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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 216 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 147 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 270 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 96819 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 10215 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 231 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 1602 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 933 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 84 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 159 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 117 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 54 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 44988 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


Sharing of management experience and business strategies by a foreign professional cannot be termed as technical service under India-USA tax treaty

April 25, 2011 1899 Views 0 comment Print

Wockhardt Ltd. v/s ACIT – [2011] (Mumbai – ITAT) – The Tribunal has held that the services rendered by the non-residents should be in the nature of technical services and such services should make available technical knowledge, experience, skill or know-how, etc., that enables the recipient of services to apply the said technology independently in its business, so as to fall within the purview of “fees for included services” as per tax treaty with USA, UK, Canada. Failing this the payments will not be subject to tax in India.

Penalty under s 271FA is leviable if the assessee fails to respond to the notice for failure of filing annual information return

April 24, 2011 7437 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty under s 271FA – Failure to file annual information return — The penalty under s 271FA is leviable if the assessee fails to respond to the notice for failure of filing annual information return — as held by Gujrat High Court in Patan Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd v DIT(CIB); Special Civil Application No. 14675 of 2010, 22 April 2011

Prior period expenses not to be deducted while computing book profit for the purposes of section 115JA

April 24, 2011 6238 Views 0 comment Print

Shree Bhagawathy Textiles Ltd. v. Asstt. CIT – If the assessee has made a claim of deduction from this profit not enumerated in the clauses (i) to (ix) covered by Explanation to section 115JA, the assessment so completed based on the profit taken from the profit and loss account appropriation account submitted by the assesseee happens to be an apparent mistake which could having satisfied on the factual mistake committed by the assessing officer in the original assesment, rightly upheld the revised assessment issued under section 154 by reversing their earlier order.

Direct tax collection in Gujarat up 16.69 per cent in FY-2010-11

April 24, 2011 3223 Views 0 comment Print

The direct tax collections in Gujarat for FY-2010-11 stood at Rs 17,782.50 crore against the Rs 15,239.70 crore in a year ago period, showing a year-on-year growth of 16.69 per cent. The tax mop up was lower by little less than two per cent of the revised budgetary target allocation for the fiscal.

Summary of all the Recent Amednments to TDS Provisions

April 22, 2011 11954 Views 0 comment Print

We have presented below the summary of all the notification. Instruction, circulars, budget amendments etc issued by government which have an effect on tds Provisions for the financial year 2010-11 and as well as on financial year 2011-12.

Registration of TAN made more user friendly. Consolidated TDS/TCS file requested online is also available for download

April 22, 2011 3300 Views 0 comment Print

The deductors/collectors can register their TANs online. Authenticated access (through user ID and password) is provided to registered deductors/collectors. On login, the following feature are made available to the deductors/ collectors

Income Tax Department seizes Rs 28 crore in states in poll bound states

April 22, 2011 1021 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department today said it has until now detected tax evasion to the tune of Rs 85 crore and seized Rs 28 crore unaccounted cash from individuals in the poll bound states. “The maximum cash — Rs 17.5 crore was seized from Tamil Nadu and (Union Territory of) Puducherry,” a CBDT official said.

New Income tax Returns in Hindi Font for Assessment year 2011-12 / Financial year 2010-11

April 21, 2011 5610 Views 5 comments Print

ITR-1 SAHAJ, ITR 2, ITR 3, SUGAM (ITR-4S), ITR-4, ITR 5, ITR-6, ITR-7 in Hindi font for A.Y 2011-12 / Financial Year 2010-11. ITR- SUGAM (ITR-4S) in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-7 in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-6 in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-5 in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-4 in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-3 in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-2 in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11 ITR-1 SAHAJ in Hindi for A.Y 2011-12 Financial Year 2010-11

Whether disallowance can be made u/s 14A for the interest on borrowed fund even if it is explained that the funds utilised for investments are not borrowed funds?

April 21, 2011 1210 Views 0 comment Print

Rane Brake Lining Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) A perusal of the assessment order clearly shows that the Assessing Officer has not invoked the provisions of sec. 14A. In fact the Assessing Officer has pointed out that the total investment in shares as on 31.03.2003 was Rs. 26,00,31,694/- which included a sum of Rs. 5,28,82,350/- invested during the year. No dividend income has also been admitted during the relevant assessment year. A peRs.rusal of the order of the learned CIT(A) clearly shows that the assessee had put forward the plea that it had surplus and reserves sufficient to cover such investment in purchase of shares.

Failure of AO to consider book profit provisions renders assessment erroneous

April 21, 2011 625 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment dispute: ITAT Chennai ruling on book profit computation, bad debts provision, and disputed tax liabilities under Section 115JB.

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