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Income Tax : The case demonstrates how an incorrect exemption claim based on Form 16 led to scrutiny and penalty proceedings. The Tribunal ulti...
Income Tax : This article explains the advance tax provisions under the Income-tax Act, including liability thresholds, exemptions, and instalm...
Income Tax : This article outlines major offences under the Income-tax Act that may result in prosecution, including tax evasion, non-payment o...
Income Tax : This article explains the statutory powers of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner to waive or reduce penalties in genuine c...
Income Tax : Summary: The Income Tax Act, 2025 introduces a significant structural reform by relocating the exempt income provisions previousl...
Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...
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...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...
Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that additions made on transactions unrelated to the reasons recorded for reopening were beyond the Assessing ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Chandigarh held that once registration under Section 12AB had been directed to be granted, the primary basis for rejectin...
Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT found that the Assessing Officer lacked legal authority to reopen assessment years lying outside the ten-year block...
Income Tax : ITAT Chennai restored the matter to the Assessing Officer after finding that the assessment and appellate proceedings were conclud...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata upheld the deletion of disallowance relating to brought forward losses of an amalgamating company after finding that ...
Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...
Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...
Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
Budget 2015-16 – Enabling of filing self-declaration in Form No.15G/15H for non-deduction of tax at source onpayment made under life insurance policy The Finance (No.2) Act, 2014, inserted section 194DA in the Act with effect from 1.10.2014 to provide for deduction of tax at source at the rate of 2% from payments made under life insurance […]
Budget 2015-16 – Raising the limit of deduction under Section 80CCC Under the existing provisions contained in sub-section (1) of the section 80CCC, an assessee, being an individual is allowed a deduction upto one lakh rupees in the computation of his total income, of an amount paid or deposited by him to effect or keep […]
Abolition of levy of wealth-tax under Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (‘the WT Act’) was introduced w.e.f. 01.04.1957 on the recommendation of Prof. Nicholas Kaldor for achieving twin major objectives of reducing inequalities and helping the enforcement of Income-tax Act through cross checks. Accordingly, all the assets of the assessees were taken into account […]
Raising the limit of deduction under Section 80U for persons with disability and severe disability The existing provisions of section 80U, inter alia, provide for a deduction to an individual, being a resident, who, at any time during the previous year, is certified by the medical authority to be a person with disability (as defined […]
Raising the limit of deduction under section 80DD for persons with disability and severe disability The existing provisions of section 80DD, inter alia, provide for a deduction to an individual or HUF, who is a resident in India, who has incurred— a) Expenditure for the medical treatment (including nursing), training and rehabilitation of a dependant, […]
Raising the limit of deduction under section 80DDB Under the existing provisions of section 80DDB of the Act, an assessee, resident in India is allowed a deduction of a sum not exceeding forty thousand rupees, being the amount actually paid, for the medical treatment of certain chronic and protracted diseases such as Cancer, full blown […]
Amendment in section 80D relating to deduction in respect of health insurance premia The existing provisions contained in section 80D, inter alia, provide for deduction of a. upto fifteen thousand rupees to an assessee, being an individual in respect of health insurance premia, paid by any mode, other than cash, to effect or to keep […]
Pass through status to Category –I and Category –II Alternative Investment Funds The existing provisions of section 10(23FB) of the Act provide that any income of a Venture Capital Company (VCC) or a Venture Capital Fund (VCF) from investment in a Venture Capital Undertaking (VCU) shall be exempt from taxation. Section 11 5U of the […]
Three Years Rigorous Imprisonment to Then Inspector of Income Tax for Possession of Disproportionate Assets The Special Judge for CBI Cases at Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) has convicted Shri Brijendra Nath Bala @ B.N. Bala, then Inspector, Income Tax, Ayakar Bhawan, Napier Town, Jabalpur and sentenced him to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of […]
1. No change in Basic Exemption Limit for Individuals. 2. Limit U/s. 80D raised from Rs.15000 to Rs. 25000. Further increase for Senior Citizens from Rs 20000 to Rs. 30000. 3. Increase in limits of deduction under Section 80DD and 80U for disabled person from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 75,000. It is further proposed to raise the limit of deduction in respect of a person with severe disability from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 1.25 lakhs.
