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Carry Forward and Set Off of Losses with FAQs

Income Tax : Learn how taxpayers can set off losses against taxable income and carry forward unadjusted losses under the Income-tax Act. The FA...

June 24, 2026 1569850 Views 129 comments Print

Clubbing of Income under Income Tax Act, 1961 with FAQs

Income Tax : Learn when the Income-tax Act requires another person's income to be included in your taxable income. The FAQs explain clubbing pr...

June 24, 2026 932905 Views 80 comments Print

FAQs on Income from house property

Income Tax : Learn how rental income is taxed, who is treated as the owner, and how deductions under Section 24 are computed. The guidance also...

June 24, 2026 556888 Views 67 comments Print

Taxability of Gift received by an individual or HUF with FAQs

Income Tax : Learn when monetary, immovable, and movable property gifts become taxable under the Income-tax Act. The FAQs explain exemptions, t...

June 24, 2026 401748 Views 61 comments Print

Cross-Border ESOPs in India: Unresolved Taxation Gap Silently Costing Mobile Professionals

Income Tax : The article highlights that Indian tax law lacks a statutory formula for allocating cross-border ESOP income, increasing the risk ...

June 24, 2026 75 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 219 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 6202 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 288 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 1887 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 3966 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bangalore ITAT Deletes Demonetisation Additions; Confirmations from Debtors Not Mandatory When Sales Are Accepted

Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that failure to produce confirmations from debtors did not justify additions where sales, ledger accounts, and samp...

June 24, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Deletes Bonus Disallowance and Consequential Penalty; CIT(A) Faulted for Ignoring Additional Evidence

Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that bonus payments recorded in a separate bonus ledger, audit report, and profit and loss account could not be dis...

June 24, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Deletes Demonetisation Addition; Recorded Cash Receipts Cannot Be Treated as Unexplained Money

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that cash deposits recorded in audited books of account could not be treated as unexplained merely because...

June 24, 2026 21 Views 0 comment Print

Gross Receipts Cannot Be Taxed if Charitable Expenditure Was Undisputed: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that although failure to file Form 10B disentitled the assessee from claiming exemption under Sections 11 and ...

June 24, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Allows Full Exemption for BSNL VRS Compensation 

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the ex gratia received under the BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2019 qualified for exemption under Secti...

June 24, 2026 60 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 49845 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 870 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 249 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 210 Views 0 comment Print


Deemed dividend not accrues on mere issue and cancellation of Cheque

December 24, 2017 1551 Views 0 comment Print

A division bench of the Allahabad High Court recently ruled that the provisions of deemed dividend would not attract in case of mere issuance of a cheque that was subsequently cancelled and returned. While quashing a departmental appeal against the order of ITAT, the bench clarified that payment of any sum is necessary to constitute deemed dividend for the purpose of Section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

CIT can revise assessment order u/s 263 if AO did not make any proper inquiry

December 23, 2017 3069 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus share capital: Law laid down in Subhlakshmi Vanijya Pvt. Ltd vs. CIT 155 ITD 171 (Kol), Rajmandir Estates 386 ITR 162 (Cal) etc that the CIT is entitled to revise the assessment order u/s 263 on the ground that the AO did not make any proper inquiry while accepting the explanation of the assessee insofar as receipt of share application money is concerned cannot be interfered with

CBDT Circular specifying Tax effects for appeal filing applies even to pending matters

December 23, 2017 3849 Views 0 comment Print

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday categorically held that the circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) prescribing monetary limit for filing appeals is applicable to pending appeals also.

HC held Compensation received by Parle for breach of contract by Coca Cola as Capital Receipt

December 23, 2017 2997 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, the assessee was in the bottling business for Parle Group of Companies, there was a right of first refusal and the assessee was to carry on the business of bottling for the Coca Cola Company. A detailed business plan was submitted. However, the Coca Cola Company, without any specific reason, rejected the business plan.

SC Allows Deduction of Excise Duty Paid in Advance in PLA

December 23, 2017 3399 Views 1 comment Print

CIT Vs M/s Modipon Ltd. (Supreme Court) Purpose of introduction of Section 43B of the Central Excise Act was to plug a loophole in the statute which permitted deductions on an accrual basis without the requisite obligation to deposit the tax with the State. Resultantly, on the basis of mere book entries an assessee was […]

Export incentive shall not be included for computing eligible profits to compute deduction u/s. 80IC

December 23, 2017 6543 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Mumbai bench recently pronounced that Export incentives are not Includable while computing eligible profits for deduction under Section 80IC of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Penalty U/s. 271D cannot be imposed in absence of payment in cash

December 23, 2017 3852 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs. Apex Finlease Ltd. & Ors. (Allahabad High Court) Section 269SS does not include in its ambit where there is a transaction of loan or deposit by way of entries in the books of account by crediting or debiting the account of the other person. In other words, the provisions of section 269SS of […]

PE in India not establishes merely because Assessee offered its income for tax in India

December 23, 2017 1203 Views 0 comment Print

Linklaters Vs Dy. DIT (ITAT Mumbai) Though the lower authorities had rejected the claim of the assessee that it did not have any ‘PE’ during the period November, 2008 to March, 2009, and rather concluded that the assessee had a ‘PE’ in India during the year under consideration, however we find that no concrete reasoning […]

TDS Payment: 2 month interest cannot be charged for delay of less than a month

December 23, 2017 15492 Views 4 comments Print

Bank of Baroda Vs. DCIT (ITAT Ahemdabad)-Levy of interest u/s. 201(1A) for the second month can arise only if the period of time between the date on which tax was deducted and the date on which tax was paid to the Government exceeds one month.

Interest on loan availed for business cannot be set off against interest received on loan to Sister Concern

December 22, 2017 3333 Views 0 comment Print

High Court of Kerala recently declared that interest from loan given to sister concern cannot be set off against the interest paid by the assessee to his benkers for the purpose of eligible deduction under section 57(iii) of the Income Tax Act 1961.

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