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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 615 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 234 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 97248 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 48 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 54 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 54 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 45297 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


Income Tax department created special cell for IPL, Made visit to IPL headquarter for inquiry

April 16, 2010 810 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax (I-T) department and Enforcement Directorate (ED) are reported to have begun a discreet enquiry into the source of funds of certain franchisees of the cash-rich T20 Indian Premiere League (IPL). Official sources said today the “source probe” commenced after a controversy broke out this week over the share holding patterns of the consortium led by Rendezvous which bagged IPL Kochi franchise.

Summary of Valuation rules for Jewellery, Artistic Work, Shares and securities

April 15, 2010 5453 Views 0 comment Print

Recent Notification No. 23/2010 dated 8 April 2010 (Notification) issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) prescribed the rules (Rules) for determining the fair market value (FMV), for the purposes of taxation, of certain specified assets received by a taxpayer without consideration or for inadequate consideration i.e. a consideration which is less than the FMV by an amount exceeding INR 50,000. The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009 had inserted Section 56(2) (vii) (Section) to tax such specified assets received on or after 1 October 2009 (See Note-1 below). Specified assets are archaeological collections, drawings, paintings, sculptures or any other work of art (artistic work), jewellery and shares and securities.

Special Bench chosen not to follow the Karnataka High Court’s judgement in the case of Samsung Electronics

April 15, 2010 717 Views 0 comment Print

Special Bench Tribunal Ruling: If the Payer is of the bona fide belief that no part of the payment is chargeable to tax, he need not undergo the procedure of section 195 at all. The Tribunal has chosen not to follow the Karnataka High Court’s judgement in the case of Samsung Electronics. [ITO v. Prasad Production Ltd. (ITA No. 663/Mds/2003)].

CBDT valuation rules for Gift seems to be fair

April 15, 2010 865 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the valuation rules for gifts over Rs 50,000 which includes gift in kind too, and these will come into effect retrospectively from October 1, 2009. The transaction value of warrants, preference shares and other such instruments transferred to another individual or a company will now have to be certified by a category-I merchant banker according to CBDT’s new fair market value (FMV) norms for gifts.

Deduction u/s. 80E for educational loan extended to loan for vocational courses and studies in all streams including commerce and art

April 15, 2010 1427 Views 0 comment Print

The Government has extended tax concession on interest paid for educational loan to all streams of studies including vocational courses, benefiting students from all economic strata opting for higher studies, from this academic session onwards.

Exempt Indian companies' earning from overseas firms – Assocham

April 14, 2010 756 Views 0 comment Print

Industry body Assocham today suggested that Indian companies’ earning from overseas firms, in which they hold over 10 per cent stake, should be exempted from income tax. The move, the chamber said, would help Indian entrepreneurs bring back their foreign exchange income earned outside India and invest it domestically.

Govt Identifies 9 New Territories for Tax Avoidance Agreements

April 14, 2010 558 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Government have approved notification of the following areas as ‘specified territory’ for the purpose of Explanation 2 to Section 90 of the Income Tax Act 1961 – (i) Bermuda, (ii) British Virgin Islands, (iii) Cayman Islands, (iv) Gibraltar, (all British Overseas Territories); (v) Guernsey, (vi) Isle of Man, (vii) Jersey, (all British Crown Dependencies); (viii) Netherlands Antilles (an Autonomous Part of the Kingdom of Netherlands); and (ix) Macau (a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China).

Income-tax department making effort to recover Income Tax out of money in Swiss Account of Hasan Ali Khan

April 14, 2010 756 Views 0 comment Print

The income-tax department is making a last-ditch effort to lay its hands on the $8 billion allegedly stashed away by Hasan Ali Khan, a Pune-based stud farm owner, who is being investigated by the income-tax department as well as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which deals with violations of rules governing use of foreign currency.

Govt. notified ten year Deep Discount Bond of REC the purpose of section 2 (48) the Income Tax Act

April 14, 2010 1612 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 24/2010-Income Tax The Central Government have approved notification of ten year Deep Discount Bond (Zero Coupon Bond) of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) to be issued by 31st March 2011 as specified bonds for the purpose of sub-section 48 of section 2 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The number of bonds approved for issue are 25,00,000 with maturity value of Rs.30,000 each having life period of 10 years. Income from such bonds will be taxed as capital gain only on transfer or redemption or maturity.

DTC will go through major changeover to address the areas of concern

April 13, 2010 459 Views 0 comment Print

A senior official in the finance ministry said the Central Board of Direct Taxes addressed the nine areas of concern in the Code identified by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Besides, many other parts would be changed to take care of the concerns of various stakeholders.

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