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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


S. 54 benefit cannot be denied merely because assessee purchases 2 house units

January 5, 2011 3093 Views 0 comment Print

Two flats purchased by the assessee were situated side by side. Builder also stated that he had effected modifications to the flats to make them one unit by opening the door in between the two apartments. The fact that the assessee could not have purchased both the flats in one single sale deed or could not have narrated the purchase of two premises as one unit in the sale deed could not make any difference.

Quattrochi, Chadha got Commission in Bofors deal – IT Tribunal

January 5, 2011 432 Views 0 comment Print

In sharp contrast to a nearly two-decade-long investigation by the CBI, an income tax tribunal bench has ruled that Rs. 41 crore was paid in bribes to Ottavio Quattrocchi, an Italian businessman once considered a friend of the Gandhi family, and Win

Tax officials to keep a close watch on IPL auction proceedings

January 5, 2011 588 Views 0 comment Print

Enforcement and tax officials will keep a close watch on the proceedings of players auction for IPL-4 which will see as many as 350 top cricketers from India and abroad go under the hammer in Bangalore later this week. The financial dealings and investments of the earlier editions of IPL are already under the scanner of agencies like the Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate (ED) since last year when extensive searches were conducted at the IPL headquarters in Mumbai and offices of various franchises.

Sugar Mills in Maharashtra May have to Rs 2,500 crore tax arrears after CIT(A) decided against them

January 5, 2011 456 Views 0 comment Print

Around 100 cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra have lost one round of a battle on income tax (I-T) arrears dating back to 1992-93, with an appellate authority rejecting their argument on dues. If the decision, by the commissioner of income tax (appeals), is not appealed again, the mills may have to pay Rs 2,500 crore in arrears.

Government initiates inquiry into Cadbury India's takeover by US-based Kraft Food

January 5, 2011 537 Views 0 comment Print

The government has initiated an inquiry into Cadbury India’s takeover by US-based Kraft Food Inc on Delhi High Court’s directive, for alleged tax evasion and flouting of buyout norms. The Finance Ministry has initiated the inquiry under the Income Tax Act on the order of the High Court, which asked the government last month to complete the probe within 8 weeks.

Govt examining tax tribunal ruling in Bofors case

January 5, 2011 471 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government is examining the decision of the Income Tax tribunal in the Bofors case and will decide the future course of action later. “As the Law Ministry has pointed (out), we are examining the

Bofors Scam-Now Income Tax Tribunal too exposes Kickback trail to Quattrocchi

January 4, 2011 789 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has pointed out that despite the Indian government’s order against the appointment of middlemen in defence deals by foreign companies, Bofors had entered into a fresh consultancy agreement with AE Services Limited of UK on November 15, 1985, at the behest of Ottavio Quattrocchi, whom the CBI in its chargesheet had described as having unhindered access to 7, Race Course Road (the residence of Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister).

Expenses cannot be disallowed on the ground that ratio of sharing of expenses by the parent/associate company is lower than the preceding year

January 3, 2011 645 Views 0 comment Print

It is held that expenses incurred by the assessee wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business could not be disallowed on the ground that there was a reduction in the ratio in which the expenses were shared by the assessee’s parent/associate company.

Budget 2011- Pranab Mukherjee likely to bring Major change in direct tax laws

January 2, 2011 534 Views 0 comment Print

Saddled with huge tax arrears of Rs 2,50,000 crore — more than half of the total tax collection projected for 2010-11 — finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to introduce in the forthcoming Budget some major changes in direct tax laws that co

Subhir Chandra is CBDT chairman

January 2, 2011 1149 Views 0 comment Print

Having accepted the Mankad committee recommendation which limits the tenure of CBDT chairman to one year, Sudhir Chandra IRS 1973 Member Investigation assumed charges on Friday in place of retiring Chairman SSN Murthy. Prior to this new role, Mr Chandra, a 1973-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, has been Member (Investigation) in CBDT since February 2009.

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