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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 282 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 288 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 96924 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 10245 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 18 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 24 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 36 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 39 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 30 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 45105 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


DTC proposes to substitute profit-linked incentives with investment-linked deductions for SEZs

August 11, 2010 1180 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) proposes to substitute the currently available profit-linked incentives with investment-linked deductions for specified sectors including developers of Special Economic Zones (SEZ).

TRP scheme- Government failed to appoint new TRPs since 2006

August 10, 2010 2738 Views 0 comment Print

While the number of new income-taxpayers is growing exponentially year after year, no new tax returns preparers (TRPs) have been recruited since 2006. The Income Tax was launched by the finance ministry in 2006, to help taxpayers file their returns at a nominal fee of Rs 250, by recruiting unemployed youth or people willing to work part-time as TRPs.

Don’t file appeals in cases where law is settled:HC to IT dept

August 10, 2010 831 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax department has come under sharp criticism from the Delhi High Court for filing appeal against tax tribunal decisions in which issue of law is well settled. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan said that judicial capital is extremely limited and it should not be wasted in needless litigations.

Transfer of shares by a foreign company to its wholly owned Indian subsidiary not taxable in India

August 9, 2010 1961 Views 0 comment Print

Praxair Pacific Limited (PPL ), a company incorporated in Mauritius, proposes to transfer its 74% equity stake in Jindal Praxair Oxygen Company Private Limited (JPOCPL) to its wholly owned subsidiary in India, Praxair India Private Limited (Praxair India). The consideration for the proposed transfer is stated to be determined on the basis of cost, unless a higher consideration is required under the pricing guidelines prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India as applicable for transfer of shares.

Full value of consideration is totally different from the concept of Fair market value

August 9, 2010 2780 Views 0 comment Print

Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd. (“RCom”) transferred shares of Reliance Infocomm Ltd. (RIL) worth INR. 50 crores at face value (INR.1) to one of the promoters (market value of shares being INR. 53.7).As per the promoter, the shares were not transferred but were pledged against a loan of INR 50 crores advanced to RCom.

Conversion of Company into Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) – Amendment to Finance Bill 2010

August 9, 2010 768 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Bill 2010, introduced provisions for conversion of private companies / unlisted companies into LLP along with conditions for tax neutrality of such conversions. One of the conditions for tax neutrality is that the total sales, turnover or gross receipts in any of the three years preceding the conversion does not exceed INR 6 mn. Consequential amendments were also made to various sections in the Income-tax Act 1961 (ITA).

Mumbai ITAT upholds per hour billing rate published by NASSCOM for a specific business segment as an external CUP in determining the arm’s length price

August 9, 2010 1590 Views 0 comment Print

The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has recently pronounced its ruling on an appeal originating from a transfer pricing adjustment imposed on 3 Global Services Private Limited (“assessee”). The assessee operates in the voice based customer care segment within the IT-enabled services (ITeS) industry. During financial year 2003-04, the assessee rendered services to its associated enterprises (“AEs”).

Total amount of transfer pricing adjustment cannot exceed the absolute amount of revenue realized by the associated enterprise from third parties

August 9, 2010 2646 Views 0 comment Print

This judgment emphasizes the fact that total amount of transfer pricing adjustment cannot exceed the absolute amount of revenue realized by the associated enterprise from third parties and idle capacity adjustment should be allowed to the taxpayer to improve the comparability analysis.

Government uncovered 44 crore of untaxed money

August 9, 2010 750 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Ministry today said it has uncovered around Rs 44 crore of untaxed money parked by 18 Indian nationals with LGT Bank in the European tax haven of Liechtenstein and have raised a tax demand of Rs 24 crore. “Assessments have been made against total 18 individual cases involving total assessed income of Rs 43.83 crore and total demand of Rs 24.28 crore (has been raised),” Minister of State for Finance S S Palanimanickam told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Payment in kind to foreign company in respect of Income derived in India is liable for tax deduction : SC

August 9, 2010 690 Views 0 comment Print

PAYMENT made in kind too is liable to be taxed in India, said the Supreme Court in a ruling last month. The apex court in July dismissed an appeal filed by Kanchanganga Sea Foods, an Andhra Pradesh-based company, which was asked to pay tax on the payment it made to a Hong Kong-based firm Eastwide Shipping.

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