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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 120 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 7083 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 4797 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 7548 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 72 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 72 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 72 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 75 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 78 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 49596 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 621 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


Templates of Rulings received from other jurisdictions under BEPS Action 5 -Reg.

November 22, 2018 1170 Views 0 comment Print

India being a G20 Country is committed to implement the minimum standards laid down in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project. One of the minimum standards that every participating jurisdiction has to achieve is to ensure a Transparency Framework for spontaneous exchange of rulings under BEPS Action 5.

Housing Association & ‘’Mutuality”- (Supplement II)

November 22, 2018 2916 Views 0 comment Print

In the previous Article(s)- HOUSING ASSOCIATION -Mutuality Principle- Supplement I & “Mutuality’ – Doctrine of- A Critical Study it has been explained, at some length, as to why, in view of the applicability of the common law principle of mutuality, claim for tax exemption by a housing association cannot be rightly denied. And, why, by any reasoning or logic, the SC Judgment in Bangalore Club Case is not to be regarded as a ‘precedent’ (binding authority) for doing so.

House Rent Allowance (HRA) Exemption

November 22, 2018 7491 Views 0 comment Print

House Rent Allowance exemption under section 10(13A) is allowed if Salaried individuals getting House Rent Allowance as part of salary and full fill below two conditions: He has taken a residential accommodation in which he resides on rent. He has not occupied such property in which he resides.

Gratuity – Exemption and Tax liability

November 22, 2018 13800 Views 3 comments Print

Gratuity is a monetary benefit given by employer to his employee after rendering a service of minimum of 5 years or more in his establishment. Gratuity act applies where 10 or more persons are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding 12 months.

Depreciation: All You Need to Know

November 21, 2018 10737 Views 0 comment Print

The following essay will explain the meaning of depreciation and all the terms around it through a list and contrast the surrounding terms with the main concept of depreciation.

Understanding Over Taxation and Ways to reduce it

November 21, 2018 2592 Views 1 comment Print

A Company is a separate legal entity from its shareholders. Under S.2 (7) of the Income Tax Act, all entities can be shareholders. For example, sometimes Companies themselves are shareholders in other companies and draw Inter Corporate Dividends from the other.

Authority for Advance Ruling: Making and Unmaking

November 21, 2018 3573 Views 0 comment Print

In the first part, the scheme of Advance Ruling will be discussed. In the second part, the impact of this mechanism in terms of its ability to deliver certainty to taxpayers shall be discussed and in the third part, the case of Colombia Sportswear will be used to discuss whether the decisions of Authority of Advance Ruling should be appealable.

Impact of section 145A on a non-scheduled Bank [Part – II]

November 21, 2018 1971 Views 0 comment Print

What will be the impact of section 145A [as substituted] on the computation of taxable income of the bank whether for FY 2017-18 or FY 2016-17 or even for the earlier year(s)?

Residential Staus as per Income Tax Act,1961

November 21, 2018 3624 Views 2 comments Print

In this article we are going to discuss about the residential status of a person as per Income Tax Act, 1961 which determines which income of an individual is taxable as per Indian Laws. Residential Status of any individual (Section 6) Basic Conditions (1) (2) (3) In case of an Indian Citizen who leaves India […]

UAE VAT: Valuation of Supplies & Transitional Provisions

November 21, 2018 3123 Views 1 comment Print

Valuation of Supplies under UAE VAT Being a completely new form of indirect taxation there are many questions in the minds of the organizations. One of the most important questions is what is valuation of supply under VAT? What will be included in the value of taxable supply on which VAT is calculated? If the […]

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