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ITR Filing 2026: Important Due Dates, Budget 2026 Updates & Strategies

Income Tax : Budget 2026 has extended the due dates for ITR-3, ITR-4, and revised returns, offering taxpayers greater flexibility. Understandin...

June 10, 2026 3 Views 0 comment Print

Sikkim: India’s Only Income Tax-Free State and the Law Behind It

Income Tax : Relocating to Sikkim does not automatically exempt you from income tax. This article explains who qualifies under Section 10(26AAA...

June 10, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

8 Legal Ways to Save Income Tax in India for Business Owners & Freelancers

Income Tax : The article outlines practical methods through which business owners and professionals can legally minimise their tax burden. It h...

June 10, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption for Capital Gains on Residential Property Transfer

Income Tax : Section 54 grants exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of a residential house because the proceeds are reinvested in...

June 10, 2026 95910 Views 4 comments Print

E-Payment of Direct Taxes: Simplifying Tax Payments

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act mandates e-payment of direct taxes for companies and taxpayers covered under Section 44AB, while others may opt...

June 10, 2026 10092 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 6034 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 225 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 1593 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 3690 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 3954 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CIT(A) Cannot Dismiss Appeal for Non-Prosecution Without Deciding Merits: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The ITAT Pune held that the CIT(A)/NFAC cannot dismiss an appeal merely for non-prosecution without adjudicating the issues on mer...

June 10, 2026 3 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Upholds ITAT’s Rejection of Section 254(2) Rectification Plea

Income Tax : The Telangana High Court held that Section 254(2) of the Income-tax Act is confined to rectifying mistakes apparent from the recor...

June 10, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

JAO Cannot Bypass Faceless Reassessment Framework: Telangana HC

Income Tax : The Telangana High Court held that reassessment proceedings initiated under Sections 148A and 148 by the Jurisdictional Assessing ...

June 10, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Section 50 Is Only a Computation Fiction: Long-Term Capital Loss Can Be Set Off Against Deemed STCG

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that section 50 merely prescribes a special method for computing gains on depreciable assets and does not conver...

June 10, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchase Addition Can’t Be 100% When Sales Are Accepted: ITAT Orders GP-Based Estimation

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that when sales are accepted and books of account are not rejected, the entire amount of disputed purchases cann...

June 10, 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 44655 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 564 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 489 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 165 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 138 Views 0 comment Print


Discounting Charges are Not Interest – SC

May 30, 2012 4260 Views 0 comment Print

CIT V/s. CARGIL GLOBAL TRADING I. P. LTD. Payment of ‘interest’ presupposes borrowing of money or incurring of debt. Discounting of Bill of Exchange does not involve borrowing of money or incurring of debt. The Bill of Exchange were acquired by the purchaser at a discounted price and there was no debt or obligation incurred by the Taxpayer in favor of the purchaser of the Bill of Exchange.

Expenditure on fully convertible debentures deductible

May 30, 2012 1808 Views 0 comment Print

Expenditure on fully convertible debentures deductible, Export Sales Income Source cannot be said to be located or situated outside India . It is well settled that expenditure incurred in connection with the issue of debentures or obtaining loan is revenue expenditure. Reference in this connection may be made to the leading judgment of the Supreme court in India Cements Ltd. v. CIT, (1966) 60 ITR 52. The question before us however, is whether it is a debenture issue or an issue of share capital involving the strengthening of the capital base of the company.

TDS deductor only liable for Interest & Penalty not for TDS

May 30, 2012 5787 Views 0 comment Print

Sec. 194H – Ad agencies are not agent of newspaper; hence TDS is not required to be deducted on commission paid to such agencies. Where tax has not been deducted at source, the short deducted tax cannot be realised from the deductor and the liability to pay such tax shall continue to be with the assessee direct, whose income is to be charged and a person who fails to deduct the tax at source, at best is liable for interest and penalty only. The above issues thus, are decided in favour of the petitioner. Sec. 194H – Ad agencies are not agent of newspaper; hence TDS is not required to be deducted on commission paid to such agencies

CBDT launches Internship Programme in Foreign Tax

May 30, 2012 3249 Views 0 comment Print

Internship Programme of Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division, Department of Revenue – The CBDT has launched an internship programme in the Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division. The objective of the programme is to enable the department to critically analyze various aspects of International Taxation, Transfer Pricing, Advance Pricing Agreements etc on the basis of refreshing ideas from the filed of academics. Applications are invited from eligible candidates. A stipend is payable. The terms and conditions are stated in the Circular Dated 28.03.2012.

No Reassessment u/s 147/148 for Legal Error / Illegality in Original Assessment Order

May 30, 2012 2587 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee had filed and furnished all details and particulars relating to the royalty payment including agreements, calculation and the approval before the Ld. AO during assessment proceedings. There was no failure on the part of the assessee to furnish true and correct all material facts. The facts were available before and were within the knowledge of the AO. The new AO as per the reasons recorded on the basis of the same facts, has observed that royalty payment should have been disallowed as it was capital in nature. This is a question of legal inference or interpretation which has been drawn from the same material facts on record. Therefore, the case falls in the category of change of opinion as at the time of original preceding the AO examined and gone into the question of royalty. Even if there was any legal error or illegality the same cannot be rectified and be made the subject matter of reassessment proceedings u/s 147/148 of the Act. The re-assessment order is also quashed.

Networking Equipments Eliigible for Depreciation @ 60%

May 30, 2012 18169 Views 0 comment Print

From the above note, it is clear that the above equipment primarily include the routers, switches, modems, etc. which are in the nature of input and output support devices which performs the functions including communication and control and, thus, they are computer hardware when they are used along with computer and when their functions are integrated with `computer’. Such devices used as part of the computer in its functions and, thus, it can be termed as `computer’ only, therefore, eligible for depreciation @ 60%. Therefore, also we find no infirmity in the claim of the assessee of depreciation @ 60% of ITG networking equipments.

Validity of Reopening u/s.147/148 on the basis of statement obtained during survey & retracted later?

May 30, 2012 3213 Views 0 comment Print

When the statements made by the assessees here, later retracted, do not have any evidentiary value, there is no basis in holding that there are materials available before the Assessing Officer to make out cases of escapement of income. A reason must be formed by the Assessing Officer to reopen an assessment on the basis of material or information recognized under law.

FM to Inaugurate biggest office building of Income tax Department in India tomorrow

May 29, 2012 1487 Views 0 comment Print

Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the biggest office building of the Income tax Department in India tomorrow. The building will house the offices of salary charges, non-corporate charges, International Taxation, Exemption and other allied charges, accommodating approximately 800 Officers and 1500 staff. It will also have an assessee friendly ASK (Aayakar Sewa Kendra) Centre. Pratyaksh Kar Bhawan at Civic Centre is a ‘green’ building.

Issues in Processing of Income Tax Returns at CPC

May 29, 2012 8671 Views 0 comment Print

The following assessees have to file compulsorily e return only: – Limited Companies – Compulsory Audit Cases – from A.Y. 2012-13 Individuals/HUFs having Total Income above Rs. 10 Lakhs and assessees who have got foreign assets. To be filed with digital signature only for Limited Companies and for others whose accounts are audited u.s. 44 AB. If filed without digital signature the acknowledgement in Form V duly verified is to be sent to CPC within 120 days by ordinary or speed post.

Clarification On Reopening Assessments Due To Retrospective Amendment introduced by Finance Act, 2012

May 29, 2012 3239 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Act, 2012 has introduced certain clarificatory amendments in section 2 clause (14), Section 2 clause (47), Section 9 and Section 195, of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“Act”), with retrospective effect from 01.04.1962 or 01.04.1976, whereby meaning of various terms used in these sections have been clarified in order to remove any doubt regarding their interpretations.

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