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Latest Changes in ITR-1, ITR-2 & ITR-4 for A.Y. 2026-27

Income Tax : The revised ITR forms for AY 2026-27 introduce new tax slabs, expanded ITR eligibility, and enhanced disclosure requirements. Unde...

June 13, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

Daily Backup Dilemma: Decoding “Electronic Mode” vs. “Computer System” under Income Tax Act 2025.

Income Tax : The article argues that the daily backup requirement under Rule 46(8) applies only to books maintained in electronic mode, not mer...

June 13, 2026 3687 Views 0 comment Print

Restricted Stock Units Taxation in India: Foreign Tax Credit, Form 67 & Reporting

Income Tax : Judicial authorities have held that Foreign Tax Credit is a substantive right and cannot be denied merely due to procedural delays...

June 13, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Cash Credit U/s. 68, 69, 69A, 69B, 69C and 69D

Income Tax : This guide explains how unexplained cash credits under Section 68 and related provisions can attract steep taxation under Section ...

June 13, 2026 193770 Views 1 comment Print

Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) & Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT)

Income Tax : The document outlines how MAT and AMT ensure that companies and eligible non-corporate taxpayers pay a minimum level of income tax...

June 13, 2026 107165 Views 5 comments 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 6094 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 249 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 1692 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 3798 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 3978 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Delhi Quashes Search Assessments Due to Mechanical Section 153D Approval

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that consolidated approvals granted without application of mind under Section 153D were invalid. Consequently, the...

June 14, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes FTS Addition as Standard Cybersecurity Software Sales Were Not Technical Services

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that receipts from sale and restricted use of standard cybersecurity software could not be taxed as Fees for T...

June 14, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

SC Upholds Reassessment Quashing as No Exempt LTCG Was Claimed in Penny Stock

Income Tax : The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the High Court's ruling that reassessment under Section 147 lacked a valid basis. The ...

June 14, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

No Evidence of Penny Stock Exemption Claim, Calcutta HC Quashed Reassessment

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court upheld the Tribunal's order after finding that the reopening of assessment proceeded on incorrect facts re...

June 14, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

AO Failed to Record Mandatory Conditions for Reopening: ITAT Deletes ₹13.10 Crore Share Capital Addition

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that reassessment notices issued beyond four years were invalid as the Assessing Officer failed to record the ...

June 14, 2026 45 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 47424 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 636 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 522 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 195 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 159 Views 0 comment Print


Jurisdiction of (transfer pricing officers) Amendment in Notification No. 231/2007 Dated 22-08-2007

December 6, 2013 1836 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 93/2013 – Income Tax In the Schedule to the said notification,— (a) the serial numbers 65 and 68 shall respectively be omitted; (b) the serial numbers 66,67,69 and 70 shall be renumbered as 65,66, 67 and 68 respectively; (c) against serial numbers 67 and 68 as so renumbered, in the entries under column (4), after the words “States of Gujarat”

Amount paid for supply of software which is not embedded in equipment is taxable as royalty

December 5, 2013 5318 Views 0 comment Print

In view of the agreement and various judicial pronouncements the hon’ble tribunal has held that there is a distinction between a case where the software is supplied along with hardware as part of the equipment and there is no separate sale of the software and a case where the software is sold separately. In the case, where the software is an integral part of the supply of equipment, the consideration for that is not assessable as “royalty”

Sufficient cause not a license to file belated appeal and to get the delay condoned

December 5, 2013 5189 Views 0 comment Print

We are aware that adopting a liberal view in condoning delay is one of the guiding principles in the realm of belated appeals, but liberal approach cannot be equated with a licence to file appeals at will-disregarding the time limits fixed by the statutes.

FII cannot have business profits – Derivatives income not taxable as speculation income to FIIs

December 5, 2013 2951 Views 0 comment Print

In view of above order and respectfully following the decision of Co-ordinate Bench of the Tribunal (supra), we decide Ground No.2 of the appeal in favour of assessee. Accordingly, we hold that the income arising from transaction in derivative by assessee(s), being sub-account FII cannot be treated as business profit or loss.

Assessee eligible for interest on cash appropriated during search

December 5, 2013 3912 Views 0 comment Print

Section 132B(4) (b) deals with pre-assessment period and there is no conflict between this provision and Section 240 or for that matter 244 (A). The former deals with pre assessment period in the matters of search and seizure and the later deals with post assessment period as per the order in appeal.

Onus Shifts on A.O. after assessee discharges onus cast on him by a cogent explanation

December 5, 2013 3847 Views 0 comment Print

Factually, we find that the onus cast upon the assessee has been discharged by giving a cogent and reliable explanation. Therefore, if the department did not agree with the explanation, then the onus was on the department to prove that there was concealment of particulars of income or furnishing inaccurate particulars of income.

India to withdraw order suspending tax benefits, says Cyprus

December 4, 2013 549 Views 0 comment Print

Consultations between Cyprus and India on the Issue of Effective Exchange of Information and the Renegotiation of the DTA-  03/12/2013 Οn the 26th to the 28th of November 2013 in New Delhi, consultations held between Cyprus and India aimed at addressing the issues of (i) an effective exchange of information between Cyprus and India and

Imparting of yoga training by Baba Ramdev Trust is charitable educational object

December 1, 2013 1792 Views 0 comment Print

Imparting of yoga training through well structured yoga shivirs/ camps also falls under the category of imparting education, one of the charitable objects defined under section 2(15) of the Act.

United Nations Handbook on Administration of Double Tax Treaties

December 1, 2013 1448 Views 0 comment Print

Tax treaties play a key role in the context of international coop¬eration in tax matters. On the one hand, they encourage international investment and, consequently, global economic growth, by reducing or eliminating international double taxation over cross-border income. On the other hand, they enhance cooperation among tax administra¬tions, especially in tackling international tax evasion.

Receipt of Arrears by lawyer who stopped his practice on being elevated as judge not taxable

December 1, 2013 3332 Views 0 comment Print

ince the assessee did not carry on any profession in the relevant previous year, the receipt cannot be taxed u/s 28 of the Act, since Section 176 (4) does not contain any deeming provision treating such receipt as income falling under the head “Profits and Gains of Business, Profession or Vocation” and also, it cannot be taxed as income from other sources u/s 56 of the Act.

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