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Income-tax Act 2025: New TDS and TCS Forms Every Deductor Must Know

Income Tax : From 1 April 2026, TDS and TCS compliance shifts to new form numbers and section references under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Busine...

June 25, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax audit under section 44AB​: FAQs

Income Tax : Understand who must undergo a tax audit under Section 44AB, the applicable turnover limits, audit forms, filing procedure, due dat...

June 25, 2026 1274312 Views 54 comments Print

Tax Relief up to 12 Lakh in New Tax Regime, Yet ITR Filing is Still Mandatory

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...

June 24, 2026 1263 Views 8 comments Print

11 Situations Where Filing ITR Is Mandatory for AY 2026-27

Income Tax : This article explains the key situations where filing an Income Tax Return is compulsory, even if income is below the basic exempt...

June 24, 2026 2958 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Benefits Available to Senior Citizens

Income Tax : Learn about the income tax benefits available to resident senior and very senior citizens, including higher exemption limits, dedu...

June 24, 2026 710706 Views 150 comments 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 231 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 6202 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 291 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 1890 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 3975 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Delhi Quashes Assessment as It Was Passed on Non-Existent Company

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that an assessment framed after an approved merger in the name of the amalgamating company was without jurisdictio...

June 25, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ESOP Discount Allowed as Karnataka HC Precedent Covered Issue: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai allowed deduction of ESOP expenses under Section 37(1) by following Karnataka High Court's ruling in Biocon Ltd. Tribu...

June 25, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

No Income Addition Based on Form 26AS as Books Showed Higher Revenue: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The ITAT Pune upheld the deletion of an addition made by extrapolating a small unreconciled difference in Form 26AS to the entire ...

June 25, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Mere WhatsApp Chats Cannot Justify Year-Wide Production Addition: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that WhatsApp chats indicating suppressed production for one month could not be extrapolated to the entire fin...

June 25, 2026 1218 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Assessment as AO Rejected Mandatory Section 50C(2) DVO Reference

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that the Assessing Officer was required to refer the property valuation to the DVO when the assessee disputed th...

June 25, 2026 69 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 50010 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 879 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 675 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 249 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 213 Views 0 comment Print


Income-tax on buyback of shares by unlisted companies

April 9, 2020 51870 Views 6 comments Print

Under the existing provisions of the income-tax law, transfer of shares in an Indian company by a shareholder (which includes buy-back of shares under section 77A of the Companies Act, 1956) is subject to tax under the head capital gains.

Determination of Residential Status of Individual – Amendments

April 9, 2020 7692 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Act, 2020 made various other key amendments which were originally not proposed in the Finance Bill, 2020. In this article, the Author has attempt to discuss each amendment in-depth in comparative form (i.e. the position as per earlier law viz-a-viz position as per amended law). Further, the Author has also provided the Flow Chart which will be proven as a useful tool to determine the residential status of an Individual as per amended provisions.

Immediate clearance of Pending GST, Custom & Income Tax refunds

April 8, 2020 1965 Views 1 comment Print

IT Department to release all pending income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakhs immediately ; Around 14 lakh taxpayers to benefit. All GST & CUSTOM refunds also to be released ; to provide benefit to around 1 lakh business entities including MSMEs

Understanding New Equalisation Levy & TDS on e-Commerce Transactions with Practical Illustrations

April 8, 2020 31437 Views 2 comments Print

Understanding New Equalisation Levy & TDS on e-Commerce Transactions with Practical Illustrations Section 163 to 172 of ‘CHAPTER VIII OF THE FINANCE ACT, 2016- EQUALISATION LEVY’ deals with Equalisation levy definition, interest, penalty, filing of the annual statement, the penalty for failure to furnish statements. 1. Digital Tax: The Backdrop With the expansion of information […]

Advance Ruling under the Income Tax Act

April 8, 2020 5799 Views 0 comment Print

And to address the uncertainty in case of a specific transaction related to a particular taxpayer, a Quasi Judicial Body known as Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) is formed to provide Advance Rulings in respect of the transactions undertaken or proposed to be undertaken by applicant coming under the scope of Advance Ruling Mechanism. AAR functions independent of the Income Tax Authority in India.

All about mutual fund taxation: your one stop guide

April 8, 2020 13947 Views 0 comment Print

Sec 194K of the income tax act clearly states, that TDS is to be deducted by mutual fund companies only on the dividend payment made of mutual funds. No tax is required to be deducted in the case of capital gain arising on the transfer or sale of mutual fund units. section 194K explicitly provides […]

Exemption towards retrenchment compensation received by workman Section 10(10B)

April 8, 2020 111525 Views 3 comments Print

Learn about the exemption towards retrenchment compensation received by workmen under Section 10(10B) of the Income Tax Act.

TDS- How to download Justification report?

April 8, 2020 35546 Views 54 comments Print

Nowadays, nearly every deductor or collector of tax at source is getting default report/Intimation u/s. 154 of I T Act, 1961 from www.tdscpc.gov.in . Those reports/intimation only say that this is the amount of default which may be due to late fees, interest on short payment, interest on late payment etc.

How to open and E-verify your ITR V / ITR Acknowledgement

April 8, 2020 340602 Views 87 comments Print

By now, many of you would have filed several tax returns of your clients or your own companies or even your own returns. It has been brought to our notice that this year, whenever an ITR form is filed electronically without the digital signature, the system shows that the ITR-V has been e-mailed to the e-mail ID registered with the Income-tax Department’s web site. Thereafter, when the ITR-V is tried to be opened, the system asks for a password. This was creating problems as the password that is generally used by the tax payer to log onto the e-filing site does not work while opening the ITR-V.

Share premium in excess of fair market value to be treated as income

April 8, 2020 36942 Views 4 comments Print

It is proposed to insert a new clause in section 56(2). The new clause will apply where a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested, receives, in any previous year, from any person being a resident, any consideration for issue of shares. In such a case if the consideration received for issue of shares exceeds the face value of such shares, the aggregate consideration received for such shares as exceeds the fair market value of the shares shall be chargeable to income- tax under the head Income from other sources.

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