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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 99 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 789 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 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


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 9 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 39 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 525 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 33 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 57 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 45486 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. S.O.1037, Date of Issue: 06.03.1961

March 6, 1961 1289 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (iv) of clause (23C) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby notifies Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta, for the purpose of the said sub-clause for the assessment years 1990-91 to 1992-93 subject to the following conditions, namely

Notification No. S.O.1355, Date of Issue: 16.01.1961

January 16, 1961 927 Views 0 comment Print

It is hereby notified for general information that the institution mentioned below has been approved by the Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, the prescribed authority for the purposes of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, read with rule 6(iv) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, under the category of “Association” in the area of other natural and applied sciences, subject to the following conditions :—

All India Reporter Ltd. v. Ramchandra D. Datar AIR 1961 SC 943

November 29, 1960 8234 Views 0 comment Print

In a civil suit the respondent obtained a decree against his employer the appellant company for a sum which included com- pensation for wrongful termination of his service, arrears of salary, interest and costs of the suit, and then applied for execution of the decree.

For Reassessment Issue of notice U/s. 148 is mandatory

December 13, 1958 6036 Views 0 comment Print

Y. Narayana Chetty Vs. ITO (Supreme Court) The notice prescribed by section 148 cannot be regarded as a mere procedural requirement. It is only if the said notice is served on the assessee that the ITO would be justified in taking proceedings against the assessee. If no notice is issued or if the notice issued is shown to be invalid, then the proceedings taken by the ITO would be illegal and void – Y. Narayana Chetty v. ITO [1959] 35 ITR 388 (SC); CIT v. Thayaballi Mulla Jeevaji Kapasi [1967] 66 ITR 147 (SC); CIT v. Kurban Hussain Ibrahimji Mithiborwala [1971] 82 ITR 821 (SC).

Obvious mistake of law cannot be rectified U/s. 154, while mistake apparent from record can be rectified

April 28, 1958 9681 Views 0 comment Print

Held, that the Income-tax Officer was justified in exercising his powers under s. 35 and rectifying the mistake. As a result of, the legal fiction about the retrospective operation of the Amendment Act, the subsequently inserted proviso must be read as.

Gemini Pictures Circuit Ltd. V. CIT (Madras High Court) 33 ITR 547 ( Mad.)

December 6, 1957 2415 Views 0 comment Print

The question arising for consideration both in the reference under section 66(2) of the Indian Income-tax Act as well as in W.P. No. 925 of 1955 are identical and relate to the proper rule to be applied for determining the amortisation of films for computing the income, profits and gains of the assessee which is carrying on business as a film distributor. The assessee in the Reference Case No. 27 of 1955 is the petitioner in the writ petition.

If Assessee denies receipt of income, it is for the revenue to prove the receipt

February 9, 1955 6252 Views 0 comment Print

In pursuance of the direction of this Court under Section 66(2), Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, in Miscellaneous Civil Case No. 143 of 1950, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Bombay, has submitted the statement of case on the following question of law : “Whether on the material on record the Appellate Tribunal could reasonably come to a finding that the sum of Rs. 8,500 was an income undisclosed sources ?”

Assessment under income tax law can not be made on bare suspicion

October 29, 1954 4362 Views 0 comment Print

An assessment under section 23(3) of the Act cannot be made only on bare suspcion. An assessment so made without disclosing to the assessee the information supplied by the departmental representative and without giving any opportunity to the assessee to rebut the information so supplied and declining to take into consideration all materials which the assesses wanted to produce in support of his case constitutes a violation of the fundamental rules of justice and calls for the powers under Art. 136 of the Constitution.

Income estimate by applying a flat rate can be fair if AO exercises his judgment reasonably and not arbitrarily

December 9, 1948 3284 Views 0 comment Print

CIT v. S Sen & Others (Orissa High Court) 17 ITR 355 (Orissa) The proceeding arises out of two application consolidated because of the facts being identical, by the Commissioner of Income-tax/Excess profits Tax, Bihar and Orissa, under Section 66(1) of the Income-tax Act read with Section 21 of the Excess profits tax Act for the stating a case and a case stated for the opinion of this Court on the following three question of law :-

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