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Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 has officially replaced the Income-tax Act, 1961 from 1st April 2026. The new law focuses on simplified l...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Act 2025 has overhauled the 1961 law by introducing new section numbers, a unified “Tax Year,” and simplified c...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Act 2025 introduces mandatory reporting of high-value gifted immovable properties exceeding ₹45 lakh. The amendme...
Income Tax : The ITAT Surat held that agricultural land qualifies as “immovable property” under Section 56(2)(x) since the provision covers...
Income Tax : Businesses now face stricter seller-wise tracking, PAN verification, and reconciliation obligations under TDS on purchase provisio...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...
Income Tax : The updated TDS challan system reportedly displays incorrect interest-related options under the Company Deductee category. Taxpaye...
Income Tax : The data shows a steady increase in net direct tax collections driven by higher corporate and non-corporate tax revenues. It highl...
Income Tax : The issue highlights delays caused by non-binding timelines in appellate proceedings. It proposes mandatory limits to ensure faste...
Income Tax : The Madras High Court held that membership fees received for long-term time-share agreements could not be fully taxed in the first...
Income Tax : The ITAT Chandigarh held that reassessment proceedings initiated under an incorrect and obsolete PAN suffered from a jurisdictiona...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi deleted transfer pricing adjustments after holding that retail and after-sales businesses could not be compared with wh...
Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that penalty proceedings under Section 271-D cannot continue independently when the appeal against the ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad restored reassessment proceedings after the assessee produced documents showing disputed property sales and pen...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department increased monetary thresholds for assigning cases between ITOs and D/ACITs in Delhi Region. The revised ...
Income Tax : The Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) approved the company under Section 35(1)(iia) for scientific research ...
Income Tax : The consolidation into Form 121 introduces stricter documentation and reporting obligations. The decision emphasizes accountabilit...
Income Tax : A corrigendum fixes multiple drafting and referencing mistakes in income tax rules. The update ensures clarity without altering su...
Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...
Rules 92–96 exclude safe harbour benefits for transactions with entities in notified or low-tax jurisdictions and deny MAP where safe harbour is accepted, while introducing domestic safe harbour relief for electricity and dairy co-operative transactions.
Rule 91 provides a five-year safe harbour regime for eligible IT service transactions with electronic verification, time-bound acceptance, and structured compliance requirements. The provision ensures transfer pricing certainty while restricting re-entry after withdrawal.
Rule 90 prescribes a structured filing process, TPO review mechanism, and strict timelines, ensuring that the safe harbour option becomes automatically valid if authorities fail to act within the stipulated period.
Courts have held that digital tax assessments cannot bypass procedural safeguards, reinforcing that fairness remains mandatory under Section 144B.
Rule 89 of the Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 prescribes fixed profit margins, interest spreads, and transaction limits for eligible international transactions to secure automatic acceptance of transfer prices, reducing litigation and compliance uncertainty.
Draft Rule 88 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 clearly identifies the categories of international transactions that qualify for safe harbour, helping taxpayers determine eligibility and reduce transfer pricing disputes.
Draft Rule 87 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 specifies categories of eligible assessees and lays down stringent low-risk conditions to ensure certainty and simplified compliance under safe harbour transfer pricing rules.
Rules 85 and 86 of the Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 mandate accountant certification for international and specified domestic transactions and define key terms for safe harbour rules. The provisions aim to standardize reporting timelines and clarify eligibility criteria for transfer pricing compliance.
Draft Rule 84 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 requires taxpayers entering international or specified domestic transactions to maintain extensive contemporaneous documentation to substantiate arm’s length pricing and avoid disputes.
Draft Rule 83 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 mandates a 90-day repatriation deadline for excess money arising from secondary transfer pricing adjustments, failing which imputed interest is levied at prescribed benchmark rates.
