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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 612 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 231 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 97245 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 10296 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 6055 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 3966 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 42 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 51 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 51 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 66 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 90 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 45294 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 573 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


Download New Saral-II (ITR-1) Excel Based Return Preparation Utility for the F.Y. 2009-10, A.Y. 2010-11

May 18, 2010 11442 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax department has released utility of ITR-1 for online filing of Income Tax return for A.Y. 2010-11/ F.Y. 2009-10. The same can be downloaded from the following link:-Download Return Preparation Software – ITR-1 (Saral II) Excel Utility (Version 1.0)

Income Tax dept planning to bring rural traders into tax net

May 18, 2010 843 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department is looking to bring rural traders and others into the tax net. The department which is attempting to expand the taxpayer base in the country will now focus their attention on a large swathe of rural businesses that have so far remained untouched.

Retrospective amendments resulting in tax liability are unfair

May 18, 2010 648 Views 0 comment Print

Last week, Finance Act, 2010 came into effect. A few days earlier, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had spelt out his response to several representations regarding his Budget proposals. Apparently, there were hardly any representation about the changes that will create tax liability for taxpayers with retrospective effect, or he decided not to yield to the representations.

Saral II Makes filing Income Tax Return easy for individual taxpayers

May 18, 2010 1734 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come out with a new income tax Form – Saral-II . The new form aims at making the process of filing tax returns easier for individual taxpayers. The form is to be used to file the income tax returns for the financial year 2009-10 (assessment year 2010-11 ).

TDS on Non-resident – No PAN – What's the rate?

May 18, 2010 5096 Views 0 comment Print

Section 206AA starts with the words “Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act”. This is a non-obstante clause which means that the provisions of section 206AA shall override other provisions of the Act. If we go through Section 90(2), it provides that ‘Where the Central Government has entered into an agreement with the Government of any country outside India or specified territory outside India, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) of section 90, for granting relief of tax,

CBDT Clarification on Security of E-Filing Portal

May 18, 2010 843 Views 0 comment Print

PRESS RELEASE NO. DSM/BY/KP-163/10 Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) that the process for renewal of the security certificate of the department’s e-filing portal was initiated well in time before it lapsed on 8th May 2010. Pending completion of certification procedure, the e-filing facility for AY 2010-11 has been temporarily suspended. This will not affect taxpayers in any way, as the earliest income tax return for AY 2010-11 falls due on 31st July 2010. The facility is expected to be renewed very shortly.

Income earned abroad can’t be taxed, if the same is not chargeable to tax under the general provisions of the I-T Act

May 18, 2010 598 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [2010- T11-41-ITAT-MUM-INTL] in the case of J Ray McDermott Eastern Hemisphere Ltd. (Taxpayer) held that receipts pertaining to transportation and installation contract executed by the Taxpayer outside India cannot be taxed under the special provisions, which provide for taxation of certain income of a non-resident on presumptive basis, if the income is not chargeable to tax under the general provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Deputation of personnel do not results in a permanent establishment in India: ITAT Mumbai

May 18, 2010 2854 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling in the case of Tekmark Global Solutions LLC (Taxpayer) [[2010] 3 taxmann 38 (Mum. – ITAT)] the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that as the deputed personnel do not work under the control and supervision of the Taxpayer, such personnel do not create a PE for the Taxpayer in India.

Notification No. 28/2010-Income Tax Dated 17/5/2010

May 17, 2010 550 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 28/2010-Income Tax Whereas by notification of the Government of India, in the Minis­try of Finance (Department of Revenue), number S.O. 844(E), dated the 17th October, 1995, issued under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) the Central Government had notified at serial number 5, “Equipments, furnishing and running of Residen­tial training Centre for mentally retarded persons at Sabarkantha District, Gujarat” by Sahyog Kushthayagna Trust, Rajendra

NC Notification No. 55/2010-Income Tax Dated 17/5/2010

May 17, 2010 541 Views 0 comment Print

NC Notification No. 55/2010-Income Tax WHEREAS by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number S.O. 81(E), dated the 24th October, 2005, issued under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government had specified at serial number 7, for an integrated project on Water

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