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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 588 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 228 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 378 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 97230 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 10293 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 6049 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 1617 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 3735 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 3963 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 154 Rectification Allowed for Inadvertent LTCG Error in ITR: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an inadvertent mistake in Schedule 112A relating to the acquisition period of mutual fund units could be re...

June 11, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

Loose Papers Alone Cannot Justify Income Tax Reopening Without Corroborative Evidence: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : The Court held that reassessment proceedings cannot be sustained merely on the basis of an unsigned and unauthenticated loose pape...

June 11, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Reassessment Case Due to Failure to Examine Additional Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi set aside the assessment after finding that the assessees additional evidence had not been properly scrutinized by the ...

June 11, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Concessional Tax Rate Cannot Be Denied Solely for Form 10-IC Late Filing: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that delayed filing of Form 10-IC should not defeat the assessee's substantive right to opt for the concessional...

June 11, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Under Section 194J Alone Cannot Determine Nature of Income for presumptive taxation

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that deduction of tax under Section 194J cannot automatically classify receipts as professional income. Tax auth...

June 11, 2026 81 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 45282 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 570 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


Supreme Court rules that an element of human intervention required for taxing a payment as ‘fees for technical services’

August 26, 2010 9476 Views 0 comment Print

A recent ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) in a batch of cases, with the lead case being that of Bharti Cellular Ltd. (Taxpayer), on whether any manual intervention is involved in the technical operations by which a cellular service provider, such as the Taxpayer, is given facility for interconnection. If manual intervention is involved, the payments for such facility would be considered as ‘fees for technical services’ (FTS) under the Indian Tax Laws (ITL) and the Taxpayer would be required to withhold taxes. In this context, one may recall that the Delhi High Court (HC) [319 ITR 139] had earlier held that as these services do not involve any human interface, these cannot be regarded as FTS as contemplated under the ITL.

Income-tax exemption rate for interest on Recognised Provident Funds fixed at 8.5 per cent with effect from 1 September, 2010

August 26, 2010 1229 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 69 /2010-Income Tax CBDT NOTIFICATION No. 2091(E) dated 26.08.2010—ln exercise of the powers conferred • by clause (b) of Rule 6 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Income-tax.Act,1961 (43 of 1961), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O. 484(E), , dated the 30th May, 2001, the Central Government hereby fixes; with effect from the 1st day of Septembei, 2010, 8.5 per cent, as the rate referred to in the said clause.

No Income Tax raid for next one month

August 26, 2010 1080 Views 0 comment Print

An outsourcing contract to Infosys, India’s second-largest software company, has resulted in an unexpected reprieve for those with income to hide from the taxman. Irked by the contract, under which Infosys is processing tax returns filed online, and rattled by the prospect of more outsourcing, officials of the investigation wing of the income-tax department, the arm of the tax administration that conducts raids, have refused to step out of their offices for at least a month.

Dy. Director of Income Tax (International Taxation) Vs. M/s Avaya Global Connect Ltd., (ITAT Mumbai)

August 26, 2010 1140 Views 0 comment Print

Payment made to Avaya International Sales Ltd., Ireland (ASIL) in respect of activation charges is a payment for buying a standard product/software. The payment made to ASIL can neither be said to be as ‘Royalty’ nor is covered under the provisions of ‘Fees for Technical Services’. The assessee is not liable to deduct tax at source on the payment made to ASIL as the income of ASIL is not liable to tax in India for the above payment.

Direct Taxes Code Bill likely to be introduced in the ongoing monsoon session

August 26, 2010 841 Views 0 comment Print

The much awaited Direct Taxes Code Bill is likely to be introduced in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament itself, the Revenue Secretary, Mr Sunil Mitra, has indicated. “We do expect the DTC to be introduced in Parliament in this session. This is what the Finance Minister has promised in public forum and we intend to do our best to make it happen,” Mr Mitra told reporters on the sidelines of a CII event here.

Recognised Provident Fund : 8.5 percent rate notified under rule 6(b) of Part A of IVth Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961

August 26, 2010 3565 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 69/2010-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of rule 6 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O. 484(E), dated the 30th May, 2001, the Central Government hereby fixes, with effect from the 1st day of September, 2010, 8.5 per cent., as the rate referred to in the said clause.

Govt rejects 70% income tax refunds for reason not in control of taxpayers

August 26, 2010 981 Views 0 comment Print

This is the time of the year when tax payers look forward to getting refunds from the IT Department if eligible. But for roughly seven out of 10 cases, income tax refunds have remained elusive for no fault of the tax payers. The income tax department maintains that it is also not at fault. According to senior taxmen, they reject an overwhelmingly large number of eligible cases every year for what they call the incidence of missing entries.

After order u/s 143(3) of the Act, no rectification order u/s. 154 could be passed to rectify the intimation u/s 143(1)(a) of the Act – HC

August 25, 2010 29717 Views 0 comment Print

Tamil Nadu Magnesite Ltd. Vs. CIT (Madras HC) – In view of the law laid down by the Hon ble Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income Tax v. Gujarat Electricity Board (cited supra), after passing of an order under Section 143(3) of the Act, intimation under Section 143(1)(a) of the Act gets merged with the said order under Section 143(3) of the Act and the intimation under Section 143(1)(a) of the Act does not any more independently survive for rectification by the Assessing Authority under Section 154 of the Act.

Depreciation-Allowability-Trucks in the names of directors

August 25, 2010 3525 Views 0 comment Print

Income tax – Sec 32(1) – Assessee-company claims depreciation on trucks registered in the name of Director – Revenue disallows – Tribunal allows the appeal – held, since the vehicles have been purchased in the name of the Director only for convenience sake and rents have been credited to the company’s account and even tax has been paid on the same, depreciation cannot be disallowed now as it is in effective possession of the company – Revenue’s appeal dismissed : ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT;

Can the valuation done by any authority of the State Government for the purpose of payment of stamp duty in respect of land or building be taken as actual sale consideration received by the purchaser?

August 25, 2010 1402 Views 0 comment Print

The Assessing Officer added the difference between purchase price disclosed in the sale deed and purchase price of the property adopted for the purpose of paying the stamp duty to the total income of the assessee as income from unexplained sources. The Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) deleted this addition by holding that section 50C is a deeming provision for the purpose of bringing to tax the difference as capital gain.

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