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Income Tax : Learn key updates in the New Income Tax Bill, 2025, effective April 2026. Covers tax year, compliance, deductions, international t...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Bill 2025 aims to simplify tax laws by replacing the 1961 Act. It includes 23 chapters, 16 schedules, and 536 secti...
Income Tax : Perquisites and Profits in Lieu of Salary are important components of taxable income under the Income Tax Act of 1961. These refer...
Income Tax : Budget 2025-26 focuses on growth, tax relief, and investment. GDP projected at 6.3-6.8%, new tax slabs ease burden on middle class...
Income Tax : Explore the New Tax Bill 2025, replacing the Income Tax Act of 1961. Learn about its simplified structure, global alignment, and c...
Income Tax : Analysis of income tax return filings in India over five years, including trends, zero-tax cases, and government initiatives to en...
Income Tax : Government addresses Supreme Court judgment on tax exemptions for clergy and its implications on Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) u...
Income Tax : Corporate tax collections rose post rate cuts from AY 2020-21, except during COVID. Budget 2025 proposes presumptive tax for elect...
Income Tax : CPC (TDS) reminds deductors to file TDS Statement 26Q for Q2 FY 2024-25. Late/non-filing may attract fees and affect TDS credit fo...
Income Tax : Union Cabinet has approved the new Income Tax Bill 2025, aiming to simplify and modernize India's tax system by replacing the 1961...
Income Tax : Therefore, the procedure that is required to be completed for issuance of notice under Section 148 of the Act is required to be co...
Income Tax : ITAT Pune deletes additions against Ganraj Homes LLP based on extrapolated on-money allegations, citing lack of corroborative evid...
Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that addition under section 69 towards unaccounted gold and silver jewellery set aside relying on CBDT instructi...
Income Tax : Kerala High Court held that recovery of tax arrears by income tax department from property that was already auctioned by Kerala Ge...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that license fees paid to M/s. Remfry & Sagar for use goodwill vested in the company is allowable as deducti...
Income Tax : The Indian government is set to introduce the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha on February 13, 2025. This comprehensive...
Income Tax : Bhaikaka University, Gujarat, is approved for scientific research under Section 35(1)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, effective f...
Income Tax : Notification No. 14/2025 updates Form 49C submission rules for liaison offices under the Income-Tax Act. Filing deadline set to 8 ...
Income Tax : CBDT amends Income-Tax Rules, 1962, updating regulations for Infrastructure Debt Funds, including investment criteria, bond issuan...
Income Tax : CBDT authorizes data sharing with DFPD to identify PMGKAY beneficiaries. MoU to govern data confidentiality, transfer mode, and ti...
The income-tax department is preparing to send another Letter Rogatory to Swiss authorities, seeking details of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan’s Swiss Bank accounts . As part of this exercise, it has asked the Enforcement Directorate to provide a copy of the statements given to it by Khan, accused of siphoning off $8 billion to an unreported Swiss bank account. Along with the statement of Khan, the I-T department has also asked ED to part with a copy of the statement of Kashinath Tapuria, brother of Priyamvada Birla and a business associate of Khan.
The Income Tax Department has been ordered by a road mishap tribunal to pay over Rs six lakhs as compensation to a photographer who suffered permanent disability after being hit by a department’s vehicle. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal ( MACT )) judge Rajiv Mehra ordered the IT department to pay damages to photographer Vijay Singh , saying ‘driver of the offending vehicle is the main tortfeasor (wrongdoer). A careless driving of the vehicle on his part has made the petitioner crippled for whole life.’
Symantec software Solutions Pvt Ltd vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)- The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) recently pronounced its ruling in the case of Symantec Software Solutions Private Limited, Mumbai (Taxpayer), on transfer pricing issues arising from provision of marketing support and consulting services by the Taxpayer to its Associated enterprise (AE). The Tribunal ruled in the favour of the Revenue for all issues except one issue which was decided in the favour of the Taxpayer.
The first installment of advance tax for the financial year 2012-13 is due this month. The deadline for payment of this installment of the advance tax is Tuesday 15th. According to the Income Tax Act, assessees are required to pay tax in advance in a previous year if their tax liability for the year is likely to be Rs 10,000 or more.
CIT v Radhey Shyam Bansal and Others (Delhi HC) In the instant case, the referring AO has not recorded satisfaction that any undisclosed income belongs to the assessee. In the letter/communication dated 15 July 2003 by the referring AO to the AO of the assessee, there is no allegation that the assessee was provided with accommodation book entries or the amounts belong to the respondent-assessee. Book entries were provided to third parties. Though the referring AO wrote a letter to the assessee’s AO informing him that the assessee was providing bogus accommodation book entries and the quantum of transactions was given as per the Annexures, the Annexures were missing from the file. Thus, the appellant-revenue has not discharged the onus that there was valid satisfaction as required under s 158 BD. Therefore, the irresistible conclusion is the prerequisite of “satisfaction” as engrafted under s 158B for the purpose of the initiation of the block assessment proceeding is non-existent or absent.
The Tata Power Co. Ltd. Vs Addl. CIT(ITAT Mumbai) – The stage at which set off of carried forward long term capital loss is to be given is subsequent to the stage at which income under the head capital gains is computed and deduction under section 54EC is to be given in the course of the latter. In this view of the matter, the question of setting off brought forward long term capital loss arises only after the income under the head capital gains is computed and that the processing in computing the income under the head capital gains must also taken into account section 54EC as well.
The government today said the series of steps taken by it to unearth unaccounted wealth have started yielding results. The income tax department, sources said, has detected unaccounted income of Rs 18,750 crore in the last two financial years and collected an additional Rs 22,697 crore as taxes by stepping up vigil on cross border transactions.
National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms: The Government has ‘in principle’ approved setting up of National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms. The National Mission would help implementing the two major goals of (i) increasing access by reducing delays and arrears in the system (ii) enhancing accountability at all levels through structural changes and setting performance standards and facilitating enhancement of capacities for achieving such performance standards.
The Maharashtra Government today made it illegal for anyone below 25 years of age to consume or purchase alcohol. As of now, the legal drinking age in the state is 21. A meeting of the state cabinet here today, however, approved fixing the minimum age for drinking or purchasing beer at 21.
The Income Tax Department is all set to crack the whip on tax defaulters by invoking its power, which has not been used for many years, to arrest and prosecute evaders. The step comes in the backdrop of the government initiating various steps to curb generation of black money in the country and also recently notifying the creation of the first-ever Criminal Investigation (CI) unit in the I-T Department.
