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Form 10BD Filing & Correction Guide: Revised Forms, Omitted Donors & 80G Issues

Income Tax : The article explains how accurate Form 10BD reporting protects donor deduction claims, prevents penalties, and ensures consistency...

June 15, 2026 6 Views 0 comment Print

June 2026 Advance Tax: Key Checks Under New Income Tax 2025

Income Tax : The article explains what remains unchanged under the new tax law while highlighting critical compliance checks taxpayers should u...

June 15, 2026 21 Views 0 comment Print

Can Depreciation Be Claimed Separately After Income Is Estimated Under Section 145(3)?

Income Tax : AO rejects books of accounts and applies flat net profit rate. Can taxpayer claim depreciation separately or is it embedded in tha...

June 15, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Top 5 Mistakes Taxpayers Make While Filing Income Tax Return (ITR)

Income Tax : The article highlights common return filing errors, including wrong ITR forms and income mismatches, that can result in defective ...

June 15, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 14A Disallowance Because No Exempt Income Was Earned

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that no disallowance under section 14A read with Rule 8D can be made where the assessee did not earn exemp...

June 15, 2026 45 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 6103 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 1725 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 3807 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 3990 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Deletes Capital Gains Addition: Agreement to Sell Alone Does Not Amount to Transfer

Income Tax : ITAT deleted the addition after finding that neither possession nor ownership had passed during the relevant assessment year. The ...

June 15, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

Natural Justice Violated as Assessee’s Explanations Were Not Properly Examined Before Reopening

Income Tax : The Court emphasized that reassessment proceedings must comply with principles of natural justice by providing an effective opport...

June 15, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Political Donation Claim Fails: ITAT Upholds Denial of Section 80GGC Deduction

Income Tax : ITAT held that proving the mode of payment is not enough to secure deduction for political contributions where evidence points to ...

June 15, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

IT Department’s Order Quashed as Giving Effect Order Was Passed Beyond Section 153(5) Time Limit

Income Tax : The Court ruled that an order passed over three years after the statutory deadline under Section 153(5) was without jurisdiction a...

June 15, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

SC Upholds Reassessment as Survey Revealed True Nature of AOP Receipts

Income Tax : Sanand Properties P. Ltd. Vs Jt. Commr. of I.T. Range 6 And Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Reopening of Assessment Valid Because Su...

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 47850 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 666 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 534 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


Expanding Tax Base In India- TARC Recommends Measures

December 16, 2014 9745 Views 4 comments Print

Justice Wendell Homes once said ‘With taxes, I buy civilisation, ’It means that taxes are the cost paid for living in a society and for being part of civilisation. Taxes also need to be utilised to meet basic functions of the state like defence, law, justice, public services and good governance. Unfortunately, people take taxes only as a burden on their income and treat the filing of returns as a mere formality.

Effective Tax Rate for Companies

December 16, 2014 3935 Views 0 comment Print

The effective rate of taxation in the case of companies could be defined as the ratio of tax payable to the total profit before tax, expressed as a percentage. The difference between the effective rates of taxation and statutory rate of taxation is mainly on account of various direct tax incentives.

TARC Recommends impact assessment

December 16, 2014 1598 Views 0 comment Print

Improving the empirical basis for any decision on taxation – policy or administrative – through an analysis of its impact is a key function of a modern tax administration that aims to improve the process of decision making. Decision-making based on an empirical analysis of the positive and negative effects of a proposed measure or regulation helps ensure that the benefits of a tax action justify the cost of compliance imposed on taxpayers and the cost of administering such a tax.

Statutory impost paid as damages, penalty or interest, if compensatory in nature, is allowable as business expenditure

December 16, 2014 4506 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee entered into an agreement with an Export House M/s Rajnikant & Bros. As per the terms of the agreement M/s Rajnikan & Bros imported consignment of “Almonds in Shell” at Madras Port. This import was actually for one of the nominee of the assessee M/s Peanut Products

Presentation on HUF – WHY AN HUF?

December 16, 2014 3965 Views 0 comment Print

CA Sagar Kakkad WHY AN HUF? Because you can save up to INR 5 Million in Present Value Terms !! Assumptions Your current age is 30 years and your life expectancy is 70 years Government increases the basic exemption limit by average INR 25 k per year and deductions by average INR 5 k per […]

Corrigendum- Notification No.. S.O. 2752(E), DATED 22-10-2014

December 16, 2014 4291 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 81/2014-Income Tax In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes, number S.O. 2752(E), dated the 22nd October, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii),

Without receipt of exempted income, Section 14A cannot be invoked

December 14, 2014 1452 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee engaged in the business of real estate and construction had filed its return for AY; 2009-10 declaring an income of Rs.55,45,092/-and for AY: 2010-11 and an income of Rs.8,07,253/-. During the course of assessment proceedings

No Wealth tax on Assets Purchased by Wife out of loan from Husband- Shah Rukh khan gets relief

December 14, 2014 4051 Views 0 comment Print

The facts, in brief, are that the assessee declared net wealth of Rs.2,75,28,460/- in his wealth tax return. The ld. Assessing Officer accepted the wealth declared by the assessee by passing an order u/s 16(3) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957.

Govt not to change tax law retrospectively if it creates a fresh liability

December 13, 2014 1012 Views 0 comment Print

Concept of Retrospective Taxation Retrospective taxation means bringing changes in the legislation which impact the tax consequences of certain actions undertaken before the enactment of such legislation. The policy of the Government in respect of retrospective taxation has been spelt out in the speech of the Finance Minister while present the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2014 […]

Attachment of Properties Against Income Tax Tax Arrears

December 13, 2014 3027 Views 0 comment Print

Total amount of direct taxed arrear demand as on 31.10.2014 is Rs. 6,15,295 crore. An amount of Rs. 23,653 crore has been collected/recovered during the period 1.4.2014 to 31.10.2014. The target for cash collection out of arrear demand by the field authorities for the FY 2014-15 has been fixed at Rs. 41,997 crore. Out of […]

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