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SC Order Settled the issue of Taxability of International Software Supply Transactions?

Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the Revenue's review petitions and reiterated that payments for off-the-shelf software do not constitu...

June 11, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

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 702 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 261 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 417 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 97422 Views 4 comments 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 6058 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 1620 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 3738 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 3969 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Delhi HC Admits Appeal as ITAT Relied on Inapplicable Section 56 Provisions for Valuation

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court admitted appeals challenging the Tribunal's reliance on Section 56(2)(vii)(b) for directing a fresh valuation...

June 11, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Restores Protective Addition as Substantive Addition Had Not Attained Finality

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that a protective addition cannot be deleted merely because a substantive addition has been confirmed at the f...

June 11, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Sales Accepted, Books Not Rejected: ITAT Cuts Bogus Purchase Addition to 5%

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that a 12.5% disallowance could not be sustained when the Assessing Officer neither rejected the books of accoun...

June 11, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Part Payment Through Bank Does the Trick: ITAT Deletes Section 56(2)(vii) Addition Despite 7-Year Gap in Registration

Income Tax : Despite a significant gap between the agreement and registration dates, ITAT granted relief under the first and second provisos to...

June 11, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

ESOP Discount Allowed as Liability Accrues Over Vesting Period: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore upheld deduction of ESOP expenditure under Section 37, holding that the liability arising from employee stock o...

June 11, 2026 63 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 45381 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 579 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


49 lakh cases of income tax refunds are pending with the revenue department

March 10, 2010 1146 Views 0 comment Print

“Total number of pending refund returns (up to January 2010 is 49 lakh. The statutory time limit to process the return and issue refund in financial year 2009-10 is March, 31, 2011,” minister of state for finance SS Palanimanickam informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Despite so many exemption Budget 2010 failed to cheer taxpayers

March 10, 2010 883 Views 0 comment Print

The Budget 2010-11 has not done away with most excise or customs exemption notifications but, contrary to the need of the hour, added more exemptions, each with its own set of conditions that entail more paperwork and transaction costs. However, a couple of procedural improvements will bring some relief to select importers and exporters.

50 Percent Tax rate will make London most highly taxed financial centre in the world

March 10, 2010 441 Views 0 comment Print

London will become the most highly taxed financial centre in the world when the new 50 per cent income tax rate for those earning £150,000 or more comes into force next month. Taxes will be higher than for financial workers living in the other key centres of New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Geneva, Zurich, Dubai and Hong Kong, KPMG calculated.

Bye-Laws of co-ops crucial in income tax liability

March 9, 2010 381 Views 0 comment Print

The answer to the question whether a member of a primary cooperative society will automatically become a member of the apex society will determine the income tax liability of the apex body, the Supreme Court stated in the case, Commissioner of Income Tax vs Rajasthan Rajya Bunker Samiti. In this case, Samiti, the apex body was the assessee. It provided raw materials like yarn to primary societies of weavers who manufactured cloth.

DTC may have higher Turnover limit for LLP conversion without capital gain tax

March 9, 2010 2351 Views 0 comment Print

Large business entities willing to convert into Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) will have to wait for some more time with the government saying that it would consider raising the limit for capital gains tax exemptions as part of the Direct Taxes Code.

Technical services by Non residents provided outside Indian but utilized in India is taxable

March 9, 2010 3887 Views 0 comment Print

As per Memorandum on Finance Bill, 2010 a source rule was inserted in section 9 of Income-tax Act in 1976 with an intention of bringing to tax fees for Technical Services by creating a deeming fiction that even in cases where services are provided by a non-resident outside India, consideration for such services will be taxable in India so long as services are utilised in India. The source rule effectively means that the situs of the rendering of ser-vices is not relevant.

Budget 2010: Empowered Income tax department to cancel any charitable organisation's registration

March 9, 2010 927 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department has got the power to cancel any charitable organisation’s registration that accords it the benefit of tax exemption. The department can annul the registration and the exemption emanating from it if the organisation is found to violate the norms for registration, according to Budget 2010-11.

Bank need to deduct tds on accrual of interest not on mere Provisioning of the same

March 9, 2010 1967 Views 0 comment Print

However, this was creating problems for banks using Core-Branch Banking Solutions (CBS), which enables customers to access their accounts from any branch. The Indian Banks’ Association in a representation to the Income Tax department had said that for banks using the CBS software, interest payable on fixed deposits is calculated generally on a daily or a monthly basis but is parked in the provisioning account for monitoring only.

Penalty for pre-payment of home loans is under CCI radar

March 9, 2010 876 Views 0 comment Print

The Government has informed Lok Sabha that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has received information under section 19 of the Competition Act, 2002 against some Banks/Housing Finance Institutions with regard to anti-competitive agreements on imposing penalty for pre-payment of home loans.

Income Tax Order No. 3/JS(FT&TR-II)/2010, dated 8-3-2010

March 8, 2010 979 Views 0 comment Print

Order No. 3/JS(FT&TR-II)/2010 In exercise of the powers conferred under section 144C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with Income-tax (Dispute Resolution Panel) Rules, 2009 issued through Notification No. 84/2009 [F.No. 142/22/2009-TPL]/S.O. 2958(E), dated 20-11-2009 and keeping in view the workload and efficient functioning of Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) at Headquarters Delhi and Mumbai, the Board hereby directs that the following DRPs

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