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Income Tax : Failure to file ITRs can result in interest, late fees, loss of refunds, and missed tax benefits. Beyond taxation, it may also aff...
Income Tax : A comprehensive overview of Income Tax Return filing obligations, due dates, belated and revised returns, updated return provision...
Income Tax : The document explains tax rates applicable to individuals, HUFs, firms, companies, co-operative societies, foreign companies, and ...
Income Tax : Resident senior citizens aged 60 years or above are exempt from paying advance tax if they do not earn income from business or pro...
Income Tax : This guide explains how taxpayers can challenge assessment, reassessment, penalty, and other specified orders before the Joint Com...
Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...
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...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad upheld reassessment proceedings after finding that seized diaries recorded unaccounted cash transactions exceeding ...
Income Tax : The Allahabad High Court quashed a reassessment after finding that the Section 148 notice was based on an incorrect allegation of ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that Section 153C requires the AO of the other person to independently assess whether seized documents have a b...
Income Tax : Jaipur ITAT held that reassessment proceedings were invalid because the Assessing Officer mechanically relied on Investigation Win...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that third-party WhatsApp messages and decoded chat entries lacked evidentiary value against the assessee witho...
Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...
Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...
Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
The court examined an assessment passed without considering the taxpayers detailed reply. It held that non-consideration of the reply violates natural justice, warranting remand.
Failure to comply with section 143(2) by the competent Assessing Officer invalidates the assessment. The decision underscores strict adherence to jurisdictional requirements under the Act.
The tribunal examined whether a Singapore entity could claim DTAA exemption on capital gains from sale of Indian shares. It held that treaty benefits were unavailable as the entity lacked commercial substance and functioned as a shell or conduit.
The Tribunal ruled that nominal differences between declared consideration and stamp duty valuation do not trigger tax. Tolerance limits must be applied to avoid unjust enrichment of revenue.
The decision reiterates that reassessment cannot be initiated on borrowed satisfaction or presumptions. Independent application of mind by the Assessing Officer is mandatory for a valid reopening.
The Tribunal held that search-based reassessments issued beyond six assessment years are barred by limitation. Revenue appeals were dismissed as the statutory time limits could not be extended.
Construction, fit-out, and IT installation costs capitalised in fixed assets were held genuine. The Tribunal emphasized substance of records over suspicion based on third-party allegations.
Major amendments cover decriminalisation of offences, conversion of penalties into fees, and rationalisation of MAT and TCS rates. The reforms aim to reduce disputes while ensuring proportional enforcement.
The Tribunal held that no TDS demand can survive where tax was duly deposited and PAN became operative within the CBDT-prescribed timeline. Deductors are entitled to relief under the beneficial 2024 CBDT circular.
The Tribunal held that reassessment initiated solely on the basis of an audit objection, without any independent application of mind, is invalid. Such reopening lacks the mandatory reason to believe and cannot sustain in law.
