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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 339 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 2187 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 7116 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 4896 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 7590 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 207 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


ITAT Quashes Assessment as Section 143(2) Notice Was Issued by Non-Jurisdictional AO

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that a notice under Section 143(2) issued by a non-jurisdictional Assessing Officer without a valid transfer order...

June 23, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 69A Addition for Cash Deposits Explained by Disclosed Instrument Charges

Income Tax : The ITAT held that cash deposited during demonetization was adequately explained through instrument charges consistently disclosed...

June 23, 2026 18 Views 0 comment Print

AMP Expenditure Allowed as No Reimbursement Was Proved: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that advertisement and brand promotion expenses incurred by the distributor were for its own business and were not s...

June 23, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC Sets Aside ITAT Order as It Proceeded on Erroneous Assumption

Income Tax : The Kerala High Court held that the ITAT wrongly assumed that the Assessing Officer had not examined either disputed issue. It rem...

June 23, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC Directs ITO to Reconsider Section 80P Claim as Delay in Filing Return Was Condoned

Income Tax : The Kerala High Court held that condonation of delay in filing the income tax return could materially affect the assessment denyin...

June 23, 2026 36 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 49632 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 792 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 201 Views 0 comment Print


Presumption of Retrospectivity cannot be implied by new clarifications in existing tax law

August 13, 2021 2175 Views 0 comment Print

In M.M. Aqua Technologies Ltd. Vs. CIT [CIVIL APPEAL NOS.4742-4743 OF 2021 dated August 11, 2021], the issue raised in the appeal is with respect to Section 43B Explanation 3C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) when a claim of deduction filed by  M.M. Aqua Technologies Limited (Appellant) under Section 43B, which was […]

Amendment enhancing exempt Gratuity Limit cannot be treated to be retrospective: SC

August 13, 2021 1866 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna Gopal Tiwary & Anr. Vs Union of India (Supreme Court) What is exempt from the Income Tax Act is the amount of gratuity received under the Gratuity Act to the extent it does not exceed an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 4 of the Gratuity […]

No infringement of Section 40A(3) four cash payment for seeds to villagers & tribals in naxalite area

August 13, 2021 1008 Views 0 comment Print

Bharat Agro Industries Vs ITO (ITAT Raipur) The first allegation concerns infringement of Section 40A(3) of the Act and consequent applicability of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act. In this regard, it is the case of the assessee that purchases were made from villagers/Tribals who are procuring the seeds and supplying the same to the assessee. […]

Significant Economic Presence (SEP)

August 13, 2021 40689 Views 0 comment Print

Technology plays a vital role in today’s world making our daily lives simpler. From medical diagnoses to business operations, from communication to education, everything seems impossible without technology. This pandemic has evidenced the same. Life would have come to stand still without it. But nothing stopped. Technology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, changing […]

Object & Scheme of Taxing Statutes of the Act

August 13, 2021 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the importance of interpreting tax statutes. Learn how the object and scheme of the Act can affect the interpretation of its provisions.

Illiquid Stock Trading and Tax Evasion

August 13, 2021 13968 Views 1 comment Print

Author: Anadi Varma 1. The ‘scam’ So a new scam beckons us. That of allegedly executing fraudulent trades in illiquid stock options by committing irregularities in the equity derivative segment. 2. Operation Falcon Popular belief is that the scam unearthed after the investigation wing of the I-T Department launched ‘Operation Falcon’ in July 2019, and […]

Transfer/postings of 497 JCIT/Addl. CIT

August 12, 2021 2982 Views 0 comment Print

Office Order No. 203 of 2021 The following 497 transfer/postings of the officers in the grade of Joint Commissioner/Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, are hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:

Sale of property by NRI – How to save huge amounts getting blocked as TDS

August 12, 2021 13740 Views 3 comments Print

Investing in a house property is common for Indians. Many NRIs living abroad own house properties in India. Since it is difficult to manage a house property from another country, an NRI may contemplate selling such Indian house property. In such cases besides finding a buyer, it is also important to understand the tax implications […]

Section 234F Late fees payable for default in furnishing of income tax return

August 12, 2021 98478 Views 10 comments Print

Understand the implications of Section 234F for late filing of income tax return and the applicable late fees.

Refund of Income Tax for COVID 19 related expenses

August 12, 2021 113823 Views 20 comments Print

We know that COVID-19 is one of the major pandemic which has affected each and every person in the world. It has also created a big hole in the pockets of people on account of medical treatment for those affected by COVID. In this article we will discuss about how to claim refund of TDS […]

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