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Income-tax Act 2025: New TDS and TCS Forms Every Deductor Must Know

Income Tax : From 1 April 2026, TDS and TCS compliance shifts to new form numbers and section references under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Busine...

June 25, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Deduction/Collection Account Number (TAN)

Income Tax : Learn what TAN is, who must obtain it, how to apply, and where it must be quoted under the Income-tax Act. The guide also explains...

June 25, 2026 308261 Views 23 comments Print

Income Tax audit under section 44AB​: FAQs

Income Tax : Understand who must undergo a tax audit under Section 44AB, the applicable turnover limits, audit forms, filing procedure, due dat...

June 25, 2026 1274255 Views 54 comments Print

Tax Relief up to 12 Lakh in New Tax Regime, Yet ITR Filing is Still Mandatory

Income Tax : Income may become tax-free under the new tax regime because of the standard deduction and Section 87A rebate, but ITR filing may s...

June 24, 2026 972 Views 8 comments Print

11 Situations Where Filing ITR Is Mandatory for AY 2026-27

Income Tax : This article explains the key situations where filing an Income Tax Return is compulsory, even if income is below the basic exempt...

June 24, 2026 2772 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 225 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 291 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 1890 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 3972 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Delhi Quashes Assessment as It Was Passed on Non-Existent Company

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that an assessment framed after an approved merger in the name of the amalgamating company was without jurisdictio...

June 25, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

ESOP Discount Allowed as Karnataka HC Precedent Covered Issue: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai allowed deduction of ESOP expenses under Section 37(1) by following Karnataka High Court's ruling in Biocon Ltd. Tribu...

June 25, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

No Income Addition Based on Form 26AS as Books Showed Higher Revenue: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The ITAT Pune upheld the deletion of an addition made by extrapolating a small unreconciled difference in Form 26AS to the entire ...

June 25, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Mere WhatsApp Chats Cannot Justify Year-Wide Production Addition: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that WhatsApp chats indicating suppressed production for one month could not be extrapolated to the entire fin...

June 25, 2026 858 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Assessment as AO Rejected Mandatory Section 50C(2) DVO Reference

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that the Assessing Officer was required to refer the property valuation to the DVO when the assessee disputed th...

June 25, 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 49986 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 879 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 675 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 213 Views 0 comment Print


Expenditure on repairs and renovations of accommodation provided to employee is not a perquisite

January 27, 2016 4757 Views 1 comment Print

The present opinion relates to the issue whether expenditure on repairs and renovations by the employer, in respect of an accommodation occupied by the employee, could be brought to tax as a perquisite in the hands of the employee. This opinion is being provided, because there are situations where the employer has to incur expenditure on repairs and renovations in respect of an accommodation leased for providing rent-free accommodation to the employee.

Licence/ Royalty fees to facilitate Trading Operation & Effective Management is Revenue in Nature

January 27, 2016 1744 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held in case of DCIT v Hitz FM Radio India Ltd. that expenditure related to licence fee and royalty which helps merely in facilitating the assessee’s trading operations or enabling the management to be carried more effectively is revenue in nature even if advantage may endure for an indefinite future.

Disallowance u/s 14A on exempt investment

January 27, 2016 8804 Views 0 comment Print

i. There is no interest expenses relatable to exempt investment. Assessee has made investment in the heads of tax free income. Investment in equity shares, insurance policies etc. are related to earlier years and were invested from the own capital funds. Therefore that investment is not related to this year. Hence, provisions of sec 14A […]

AO issuing original assessment order can only initiate reopening proceedings

January 27, 2016 3082 Views 1 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Dushyant Kumar Jain vs. DCIT held that it is only the AO who has issued the original assessment order under Section 143 (3) ,who is empowered to exercise powers under Section 147/148 to re-open the assessment.

HC can consider undisputed facts on records, remain unnoticed by tribunal:SC

January 27, 2016 989 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held In the case of M/s Ganapathy & Co. vs. CIT that in the current case, each relevant fact considered by the High Court to answer the questions referred to it on the claim(s) of deduction raised by the assessee are acknowledged, admitted and undisputed facts.

Piercing corporate veil to identify beneficial ownership u/s 79 not permitted: HC

January 27, 2016 2423 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of YUM Restaurants (India) Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO that both entities i.e Yum Asia and Yum Singapore which hold the shares of assessee, Yum India, for pre and post restructuring period respectively, were distinct entities.

Sec. 50B– Capital gain in slump sale- while calculating net worth of business, depreciation must be accounted

January 26, 2016 6746 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of CIT vs. Dharampal Satyapal that as per section 50B, the value of the net worth must be computed by decreasing from the actual cost of asset falling within the block, the depreciation actually allowed in respect of previous years relevant to the assessment year commencing before 1st day of April, 1988

Notice issued or assessment made post receiving direction u/s 124 from CIT to transfer the case is invalid

January 26, 2016 1253 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi in the case of Raj Kumar Mangla vs. ACIT(Inv Circle), Gurgaon held that when a clear order transferring the jurisdiction is passed by a competent authority in law the AO from whose jurisdiction transfer was ordered can no longer assume his jurisdiction over the assessee.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) cannot be levied in absence of intention to evade taxes & if treatment made by assessee was revenue neutral

January 26, 2016 2960 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai in the case of M/s Goldfilled Mercantile Company vs. DCIT held that when the assessee shown lesser capital gain in its return of income under a bonafide belief of a deduction from it but paid due taxes then the assessee cannot be penalized u/s 271(1)(c) as there was no intention

Value of assets & depreciation on it, in the hands of purchaser in case of division purchase (purchaser in case of slump sale)

January 26, 2016 14929 Views 1 comment Print

Ankita Agrawal Income Tax Act, 1961 is quite clear on the tax implications in the hand of purchaser and seller in case of amalgamation or demerger, but when it is a division purchase or slump purchase, there are no specific provisions in the Act in relation to purchaser. Section 50B of the Act clearly specifies […]

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