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Income Tax : Income may become tax-free under the new tax regime because of the standard deduction and Section 87A rebate, but ITR filing may s...
Income Tax : This article explains the key situations where filing an Income Tax Return is compulsory, even if income is below the basic exempt...
Income Tax : Learn about the income tax benefits available to resident senior and very senior citizens, including higher exemption limits, dedu...
Income Tax : Learn how different types of income tax assessments are conducted under the Income-tax Act. The FAQs explain assessment procedures...
Income Tax : This guide explains the taxation of capital gains, computation methods, capital assets, and transfer provisions under the Income-t...
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...
Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...
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...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : The Court held that the assessment and consequential demand could not stand where the petitioner had not participated in the proce...
Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad held that the entire sale consideration could not be assessed as short-term capital gains without examining the...
Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad accepted the assessee's explanation that supporting documents could not be produced because the accountant was ...
Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that the reassessment proceedings were invalid because the notice under Section 148 was approved by the Principal C...
Income Tax : ITAT held that interest earned by a co-operative credit society from deposits with a co-operative bank remained attributable to it...
Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...
Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...
Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...
Statements on oath are recorded by officers u/s 131(1) and 132(4) of Income Tax Act. The article analyses with the help of judicial pronouncements how to record proper statements backed by credible evidence without any threat or coercion. These statements serve as a crucial piece of evidence necessary for making sustainable additions in assessment.
Legal forums at various levels have been annulling assessment orders framed u/s 153C(1) in case of ‘other person’ (the non-searched person) for some of the assessment years out of a totalpermissible period of six assessment years on the ground that they fall beyond the relevant period if reckoned from the year of recording satisfaction/handing over of seized material, as opposed to the statutory provisions, which require the reckoning of the aforesaid period from the year of initiation of search itself,in the same manner as provided u/s 153A.
Period of lease for which the property has been taken cannot be regarded as a decisive test to determine the nature of the expenditure. It is not disputed that the stamp duty amount has been paid on lease deed for the carrying on of the business of the assessee and therefore the amount of stamp duty paid for has to be allowed as revenue expenditure.
In this article, I am going to have a discussion on Section 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Which deals with disallowance of certain business expenditure in case of TDS default is made by the Payer at the time of making payments to a non-resident or foreign company.
Some fundamental tax questions never seem to go out of fashion, irrespective of numerous judicial precedents on the matter. One such matter is the taxability of income from renting of immovable properties (Land and Buildings). The Income can broadly fall under the following two heads of income in the Income Tax Act: 1. Income from […]
o Employer Employee Relationship exist between a partnership firm and partners so TDS is not required to be deducted on Partner’s Remuneration.
Where the books of accounts maintained by contractors were not accepted by the Department, the estimation of profit made on the basis of history of Gross Profit rate and Net Profit rate of assessee in the previous years or comparable cases of contractors could be made. Once such profit rates were compared, the additions on account of non confirmation or non production of the sub contractors, etc. was totally irrelevant and could not be made.
Taxation of share premium is a relatively new but litigated area of taxation. This article examines the two alternative approaches the AO should adopt while examining the issue where share premium received is in excess of its fair market value, i.e. the route of Section 68 or Section 56 (2)(viib).
This sector specific article aims to share knowledge regarding issues faced during assessment and investigation in case of contractors. Various points of discussion include inflation of expenses, manipulation of stock, revenue recognition methods, common types of additions, how to make additions have a better standing at appellate stages, important case laws, common issues in case of Construction Joint Ventures etc.
Section 153C as part of provisions of search assessment lays down the law relating to the assessment of persons other than the searched person. The author in this article discusses the situation arising from interpretation of provisions relating to the years to be considered u/s 153C assessment in the light of judicial pronouncements and the amendment brought in by the Finance Act 2017.
