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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 105 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 138 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 5691 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 810 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 279 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 6070 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 1626 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


ITAT Deletes Section 69 Addition as Seized Loose Document Lacked Corroborative Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an incomplete document recovered from an employee's laptop could not justify an addition under Section 69 w...

June 11, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Spending on School Infrastructure is Application of Income: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that once registration under Section 12AB was ultimately granted on the basis of the original application, the doctr...

June 11, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

CA Acting as Conduit for Clients’ Tax Payments Cannot Be Taxed on Deposits: ITAT Chennai

Income Tax : The ITAT Chennai ruled that funds received by a Chartered Accountant for remitting clients' taxes could not be treated as unexplai...

June 11, 2026 1491 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Return Not Essential Before Appellate Authorities for Additional Tax Claims

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that appellate forums can entertain additional claims even without a revised return. The matter was remanded to t...

June 11, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

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 102 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 45540 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 582 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 501 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


Notification No. 86/2009 – Income Tax Dated 26/11/2009

November 26, 2009 469 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 86/2009 – Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization The Foundation for Research in Community Health, Mumbai has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), from Assessment year 2009-2010

Notification No. 85/2009 – Income Tax Dated 26/11/2009

November 26, 2009 529 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 85/2009 – Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, Wardha, has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), from Assessment year 2007-08 onwards in the

Deductibility of interest on funds borrowed for acquiring controlling interest

November 26, 2009 1213 Views 0 comment Print

This article summarizes a recent ruling of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in the case of Panatone Finvest Ltd.(Taxpayer) [2009-TIOL-717-ITAT-MUM]. The Taxpayer incurred interest expenditure on the funds borrowed for investing in shares of a company, with a view to acquire controlling interest. The ITAT held that the interest expenditure incurred is not allowable under Section 57(iii) (Section) of the Indian Tax Law (ITL), since it is not incurred ‘wholly and exclusively’ for the purpose of earning dividend income.

IT seizures up 4.5 times in Gujarat in comparison to last year

November 26, 2009 801 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department in Gujarat executed 422 warrants in 2008-09 compared to 158 in the previous year and has managed to seize assets worth Rs 45.45 crore, which is up significantly from last fiscal’s Rs 10.89 crore. The figures were given out by the Union minister of state for finance S S Palanimanickam in reply to the questions raised by Parimal Nathwani, MP from Jharkhand and Group President of Reliance .

Competition Act may include imprisionment provision

November 26, 2009 732 Views 0 comment Print

“Besides the hefty fine, jail sentences were awarded to companies found violating the clauses of the competition law in Europe. While in India the maximum penalty ends with a fine, it might not be surprising that an imprisionment provision will be incorporated to add more teeth to the present CCA”, he said.

Appointments of Hon’ble Sr. Vice President and Vice Presidents to ITAT

November 26, 2009 481 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Shri R.V. Easwar, Judicial Member, has been elevated as Senior Vice President and posted to the Mumbai Bench of the Tribunal with effect from 25th November 2009. Shri. Easwar has qualified as LLM and ACA and practised as a lawyer from 1975 to 1991 in Chennai. After his elevation to the Bench in 1991, he has served the Kolkota, Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore Benches. He has been a party to several landmark judgements such as Mid East Portfolio 87 ITD 537 (Mum) (SB), Lalsons Enterprises 89 ITD 26 (Del) (SB) and Kanel Oil (Ahd) (TM).

Deduction U/s. 80HHC allowable while computing book profit even if there are no normal profits

November 26, 2009 1228 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee’s income was computed u/s 115JB as it had no income under the normal provisions of the Act. The assessee claimed that despite the absence of normal profits, it was eligible for deduction u/s 80HHC in computing the book profits under Expl. (iv) of s. 115JB in accordance with the judgement of the Special Bench in Syncome Formulations 106 ITD 193 (Mum) (SB) and that the judgement of the Bombay High Court in Ajanta Pharma 223 CTR 441 (Bom) (which held that Syncome Formulations was overruled) was not applicable. HELD upholding the assessee’s plea:

TDS rates chart after 01st October 2009 for financial year 2009-2010 and download calculator for 2009-2010

November 25, 2009 18354 Views 0 comment Print

Finance minister made many changes in rules and section related to TDS in his Final budget presented in July 2009 which resulted in change in TDS rates which created confusion on applicability of surcharge and cess on TDS. It also created confusion about the date of applicability of 20% rate of TDS when PAN not given. In his Budget finance minister made most of the provisions applicable from 1st October 2009. We are presenting below the TDS rates from 01st October 2009 to 31st March 2010 alongwith the name of TDS return form in which TDS return will be filed.In a separate post we provided the TDS rates applicable for the period from 01st April 2009 to 30th September 2009

TDS rates for FY 2009-10 (01.04.2009 t0 30.09.2009)

November 25, 2009 69834 Views 0 comment Print

As we all aware there were two budgets presented in year 2009. One was interim Budget presented by Finance Minister in Februar 2009 and other one was Final budget Presented by Finance Minister in parliament in July 2009. Normally Final Budget get presendted in parliament in February and Govenment made changes applicable from April. Since budget presented in February was interim budget so in that budget government not made any changes in provisions related to TDS.

Income Tax department reopened Assessment of Indian Nationals on info from German Bank

November 25, 2009 1041 Views 0 comment Print

“The German Tax authorities have provided to the Indian Government information available with them regarding accounts concerning Indian nationals with the LGT Bank of Liechtenstein…Assessments have been reopened under the Income Tax Act, 1961 in all these cases,” said the Minister of State for Finance, S S Palanimanickam, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

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