will pose a challenge for the AO and is bad in law, I am directed to state that Assessing Officers shall drop the proceedings u/s 143(2) of the Act in such cases and reopen the same by issue of notice under section 148 of the Act.

Bank Account disclosed in ITR found in search cannot be treated as Incriminating Material

November 29, 2019 1830 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made by AO u/s 68 by considering the share application money received by assessee as unexplained cash credit is justified in law?

Section 271B Penalty Not Leviable for Undisclosed Turnover

November 29, 2019 8700 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty U/s. 271B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is leviable for failure to get accounts audited where the turnover / gross receipts exceeds the prescribed limit. Many times it happens that the turnover as per the regular books of accounts remains under the prescribed limit and as such the assessee do not gets the accounts audited U/s. 44AB.

Appeal cannot be dismissed for Manual Filing during transition period: ITAT Mumbai

November 29, 2019 2292 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee had filed appeal in manual form and such appeal had been filed within prescribed time under the Act, merely because assessee had not filed appeal in electronic form, assessee’s appeal could not be dismissed on technical grounds that too during transition period prescribed by CBDT.

Penalty cannot be levied on surmises, conjectures and possibilities

November 29, 2019 1962 Views 0 comment Print

Concealment of particulars of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income by the assessee has to be in the income tax return filed by it. Even if some discrepancies were found during the survey resulting in surrender of income by the assessee, once the assessee has declared the said income in the return of income filed under section 139(1) of the Act, then the penalty cannot be levied on the surmises, conjectures and possibilities that the assessee would not have disclosed the income but for survey.

Depreciation on Cars used for Business cannot be disallowed

November 29, 2019 4215 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Bhardwaj Construction Co. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) As regards to Ground Nos. 11 and 12, relating to disallowance on account of depreciation claimed at Rs. 33,726/- on Cars, the Ld. AR submitted that this disallowance is without any basis. The Ld. AR further submitted that the vehicles have been used for business purposes and […]

AO cannot disallow Section 35(2)(AB) deduction without application of Mind

November 29, 2019 7929 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance of deduction under section 35(2)(AB) on the ground of non approval of expenditure claimed by the DSIR was allowable as prior to the amendment, i.e., upto 30.06.2016, the pre-requisite for allow ability of deduction was approval for Units and not approval for the quantum of expenditure. Moreover, AO disallowed the claim without due application of mind. 

Transfer & Postings of 23 officers in Additional CIT/JCIT Grade

November 29, 2019 4326 Views 0 comment Print

Office Order No. 244 of 2019 – Transfer & Postings of the 23 officers in the grade of Additional Commissioner/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax vide Office Order No. 244 of 2019 dated 29.11.2019. F.No. A-22012/1/2019-Ad-VI Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes) North Block, New Delhi -110 001 […]

Reassessment proceedings on basis of change of opinion was invalid

November 29, 2019 3675 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment could not be reopened on basis of change of opinion in case the matter of dis allowance had already been considered during the original assessment proceedings because the authority could not take advantage of their own wrong if they failed to perform their statutory duty.

Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions (1st Amendment), Rules, 2019

November 29, 2019 3342 Views 0 comment Print

(1) These rules may be called the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions (1st Amendment), Rules, 2019. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

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