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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 194DA – TDS in respect of Life Insurance Policy

July 21, 2019 89478 Views 6 comments Print

Section 194DA relates to the deduction of TDS in respect of life insurance policy, and the provisions of the same are covered under the present article. Basic provisions of section 19DA Section 194DA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 covers the person making payment to a resident person any sum under the life insurance policy. […]

FAQs: Prefill of Data & Import from Previous ITR Version Utility

July 21, 2019 17403 Views 1 comment Print

Article explains How to download and extract an ITR excel utility, How to download and import the prefilled XML to prefill all the personal and tax details to the ITR excel utility, How to import tax details from the previous version of the excel utility and what to do if your are  getting ‘invalid XML’ […]

Section 56 on Fresh /Bonus/Right Issue & Buy Back of Shares

July 21, 2019 57705 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of Section 56(2)(viia) & 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on Fresh /Bonus/Right Issue & Buy Back of Shares: An Undying Conundrum!! The provisions of section 56(2)(viia) of the Income Tax Act were inserted w.e.f. the Finance Act 2010, and read as under: Section 56(2) : “In particular, and without prejudice to the […]

Who is your relative under different Acts?

July 21, 2019 44268 Views 7 comments Print

Introduction: The author in this article has analyzed the provisions of the various Acts with regard to the definition of a relative. A comparative analysis has been done among the definitions provided under: Companies Act, 2013 Income Tax Act, 1961 Accounting Standards Goods & Service Tax Tax Act, 2017  Analysis: Comparative chart of the definition […]

Section 12A Registration for Trust

July 21, 2019 136653 Views 15 comments Print

Section 12A registration is one time exemption obtained by most Trusts, right after incorporation to be exempted from paying income tax. Trusts and NGOs having 12A registration enjoy exemption from paying income tax on the surplus income of the Trust or NGO. Income tax exemption is available for all non-profit NGOs. Hence, it is important […]

Amendments proposed in Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019

July 20, 2019 3384 Views 0 comment Print

List No. 3′ LOK SABHA ——– FINANCE (NO.2) BILL, 2019 [As introduced in Lok Sabha] Notice of Amendments S.No Name of Member and text of Amendment Clause No. SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN: 7 Page 6, for lines 47 to 49, substitute.- “(viii) income arising outside . India, being any sum of money referred to in sub-clause (xviia) […]

ICAI Post-Budget Memorandum – 2019

July 20, 2019 3459 Views 1 comment Print

Clause 25 – Proposed section 80EEA – Tax incentive for affordable housing – Certain concerns to be addressed In order to promote affordable housing, the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019 proposed to introduce a new section 80EEA so as to provide an additional deduction of up to Rs 1,50,000/- for interest paid on loans borrowed up to 31.03.2020 for purchase of an affordable house valued up to Rs 45 lakh.

Section 194D – TDS on insurance commission

July 20, 2019 55257 Views 0 comment Print

The present article covers the provisions of TDS applicability on insurance commission contained under section 194D of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Provisions of section 194D of the Income Tax Act, 1961 As per provisions of section 194D, the person who is responsible for making payment to a resident person for the below mentioned income […]

Income tax registration U/s. 12AA cannot be denied for one suspicious donation

July 20, 2019 1323 Views 0 comment Print

If the genuineness of a donation in one year is doubted, the addition, if any, can be made in the assessment of the relevant assessment year in accordance with law. However, that, by itself, would not be sufficient to withdraw the registration under Section 12AA(3).

Only Mistake apparent on the face of record can be rectified u/s 254

July 20, 2019 7149 Views 0 comment Print

Where on a fair reading of the judgment of the Co-ordinate Bench, it appeared that it had taken into account all relevant material and had not taken into account any irrelevant material in basing its conclusions, then the decision of the Co-ordinate Bench, was not liable to be interfered with, unless, of course, the conclusions arrived at by the Bench were perverse. Under Section 254 Only glaring and mistake apparent on the face of the record alone could be rectified which was not apparent in the of assessee.

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