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Income Tax : Budget 2026 has extended the due dates for ITR-3, ITR-4, and revised returns, offering taxpayers greater flexibility. Understandin...
Income Tax : Relocating to Sikkim does not automatically exempt you from income tax. This article explains who qualifies under Section 10(26AAA...
Income Tax : The article outlines practical methods through which business owners and professionals can legally minimise their tax burden. It h...
Income Tax : Section 54 grants exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of a residential house because the proceeds are reinvested in...
Income Tax : The Income-tax Act mandates e-payment of direct taxes for companies and taxpayers covered under Section 44AB, while others may opt...
Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...
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...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...
Income Tax : The Jodhpur ITAT held that deduction under Section 80GGC cannot be denied merely on allegations against a political party in the a...
Income Tax : Assessment orders passed pursuant to express liberty granted by the High Court during pendency of settlement-related litigation re...
Income Tax : The ruling emphasizes that undisclosed business receipts and stock arising from an existing business cannot automatically be chara...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that when sales are accepted and books of account are not rejected, the entire amount of disputed purchases cann...
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...
Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...
Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...
Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
You kind attention is invited to the amendment made vide Notification No. 41/2010 dated 31 May 2010 and the notable features of the amended TDS Rules which are applicable to the month of March and to the Quartered ended 31st March 2011 are as under: (a) Time limit for deposit of TDS for the entire month of March will be 30th April instead of two separate time limits viz. 7th April for TDS up to 30th March and 31st May for TDS as of 31st March.
Under the existing provisions of the IT Act, dividend received from foreign subsidiary companies is taxable in the hands of the Indian parent company @ 30% (plus applicable surcharge and cess). This acts as a major disincentive for the Indian parent companies having subsidiaries outside India, as the profits of foreign subsidiaries are already taxed outside India and the dividends distributed are out of such after-tax profits.
Under the existing provisions of section 10AA of the IT Act, a deduction of 100% is allowed in respect of profits and gains derived by a unit located in a SEZ from the export of articles or things or services for the first 5 consecutive AYs; of 50% for further 5 AYs and thereafter, of 50% of the ploughed back export profit for the next 5 AYs. The profits of such units are excluded for the purpose of levy of MAT based on book profits. It is proposed to bring profits of such units within the purview of MAT based on book profits @ 18.50% (plus applicable surcharge and cess).
It logically follows that Parliament is not empowered to legislate with respect to extra-territorial aspects or causes that have no nexus whatsoever with India,” a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said. The apex court said it did not agree that Parliament, on account of its alleged absolute legislative sovereignty, should be deemed to have the powers to enact any and all legislation, even without the requirement that it is for the benefit of India.
Notification No. 13/2011 – Income Tax [F.NO. 203/57/2009/ITA-II], DATED 7-3-2011. It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute, Bangalore has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), with effect from 1-4-2003 onwards in the category of ‘Institution’, partly engaged in research activities subject to the following conditions, namely:-
As part of efforts to improve exchange of tax information, Paris-based grouping OECD will come out with over 50 peer review reports, mainly on taxation standards of countries by November this year. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is leading initiatives on international tax norms and works closely with the G20 nations on cracking down on tax havens that allegedly help people to stash unaccounted money.
Recently, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana (the High Court) in the case of CIT v. Rockman Cycle Industries Private Limited [201 1-TIOL-88-HC-P&H-IT-LB] held that if the taxpayers used certain devices to conceal true nature of the transaction, it was the duty of the taxing authority to unravel the device and determine its true character.
Non-referred international transactions fall outside the TPO’s jurisdiction . The Delhi Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of M/s. Amadeus India Pvt Ltd v. ACIT, Range-I, New Delhi (ITA No. 5203/Del/2010) held that the role of Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) is limited to the determination of arm’s length price in relation to the international transaction(s) referred to him by the Assessing Officer (AO). The TPO, suo motto, cannot take cognizance of any other international transaction not referred to him by the TPO.
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (“The Tribunal”), Delhi Bench recently pronounced its ruling in the case of M/s Aricent Technologies (Holding) Limited v. DCIT (Appeal no. ITA No. 4699 /Del. /2010) for AY 2006-07, on the amount paid as incentive to employees of the Taxpayer by its parent company pursuant to transaction of takeover for the employees’ retention. The Tribunal held in favor of the Taxpayer observing that transaction does not have any element of income for the purpose of making an adjustment to the price of the said international transaction and is merely in the nature of reimbursement of incentive paid by Taxpayer to its employees.
The Delhi bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) recently pronounced its ruling in the case of Birlasoft (India) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT ITA NO. 3839/DEL/2010, where the Taxpayer had determined the arm’s length price of their international transactions on the basis of internal benchmarking analysis. The Tribunal upheld the transfer pricing method followed by the Taxpayer whereby the net cost plus margin earned from rendering software development and related services (“software services”) to associated enterprises (AEs) were compared with the operating profit margin earned from rendering software services to unrelated parties.
