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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 Tribunal held that an inadvertent mistake in Schedule 112A relating to the acquisition period of mutual fund units could be re...
Income Tax : The Court held that reassessment proceedings cannot be sustained merely on the basis of an unsigned and unauthenticated loose pape...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi set aside the assessment after finding that the assessees additional evidence had not been properly scrutinized by the ...
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...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that deduction of tax under Section 194J cannot automatically classify receipts as professional income. Tax auth...
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...
The Finance (No.2) Act of 2009 introduced section 206AA under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the ITA) to provide that any person who is entitled to receive any sum or income or amount, on which tax is to be withheld under the ITA shall furnish PAN to the person responsible for withholding of tax. In case PAN is not furnished, minimum withholding tax rate of 20% will have to be applied. This provision is now effective from1 April 2010.
The Interest Tax Act, 1974 specifically includes discounting charges in the definition of interest, however interest defined under ITA does not include discounting charges. Wherever the legislature was conscious of the fact that even the discount of bills of exchange is to be included within the definition of interest, the same was basically so provided for, hence the omission of these words in the definition provided under the ITA, enumerates the intention of the legislator to keep the same out of the ambit of „interest? under the ITA. The same rationale is also laid down in the Circular no. 652 issued by Central Board of Direct Taxes in relation to section 1 94A of ITA.
This is yet another decision on the issue of whether the deputation of personnel by an overseas entity results in Permanent Establishment in India and the related attribution of profit and withholding tax issues.
The decision of tribunal reaffirms the position that after amendment to section 9 of the Act, what is required is that, the services should be utilized in India in order to be taxable in India irrespective of the situs of rendering of the services.
Prudential Assurance Company Ltd. (Prudential) is a foreign company incorporated in United Kingdom and is engaged in the business of Insurance. Prudential registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India as a sub-account of a Foreign Institutional Investor (FII).
The High court agreed with the position taken by the appellate authorities that the security deposit did not constitute a loan since it was paid to the respondent in his capacity as the owner of the accommodation and in pursuance of a lease agreement. Further, the court agreed with the observation of the ITAT that the respondent did not get undue benefit / advantage as the terms of the lease were similar to the earlier agreement though he had not received the additional guarantee.
The Tribunal has held that a simple maintenance of stock of goods by the foreign enterprise at the customer?s location for standby use may not constitute a PE, while keeping the issue open with regard to royalty on use of equipment.
The draft Direct Taxes Code (DTC) along with a Discussion Paper was released on 12 August 2009 for public comments with the intention to simplify direct tax legislation in India. Subsequently, comments were solicited from the public and examined by the Government. A Revised Discussion Paper which is meant to respond to the major concerns and comments of stakeholders has now been released on 15 June 2010.
The new Citizens’ Charter will be a guiding rule book for the I-T department and its officials.Taxpayers whose premises have been searched or raided by the Income Tax (I-T) department can now expect to get possession of their sealed properties and assets in two months as compared to the usual duration of over a year.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received a setback on Friday when a petition filed by him under the Income Tax Act, 1961, was dismissed by the Bombay high court. A division bench of justices DY Chandrachud and JP Devadhar dismissed Khan’s petition challenging an order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) for alleged tax evasion of Rs. 9 lakh.
