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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


Prosecution for not filing Income tax return- Provisions Rationalised

July 10, 2019 1773 Views 0 comment Print

Rationalisation of the provisions of section 276CC The existing provisions of section 276CC of the Act, inter alia, provide that prosecution proceedings for failure to furnish returns of income against a person shall not proceeded against, for failure to furnish the return of income in due time, if the tax payable by such person, not […]

Taxability of agricultural income Vs. transfer of agricultural land

July 10, 2019 4605 Views 0 comment Print

The various items of income referred to in the different clauses of section 10 are excluded from the total income of an assessee. These incomes are known as exempted incomes.  Consequently, such income shall not enter into the computation of taxable income. 1. AGRICULTURAL INCOME Agricultural income [Section 10(1)] Section 10(1) provides that agricultural income is […]

Section 92CE: Option to assessee to make one-time payment

July 10, 2019 155049 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2019: Clarification with regard to provisions of secondary adjustment and giving an option to assessee to make one-time payment In order to align the transfer pricing provisions with international best practices, section 92CE of the Act provides for secondary adjustments in certain cases. It, inter alia, provides that the assessee shall be required to […]

Income earned by assessee from letting out various shops/stalls in shopping malls constructed by it is business income

July 10, 2019 2001 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee had developed shopping mall on a property owned by it and by providing host of services/facilities amenities in the said mall and as such, basic intention of assessee was commercial exploitation of its property by developing it as shopping malls, therefore, income earned by assessee from letting out various shops/stalls in shopping malls constructed by it had to be treated as business income and not as income from house property.

Prosecution Provisions for Non-Filing of the Income Tax Return: Section 276CC

July 10, 2019 12549 Views 0 comment Print

Have you ever thought that if you do not file your Income Tax Return, can you be prosecuted under the Income Tax Act? Let’s try to find out the answer to this scary question under the Income Tax Act. Before you move to the relevant section, let’s understand the provision related to the filing of […]

Expenses on ball pens, medical gifts given to doctors with logo of Pharma co. not to be treated as freebies

July 10, 2019 3645 Views 0 comment Print

Expenses on  medical camps organized with tea and snacks, ball pens, purchased for distribution to Doctors and Hospitals, with logo of the assessee company, organizing cardiac camps, Doctors meetings for various products for awareness of their product were only on account of business promotion expenses which were allowable under the provisions of section 37 the I.T. Act. 

No addition of bogus LTCG on penny stocks if assessee proved genuineness of transactions

July 10, 2019 3933 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee’s claim for exemption under section 10(38) on long-term capital gain on sale of shares could not be held as bogus on the ground of information from  Investigation Wing in case assessee had filed evidences like transaction statement of stock broker, contract notes transactions statement of Demat acount, statement of account from brokers, and bank statement, etc., to prove genuineness of transactions of purchase and sale of shares.

Amount paid to Foreign Lawyer to represent in Foreign Court was legal fees not FTS

July 10, 2019 8439 Views 0 comment Print

Amount paid to foreign lawyer by assessee for representing its case before foreign court was not taxable as fees for technical services (FTS) in India as legal services could not be treated as FTS as it was a professional services which was outside the scope of Section 9(1)(vii).

Income Tax on Intraday Trading

July 10, 2019 150780 Views 20 comments Print

Understand the income tax implications of intraday trading. Learn about tax audit requirements based on trading turnover and how it affects your taxes.

Scope of Section 194M – Implications

July 10, 2019 8469 Views 1 comment Print

The Finance Minister with the view of widening and deepening of tax base proposed to bring in new provision for deduction of tax at source by Individuals and HUFs. Extract of the Memorandum of objects and reasoning reads as follows: B. WIDENING AND DEEPENDING OF TAX BASE Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on payment by […]

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