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ESOP Buyback in Unlisted Companies: Two-Tax Problem Employees Aren’t Prepared For

Income Tax : The article explains how ESOP taxation in unlisted companies occurs at both exercise and buyback stages. It highlights perquisite ...

June 22, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The FAQs explain the revised CBDT guidelines on compounding offences under the Income-tax Act effective from 17 October 2024. They...

June 22, 2026 2175 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Exemption available from Capital gains under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn the eligibility, investment conditions, exemption limits, timelines, and withdrawal provisions for capital gains exemptions ...

June 22, 2026 7080 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Disallowance of cash expenses or limit on cash transactions

Income Tax : This FAQ serves as a reference for the Income-tax Act provisions relating to cash receipts, loans, repayments, and electronic paym...

June 22, 2026 4791 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on ICDS (Income Computation and Disclosure Standards)

Income Tax : This FAQ covers all ten notified ICDS, explaining their scope, applicability, disclosures, and treatment of various tax-related tr...

June 22, 2026 7536 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 204 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 6184 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 285 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 1866 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 3951 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Sales Tax Subsidy Linked to Capital Investment is Capital Receipt: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that sales tax and similar State Government incentives were capital receipts because the schemes were intende...

June 22, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Invalid as AO Had Already Examined Key Issues: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The ITAT Visakhapatnam held that the Commissioner cannot invoke Section 263 where the Assessing Officer has already conducted inqu...

June 22, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80P Deduction Denied as No Valid Return Was Filed: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The ITAT Visakhapatnam held that deduction under Section 80P cannot be allowed where the assessee failed to file a valid return of...

June 22, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Tax Credit Allowed as Delayed Form 67 Filing Is Procedural: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The Tribunal directed the Assessing Officer to grant Foreign Tax Credit, observing that delayed filing of Form No. 67 is only a pr...

June 22, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as AO Relied on Borrowed Satisfaction Without Independent Analysis

Income Tax : The ITAT Jaipur held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid because the Assessing Officer merely relied on Investigation ...

June 22, 2026 69 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 49584 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 789 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 618 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 237 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 198 Views 0 comment Print


Angel Taxation in India

December 29, 2018 15717 Views 0 comment Print

Who are angel investors? Angel investors (also called informal investors, angel funders, private investors, seed investors or business angels) are affluent individuals who inject capital for startups in exchange for ownership equity or convertible debt These investors invest their money in an entrepreneurial company unlike institutional venture capitalists, who invest other people’s money. Unlike venture capitalists […]

Residential Status of an Individual- Q & A

December 29, 2018 14229 Views 0 comment Print

Residential Status of an Individual under Income Tax Act, 1961 One of the most basic yet very important topic in direct taxation is determining the residential status of the assessee. This concept will act as a foundation for Calculating Taxable income and calculation of tax thereon. In this article let us discuss the provisions of […]

Reminiscences of a CCIT: To study or not to study……is the question

December 29, 2018 1047 Views 0 comment Print

I retired on 30th September 2005 as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax I, Chennai – after completing 37 years of highly satisfying service in the income tax department. I received several requests to write about my experiences. This small summary is the result of my ramblings.

Submit Forms 15G and 15H by year end but take certain care

December 28, 2018 1911 Views 2 comments Print

Submit 15 G or 15 H before the year end to avoid tax deduction from your interest Of late I have been receiving many queries from the readers about submission of forms to the banks so as to ensure that the bank does not deduct tax at source. In order to address those queries I […]

Document related to transactions recorded in books cannot be considered as incriminating material

December 28, 2018 2799 Views 0 comment Print

Advocate Akhilesh Kumar Sah Lord Krishna Dwellers (P) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Lord Krishna Dwellers case: Purchases of land reflected in the seized sale deeds duly recorded in the regular books of account, documents seized relating to same during the course of search cannot be considered as incriminating material, enabling AO to proceed under section […]

CBDT Notifies ‘Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam’ for exemption U/s. 10(46)

December 28, 2018 849 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government hereby notifies for exemption U/s. 10(46) ‘Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam’, Shimla, a body constituted by the Government of Gujarat vide Notification No. 92/2018 Dated : 28th December, 2018. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES NOTIFICATION No. 92/2018 New Delhi, the 28th December, 2018 S.O. 6357(E).—In exercise of […]

CBDT notifies ‘National Iranian Oil Company’ as foreign company WEF 05.11.2018

December 28, 2018 603 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government, having regard to the national interest, hereby notifies vide Notification No. 91/2018 the National Iranian Oil Company, as the foreign company and the arrangement for bilateral trade payments entered between the Government of India and the Government of Iran on 2nd November, 2018 as the arrangement subject to the condition that the said foreign company shall not engage in any activity in India, other than the receipt of income under the aforesaid arrangement.

CBDT Notifies ‘Rajasthan State Open School Society’ for exemption U/s. 10(46)

December 28, 2018 879 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government hereby notifies for exemption U/s. 10(46)  ‘Rajasthan State Open School Society’, Jaipur, a body constituted by the Government of Gujarat vide Notification No. 90/2018 Dated : 28th December, 2018. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) Notification No. 90/2018 New Delhi, the 28th December, 2018 S.O. 6355(E).—In exercise of […]

Disallowance U/S 40A(3) not Possible if transaction genuine & cash payment done on Seller’s Insistence

December 28, 2018 5742 Views 0 comment Print

When cash payment was done on insistence of the seller, amount was duly recorded in the sale deed and no doubt was raised with regard to the genuineness of the transaction, disallowance u/s 40A(3) not justifiable.

Transfer and posting of Six Commissioners of Income Tax

December 27, 2018 3543 Views 0 comment Print

Office Order No. 219 of 2018 The following Commissioners of Income Tax are hereby transferred and posted as per the table below, with immediate effect and until further orders:

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