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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 141 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 4824 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 7554 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 3957 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 84 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 81 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 78 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 84 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 90 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 49620 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


Section 271D & 271E Penalty proceedings are independent of assessment proceedings

September 20, 2021 7950 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty proceedings under section 271D or 271E were independent proceedings and had nothing to do with assessment proceedings or its outcome. Therefore, CIT(A) was not justified in cancelling the orders imposing penalty on the ground that the assessment proceedings, during the course of which, penalty u/s.271D and 271E were initiated had been held to be invalid.

Challenge By Tax Bar Association to New Income Tax Portal System

September 20, 2021 38352 Views 29 comments Print

The writ petition filed by the tax Bar Association before the Gauhati High Court seeking a direction from the respondent authorities to restore the old income tax portal immediately due to non functioning to the new income tax portal system (Income Tax Portal 2.0) inasmuch as the genuine tax payer who are interested in paying due taxes and submit the returns are not being able to pay the taxes and submit returns and other forms.

Reopening For Mere Non -Ratification of Section 10B approval not justified

September 20, 2021 1017 Views 1 comment Print

Indus Teqsite Private Ltd. (presently known as Data Patterns India Pvt. Vs DCIT (Madras High Court) Merely because the ratification has not been done by a Higher Authority, will it automatically vitiate the approval, which was granted by the Competent Authority namely the Development Commissioner. The learned Single Judge, after noting that the said assessee […]

Assessment on HUF not valid if HUF was not in existence

September 20, 2021 2892 Views 0 comment Print

K. Ramesh Reddy Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In this case on 30.11.2006, when the assessment was made, the HUF was not in existence. In such a case, the procedure prescribed under Section 171  will have no application as the assessee was not hitherto assessed as HUF and so, the fiction created under that section to […]

No TDS on Sale of Software by treating it as Royalty

September 20, 2021 3828 Views 0 comment Print

Financial Software and Systems Private Limited Vs CIT (Madras High Court) The question of law which is involved is with regard to whether the assessee was liable to deduct Tax at Source in respect of the Computer Software which was dealt with by them, procured from a Non-Resident and sold in the Indian Market. This […]

Sale of carbon credits is capital receipt and not taxable

September 20, 2021 3576 Views 0 comment Print

carbon credit is not even directly linked with the power generation and the income is received by sale of the excess carbon credits. Lastly, the Court inferred that the Tribunal had rightly held that it is a capital receipt and not business income.

Summary on Taxation of Dividends (Part – I)

September 20, 2021 99615 Views 3 comments Print

BEFORE AY 2021-22 ♦ Dividend is taxable in the hands of distributor (i.e. Assessee distributing dividend) @ 15% + Surcharge applicable + Education Cess @ 4% in form of CDT/DDT ♦ Assessee receiving dividend gets Exemption up to Rs. 10 Lakhs of dividend income, above Rs.10 lakhs, taxable @ 10% on excess amount FROM AY […]

Target marketing on overseas social media or automated advertising platforms not taxable as ‘Royalty’

September 20, 2021 4719 Views 0 comment Print

Target marketing on overseas social media or automated advertising platforms not taxable as ‘Royalty’ In a major relief to taxpayers availing online marketing services from social media platforms like Facebook, the Bangalore bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently ruled in the case of Urban Ladder Home Décor Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT that […]

How multinational companies save tax

September 19, 2021 5394 Views 0 comment Print

Many multinational Companies is used various schemes to shift profit from high-tax country to low-tax country. Bermuda is the prime Example of lower tax Jurisdiction, where corporate income tax is equal is 0%. In a survey, it was found that around US$420 Billion in Corporate profit is shifted by Multinational companies to 79 country every […]

Advance Tax & Interest Under Section 234A/B/C

September 19, 2021 72108 Views 1 comment Print

Advance tax means income tax should be paid in advance instead of lump sum payment at year end. Taxpayer need to pay Advance Tax in 4 installments in which he has to pay 15% of advance tax by 15th June, 45% of advance tax by 15th September, 75% of advance tax by 15th December and […]

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