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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


ITAT upheld addition for accommodation entry receipts as LTCG

October 14, 2019 3417 Views 0 comment Print

Suman Poddar Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The evidences put forth by the Revenue regarding the entry operation fairly leads to a conclusion that the assessee is one of the beneficiaries of the accommodation entry receipts in the form of long-term capital gains. The assessee has failed to prove that the share transactions are genuine and […]

ITAT Can Direct CIT To Register A Trust Under Section 12AA

October 14, 2019 1770 Views 0 comment Print

The income tax Appellate Tribunal while hearing an Appeal under Section 254(1) in a matter where registration under Section 12(AA) has been denied by Commissioner income tax can itself pass an order directing commissioner to grant registration in case the income tax Appellate Tribunal disagrees with the satisfaction of the Commissioner on the basis of material already on record before the Commissioner.

Treatment of Capital Gains Tax during liquidation process

October 12, 2019 4011 Views 0 comment Print

NCLT held that the tax liability arising out of the sale shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 53 of the Code. The applicability of Section 178 or 194 IA of the IT Act will not have an overriding effect on the water fall mechanism provided under Section 53 of the Code, which is a complete code in itself, and the capital gain shall not be taken into consideration as the liquidation cost. 

Income Tax Updates for the Month of September 2019

October 12, 2019 2949 Views 0 comment Print

The objective of this document is to summarize all the updates of Income Tax (Notifications, Circulars, other amendments and updates) for the Month of September 2019 at one place. The same are being summarized below, along with certain important press release and clarifications. 1. Central Government prescribed E-assessment Scheme, 2019 for the purpose of making […]

Non-quoting of reasons for reopening in reassessment notice would not vitiate entire proceedings

October 12, 2019 1743 Views 0 comment Print

Mere non quoting of the reasons for reopening by AO in the impugned notice would not vitiate the entire proceedings. Department had to furnish the reasons to assessee and on receipt of the reasons, if assessee were of the opinion that there were no additional material or new materials were available then they could submit their objections in respect of the change of opinion or reason to believe.

CBDT release Time-series and income-distribution data

October 11, 2019 1689 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes has further released Time-series data updated up to F.Y. 2018-19 and income-distribution data for A.Y. 2018-19 (F.Y. 2017-18). 

Decoding the Direct Tax Code

October 11, 2019 4746 Views 1 comment Print

Over the period of 6 decades, the Income Tax Act of India has undergone various impediments. The judgments of the  courts or amendments by parliament has made the Act lengthy and hard to interpret as there was a need to ease up the provisions and make it shorter. It is expected that the government may […]

Section wise Income Tax Deductions for A.Y. 2020-21/ FY 2019-20

October 11, 2019 73779 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the income tax deductions available for A.Y. 2020-21/ FY 2019-20. Learn about deductions for salaries, house properties, business/profession, capital gains, and more.

A Transaction not become Genuine merely for receipt via banking Channel

October 11, 2019 2559 Views 0 comment Print

Whether AO is correct in considering the gift received by the assessee as unexplained gift and made addition u/s 68 when the Gift was received through banking channels?

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Karnataka

October 11, 2019 834 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department conducted search on 9th October 2019 on a prominent business group in Karnataka which runs multiple educational institutions. During the course of the search, the modus operandi of conversion of seats which were originally to be allotted by merit through counselling by MCC maliciously into institutional quota seats through dropout system has been unearthed.

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