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FAQs on Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The FAQs explain the revised CBDT guidelines on compounding offences under the Income-tax Act effective from 17 October 2024. They...

June 22, 2026 2163 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Exemption available from Capital gains under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn the eligibility, investment conditions, exemption limits, timelines, and withdrawal provisions for capital gains exemptions ...

June 22, 2026 7038 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Disallowance of cash expenses or limit on cash transactions

Income Tax : This FAQ serves as a reference for the Income-tax Act provisions relating to cash receipts, loans, repayments, and electronic paym...

June 22, 2026 4740 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on ICDS (Income Computation and Disclosure Standards)

Income Tax : This FAQ covers all ten notified ICDS, explaining their scope, applicability, disclosures, and treatment of various tax-related tr...

June 22, 2026 7491 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...

June 22, 2026 5727 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Advance Tax Collections Grow 15.30% due to Higher Corporate Tax Payments

Income Tax : Net direct tax collections for FY 2026-27 grew by 14.64% as of June 17, 2026, driven by higher corporate and non-corporate tax rec...

June 19, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

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 6181 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 282 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 1866 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 3951 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Pune ITAT Deletes ₹44.80 Crore Angel Tax Addition; AO Cannot Replace Assessee’s DCF Valuation with NAV Method

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that Rule 11UA gives the assessee the exclusive option to choose the valuation method for unquoted shares. While...

June 22, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT Deletes ₹4.02 Crore ‘On-Money’ Addition; Third-Party Statements and Dumb Documents Not Enough

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that contradictory third-party statements and unverified allegations cannot form the sole basis for taxing alleg...

June 22, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT Deletes ₹50 Lakh Penalty U/s 271D; Third-Party Statement Alone Cannot Prove Cash Loan

Income Tax : The ITAT held that an untested third-party statement, without supporting evidence or cross-examination, cannot form the sole basis...

June 22, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

Section 12AA Registration Benefit Allowed as Assessment Was Pending: ITAT Agra

Income Tax : The ITAT held that registration granted under Section 12AA before completion of assessment entitled the trust to claim exemption f...

June 22, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

Section 148 Notice Set Aside as AO Ignored Explanations & Supporting Materials

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court set aside the Section 148A(3) order and Section 148 notice after finding that the Assessing Officer failed...

June 22, 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 49530 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 786 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 615 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 234 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 192 Views 0 comment Print


Petitioner has right to get adequate time under Section 148A to respond to SCN

October 17, 2022 1374 Views 0 comment Print

Bird Worldwide Flight Services (I.) Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (Delhi High Court) Court is of the view that the Petitioner has a right to get adequate time under Section 148A of the Act to respond to the show cause notice. It is pertinent to mention that Section 148A(b) of the Act permits the Assessing Officer […]

While interpreting machinery provisions of a taxing statute court should give effect to its manifest purpose: SC

October 16, 2022 5325 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Calcutta Knitwears (Supreme Court of India) In taxing statutes, even if the literal interpretation results in hardship or inconvenience, it has to be followed (G.P. Singh’s Principles of Statutory Interpretations, 12th Ed, 2010, Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur; Bennion on Statutory Interpretation, 5th Ed., Lexis Nexis, p. 863; Vepa P. Sara thi, Interpretation […]

Allowability of PF/ EPF/GPF paid after due date under respective Act but before ITR filing

October 16, 2022 4704 Views 1 comment Print

CIT Vs State Bank of Bikaner (Rajasthan High Court) On perusal of Sec.36(1)(va) and Sec.43(B)(b) and analyzing the judgements rendered, in our view as well, it is clear that the legislature brought in the statute Section 43(B)(b) to curb the of such tax payers who did not discharge their statutory liability of payment of dues, as […]

Taxing statute is to be construed strictly: Supreme Court

October 16, 2022 6228 Views 0 comment Print

It is trite law that a taxing statute is to be construed strictly. In a taxing Act one has to look merely at what is said in the relevant provision. There is no presumption as to a tax. Nothing is to be read in, nothing is to be implied.

PF/ESI fund paid after due date under PF Act but before Section 139(1) due date allowable

October 16, 2022 3477 Views 0 comment Print

Essae Teraoka Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (Karnataka High Court) In the present case, admittedly, though the employer did not deposit the contribution, within the stipulated time, as contemplated by paragraph-3O of the PF Scheme or before the due date under the provisions of the PF scheme/Act, he deposited the contribution to the PF/ESI fund before […]

Employees’ contribution to EPF allowable, if paid before due date of return

October 16, 2022 1644 Views 0 comment Print

CIT, Udaipur Vs Udaipur Dugdh Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Limited (Rajasthan High Court) While completing the assessment under Section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961  the Assessing Officer (AO) noticed that the assessee had deposited payment of Rs.14,60,412/- in the PF fund and Rs.973/- in the ESI fund with delay that is the said payments […]

No reassessment beyond four years merely on basis of change of opinion

October 16, 2022 2805 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment was bad in law beyond four years when the tax payer had disclosed the facts at the time of original assessment proceedings and the AO did not draw any adverse inference regarding the same.

HC deletes penalty on cash loan taken by Dimpal Yadav from Samajwadi Party

October 16, 2022 1980 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs  Dimpal Yadav (Allahabad High Court) In the instant case, we find that the Tribunal has given a categorical finding that the assessee had established a reasonable cause for failure to comply with the provision of Section 269SS of the Act. The Tribunal further found that the loan given by the Samajwadi Party was […]

No penalty on cash loan taken by AOP from Members to meet urgent needs

October 16, 2022 3171 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Panchsheel Owners Associations (Gujarat High Court) While completing the assessment, the Assessing Officer has noticed that the assessee, an AOP, borrowed loan of Rs. 40,00,000/- from Smt. Shantaben A. Patel, main promoter of the AOP, in cash for expeditious acquisition of land, in violation of section 269SS of the I.T. Act. Therefore, penalty […]

Deduction with respect to provisions made against trade debtors

October 16, 2022 1452 Views 0 comment Print

Vidras India Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. Vs D.C.I.T. (ITAT Ahmedabad) The controversy that needs to be addressed so as to whether the assessee is eligible for deduction with respect to the provisions made against the trade debtors in pursuance to the explanation 1 to clause (vii) of section 36(1) of the Act. As per the explanation […]

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