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FAQs on Annual Information System (AIS) & Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS)

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has clarified the purpose, contents, and access to the Annual Information Statement (AIS) and Taxpayer I...

June 20, 2026 5835 Views 1 comment Print

FAQs on Benami Property Transactions and Definitions

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has issued comprehensive FAQs explaining what constitutes a benami property and benami transaction under...

June 20, 2026 4314 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on taxation of charitable or religious trusts under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has issued detailed FAQs explaining registration, audit, return filing, investment norms, and tax exempt...

June 20, 2026 15285 Views 2 comments Print

FAQs on interest under section 234A, 234B, 234C and 234D

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department explains when interest is payable for delayed return filing, advance tax defaults, deferment of instalme...

June 20, 2026 12417 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 153C Assessment Due to Lack of Independent Satisfaction

Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur held that proceedings under Section 153C are invalid where the Assessing Officer merely reproduces information from th...

June 20, 2026 90 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 150 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 6157 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 1836 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 Annuls Section 153A Assessment as Search Warrant Was Not in Assessee’s Name

Income Tax : The Tribunal affirmed the CIT(A)'s order annulling assessments because the search was not conducted in the assessee's name. It als...

June 20, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rejects Recall Plea as COVID Limitation Extension Not Apply to Assessment Proceedings

Income Tax : The ITAT held that the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 limitation extension did not apply to statutory timelines for completing income-...

June 20, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes GP Addition as AO Failed to Reject Books Under Section 145(3)

Income Tax : The ITAT Raipur held that estimated gross profit addition on unrecorded sales cannot be sustained when the Assessing Officer has n...

June 20, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Orders Refund After Entire Tax Demand Was Recovered Despite Interim Stay

Income Tax : The Karnataka High Court set aside the impugned order after finding that the entire tax demand had been recovered despite an inter...

June 20, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes MAT Addition Because Convertible Debentures Were Not Compound Financial Instruments

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that the assessee's convertible debentures lacked the liability component required for classification as Comp...

June 20, 2026 45 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 49203 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


Section 234E Fees for each purchased flat justified for delay in and for non-filing of Form 26QB

October 26, 2019 3579 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Cornerview Construction & Developments Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Now, coming to the primary contention of the learned Authorised Representative that all the transactions relating to purchase of flats should be taken as a single transaction for the purpose of filing the IDS statement and computing fee under section 234E of the Act, […]

Section 80JJAA Deduction in respect of employment of new employees

October 26, 2019 73710 Views 2 comments Print

Section 80JJAA – Deduction in respect of employment of new employees is allowed under Chapter VI-A of the IT Act. In case of an assessee opting to provision to sec 115BAA or Sec. 115BAB, all other deduction under Chapter VI-A will be not be allowed except to Sec. 80JJAA deduction on employment. This means, this […]

D.K. Shivakumar gets bail in Money Laundering Case

October 26, 2019 2325 Views 0 comment Print

D. K. Shivakumar Vs Directorate of Enforcement (Delhi High Court) While dealing with the bail application, it is not in dispute that three factors have to be seen viz. i) flight risk, ii) tampering evidence iii) influencing witnesses. Regarding the flight risk, neither argued by learned Additional Solicitor General nor placed any material on record, […]

Satellite transmission services provided by USA based company in India cannot be taxed as Royalty

October 26, 2019 1503 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that Satellite transmission services provided by USA based company in India could not be brought to tax by treating the same as royalty income and amendment to the Income Tax Act, 1961 with a retrospective or prospective effect, cannot be read in a manner so as to extend the operation to the terms of international treaty.

Depreciation allowable on non-compete fee (intangible asset)

October 26, 2019 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Depreciation on non-compete fee was allowable @ 25% by treating it as an intangible asset under Section 32 of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Addition justified for Receipt of share application money if Genuineness and creditworthiness not proved

October 26, 2019 1362 Views 0 comment Print

A perusal of financial statement, bank statements and income tax returns of share applicants companies clearly revealed that they had no regular means to invest in the share capital of the assessee company and, therefore, AO was justified in making addition under section 68 on the ground of lack of creditworthiness and genuineness.

Deduction U/s. 10AA cannot be scale down merely because assessee makes extraordinary profit

October 26, 2019 2847 Views 0 comment Print

Merely because an assessee makes an extraordinary profit, it would not lead to the conclusion that same was organized/arranged for that the onus remains undischarged by AO, except for presence of suspicious circumstances, as such adjustments made by the AO scaling down the deduction under section 10AA, was, therefore, without sanction of law.

Provision for mark to market loss on trading in derivative market allowable

October 25, 2019 9408 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee filed details of statement showing provision for mark to market loss and also submitted a detailed note on mark to market loss on outstanding position. Assessee submitted that it had made provisions for loss following accepted accounting principles as per the Guidance Note on ‘Accounting for Equity Index & Equity Stock Futures and Options’ issued by ICAI and claimed the loss as deductable business expenditure.

Accounting By Schools For Gratuity Benefit

October 25, 2019 3759 Views 0 comment Print

1. Gratuity Benefit is payable by Schools to its employees. Furthermore, with amendment of ‘Payment of Gratuity Act’ in 2009, Gratuity is payable to teachers also. The amended act can be accessed from the gazette vide Notification S.O. 1080 by Ministry of Labour and Employment. 2. How Schools should do their accounting is explained by […]

Understanding Section 115JB of Income Tax Act (Minimum Alternate Tax)

October 25, 2019 10446 Views 1 comment Print

Income Tax Act as well as Companies Act both governs companies, and company needs to provide their Income Statement (Profit and Loss Account) and Balance Sheet to the Income Tax department while Preparing Tax Returns and also Final accounts are to be audited and submitted as Annual Returns under Companies Act.

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