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Income Tax Bill 2025: Key Proposals and Simplifications

Income Tax : Discover key changes in the Income Tax Bill 2025, including enhanced rebates, simplified trust provisions, and extended registrati...

March 15, 2025 639 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Section 194T of Income Tax Act 1961: TDS on Payments to Partners

Income Tax : Section 194T mandates 10% TDS on partner payments exceeding ₹20,000 annually, effective April 1, 2025. Learn its impact, complia...

March 15, 2025 960 Views 0 comment Print

Income from ‘Profits and Gains of Business or Profession’

Income Tax : Understand income tax rules for business & profession in India. Covers business, profession, vocation, occupation, and deduction g...

March 15, 2025 693 Views 0 comment Print

Income from Business and Profession under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : In the realm of taxation, income is classified into various categories, with one of the most significant being Income from Busines...

March 13, 2025 939 Views 0 comment Print

Unlocking Mysteries of Gross Total Income and Income Tax Deductions

Income Tax : The Indian taxation framework, as delineated by the Income Tax Act of 1961, may initially seem daunting. Nevertheless, acquiring a...

March 13, 2025 1635 Views 0 comment Print


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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 48 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 117 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Expects 12.65% Rise in Income Tax Collections Despite Tax Rate Cut

Income Tax : The Finance Bill 2025 projects a 12.65% rise in income tax collections despite tax cuts, with estimated receipts of ₹25.20 lakh ...

March 16, 2025 60 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of Tax Rate Reduction on Middle-Class & Savings

Income Tax : The Finance Bill 2025 revises tax slabs, reducing the burden on middle-class taxpayers. The changes aim to boost savings and consu...

March 16, 2025 57 Views 0 comment Print

Corporate Tax Revenue Collection and Statewise Distribution

Income Tax : Corporate tax revenue distribution follows Finance Commission guidelines, with states receiving 41% of shareable taxes. Incentives...

March 16, 2025 60 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Kerala HC Stays Income Tax Recovery Against Pulikkal Medical Foundation

Income Tax : Kerala High Court halts recovery proceedings against Pulikkal Medical Foundation, pending appeals on income tax orders under Secti...

March 17, 2025 12 Views 0 comment Print

Appeal Delay: CA/Advocate Failure Not Excuse – ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata rejects appeal delayed by 2655 days, citing assessee negligence despite CA/advocate failure; Sumita Roy Chowdhury cas...

March 17, 2025 18 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) Must Decide even Ex-Parte Appeals on Merits: ITAT Cochin

Income Tax : Key highlights of the ITAT Cochin order in Premalatha Korottoliprasantham Vs ITO for AY 2017-18, addressing non-filing of returns ...

March 17, 2025 18 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC Stays Income Tax Recovery Pending ITAT Appeal

Income Tax : Kerala High Court halts income tax recovery against SML Finance Ltd. until ITAT disposes of pending appeal for assessment year 201...

March 17, 2025 21 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) NFAC Must Address Appeals on Merits Even in Ex-Parte Orders: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT Pune mandates CIT(A) to decide cases on merit, even ex parte, remanding Santosh Varade's income addition dispute for reassess...

March 17, 2025 30 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 1023 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 648 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 609 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment & Investigation of Benami, Foreign Assets & TDS Cases

Income Tax : Learn about suspected benami, undisclosed foreign assets, and TDS compliance cases assigned under Risk Management Strategy via the...

March 7, 2025 315 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department identifies High-Risk Non-Filers for AY 2019-22

Income Tax : The IT Dept. has flagged high-risk non-filers for AY 2019-22 on the Insight Portal under RMS Cycle 5. Assessing Officers can revie...

March 7, 2025 9678 Views 0 comment Print


Additional Depreciation can not be denied on the ground that electricity is not an article or thing

May 20, 2012 2372 Views 0 comment Print

Reference was made to the decisions of Apex Court rendered in the case of M.P. Electricity Board 35 STC 188 (sic). In this case it was held that electricity is goods within the meaning of section 2(3) of Central Province and Virar Sales-tax Act. This decision was rendered in the context of the language of a particular statute. As such this meaning cannot be extended to the facts of the present case

If non-resident agent operates outside country, no part of his income arises in India

May 20, 2012 8641 Views 0 comment Print

Agreement between the assessee and the Non Resident is only for rendering services which cannot be considered as technical services and as there is no PE to the said non resident in India, the amount does not accrue or arise in India and further as there is no need for deducting the amount under section 195, there is no violation of provisions of section 195 and accordingly the same cannot be disallowed under section 40(a)(ia).

Contribution towards costs of research / for the use of process or formula is Royalty

May 20, 2012 1978 Views 0 comment Print

On the terms of the agreement, it appears to us, that it is only an agreement to share the product of the Research and Development allegedly without payment of royalty, but paying a consideration for the use described as the contribution towards the costs of the researchincurred by that particular party. This payment occurs only on use of the product of the research and not otherwise. This payment can hence only be understood as a consideration for the use of the process or formula developed by that member. It would satisfy the definition of royalty under Explanation 2 to Section 9(1 )(vi) of the Act. The applicant is either the recipient of the consideration or the conduit through which the consideration is paid to the concerned party.

Consideration for Grant of the use or consideration for right to use is Royalty

May 20, 2012 2123 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant is in the business of gathering, collating and making available or imparting information concerning industrial and commercial knowledge, experience and skill and consequently the payment received from the subscriber would be royalty in terms of clause (iv) of Explanation 2 to Section 9(1)(vi) of the Act. If so, the subscription received is royalty liable to be taxed as such under the Act.

RPM most appropriate method for computing ALP of transaction wherein the taxpayer involved in purchase & resale of finished goods

May 20, 2012 2655 Views 0 comment Print

I.T.O. Vs. L’oreal India P. Ltd. – ITAT acknowledged the fact that the Resale Price Method (RPM) is one of the standard methods in case of distribution and marketing activities i.e. when goods are purchased from Associated Enterprises (AEs) and sold to unrelated parties.

S. 195 Withholding of tax not required on salary of seconded employee reimbursed to a foreign company since such payment is not for rendering technical services

May 20, 2012 2042 Views 0 comment Print

Indian Company exercising control and supervision over a seconded employee and bearing the salary cost should be considered as an economic employer and not liable to withhold tax under Section 195 of the Act on the reimbursement of the salary to the foreign company on which tax has been withheld under Section 1923 of the Act. Further the Tribunal held that the payment to IDS USA did not represent ‘Fees for Technical Services’

HC Takes Notice of TDS Refund Harassment by Dept & Demands Answers

May 20, 2012 3588 Views 0 comment Print

CA Anand Parkash, FCA, addressed a letter dated 30.4.2012 to Delhi High Court in which he set out the numerous difficulties faced by Income Tax assessees country wide due to the faulty processing of the Income Tax Returns and the TDS deducted at source and request that certain directions be issued by this Hon’ble Court so that lakhs of tax payers are saved from the harassment in filing revised returns/rectification petitions every year.

Section 234B Interest cannot be levied on Non Resident for failure on the part of payee to deduct TDS

May 20, 2012 2423 Views 0 comment Print

In this case it is an undisputed fact that the tax on the entire income received by these assessees was required to be deducted at source at the appropriate rates by the respective payers u/s 195 of the Act . The Revenue have not placed before us any material controverting these findings of the ld. CIT(A) nor pointed out any contrary decision so as to enable us to take a different view in the matter.

Books of account can be rejected either for default of ‘incomplete books’ or for ‘inaccurate books’

May 20, 2012 3682 Views 0 comment Print

It is a fact that the inaccuracy involved in instant case is of Rs. 124.04 lakhs which works out to nearly 6 per cent of the profits and the assessee describes the same as trivial and ignorable. Stand of revenue in this regard is that the Assessing Officer has only to establish the inaccuracy in the books of account maintained by the assessee and the triviality or otherwise is not the issue. The provisions are clear that in principle the Assessing Officer can assume jurisdiction under section 145 either for the reasoning of the ‘incompleteness of the books or for the reasoning of the inaccuracy of the same.

Disallowances u/s 40(a) not applicable to charitable trust/institution u/s 11

May 20, 2012 20206 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40 is applicable only when deductions under Sections 30 to 38 are being made in computing the income chargeable under the head profits and gains of business or profession under Section 28. The exception in Section 40 is carved out, only for the purpose of Section 28 and not for computing the exemption of income of a charitable trust under Section 11.

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