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Tax Deducted at Source (TDS): FAQs

Income Tax : This comprehensive FAQ explains the TDS provisions applicable for AY 2026-27, including rates, thresholds, compliance obligations,...

June 23, 2026 817455 Views 206 comments Print

Section 161: Foundation of Transfer Pricing Regime under Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : Learn how Section 161 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 establishes the arm's length principle for international and specified domestic ...

June 23, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

Step-by-Step Guide to Capital Gains Account Scheme (CGAS): Rules, Types & Documentation

Income Tax : Learn why taxpayers must deposit unutilized capital gains into a Capital Gains Account Scheme (CGAS) before the ITR due date to pr...

June 23, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

Master Guide on Filing Income Tax Return: Everything You Need to Know

Income Tax : This FAQ guide explains the applicability of ITR forms, filing methods, due dates, penalties, and taxpayer obligations for AY 2026...

June 23, 2026 154745 Views 17 comments Print

Computation of Income Tax: FAQs & Examples

Income Tax : This guide explains how taxable income and tax liability are computed under the Income-tax Act, from Gross Total Income to the fin...

June 23, 2026 370272 Views 22 comments 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 213 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 6199 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 1872 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 3963 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Upholds Quashing of TDS Prosecution as Tax & Interest Were Deposited Before Criminal Proceedings

Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the SLP against the Jharkhand High Court's decision quashing prosecution under Sections 276B and 278B....

June 23, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue Appeal Dismissed as Later CBDT Circular Allowed Delay in Filing Form 10B

Income Tax : The High Court upheld the Tribunal's decision allowing Section 11 exemption after applying CBDT Circular No. 16 of 2022 permitting...

June 23, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Section 143(1) Intimation Held Invalid as Scrutiny Proceedings Had Already Begun

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that CPC could not process the return under Section 143(1) after the Assessing Officer had issued a notice under...

June 23, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty as AO Failed to Identify Correct Default

Income Tax : The ITAT held that penalty under Section 270A could not be sustained because the Assessing Officer failed to clearly distinguish b...

June 23, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Grants Section 270AA Immunity as Penalty Notice Failed to Specify Misreporting

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that immunity under Section 270AA could not be denied when the penalty notice did not specify whether th...

June 23, 2026 54 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 49698 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 807 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 636 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 243 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 207 Views 0 comment Print


Recent Changes in Income Tax for FY 2017-18

January 2, 2018 21228 Views 4 comments Print

Article discusses recent Changes in Individual Income Tax Slab Rates, Rebate U/S 87A, Surcharge on Total Income, Fees for Delayed Filing and Compulsory Quoting Of PAN

Reassessment cannot be made to disallow deduction allowed in Original Assessment

January 2, 2018 1581 Views 0 comment Print

The powers of reassessment u/S.147/148 of the Act have to be invoked with great amount of circumspection and the relevant material on record, on the basis of which, a “reasonable opinion” can be framed in contrast with a mere change of opinion for initiating the reassessment proceedings.

Interest U/s. 234B / 234C cannot be levied for period prior to date of survey on Income declared during Survey

January 2, 2018 3756 Views 0 comment Print

Emem Freight Forwarders Vs Dy. CIT (ITAT Mumbai)  Section 210 of the Act requires the assessee to pay advance tax at his own or in pursuance of the order of the assessing officer on or before each of the due dates specified under section 211 of the Act. In the instant case, the assessment year […]

VAT reimbursement: Whether capital receipt or revenue receipt?

January 2, 2018 3273 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Deepak Vegpro (P) Ltd. (Rajasthan High Court) Finance Act, 2015 with effect from 1-4-2016, has enlarged the definition of income given under section 2 (24) by inserting sub-clause (xviii), which reads as under :– (xviii) assistance in the form of a subsidy or grant or cash incentive or duty drawback or waiver or […]

Acquisition of flat in under construction building should be considered as Construction and not Purchase

January 1, 2018 5040 Views 1 comment Print

Booking of flat in an apartment under construction must also be viewed as a method of constructing residential tenements. Commencement of construction is not relevant for the purpose of sec. 54 and it is only the completion of construction.

Re-assessment proceedings quashed as there was no nexus between reasons recorded and addition made

January 1, 2018 2505 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT has in the case of Krishan Kumar v/s ITO in ITA No. 3985/Del/2017 has quashed the reassessment proceedings as there was no nexus between reasons recorded and addition made.

Depreciation on assets allowable to trust despite treatment of same as Income Application : SC

December 31, 2017 27738 Views 0 comment Print

Assessing Officer view in disallowing the depreciation which was claimed under Section 32 of the Act was that once the capital expenditure is treated as application of income for charitable purposes, the assessees had virtually enjoyed a 100 per cent write off of the cost of assets and, therefore, the grant of depreciation would amount to giving double benefit to the assessee.

Depreciation cannot be denied for Breakdown & Technical Snags during Trial runs of Machineries

December 31, 2017 1614 Views 0 comment Print

Once plant commences operation and even if product is substantial and not marketable, the business can said to have been set up. Mere breakdown of machinery or technical snags that may have developed after the trial run which had interrupted the continuation of further production for a period of time cannot be held ground to deprive the assessee of the benefit of depreciation claimed.

ICAI suggests on Income-tax exemption for securitization trusts, levy of distribution tax on income distributed by such trusts U/s. 10(23DA)

December 31, 2017 5838 Views 0 comment Print

The securitization trust has so far been treated as a pass through vehicle for tax purposes i.e. all the income of the securitization trust has been offered to tax by its investors (unless the investor is tax exempt viz., a mutual fund).

All about Bogus LTCG/STCL Through BSE Listed Penny Stocks

December 30, 2017 39249 Views 0 comment Print

The Directorate of Investigation, Kolkata this time, has undertaken the accommodation entry of Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) investigation on a much larger scale than earlier and as a result, we have been able to identify a very large number of beneficiaries who have together taken a huge amount bogus entries of LTCG.

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