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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 817986 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 111 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 171 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 154754 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 370452 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 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 1875 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


8% Profit Addition Deleted as Revenue cannot Change Consistent Accounting Method: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that the Revenue could not substitute the assessee's consistent method of revenue recognition with the Percent...

June 23, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Quashes Section 271D SCNs as12-Week Deadline Was Missed

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court quashed the reinitiated penalty proceedings after the Assessing Officer failed to pass a fresh order within...

June 23, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Reopening Quashed as Section 31 of IBC Barred Fresh Tax Proceedings: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that once the Resolution Plan was approved under Section 31 of the IBC, all tax liabilities not formin...

June 23, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes TP Adjustment as TNMM Was Consistently Accepted in Earlier Years

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that the Transactional Net Margin Method (TNMM) remained the most appropriate method as there was no change in...

June 23, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Quashes Assessment as Section 68 Addition Was Made Without Reasons

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court set aside the reassessment after finding that the Assessing Officer failed to provide specific reasons for ...

June 23, 2026 90 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 49722 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 813 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 207 Views 0 comment Print


Settlement Commission has no jurisdiction to direct special audit as no nexus with settlement proceedings

January 24, 2016 1024 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Agson Global Pvt. Ltd. & Ors vs. Income Tax Settlement Commission & Ors that the powers and functions of an income tax authority which are to be exclusively exercised by the settlement commission must be in the context of and have a nexus with the settlement proceedings.

Interest on idle funds mainly brought for capital expansion can be set off against pre-operative expenses

January 24, 2016 2114 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Principal CIT vs. Facor Power Ltd. that no substantial question of law arises for our consideration. This is so because, the Tribunal has correctly placed reliance on the decision of this Court in Indian Oil Panipat Power Consortium Limited [2009 315 ITR 255 (DEL).

Unascertained liability can be claimed as expense if estimated reasonably in mercantile system of accounting

January 24, 2016 13198 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of M/s. Aggarwal And Modi Enterprises (Cinema Project) Co. Pvt. Ltd Vs. CIT that whether a liability is ascertained or contingent is dependent on the facts of each case. Merely because a liability may be contractual or non-statutory would not make it incapable of being ascertained.

Purchase of software as a product being a transaction of sale, payment cannot be considered as royalty

January 24, 2016 5623 Views 6 comments Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Principal CIT vs. M. Tech India Pvt. Ltd that in cases where the payments are made for purchase of software as a product, the consideration paid cannot be considered to be for use or the right to use the software.

Penalty u/s 271C not maintainable in absence of contumacious conduct by assessee – SC

January 24, 2016 2242 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held In the case of CIT vs. Bank of Nova Scotia that there is no substantial question of law, the facts and law having properly and correctly been assessed and approached by the CIT (A) as well as by the ITAT that for levy of penalty u/s 271C

What’s Up of Tax in, “Start Up”

January 24, 2016 1695 Views 1 comment Print

CA Umesh Sharma Arjuna (Fictional Character): Krishna, Government of India has come up with the scheme of “Startup India” on the eve of Republic Day. On the Republic day as we see the parade and various “Presentations” on Rajpath, likewise what will be different in the presentation of “Startup India” scheme in a Tax parade? […]

Special Procedure for Assessment of Search Cases

January 24, 2016 5160 Views 1 comment Print

The Finance Act 1995 has introduced a new chapter XIV-B in the IT Act with a view to providing a special procedure for assessment of search cases with effect from 1.7.1995. As per the Memorandum explaining the provisions of the Finance Bill 1995, in the old Scheme; valuable time was lost in trying to relate […]

Educational and Medical Institutions – Heed the wake-up call!

January 24, 2016 2223 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance (No.2) Act 1998 has made far-reaching changes in the provisions of Income-Tax Act 1961 relating to the taxation of educational and medical institutions. The reasons for the same, as stated in the Finance (No.2) Bill 1998, are as follows:

Tax on Compensation for Breach of Contract For Sale of Land

January 24, 2016 10233 Views 0 comment Print

COMPENSATION BY WAY OF DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT FOR SALE OF LAND –WHETHER LIABLE TO INCOME-TAX? The expression ‘contract for sale’ is defined in S.54 of the Transfer of Property Act (T.P. Act). As per S.54 of the T.P. Act, a contract for the sale of immovable property is a contract that sale of such property shall take place on terms settled between the parties. It is important to note that a contract for sale, does not, by itself, create any interest in or charge on such property.

Compensation for non-competition in business and its tax implications

January 24, 2016 4205 Views 0 comment Print

In a free market economy, competition plays a vital role in commerce, trade and industry. While healthy competition is a sine qua non of growth and development of business in such an economy, unbridled, unfair and cut-throat competition can also ruin a businessman. It may happen that a person occupying a senior post a business organization is in possession of certain valuable trade secrets of that organization.

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