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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 153 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 141 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 261 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 96723 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 10206 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 6040 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 228 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 1599 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 3708 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 3957 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Deletes Section 80GGC Disallowance as No Evidence Linked Donation to Accommodation Entry Scheme

Income Tax : The Jodhpur ITAT held that deduction under Section 80GGC cannot be denied merely on allegations against a political party in the a...

June 10, 2026 831 Views 0 comment Print

Settlement Proceedings do not invalidate assessments passed under Court’s interim liberty

Income Tax : Assessment orders passed pursuant to express liberty granted by the High Court during pendency of settlement-related litigation re...

June 10, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Excess Stock Found During Survey Is Business Income, Not Deemed Income u/s 69A: Bangalore ITAT

Income Tax : The ruling emphasizes that undisclosed business receipts and stock arising from an existing business cannot automatically be chara...

June 10, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchase Addition Can’t Be 100% When Sales Are Accepted: ITAT Mumbai

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 108 Views 0 comment Print

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 51 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 44895 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 492 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


Income Tax Officer Sentenced In Bribery Case

November 16, 2011 3272 Views 0 comment Print

The Special Judge, CBI cases, Jabalpur has convicted Shri Y. Brahmane, the then Income Tax Inspector, Income Tax Office, Balaghat (MP) and sentenced him to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 3,000/- in a bribery case. Another accused Shri Sunil Hattele, Daily Wages Employee of Income Tax Office, Balaghat (MP) was also convicted and sentenced to undergo one year Rigorous Imprisonment in the same case.

Deduction u/s. 54B & Advance for purchase of agricultural land

November 16, 2011 6207 Views 0 comment Print

The contention of the assessee is that the agricultural operations were carried out on the land under consideration. During the course of proceedings before the Assessing Officer, the assessee requested the Assessing Officer to inspect the lands at that stage. The assessee also filed pahani patrika for the financial year 2006-07, the slab pass-book issued by the Electricity Board before the lower authorities. It was also submitted that there was an open well in the land and water was supplied to the crop through electric motor pumping.

Taxation of Income and Capital Gains from Mutual Fund Units

November 15, 2011 148830 Views 33 comments Print

It’s important to note that under the Income Tax Act, 1961, there is mention of only one type of mutual fund. i.e. “Equity Oriented Fund”. It implies that from Income Tax angle mutual fund schemes can be categorized into-(a) Equity oriented fund (Scheme) (b) Non Equity oriented fund (Scheme)

No fixed return on PPF

November 15, 2011 10972 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Budget Division)Government has vide its office memorandum No. No. 6-1/2011-NS.II (Pt.) Dated 11th November, 2011 announced increase in interest Rates on small saving schemes which includes interest rate on Public Provident Fund and other schemes. To address the issue of asset-liability mismatch in the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), the central government has moved towards making returns from small savings instruments benchmarked against the government securities of similar maturities.

Income Tax Employees strike – I-T survey operations hit in Delhi

November 15, 2011 651 Views 0 comment Print

The crucial survey operations conducted by the Income Tax department to detect tax evasion have been severely hit due to a long drawn employees agitation in the national capital. I-T employees and officials, except those of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), have been agitating to press their demands including to review their cadre and promote senior ranks of Income Tax Officers (ITOs) to the rank of Assistant Commissioners.

Form 16,16A, 27D, 24G in Excel for AY 2011-12 & 12-13

November 15, 2011 185702 Views 0 comment Print

Recently Income Tax department issued one after one circular making amendment in provisions related to TDS. Department has made so many amendments that we even lost the counts of amendments made in TDS laws during the last few months, Department has not only made the amendments in rules/sections governing TDS law but they also amended the forms related to TDS certificate

Swiss regulator found loopholes in the banks’ dealing with the foreign political figures.

November 15, 2011 6987 Views 0 comment Print

Amid mounting global pressure on Swiss banks to act against clients having illicit wealth, the country’s financial market regulator has found loopholes in the banks’dealing with the foreign political figures. In one of the first-of-its-kind initiative against any hoarding of illicit wealth and money laundering through Swiss banks, the Swiss financial market supervisory authority FINMA has conducted an audit on dealings of all Switzerland-based banks with PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons).

Draft Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill, 2011 and Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011

November 15, 2011 978 Views 0 comment Print

The Draft Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill, 2011 seeks to establish a regulatory oversight mechanism to enforce disclosure, fair practice and accountability norms in the real estate sector, and to provide adjudication machinery for speedy dispute redressal. This Act is in pursuance of the powers of Parliament to make laws on matters enumerated in the Concurrent List namely, transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds and documents, and contracts including partnerships, agency, contracts of carriage, and other special forms of contracts, but not including contracts relating to agricultural land.

Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011

November 15, 2011 1212 Views 0 comment Print

Kumari Selja, Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture,has issued  the Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011′ and Central Legislation for Street Vendors for public discussion in New Delhi. The main features of the drafts are as follows: Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011 The Ministry of HUPA proposed the strengthening […]

Income Tax Department Requirement of Advocates as Junior, Senior Standing Counsels to appear before Madras HC

November 15, 2011 3690 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department, Chennai would like to prepare two separate panels of Junior Standing Counsels and Senior Standing Counsels for representing its cases before the Hon’ble Madras High Court. Practising advocates as well as the retired officers of the Income Tax Department with Law degree are eligible for empanelment. The qualification, schedule of fees and allowances and the proforma application in which the application has to be made, have been prescribed by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, New Delhi vide its Instruction No.8/2007 dated 30.08.2007, a

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