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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


No TDS on commission payment made to overseas agents

August 8, 2019 30966 Views 0 comment Print

When the commission paid to the non-resident agents was neither received or deemed to be received in India nor accrued or was deemed to accrue in India, no income was chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Act. When the payment made by assessee to the overseas agent for services rendered abroad was not income chargeable to tax in India, there was no obligation cast upon assessee to deduct tax at source under section 195 and consequently, the provisions of section 40(a)(ia) would not be attracted. 

Section 80IBA- 100% Tax deduction on Affordable House construction Income

August 8, 2019 23979 Views 7 comments Print

CBDT has inserted section 80IBA by Finance Act, 2016.The provisions of this sections are designed in such way that, it will help to achieve a goal of Housing for All by 31 March 2022.

Addition for cash found with others cannot be added to Appellant’s income in absence of reasonable nexus

August 8, 2019 2571 Views 0 comment Print

Dharmraj Prasad Bibhuti Vs ITAT, Patna (Patna High Court) Section 132 (4A) of the I.T. Act provides that where any books of Accounts, other documents, money etc. is found in possession or control of any person in course of search, it may be presumed that the same belongs to such person. It is apparent from […]

TCS – Tax Collection at Source – A Complete Guide

August 7, 2019 85593 Views 2 comments Print

Tax Collection at Source, more popularly known as TCS, provisions mandate the seller to collect tax from the buyer and deposit the same to the Government. The provision of tax collection at source is contained under section 206C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the same are explained briefly in the current article. Guidelines […]

Section 271C applies to both failure to deduct and pay TDS

August 7, 2019 2844 Views 0 comment Print

Since assessee had deducted the TDS, but not remitted to Government account and for that he had not given any satisfactory explanation either before AO or before CIT(A), therefore, penalty under section 271C was justified.

Tax Audit Under Section 44AB of Income Tax Act, 1961

August 7, 2019 44151 Views 4 comments Print

A Tax Audit is an audit, made compulsory by the Income Tax Act, if the annual gross turnover/receipts of the assessee exceed the specified limit. Tax audit is conducted in Sec 44AB of the Income Tax Act by a Chartered Accountant. Simply Tax Audit means, an audit of matters related to tax. Applicability of tax […]

Addition U/s. 2(22)(e) not sustainable if transaction is not of loan or advance

August 7, 2019 2022 Views 0 comment Print

Shravan Choudhary Vs ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) If the transaction is a business transaction between the parties then the amount received under the said transaction cannot be held as loan or advance to be treated as deemed dividend under section 2(22)(e) of the Act. The assessee explained the facts regarding the loan given by the assessee […]

Assessee fails to explain source of such Cash Deposits- Section 68 Additions justified

August 7, 2019 3195 Views 0 comment Print

In view of the above mentioned parameters, ITAT found that the appellant has not been able to discharge even the basic onus to prove the genuineness of cash credits in his bank accounts. Therefore, in their considered view when the existence of the source of such cash deposits is not proven then the A.0 is fully justified in treating such cash deposits as unexplained and liable to be taxed.

Migration of OLTAS functions to Income Tax Business Application-Reg.

August 7, 2019 3835 Views 11 comments Print

OLTAS module of ITD has been migrated to ITBA. The functionality for Search and Modify Challan in OLTAS Module is available in Income Tax Business Application (ITBA) as per the following details:

Launch of Income Tax Business Application– Refund Banker Module

August 7, 2019 1665 Views 4 comments Print

The functionalities for Refund Blocking/Unblocking, Refund Revalidation and Refund Status in Refund Banker Module are available in Income Tax Business Application (ITBA) as per the following details:

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