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Section 62(4) of Income-tax Act 2025: Closed List of Specified Professions Remains Unreformed

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 continues the old specified professions framework without addressing longstanding classification issues. ...

June 11, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

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 120 Views 0 comment Print

Period of limitation prescribed under Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A detailed overview of limitation periods prescribed under the Income-tax Act reveals how missing statutory deadlines can lead to ...

June 11, 2026 5676 Views 1 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 756 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 273 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 6061 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 3744 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


Daughter’s Bank Account Can’t Be Frozen for Father’s Tax Dues: Telangana HC

Income Tax : The Telangana High Court held that recovery proceedings under Section 226(3) cannot automatically extend to a daughter's bank acco...

June 11, 2026 3 Views 0 comment Print

Bank Cannot Be Treated as TDS Defaulter for Complying With HC Orders

Income Tax : The Court held that an employer acting in accordance with interim judicial directions restraining TDS deduction cannot be treated ...

June 11, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes TDS Demand on LFC Payments as Bank Followed HC Orders

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that a bank could not be treated as an assessee in default for non-deduction of TDS on LFC payments when it ac...

June 11, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Upholds Rejection of Updated Return During Pending Scrutiny Assessment

Income Tax : The Telangana High Court held that an assessee cannot file an updated return under Section 139(8A) once assessment proceedings hav...

June 11, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Assessments as Section 153D Approval Was Granted Mechanically

Income Tax : The Department argued that Section 292BC validated the approval despite alleged deficiencies, but the Tribunal rejected this conte...

June 11, 2026 60 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 45462 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 495 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


Distance of 2 kms from municipal limits of city for the purpose of section 2(14)(iii) has to be taken in terms of approach by road

January 7, 2010 11340 Views 0 comment Print

In respect of the question concerning distance of the agricultural land from the municipal limits of city of Khanna the Tribunal has decided the issue holding that distance of 2 kms.from the municipal limits of city of Khanna has to be reckoned for the purposes of Section 2(14)(iii)of the Act by measuring the same as per the road distance and not as per straight line distance on a horizontal plane or as per crow’s flight

Government may introduce DTC in the forthcoming budget session

January 7, 2010 900 Views 0 comment Print

The government looks all set to introduce the new Direct Taxes Code in the forthcoming budget session , a government official said. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to discuss the contours of the new code, billed as the major reform of the direct tax structure being undertaken by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in its second tenure.

Consultation on DTC over, new structure may be finalised soon

January 7, 2010 816 Views 0 comment Print

The government is through with the consultation process on the proposed direct taxes code and the contours of the new tax structure could be finalised soon, a top government official said on Wednesday. The process of consultation is almost complete,” finance secretary Ashok Chawala told reporters on the sidelines of a Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry seminar in New Delhi.

Budget 2010-11 may tax undistributed dividend of foreign corporations

January 6, 2010 1116 Views 0 comment Print

The forthcoming budget may contain provisions for taxing the undistributed dividend of foreign corporations that are controlled or owned by Indian companies. Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) laws enable the authorities to tax the income of a resident derived from a foreign corporation. This is irrespective of whether the profit/dividend of the foreign entity is transferred to India or not.

The AO cannot convert the part of liability transferred as loan by the proprietorship concern into consideration or part thereof

January 6, 2010 1060 Views 0 comment Print

We have heard the rival submissions and perused the material available on record. In terms of provisions of section 47 (xiv) of the Act I any transfer of a capital asset will not be regarded as transfer liable to capital gains tax, if the conditions under Clauses (a),'(b) & (c) of the said Section are complied with. Sub-clause(a) specifies that all assets and liabilities have to be transferred by the sole proprietory concern to the company.

Any bona fide measures taken by revenue to prevent circulation of black money, cannot be objected as interference with personal liberty or freedom of a citizen

January 6, 2010 1068 Views 0 comment Print

The carrying of a huge sum itself gives rise to a legitimate suspicion; the intelligence officers of revenue are, therefore, entitled to satisfy themselves, not only that the money is from a legitimate source, but also satisfy themselves that such a large amount is being carried for a legitimate purpose; therefore, even if the carrier is not guilty of any offence in carrying the money, the verification or seizure may be warranted to ensure that the money is not intended for commission of a crime or offence.

Income from Cultivation of parent hybrid seed is non agricultural Income and taxable as business income

January 6, 2010 3998 Views 0 comment Print

The income attributable to the operations of developing/producing breeder seeds or hybrid germplasm or parent hybrid seed containing desired traits cannot be treated as agricultural income and should be treated as business income.

Tax on Rent Income forming Part of complex commercial activity

January 6, 2010 2063 Views 0 comment Print

It depends on the facts of each transactions, whether the letting out of the property is incidental and subservient dominant object of selling the property or not. If the property has merely been let out b> the assessee then the same cannot be held to be exploitation of the property for commercial purpose in view of the decision of the Hon’ble Shambhu Investment (supra). We. therefore, restore this issue to the file of the AC) for fresh consideration in the light of aforementioned observation.

Rate of depreciation applicable to bridges and flyovers constructed and owned by an infrastructure company

January 6, 2010 3182 Views 0 comment Print

Thus we find, if the functional test for a plant enunciated by Apex Court and jurisdictional court in their decisions referred to supra is applied to the facts of the present case, we have no hesitation in holding that roads, flyovers bridges etc., constructed and owned by the assessee and utilised in its business of

Budget 2011: The FM has his task cut out

January 6, 2010 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Preparations for Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s second full Budget under the Manmohan Singh government should be an area of interest for a variety of reasons. His first Budget was presented in July 2009 under trying circumstances, with the Indian economy struggling hard to tide over the impact of a global economic downturn. His second Budget, to be presented in less than eight weeks from now, will have a different set of challenges.

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