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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 817200 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 84 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 99 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 154715 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 370059 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 3960 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Seized Diary Transactions Require Fresh Examination as Peak Credit Alone Is Insufficient: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The ITAT Pune held that deletion of the addition was premature as the source of cash payments reflected in seized diaries had not ...

June 23, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Contribution Held Explained as Partner Proved Source Through Land Sale: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad upheld deletion of a ₹68.75 crore Section 68 addition after finding that the partner had established the sour...

June 23, 2026 27 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Orders Verification as Project Support Costs May Not Be Head Office Expenses

Income Tax : The Hyderabad ITAT restored the issue to the Assessing Officer to verify whether project support and business development costs qu...

June 23, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Marriage Gift Cash Addition Upheld as Retention After Daughter’s Marriage Was Unexplained: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that cash claimed as marriage gifts could not be accepted where the assessee failed to explain why it remained...

June 23, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as Section 151 Approval Was Not Supplied Despite RTI Request: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment proceedings were invalid because the Revenue failed to provide the mandatory approval under Sectio...

June 23, 2026 63 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 49674 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 801 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 627 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


Search, Re-Assessment etc. of Non-Existent Entity is Invalid

August 3, 2017 2826 Views 0 comment Print

Proceedings under Section 148 of the Act which commenced with the notice dated 3rd April, 2012 issued to VBPPL were itself void ab initio for the simple reason that on that day VBPPL was not in existence as a result of the order dated 20th February, 2013 of the High Court approving its amalgamation with the Petitioner with effect from 1st April, 2012. The question of revival of such proceedings at a later point in time, with there being no change to the legal position regarding VBPPL having ceased to exist, does not arise.

Assessee can raise additional claim at Appellate stage without filing Revised Return

August 3, 2017 2898 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee is entitled to raise not merely additional legal submissions before the Appellate Authorities but is also entitled to raise additional claims. The Appellate Authorities have jurisdiction to deal with additional grounds, which were available when the return was filed.

Tribunal cannot condone delay in filing Miscellaneous Application

August 3, 2017 2949 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal has been given power to admit an appeal after the expiry of the relevant period, if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not presenting it within that period as per Section 253(5). However, this Tribunal is not enshrined with such powers in respect of a miscellaneous petition filed u/s 254(2) of the Income Tax Act. If we are not given that power, then it is not expected from us to exercise such power which is not provided in the Act.

Consideration for use of Intellectual Property – terms critical for “royalty taxation”

August 3, 2017 2061 Views 1 comment Print

Since the inclusion of royalty as a form of income attracting deemed taxation, by the Finance Act 1976, the gradually expanding ambit of this definition, have led to seemingly incessant tax controversies on the subject. Divergent views by the Indian tax courts on characterization of remittances to non-residents for usage of software, exploitation of intellectual property rights denied certainty in interpretation of the simultaneously evolving tax provisions.

MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax) Provisions in Just 4 Pages

August 3, 2017 4707 Views 0 comment Print

I am sharing MAT Summary of just 4 pages covering almost all the provisions relating to MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax). This Summary is relevant to A.Y. 2017-18 and include amendments made by Finance Act 2016.

Prosecution under PMLA cannot be dropped for Acquittal by ICAI Disciplinary Committee

August 2, 2017 1461 Views 0 comment Print

The findings of the Disciplinary Committee by no stretch of imagination can be said to be binding on the criminal court where the accusation is to be proved on the basis of evidence adduced before it in accordance with law. Moreover, the findings do not render the substratum of accusation of conspiracy between the petitioner and the other accused persons in extending unjustified financial assistance to the borrowers in the instant case patently absurd or inherently improbable

HC Judgment on Addition for Sham Transaction in the hand of Partners

August 2, 2017 2439 Views 0 comment Print

CIT (Appeals) in a detailed judgement, reversed the order of the Assessing Officer holding that if at all the transaction was held to be sham, the additions can be made in the case of the firm and not the partners.

CAG Point out various Income Tax Provisions getting misused related to Medical Sector

August 2, 2017 2481 Views 0 comment Print

We recommend CBDT to consider prescribing measurable parameters for assessment of charitable activities undertaken by private hospital trusts as a pre-condition for granting exemptions under the Income Tax Act, and amend the Act for this purpose if necessary.

Summary of CAG Audit Report on Audit of Medical Sector

August 2, 2017 2343 Views 0 comment Print

This performance audit covered the assessment of private hospitals, nursing homes/medical clinics, medical colleges/research institutes, diagnostic centres, pathological labs, medical supplies agencies/stores including those running on ‘not for-profit basis’, and healthcare delivery professionals which included cases of scrutiny assessments, appeal and rectification cases completed during the period from 2012-13 to 2015-16.

Post GST all MRP of Urea decreased by 71 paise per bag

August 1, 2017 819 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed that all India weighted average MRP of Urea decreased by 71 paise per bag.

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