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Don’t Blindly Trust Form 16: One Small Error Can Trigger a Huge Tax Demand

Income Tax : The case demonstrates how an incorrect exemption claim based on Form 16 led to scrutiny and penalty proceedings. The Tribunal ulti...

June 15, 2026 396 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Tax Provisions, Challan, e-payment Utility & Examples

Income Tax : This article explains the advance tax provisions under the Income-tax Act, including liability thresholds, exemptions, and instalm...

June 15, 2026 194961 Views 14 comments Print

Income Tax Offences liable to prosecution

Income Tax : This article outlines major offences under the Income-tax Act that may result in prosecution, including tax evasion, non-payment o...

June 15, 2026 58691 Views 4 comments Print

Power of Commissioner to Reduce or Waive Income Tax Penalty

Income Tax : This article explains the statutory powers of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner to waive or reduce penalties in genuine c...

June 15, 2026 64978 Views 3 comments Print

Decoding Exempt Incomes Under Income Tax Act, 2025: From Section 10 to 11

Income Tax : Summary: The Income Tax Act, 2025 introduces a significant structural reform by relocating the exempt income provisions previousl...

June 15, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 6106 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 258 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 1743 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 3813 Views 1 comment Print

Representation for timely release of e-filing utilities for ITR for AY 2026-27

Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...

May 13, 2026 3993 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bangalore ITAT Deletes ₹1.13 Crore Cash Deposit Addition; Mere Suspicion Cannot Override Accepted Books

Income Tax : The ITAT observed that invoking the test of human probabilities cannot replace factual verification of books and bank records. Add...

June 15, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

No Escape from TDS on Identified Year-End Provisions; ITAT Grants Relief Where Tax Paid Before Return Due Date

Income Tax : The ITAT found that provisions for identified legal and professional expenses represented crystallized liabilities requiring TDS d...

June 15, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Condones 113-Day Delay in Form 10B Filing Due to COVID 

Income Tax : The Court held that the delay in e-verification of Form 10B during the pandemic was supported by bona fide reasons. It ruled that ...

June 15, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Entire Unaccounted Sales Cannot Be Taxed as Only Profit Element Is Assessable: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that the full value of unaccounted sales cannot automatically be treated as taxable income. It restricted the ...

June 15, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

No addition of capital gain on land as lack of agricultural Income did not alter agricultural character of land

Income Tax : Addition of capital gain was deleted as impugned land being agricultural land situated beyond the prescribed municipal limits and ...

June 15, 2026 96 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 48012 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 678 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 540 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 198 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 162 Views 0 comment Print


Most TP Audit Report by CAs unreliable with pathetic professional work

January 2, 2015 9970 Views 0 comment Print

It seems CAs are under attack from all parts of the world for good or not so good reasons. Recently CAG in its report Criticised CAs for alleged Mistakes in Tax Audit Report and signing of Tax Audit Reports more than the prescribed limit.

CPC (TDS) follow up for closing Short Payment Default due to Insufficient Challans

January 2, 2015 8918 Views 0 comment Print

The Short Payment Defaults are generally due to ‘Insufficient Challans’, which could be due to the following reasons: You have adequate balance available in OLTAS challans, however, some other challans may have been incorrectly used, which are already consumed. You have tried to consume more than the available challan amount for reporting TDS deducted in […]

Govt establishes NITI Aayog to replace Planning Commission

January 1, 2015 633 Views 0 comment Print

In accordance with a key announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, the Union Government today established NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), as replacement for the Planning Commission.

Reminder for e-Filing of Income Tax Returns for AY 2014-15

January 1, 2015 31198 Views 2 comments Print

Income Tax Department has started sending Reminder by email to those who have not filed their Income tax return for Assessment Year 2014-15. Reminder is based on data available with e-filing website of Income tax India. In the reminder, department has provided a form in which Assessee has to provide the reason for non filing of return. Assessee can choose the option applicable to him and after choosing his option he can click the submit button given in the email :-

Income Tax Due Dates for January 2015

January 1, 2015 3141 Views 0 comment Print

7 January 2015 ​Due date for deposit of Tax deducted/collected for the month of December, 2014 7 January 2015 Due date for deposit of TDS for the period October 2014 to December 2014 when Assessing Officer has permitted quarterly deposit of TDS under sections 192, 194A, 194D or 194H.

CBDT prohibits disclosure of Information about taxpayers to media

January 1, 2015 3725 Views 0 comment Print

Instances have come to the notice of the Board where information pertaining to individual taxpayers has been published in the print media with specific reference to departmental sources. In some cases, even details contained in departmental documents seem to have been shared with the representatives of media.

New Reporting Structure for Dispute Resolution Panel Delhi, Mumbai & Begaluru

January 1, 2015 1915 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby directs that the lncome ax authorities specified in column (2) of the Table below shall, for the purposes of the functions under section 144C of the said Act, be subordinate to the Income-tax authority specified in column (1) of the said Table, namely:-

CBDT brings down number of cities in which DRP can be constituted

December 31, 2014 1958 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 91/2014-Income Tax S.O. 3324(E).· In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (14) of sect1on 144C of the Income-tax Act. 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax (Dispute Resolution Panel) Rules, 2009, namely:-

Sec. 54F exemption cannot be denied for mere delay in construction completion

December 31, 2014 5385 Views 0 comment Print

In this scenario, the only issue is whether the amount of consideration received on transfer invested by the assessee in a flat constructed within three years would amount to construction of a residential house within the time limit of three years.

3 CBDT orders for Transfers, Postings & Appointment in Income Tax Department

December 31, 2014 1669 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 18/2014 – Income Tax Appointment of 128 IRS(IT) officers in the grade of ACIT (Junior Scale) in a substantive capacity – reg.

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