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Taxation of Capital Gain in India – FAQs

Income Tax : This guide explains the taxation of capital gains, computation methods, capital assets, and transfer provisions under the Income-t...

June 24, 2026 495616 Views 165 comments Print

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 1569886 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 932950 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 556927 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 401772 Views 61 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 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


Section 153C Assessment Set Aside as AO Failed to Record Year-Wise Satisfaction: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that a single satisfaction note covering multiple assessment years without identifying year-wise incriminating...

June 24, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 153C Assessments as Consolidated Satisfaction Note for Multiple Years Was Invalid

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that a single consolidated satisfaction note covering multiple assessment years without year-wise incriminatin...

June 24, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition as Sale Proceeds Were Realisation of Earlier Investment

Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 68 could not be applied to sale proceeds received from investments already recorded in the books in an ...

June 24, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Converts Section 69A Addition into Estimated Business Income; Entire Sales Receipts Cannot Be Taxed

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that customer deposits representing sale proceeds could not be taxed in full as unexplained money under Sectio...

June 24, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Deletes Section 69A Addition and Allows Section 80-IA Deduction; Consistency Principle Applied

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT deleted the addition under Section 69A after holding that the assessee had satisfactorily explained the source of c...

June 24, 2026 36 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 49848 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 642 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


Section 271(1)(c) Penalty cannot be imposed in absence of Disallowance

November 13, 2017 4047 Views 0 comment Print

It is abundantly clear that the very basis of the penalty proceedings was set aside by the Tri­bunal in an appeal against the assessment order. There was no addition of income. On the contrary, the case of the assessee, which was negated by the assessing officer of carrying on the business of draft discounting, is accepted by the Tribunal. Explanation 1 to section 271(1)(c) of the Act, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, would not arise.

Promotion of 229 ITOs to the grade of ACITs

November 13, 2017 2988 Views 0 comment Print

Order No. 196 of 2017- President is pleased to appoint following Income Tax Officers, presently posted in region shown against their names, in the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) on ad-hoc basis for the vacancy year 2016-17 in the Level 10 in the pay matrix Rs. 56100-177500/-

Notional income on house kept vacant for self-occupation

November 13, 2017 2826 Views 0 comment Print

Annual value of a house could be taken as nil only when either the house is occupied for own residence or could not be occupied by the owner, if he is residing in a building not owned by him at other place due to his employment, business or profession carried out at other place.

SC explains concept of fixed place of business, service PE and agency PE

November 12, 2017 21714 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Act, in particular Section 90 thereof, does not speak of the concept of a PE. This is a creation only of the DTAA. By virtue of Article 7(1) of the DTAA, the business income of companies which are incorporated in the US will be taxable only in the US, unless it is found that they were PEs in India

Interest on FDRs before business Commencement is Income from Other Sources

November 12, 2017 4959 Views 1 comment Print

Anything which can properly be described as income is taxable under the Act unless expressly exempted. Following the above principle, Court held that interest earned by Assessee is clearly its income and unless it can be shown that any provision like Section 10 has exempted it from tax, it will be taxable.

Value declared in Wealth Tax Return cannot be taken as Cost of Acquisition

November 12, 2017 1527 Views 0 comment Print

Court is satisfied that no error was committed by the ITAT in holding that the value declared in the tax return filed by the Assessees under WTA cannot be taken to be the cost of acquisition in the hands of the Assessees.

AO cannot treat allotment letter as fake in absence of any evidence

November 12, 2017 1755 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Mumbai) has held that, Income from Capital Asset is Capital Gain and not business Income even if Assessee was regularly booking Flats and Selling the same. Any kind of Income from Capital Assets held by the Assessee whether or not connected with his business of profession earned must be treated as capital gain.

Limitation period U/s. 264(3) begins from date of receipt of intimation U/s. 143(1)

November 12, 2017 2187 Views 0 comment Print

The challenge in this writ petition is to an order dated 21-12-2016 passed by the Principal Commissioner (PCIT) rejecting the Petitioners application under section 264 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act) on the ground of limitation.

Govt subsidy not related to any specific assets cannot be reduced from cost of asset

November 12, 2017 2187 Views 0 comment Print

Receipt of grant from US Aid through ICICI to create an institutional environment for technological innovations could not be regarded as meeting of cost of specific asset by Central Government or State Government or any authority established by any law in India or any other person, so as to cause Explanation 10 to section 43(1) get attracted to assessee’s case.

Compensation received for providing amenities is taxable as income from house property

November 12, 2017 7197 Views 0 comment Print

Receipts towards amenities are to be considered as part of rental income. However, the expenses incurred towards security service and pantry services are not connected to the rental income and hence, they should be deducted from the receipts from amenities.

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