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ESOP Buyback in Unlisted Companies: Two-Tax Problem Employees Aren’t Prepared For

Income Tax : The article explains how ESOP taxation in unlisted companies occurs at both exercise and buyback stages. It highlights perquisite ...

June 22, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

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 2175 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 7083 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 4803 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 7551 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 204 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 6184 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 285 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


Sales Tax Subsidy Linked to Capital Investment is Capital Receipt: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that sales tax and similar State Government incentives were capital receipts because the schemes were intende...

June 22, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Invalid as AO Had Already Examined Key Issues: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The ITAT Visakhapatnam held that the Commissioner cannot invoke Section 263 where the Assessing Officer has already conducted inqu...

June 22, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80P Deduction Denied as No Valid Return Was Filed: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The ITAT Visakhapatnam held that deduction under Section 80P cannot be allowed where the assessee failed to file a valid return of...

June 22, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Tax Credit Allowed as Delayed Form 67 Filing Is Procedural: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The Tribunal directed the Assessing Officer to grant Foreign Tax Credit, observing that delayed filing of Form No. 67 is only a pr...

June 22, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as AO Relied on Borrowed Satisfaction Without Independent Analysis

Income Tax : The ITAT Jaipur held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid because the Assessing Officer merely relied on Investigation ...

June 22, 2026 78 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 49602 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 789 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 621 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 240 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 198 Views 0 comment Print


Disallowance of labour expenses without evidences on ad hoc basis not maintainable

March 7, 2022 3468 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Shalaka Infra Tech (India) Pvt Ltd (ITAT Pune) Whether the CIT(A) is justified in deleting the disallowance of Rs.1,68,87,175/- as against Rs.1,88,63,786/- made by the AO on account of labour expenses in the facts and circumstances of the case. Heard both the parties and perused the material available on record. We note that […]

Women related Income tax and financial benefits

March 7, 2022 6252 Views 0 comment Print

Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme which is a Government of India backed saving scheme, to encourage parents to build a fund for the future education and marriage expenses for their female child. Contribution in this scheme is eligible for deduction U/s 80C and Interest and withdrawal is also tax exempt.

Sale of Property by NRIs- Legal & Tax implications

March 7, 2022 26019 Views 3 comments Print

Over the years, many Indians have settled overseas. As a result, they have assets in India and abroad. Having assets in multiple jurisdictions can become difficult to manage and therefore, many prefer to streamline their assets by gradually disposing off their assets situated in India, over time.

AO not supposed to take advantage of assessee’s ignorance to collect tax more than legitimate tax

March 6, 2022 6468 Views 0 comment Print

Devendra Pai Vs ACIT (Karnataka High Court) The fact that the assessment order observes regarding exemption under Section 10(10C) of the Act, which indicates that the Assessing Officer was aware of non-claiming of the exemption. If the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of L. HIRDAY (Supra) and the decision of the Madras […]

Section 43B: HC Directs AO to determine If IL&FS is a Public Institution

March 6, 2022 1074 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Tamil Nadu Water Investment Co. Ltd. (Madras High Court) The main contention of the learned counsel for the appellant / Revenue is that the Tamil Nadu Government may not be a Public Financial Institution but M/s. Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services limited is a Public Financial Institution and therefore, the interest payment not […]

TDS on commission forming part of Salary deductible at the time of payment

March 6, 2022 10188 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Indofil Industries Limited (Bombay High Court) The issue herein is regarding disallowance under Section 40(a) (ia) of the said Act for amount of Rs.1,08,00,000/-. The Assessing Officer had noted that Respondent had made a provision for commission for the Chairman and the Managing Director (CMD) of the Company for Rs.1,08,00,000/- at the year […]

Income from contract farming cannot be treated as agricultural income

March 6, 2022 6447 Views 0 comment Print

Income from contract farming done by assessee cannot be treated as agricultural income and that the assessee is not eligible to claim exemption under section 10(1) in respect of such income.

Compounding Benefit under Income Tax cannot be denied for non-acquittal from Criminal Charges

March 6, 2022 2193 Views 0 comment Print

Jai Singh Goel Vs Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Central) & Anr. (Delhi High Court) Impugned Order dated 21.08.2018 rejects the application of the petitioner seeking compounding of offence on two grounds: 1) That the application has been filed beyond the period of limitation; 2) The petitioner already stands convicted by the Competent Court. As […]

Amended to section 43B & 36(1)(va) vide Finance Act, 2021 not applicable to AY 2018-19 & 2019-20

March 6, 2022 1968 Views 0 comment Print

Sri. Yeruva Prasad Vs ACIT/DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) The amended provisions of section 43B as well as 36(1)(va) of the I.T.Act are not applicable for the assessment years under consideration i.e. 2018-19 & 2019-20. By following the binding decision of the Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of Essae Teraoka Pvt. Ltd Vs. DCIT (supra), […]

Branch Profits Tax

March 6, 2022 8601 Views 0 comment Print

Generally speaking, Branch Profit Tax is a tax imposed on effectively connected earnings / income of a branch (or entity) in a contracting state (country, in common parlance) of a foreign entity when those earnings are repatriated, or deemed repatriated, to the home country of such foreign entity. Currently, there is no concept of additional […]

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