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Analysis of Impact & Effectiveness of Bilateral Investment Treaties

Income Tax : Article explores effectiveness and influence of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) on FDI flows with particular emphasis within ...

March 20, 2025 123 Views 0 comment Print

Deductions Under Section 57 of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn about deductions allowed under Section 57 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, for income from other sources, including family pensi...

March 19, 2025 669 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation On Online Gambling in India: A Win or Lose for Industry?

Income Tax : This blog explores the implications of this tax policy, the distinction between games of skill and chance, the applicability of Ta...

March 19, 2025 477 Views 0 comment Print

New Section 194T TDS Rules: Impact on Taxpayers, Effective April 2025

Income Tax : New TDS Rules Under Section 194T: Impact on Taxpayers & Businesses – Effective from 1st April 2025 Introduction The Finance ...

March 18, 2025 1578 Views 0 comment Print

AI, Automation, Recession, and Income Tax Law in India

Income Tax : Explore the economic impact of AI, automation, and recession on India. Understand how income tax laws may evolve to address unempl...

March 18, 2025 366 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT Seeks Input on Draft Income Tax Rules & Forms

Income Tax : CBDT invites stakeholder suggestions on simplifying Income Tax Rules and Forms under the Income Tax Bill, 2025. Submit feedback vi...

March 19, 2025 252 Views 0 comment Print

Direct Tax & Advance Tax Collections for F.Y. 2024-25 as on 16.03.2025

Income Tax : India's direct tax collections for FY 2024-25 show a 13.13% net growth, with gross collections up by 16.15% and significant gains ...

March 17, 2025 591 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Clarifies Guidance on Principal Purpose Test (PPT)

Income Tax : CBDT issues clarification on Circular 01/2025, stating it applies only to the Principal Purpose Test in certain DTAAs and does not...

March 17, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

Corporate Tax Collection Trends & Foreign Investment Policies

Income Tax : Corporate tax collections increased post-rate cuts. No specific tax incentives for MNCs, but new measures aim to support electroni...

March 16, 2025 108 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of New Income Tax Bill 2025 on Compliance & Revenue

Income Tax : The Income Tax Bill 2025 aims to simplify tax laws with no major policy changes. It enhances clarity, reduces ambiguities, and ali...

March 16, 2025 354 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Dismisses Revenue’s Appeal as Tax effect was Below Rs. 60 Lakh

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses ITO's appeal against Sun Gold Capital Ltd due to low tax effect under CBDT Circular 09/2024. Key issues i...

March 20, 2025 303 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT upholds Section 263 revision order, treating VRS benefits as taxable

Income Tax : Analysis of ITAT Ahmedabad's ruling in Rakesh Saxena Vs PCIT. The tribunal upheld the revision order, treating VRS benefits as tax...

March 20, 2025 129 Views 0 comment Print

Non-Resident Can’t Be Expected to Monitor Tax Portal After 8 Years, HC Sets Aside Assessment Order for Improper Notice

Income Tax : Madras High Court quashes assessment order citing lack of proper notice and violation of natural justice for a non-resident taxpay...

March 20, 2025 108 Views 0 comment Print

Section 245 Income Tax refund adjustments must adhere to principles of natural justice

Income Tax : Bombay HC quashed Trent Ltd.’s tax refund adjustment under Section 245 of the IT Act, citing a violation of natural justice. Rev...

March 20, 2025 129 Views 0 comment Print

Tax reassessment based on a cancelled PAN was invalid: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT Pune dismisses revenue appeal, upholding CIT(A)'s decision that a tax reassessment based on a cancelled PAN was invalid....

March 20, 2025 198 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT allows data sharing with Delhi’s IT Dept. for social welfare scheme identification

Income Tax : CBDT allows data sharing with Delhi's IT Dept. for social welfare scheme identification under Income Tax Act Section 138. Read the...

March 19, 2025 42 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT FAQs on Revised Guidelines for Compounding Offences

Income Tax : CBDT issues FAQs on revised guidelines for compounding offences under Income Tax Act, 1961. Covers filing procedures, fees, compet...

March 18, 2025 4479 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies Power Finance Corp Zero Coupon Bond under section 2(48)

Income Tax : Finance Ministry specifies Power Finance Corporation Ltd.'s ten-year zero coupon bond with Rs. 49,546 discount, for Income-tax Act...

March 11, 2025 1122 Views 0 comment Print

High-Risk and Non PAN Transaction Cases: Insight Portal Guidelines

Income Tax : Learn about high-risk transaction case verification, assessment, and proceedings under Sections 148/148A on the Insight and ITBA p...

March 7, 2025 708 Views 0 comment Print

High-Risk CRIU/VRU Cases and proceedings under Sections 148/148A

Income Tax : Learn about high-risk CRIU/VRU case verification, assessment, and proceedings under Sections 148/148A on the Insight and ITBA port...

March 7, 2025 660 Views 0 comment Print


Section 54EC – Time Limit gets extended if specified bonds of assessees choice were not available

August 15, 2012 7957 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54EC of the Act having given the respondent a choice of investing either in the bonds of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited or the National Highway Authority, the revenue cannot insist that the respondent ought to have invested its capital gain on sale of property in the bonds of the National Highway Authority.. The statue itself provides that the assessee, who is subject to long terms capital gain tax, can avail of exemption under Section 54EC of the Act if he invests in bonds of either the National Highway Authority of India or the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited.

Gift by company to subsidiary are dubious & not tax neutral – AAR

August 15, 2012 5566 Views 0 comment Print

In the context of section 47(i) and (iii), this gift referred to therein, is a gift by an individual or a Joint Hindu Family or a Human Agency. Section 47(iii) speaks of ‘any transfer of a capital asset under a gift, or will or an irrecoverable trust’. Execution of a will involves a human agency. Cannot the expression gift take its colour from a will with which it is juxtaposed, especially in the background of clause (i) of section 47 and clause (ii) which earlier existed.

It is mandatory for foreign company to file return of income to take benefit of DTAC – AAR

August 15, 2012 7880 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the applicant is required to file its return of income under section 139 of the Act, in case, its capital gains is not chargeable to tax in India is question no.6 posed. It has been found that though the applicant would be chargeable to capital gains tax on the proposed sale of shares under the Act, it has been ruled that in view of the benefit available to the applicant by the invocation of section 90(2) of the Act and the DTAC between the two countries, the authorities under the Act cannot tax the income in view of paragraph 4 of Article 13 of the DTAC.

Trust cannot take dual benefit in the form of application of income & depreciation

August 15, 2012 4513 Views 0 comment Print

If the assessee treats expenditure on acquisition of assets as application of income for charitable purposes under section 11(1)(a) and if the assessee claims depreciation on the value of such assets, then in order to reflect the true income to be available for application for charitable purposes, the assessee should write back in the accounts the depreciation amount to form part of the income to be accounted for application for charitable purposes.

Rejection of Nil or lower tax deduction certificate for pendency of penalty proceedings is invalid

August 14, 2012 6723 Views 0 comment Print

The issue of certificate under Sub-section (1) of Section 197 of the Act is mandatory on fulfilment of conditions enumerated under the rules. For determining the existing and estimated liability of the assessee where tax deduction is from income other than dividends, the Assessing Officer is to be guided by Sub-rule (2) of Rule 28AA of the Rules.

S.54E exemption available on gain on sale of depreciable Assets

August 14, 2012 8187 Views 0 comment Print

Exemption under section 54E of the Income-tax Act cannot be denied to the assessee on account of the fiction created in section 50. It is true that section 50 is enacted with the object of denying multiple benefits to the owners of depreciable assets. However, that restriction is limited to the computation of capital gains and not to the exemption provisions.

CIT can review registration granted u/s. 12A

August 14, 2012 2112 Views 0 comment Print

CIT can review the grant of registration at any time because the words used in the provision are, and subsequently the Commissioner is satisfied, which means that registration can be reviewed at any given point of time. There is no question, that once the registration is granted, the issue of registration becomes functus officio.

If Assessee challenges adoption of Section 50C than A.O. must refer valuation to Valuation Officer

August 14, 2012 2934 Views 0 comment Print

From a reading of the provisions of section 50C(2), it is clearly mandated that if an assessee challenges or objects to the Assessing Officer adopting the guideli ne value of the property for stamp duty purposes in place of the stated consideration in the sale deed for the purposes of computing LTCG, then the Assessing Officer ought to refer the property for valuation to the Valuation Officer of the Income-tax department.

S. 12A Registration cannot be denied for investment of surplus fund in immovable property

August 14, 2012 2068 Views 0 comment Print

Plain reading of provisions of section 11(2)(b) lays down that 85 per cent of the income is to be applied to charitable purposes or set apart and the moneys accumulated or set apart can be invested or deposited in the forms or modes specified in sub-section (5). Clause (x) of sub-section (5) to section 11 prescribes one of the modes of investment as ‘investment in immovable property’.

A.O cannot reassess other issues if issues in respect of which proceedings initiated ceased to survive

August 14, 2012 2765 Views 0 comment Print

It thus remains an undisputed fact that no addition has been made on the reasons recorded for reopening the completed assessment. Now, what is to be seen is as to whether, as contended by the assessee, since no addition has been made on the reasons recorded, no reasons for reopening the completed assessment survive and, consequently, the completed assessment could not have been reopened, or whether in spite of no addition having been made qua the reasons recorded, those reasons still survive and the reopening on the basis of those reasons is in order, as maintained by the department.

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