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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 817413 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 132 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 154742 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 370233 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


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 9 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 9 Views 0 comment Print

No Capital Gains Addition as Dumb Document Alone cannot Prove On-Money Receipt

Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that an unsigned and uncorroborated loose sheet lacking essential transaction details could not form the sole basis...

June 23, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69 Addition Deleted as Seized Loose Sheet Lacked Corroborative Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an addition under Section 69 could not be sustained solely on the basis of a seized loose sheet without ind...

June 23, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

₹6.40 Crore Addition Deleted as Revenue Failed to Corroborate Seized Document

Income Tax : The High Court upheld the Tribunals finding that an uncorroborated loose Excel sheet could not sustain an addition of alleged on-m...

June 23, 2026 27 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


Penalty notice without proper application of mind is invalid

May 11, 2017 2691 Views 0 comment Print

Where Assessing Officer issued two notices for imposition of penalty namely, one u/s 274 r.w.s. 271(1)(c) and second u/s 274 r.w.s 271AAA in cases where search u/s 132 of the Act has been initiated, then such notices issued by AO are untenable in law.

Truck terminus cannot be treated as building for providing resting /toilet facility

May 11, 2017 1371 Views 0 comment Print

Gotanagar Truck Terminus is a plant and not building, for the purpose of claiming depreciation under Section 32 read with Section 43 of the IT Act. Consequently the assessee is held entitled to depreciation at the rate of 25% as prescribed for plant and not at 10%, as applicable for building.

Defect in notice u/s 274 do not vitiates penalty proceedings; Addition for Bogus purchases U/s. 69C?

May 11, 2017 1872 Views 0 comment Print

Mere defect in the notice u/s 274 do not vitiates the penalty proceedings and no prejudice was caused to the assessee by non- marking of appropriate clause. Addition for Bogus purchases cannot be made under Section 69C as ‘unexplained expenditure’ if purchase are duly disclosed and payments are made through banking channels. The fact that the sellers are not traceable and the assessee surrendered the bogus purchases does not justify levy of penalty.

Income Tax Department made linking of PAN with Aadhaar easy

May 10, 2017 17679 Views 12 comments Print

The Income Tax Department has made it easy for taxpayers to link their PAN with Aadhaar. It was reported that taxpayers were finding it difficult as their names did not match in both systems (Eg. Names with initials in one and expanded initials in another). Responding to such grievances,the Dept has come out with a […]

Bogus purchases: HC remitted matter back and asked to follow Gujarat HC judgments

May 10, 2017 4773 Views 0 comment Print

Considering the law declared by the Supreme Court in the case of Vijay Proteins Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.8956/2015 decided on 06.04.2015 whereby the Supreme Court has dismissed the SLP and confirmed the order dated 09.12.2014 passed by the Gujarat High Court and other decisions of the High Court of Gujarat in the case of Sanjay Oilcake Industries Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax (2009) 316 ITR 274 (Guj) and N.K. Industries Ltd. Vs. Dy. C.I.T., Tax Appeal No.240/2003 decided on 20.06.2016, the parties are bound by the principle of law pronounced in the aforesaid three judgments.

Interest on Loans taken for Setting up Industry / Unit is allowable

May 10, 2017 1206 Views 0 comment Print

ITATwas justified in allowing the expenditure of Rs. 3,37,84,348/- towards the interest paid on the loans taken and expenditure on other items connected connected herewith for establishment of the unit, while affirming the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals).

Appeal against composite order appeal can be filed even if tax effect is less than limit in any of years

May 10, 2017 2064 Views 0 comment Print

However, there is an explanation to the aforesaid and in case of a composite order of any High Court or any Appellate Authority, which involves more than one assessment year and common issues in more than one assessment year, Appeal shall be filed in respect of all such assessment years even if the tax effect is less than the prescribed monetary limits in any of the years.

Interest on Refund of Interest waived by Income Tax is not Interest on Interest

May 10, 2017 2271 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court held that interest can be allowed on Refund of interest Waived by the Department under section 220(2A) of the Income Tax Act. The bench was hearing a bunch of writ petitions wherein the petitioners raised a question that whether the expression ‘in any other case’ occurring in Section 244A (1) (b) of the Income Tax Act would include the amount of refund which constitutes the interest that has been waived by the Income Tax Department under Section 220 (2A) of the Act?

SC decision on Controversy surrounding Section 14A disallowances

May 10, 2017 2733 Views 0 comment Print

The object behind the introduction of Section 14A of the Act by the Finance Act of 2001 is clear and unambiguous. The legislature intended to check the claim of allowance of expenditure incurred towards earning exempted income in a situation where an assessee has both exempted and non-exempted income or includible or non-includible income.

Time limit for issue of penalty proceeding on issues unrelated to income assessment

May 10, 2017 6060 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty proceedings initiated U/s 275 on issues unrelated to assessment of income (such as for s. 269SS/ 269T & TDS defaults), time limit runs from date on which the AO wrote a letter to the ACIT recommending the issuance of the SCN.

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