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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 315 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 162 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 297 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 96948 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 10254 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 3720 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


Income Tax Reopening Quashed as PAN Was Not Properly Transferred to Jurisdictional Officer

Income Tax : Bombay High Court quashed income tax reassessment proceedings after holding that the PAN was not transferred to the competent juri...

June 11, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Scrutiny Assessment Quashed as Section 143(2) Notice Was Issued Without Jurisdiction: Calcutta HC

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court upheld the ITAT's decision quashing the assessment after finding that the notice under Section 143(2) was ...

June 11, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 143(1) Adjustment as Revenue Failed to Prove Notice Issuance

Income Tax : The Ahmedabad ITAT held that adjustments under Section 143(1)(a) cannot be sustained without evidence of prior intimation to the a...

June 11, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80J Deduction Denied as Audit Report Was Never Filed: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Court held that although filing the audit report along with the return is directory, complete failure to furnish the report is...

June 11, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Additional Depreciation Can’t Be Denied for Non-Filing of Form 3AA With Return: SC

Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that filing Form 3AA during assessment proceedings constituted sufficient compliance, even though it was no...

June 11, 2026 36 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 45120 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


Delhi Tribunal seeks to examine board meetings, etc. to decide place of management

November 28, 2010 3562 Views 0 comment Print

Recently, the Delhi bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal dealt with the issue of taxability on sale of shares under India-Mauritius tax treaty (tax treaty). The Tribunal asked for either third party evidence or evidence by any government agency either situated in Mauritius or in India to be brought on record to substantiate taxpayer’s claim regarding holding board meetings in Mauritius. The Tribunal held that the documents placed on record needed examination regarding their authenticity and relevance, accordingly restored the case back to the Assessing Officer (AO) to decide the same afresh.

Rejection of application by AO for lower or nil withholding is an ‘order’ eligible for revision by CIT

November 28, 2010 1527 Views 0 comment Print

The Bombay High Court held that expression “order” for the purposes of section 264 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) has a wide connotation. The words used under section 264(1) of the Act are ‘any order other than order under section 263’. Hence, the rejection of an application by the Assessing Officer (AO) for lower withholding rate under section 197 (See Note-1 Below) of the act is an ‘order’ eligible for revision by the Commissioner of Income-tax (CIT) under section 264 of the Act.

TDS wing of I-T department surveys Pharma Companies

November 28, 2010 2727 Views 0 comment Print

The Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) wing of the income tax (I-T) department, on Friday conducted surveys on three major pharmaceutical companies following information of TDS rule violations. The surveys were conducted on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceut

Big Real estate companies under Income tax Department scanner post bribes for loan scam

November 28, 2010 475 Views 0 comment Print

The tax department will take a close look at the expense accounts of real estate giants Emaar MGF, Parsvnath, Unitech, DLF and others in the wake of the bribes-for-loan racket unearthed recently. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will also pro

Alleged bogus Income Tax Refunds scam detected in Ludhiana

November 28, 2010 474 Views 0 comment Print

An alleged scam involving realisation of bogus income tax refund has come to light here after a man tried to deposit fake refund cheques to the tune of Rs 47 lakh, officials said today. Police, on the complaint of Ludhiana Income Tax Department

Bombay High Court’s Notice Regarding Writ Petition Hearing

November 28, 2010 514 Views 0 comment Print

IT IS HEREBY notified for the information of the Advocates and the parties appearing in-person that in partial modification of the extant assignment of judicial work, from Monday, 22nd November 2010: (I) All Writ Petitions, Appellate Side and Origi

I-T dept strikes Rs 50 crore deal with BSNL, gets Blackberry

November 27, 2010 654 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department has struck an estimated Rs 50 crore deal with state-owned telecom company BSNL to provide 51,000 mobile connections and one thousand high-end Blackberry phones for secure and fast communication amongst its officers and staff

Large volume of purchase and sale of shares can not be the sole criteria to treat the same as business activity

November 27, 2010 675 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a broker in the BSE, disclosed short-term capital gains and long-term capital gains on sale of shares. The AO accepted the LTCG as such though he held that the STCG was assessable as “business profits” on the ground that the assessee was a stock broker & there was large volume and frequency (more than 300) transactions. On appeal, the CIT (A) reversed the AO. On appeal by the department to the Tribunal, HELD dismissing the appeal:

Amount Collected as Education CESS during the last three years from direct and indirect taxes

November 27, 2010 834 Views 0 comment Print

Since no Reserve Fund has been opened in the Public Account of India for the purpose of crediting the 1% Secondary & Higher Education Cess for expenditure towards related schemes/prgorammes, the expenditure provision for Department of School Educatio

Direct tax arrears touch Rs 2.49 Lakh crore

November 26, 2010 480 Views 0 comment Print

Direct tax arrears touched a staggering Rs 2.49 lakh crore last fiscal, and of this, an amount of Rs 1.43 lakh crore is seen to be difficult to recover. The tax arrears are tax demand raised by the revenue department but not realised along with the a

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