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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 5694 Views 0 comment Print

One Mismatch Away from a Notice: How 3CD–ITR Gaps Trigger Scrutiny

Income Tax : Even genuine reporting differences between Form 3CD and the ITR can attract automated scrutiny. This article explains key reconcil...

June 22, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

Why 30 June Matters: Last Date for Section 143(2) Income Tax Scrutiny Notices

Income Tax : The article explains that 30 June is the Department's deadline to issue scrutiny notices for eligible returns, not a filing deadli...

June 22, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

Why You Shouldn’t Let AI File Your Income Tax Return Without Professional Review

Income Tax : AI can simplify tax work but cannot replace professional judgment in income tax filing. The article explains why human review rema...

June 22, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

Appellate Kill Shot to Reassessment Notices Under Section 148/148A

Income Tax : This article explains why reassessment proceedings may be invalid if the Assessing Officer merely relies on Investigation Wing rep...

June 20, 2026 678 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 6178 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 3948 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


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 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 60 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT Quashes Section 263 Revision; Detailed AO Enquiry Bars Revision on Mere Change of Opinion

Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 263 cannot be invoked where the Assessing Officer has made necessary inquiries and adopted a plausible ...

June 22, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT: BSNL VRS Compensation Fully Exempt u/s 10(10B); Delay in Appeal Condoned

Income Tax : The ITAT held that BSNL employees are entitled to full exemption under Section 10(10B) for compensation received under the 2019 VR...

June 22, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Quashed as AO Had Examined Section 80G Claim on CSR Expenses

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that revision under Section 263 was not justified where the Assessing Officer had examined and consciously al...

June 22, 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 49506 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 783 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


Compensation for Settlement of Encroachment on Property not allowable without Evidence

October 5, 2022 2508 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Precision Realtors P. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the sale deed show that the seller was the absolute owner and was in actual possession of the impugned property. Nowhere in the sale deed, there is a mention of encumbrance / encroachment in the impugned property. This fact has been completely ignored by […]

ITAT deletes addition for TDS payable at year end made to Income of Legal Firm

October 5, 2022 897 Views 0 comment Print

Anand And Anand appeal success against ACIT order. ITAT Delhi ruling on TDS provisions. Key legal insights by Anand Bhattacharya, tax expert.

No penalty on expenses disallowed on Notional/estimated basis

October 5, 2022 2841 Views 0 comment Print

Bhartiya City Developers Pvt. Ltd Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) A conspectus of Explanation-1 to Section 271(1)(c) of the Act, makes it clear that the statute visualizes the assessment proceedings and penalty proceedings to be wholly distinct and independent of each other. While the Assessing Officer may be justified in making estimated disallowance in quantum […]

Self certified copies of documents sufficient for claiming section 12AA exemption

October 4, 2022 5901 Views 0 comment Print

Rule 17A of Income Tax Rules, 1962 clearly explained that self certified copies of documents are sufficient for the claiming exemption under section 12AA

Interest cannot be disallowed if interest free funds exceed interest bearing funds

October 4, 2022 4923 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Narendra Kumar Khandelwal Prop. M/s Ranjana Textiles Vs ITO (ITAT Jaipur) Interest free funds available: The law is well settled that where assessee is having mixed i.e. interest free/interest bearing funds both, but where the interest free funds are larger than the interest free advances/utilization than there will a presumption that the interest free […]

Taxing the Un-taxed: the curious case of Exempt Agricultural Income of Rich Farmers in India

October 4, 2022 11955 Views 4 comments Print

Agriculture is exempt from income tax under Section 10(1). Taxes on agricultural income falls under Entry 46 in ‘State List’ under the Constitution of India. Thus, only the State Governments are competent to enact legislations for taxation of agricultural income and levy income tax. Thus, farmers who have no other sources of income are not required to file income tax returns.

CIT(A) have powers to consider claim of assessee which was left half way by AO

October 4, 2022 2895 Views 0 comment Print

Addl. CIT Vs Mayur Batra (ITAT Delhi) When the taxable income of the tax-payer has to be computed on the basis of partial information in Return and remaining on queries put by the Ld AO during assessment, then in the next place the sum payable by assessee, on the basis of such computation has to […]

Appeal can be filed only on the basis of order/intimation, against which assessee is aggrieved

October 4, 2022 1446 Views 0 comment Print

An appeal can be filed only on the basis of order/intimation, against which the assessee is aggrieved. In the absence of any such document, it will not be possible for any appellate authority to address the grievance of the assessee

LTCG taxable in year of transfer & not in year of issue of fresh cheques for consideration

October 4, 2022 1008 Views 0 comment Print

Gupta Synthetics Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) It was observed that the assessee had entered into a sale deed dated 13/03/2012 with Numech Synthetics P Ltd for sale of land at Dadra in UT Dadra and Nagar Haveli for a sale consideration of Rs.70 lakhs. A registered agreement dated 13/03/2012 was executed. The assessee contends […]

Section 11 exemption claimable on restoration of section 12A registration

October 4, 2022 1257 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT find that since registration is restored by ITAT, the assessee is entitled for claiming deduction U/s. 11 in impugned assessment year

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