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An Overview of New Income Tax Bill, 2025

Income Tax : New Income Tax Bill 2025, replacing the 1961 act, focuses on simplification and clarity. Learn about the key changes and retained...

February 13, 2025 216 Views 0 comment Print

New Income Tax Bill 2025: FAQs on Key Changes

Income Tax : Understand key changes in proposed Income Tax Bill 2025. This FAQ covers definitions, tax year, non-profits, exemptions, salary, h...

February 13, 2025 420 Views 0 comment Print

New Income Tax Bill 2025: General FAQs and Broad Scope

Income Tax : Learn about the simplification, stakeholder consultation, and structural reforms in the new Income-Tax Bill aimed at reducing redu...

February 13, 2025 1404 Views 0 comment Print

New Income Tax Bill 2025 – Key Takeaways

Income Tax : Explore the key takeaways of the New Income Tax Bill 2025, including structural changes, simplified provisions, and updates in tax...

February 13, 2025 2982 Views 0 comment Print

Unexplained Cash Credits & Section 68: Tax & Legal Aspects

Income Tax : Learn about unexplained cash credits under Section 68, tax implications, key legal cases, and compliance requirements to avoid pen...

February 13, 2025 123 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Income Tax Bill 2025: Executive Summary on Income Tax Act Simplification

Income Tax : Income-Tax Bill 2025 simplifies tax laws by reducing sections, chapters, and words while ensuring no policy or tax rate changes. K...

February 13, 2025 285 Views 0 comment Print

New Income-Tax Bill 2025: Section Mapping & Updates

Income Tax : Explore the section mapping of the New Income-Tax Bill 2025, comparing provisions with the Income-Tax Act, 1961. See key changes, ...

February 13, 2025 198 Views 0 comment Print

Webinar on Critical Issues in Faceless Assessments under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Join our webinar on Faceless Tax Assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Learn concepts, challenges, and solutions from expert...

February 13, 2025 2523 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Return Filings in India: Trends and Government Measures

Income Tax : Analysis of income tax return filings in India over five years, including trends, zero-tax cases, and government initiatives to en...

February 12, 2025 171 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of Supreme Court Judgement On HUF Tax Benefits

Income Tax : Government addresses Supreme Court judgment on tax exemptions for clergy and its implications on Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) u...

February 12, 2025 591 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Allahabad HC Quashes Section 154 Orders for Laconic Reasoning, Natural Justice Breach

Income Tax : Allahabad HC quashes two Section 154 tax orders, citing laconic reasoning and violation of natural justice. Fresh hearing ordered....

February 13, 2025 57 Views 0 comment Print

SC: Govt. Grant Interest Taxable (SLP Dismissed)

Income Tax : Supreme Court dismisses Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation's tax appeal due to significant delay....

February 13, 2025 60 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on Govt. Grants Taxable as Income From Other Sources: Patna HC

Income Tax : Patna High Court rules interest earned on government grants for construction is taxable income, not capital receipt....

February 13, 2025 36 Views 0 comment Print

SC dismisses ACIT’s appeal against reassessment due to delay & lack of merit

Income Tax : Supreme Court dismisses tax case due to delay and lack of merit. Bombay High Court quashes reassessment notice against Teleperfor...

February 13, 2025 285 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Quashes Reassessment Notice for Section 151 Approval without mind application

Income Tax : Bombay High Court quashes reassessment notice in Teleperformance case due to lack of application of mind in granting approval unde...

February 13, 2025 120 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Punjab RERA Notified for Income Tax Exemption under Section 10(46A)(b)

Income Tax : The Central Government notifies Punjab RERA for tax exemption under Section 10(46A) of the Income-tax Act, effective from the 2024...

February 13, 2025 120 Views 0 comment Print

Govt released Income-Tax Bill, 2025 (Download)

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...

February 12, 2025 126915 Views 5 comments Print

Income Tax Act: Bhaikaka University Approved for Research

Income Tax : Bhaikaka University, Gujarat, is approved for scientific research under Section 35(1)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, effective f...

February 11, 2025 189 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Act: Section 285 Notification for Liaison Office Statement Filing

Income Tax : Notification No. 14/2025 updates Form 49C submission rules for liaison offices under the Income-Tax Act. Filing deadline set to 8 ...

February 10, 2025 330 Views 0 comment Print

Income-Tax Rule 2F Amended for Infrastructure Debt Funds

Income Tax : CBDT amends Income-Tax Rules, 1962, updating regulations for Infrastructure Debt Funds, including investment criteria, bond issuan...

February 7, 2025 342 Views 0 comment Print


Reopening of an assessment on mere change of opinion without any tangible material is unsustainable

August 19, 2010 540 Views 0 comment Print

We are conscious of the circumstance that in the present case the re-opening of assessment is sought to be effected within a period of four years of the expiry of the relevant assessment year. However, it is now a well settled position of law that a mere change of opinion would not justify the Assessing Officer in seeking a recourse to the powers under Section 1

A special provision in the I-T Act cannot be pressed into service to deny the benefit which is otherwise due to FII under the tax treaty provisions notwithstanding their conflict with the domestic law of income tax

August 19, 2010 555 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the profits/losses from futures and options contracts (derivative transactions) carried out on the Indian Stock exchanges are in the nature of “Business income” in the hands of the applicant under the provisions of the Act read with the Agreement for Avoi

I-T department claims jurisdiction to levy tax on acquisition of Hutch-Essar by Vodafone

August 18, 2010 531 Views 0 comment Print

The Indian Income Tax department on Monday told the division bench of the Bombay High Court that it has the jurisdiction to levy tax on the $11-billion acquisition of Indian telecom major Hutch-Essar by Vodafone. The division bench has been hearing a petition filed by Vodafone against the Income tax department

Rs. 786.27 Crore Seized During Search and Seizure Operations in 2009-10

August 18, 2010 552 Views 0 comment Print

Government of India has taken several punitive and deterrent steps to unearth black money. These include scrutiny of returns, surveys, search and seizure action, imposition of penalty and launching of prosecution in appropriate cases.

Vedanta deal: Cairn Energy may pay $1 bn as capital gains tax

August 18, 2010 675 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Ministry on Monday said Cairn Energy Plc is likely to pay close to $1 billion as capital gains tax on the $8.48 billion it expects to get from selling majority stake in its India arm to Vedanta Resources. “This deal will attract a capital gains tax of 11.33 per cent,” a Finance Ministry official said. Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy Plc is selling up to 51 per cent stake in Cairn India at Rs 405 per share to billionaire Anil Agarwal-controlled Vedanta Resources Plc.

Tax Authority can not treat the Taxpayer as a conduit when there is commercial justification for the Taxpayer’s existence

August 17, 2010 828 Views 0 comment Print

Satellite Television Asia Region Advertising Sales BV (Taxpayer) [2010- T11-58-ITAT-MUML-INTL]: Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal:- The Tax Authority sought to disregard the existence of the Taxpayer and taxed the income in the hands of the Taxpayer’s Hong Kong-based shareholder company. However, the ITAT ruled in favor of the Taxpayer and held that the Tax Authority could not treat the Taxpayer as a conduit as there was commercial justification for the Taxpayer’s existence.

Royalty paid by Non-resident to another Non-resident is not taxable if not related to and borne by PE in India

August 17, 2010 864 Views 0 comment Print

MSM Satellite Singapore Pte Ltd (SET), a tax resident of Singapore, is engaged in the business of acquiring television programs, motion pictures and sports events. It exhibits the same on its television channels from Singapore.

Opinion of DVO cannot be relied upon in absence of other corroborative evidence

August 17, 2010 1526 Views 0 comment Print

We are also in agreement with the submission made by Mr. Piyush Kaushik that it is settled law that in the absence of any incriminating evidence that anything has been paid over and above than the stated amount, the primary burden of proof is on the Revenue to show that there has been an under-statement or concealment of income. It is only when such burden has been discharged, would it be permissible to rely upon the valuation given by the DVO.

ITAT rules on taxpayer’s option to choose initial year for claiming tax holiday for telecommunication services

August 16, 2010 702 Views 0 comment Print

The option of choosing the initial year for claiming tax holiday under the Section for a consecutive period of 10 out of 15 years (20 years in some cases) from the commencement of operations of an eligible undertaking, is intended to provide meaningful benefit to such taxpayers, since these business are capital-intensive and typically have long gestation period during which they incur losses and are not in a position to avail the profit-linked tax holiday benefit.

Any person from whom a non-resident is in receipt of any income can be treated as an agent of such non-resident: Mumbai ITAT

August 16, 2010 690 Views 0 comment Print

A recent ruling of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in the case of Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Taxpayer) [AIT­2010-211-1TAT] under the provisions of the Indian Tax Act, 1961 (ITA),held that any person from whom a non ­resident is in receipt of any income can be treated as an agent of such non-resident.

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