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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


Angel Taxation | Assessment Procedure of startup Companies | Section 56

August 7, 2019 4776 Views 0 comment Print

Following procedure is laid down with regard to the assessment of such startup entities involving the issue of section 56(2)(viib). (i) Where the Startup Company has been recognised by the DPIIT but the case is selected under “limited scrutiny” on the single issue of applicability of section 56 (2)(viib), no verification on such issues will be done by the AOs during the proceedings u/s 143 (3)/147 of the I.T. Act, 1961 and the contention of such recognized Startup Companies on the issue will be summarily accepted.

Form 80IAC Startup India

August 7, 2019 35739 Views 10 comments Print

STARTUP RECOGNITION: Under the Startup India Action Plan, startups that meet the definition as prescribed under G.S.R. notification 127 (E) are eligible to apply for recognition under the program. The Startups have to provide support documents, at the time of application. Eligibility Criteria for Startup Recognition: The Startup should be incorporated as a private limited […]

Section 54F deduction on payment for residential house eligible till due date of belated return filing

August 6, 2019 1392 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Vatsala Asthana Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Regarding the payment made by the assessee before 31/03/2014, Hon7ble High Court of Rajasthan in the case of Shankar Lal Saini (supra) held that, where assessee, an individual deposited unutilized sale consideration in capital gains scheme within the due date of filing of belated tax return under section […]

Section 148 notice in name of deceased assessee is invalid

August 6, 2019 2448 Views 0 comment Print

Notice notice under section 148 being jurisdictional notice, issued to a dead person and legal representative not having waived the requirement of notice under section 148 and not having submitted to the jurisdiction of AO pursuant to impugned notice, provisions of section 292B would not get attracted and hence, notice under section 148 had to be treated as invalid.

Mechanical Addition for fictitious loss by Client Code Modification not sustainable

August 6, 2019 3474 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made by AO on account of suppression of profit and obtaining fictitious loss by assessee company by way of Client Code Modification (CCM) and on account of commission paid to brokers to obtain fictitious loss through CCM was to be deleted as AO had mechanically added amounts as income of assessee without verifying & furnishing

Fresh information in investigation report form- Reassessment notice valid

August 6, 2019 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Fresh information in the form of investigation report clearly demonstrated that initial disclosure regarding price of shares was not true and there was whole ‘live link’ between material in the form of investigation report and formation of belief that income had escaped assessment, therefore, reassessment notice was sustained as valid.

Upfront fee paid to bank to obtain loan for acquisition of capital asset allowable

August 6, 2019 10350 Views 0 comment Print

Any expenditure incurred for obtaining loan was allowable as revenue expenditure even if the loan was intended for acquiring a capital asset. Thus, upfront fee paid to bank was thus allowable.

Changes in Income Tax Return for AY 2019-20

August 6, 2019 5190 Views 2 comments Print

The CBDT has notified the Income-tax Return (ITR) Forms for the Assessment Year 2019-20 with many changes and revisions. While the last date for filing income tax returns has been extended to August 31 for FY 2018-19, the changes and penal clauses for late filing mean one should start the process as soon as possible. ITR 1 […]

Additional depreciation on Plants & machinery installed in Captive Power Plant

August 6, 2019 4923 Views 0 comment Print

It is now a settled position as held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the various Co­ordinate Benches of the Tribunal that the process of generation of electricity is akin to manufacture of an article or thing, the assessee in the instant case satisfy the requirement that it is engaged in the business of manufacture or production of an article or thing.

Section 195 TDS on payment of any other sum to a non-resident

August 6, 2019 147432 Views 3 comments Print

Provisions of tax deduction at source (TDS) with regard to payment of any other sum to a non-resident is covered under section 195 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which are explained hereunder.

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