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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 276 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 1274351 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 1428 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 3042 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 710709 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


PF/ESI Deduction Denied as Employees’ Contribution Was Deposited After Statutory Due Date

Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad upheld the disallowance of employees' PF/ESI contributions deposited beyond the due dates prescribed under the ...

June 25, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Mere Client Code Modification Allegation Did Not Justify Taxing Entire Commodity Purchases

Income Tax : Tribunal held that allegations relating to client code modification did not justify adding the entire purchase value under Section...

June 25, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

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 78 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 87 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 99 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 50025 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


Guidelines for Selection of Cases for Scrutiny for FY 2019-2020

February 20, 2020 50983 Views 3 comments Print

CBDT has issued an Instruction by which it has laid down the procedure and criteria for compulsory manual selection of returns/cases requiring scrutiny during the financial-year 2019-20.

How to open password protected files of Income Tax and TDS

February 20, 2020 475962 Views 23 comments Print

Article explains the password combination for Opening ITR-V/Acknowledgement, Form 26AS, Any Intimation/Order and TDS Provisional Receipt/Acknowledgement and for extracting TDS Justification Report, Conso File, TDS Certificates ZIP File and 26AS ZIP File.

Tax Benefit on Home Loan

February 20, 2020 65667 Views 21 comments Print

Repayment of housing loan is through Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) which consists of principal and interest component. As the repayment comprises of 2 different components, the tax benefit on home loan is governed by different sections of the Income Tax Act and these are claimed as tax deductions under different sections while filing the Income Tax Return.

Receiving HRA? Rent a house to save Income Tax

February 20, 2020 20042 Views 0 comment Print

With the cascading cost of living, renting an accommodation is a major financial outflow for an individual. However, the same rented accommodation can help save some tax for salaried employees. In current salary packages, employees receive house rent allowance (HRA) to meet the cost of renting an accommodation. A salaried employee staying in a rented house can claim a tax exemption towards the HRA received, subject to the limits specified in this regard.

Health Insurance Plans- Medical Coverage & Tax Benefits

February 20, 2020 5625 Views 0 comment Print

Health is the greatest asset for a human being. Since inflation has made medical bills costlier than ever, having a health insurance policy has its own perks, whatsoever. Investing in health insurance offers amazing returns on investment. You get coverage against expensive hospital bills that can wipe up your savings in one go. It ensures […]

Mistake of Legal advisor must be bonafide mistake to justify condonation of delay

February 19, 2020 19065 Views 0 comment Print

pleader’s gross carelessness affords no ground for condonation of delay; that a legal advisor’s  mistake, in order to justify condonation of delay must be a bonafide mistake; that mistaken advice given by a lawyer negligently and without  due care is not sufficient cause; that the mistake should be such, which  even a skilled legal advisor, well=versed and experienced in law might  make that mistake; that, the fact that there was lawyer’s wrong advice  has to be proved by the party seeking condonation of delay; and that the Counsel must disclose the circumstances in which incorrect advice  was given and, it is not sufficient to make a perfunctory and general  statement that wrong advice was given bonafide.

Section 271I Penalty for failure in furnishing Form 15CA & Form 15CB

February 19, 2020 43488 Views 2 comments Print

Any person making payment to a non-resident (not being a company) or a foreign company is required to furnish payment information in Form 15CA and Form 15CB. In case such person fails in furnishing the information in Form 15CA and Form 15CB, then he would be liable to pay the penalty under section 271-I of […]

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) not applicable to Short-Deduction of TDS

February 19, 2020 7854 Views 0 comment Print

Impugned disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) does not apply in a case involving short deduction of TDS. ITAT therefore go by the very reasoning and direct the Assessing Officer to delete the impugned disallowance.

Form Spice+ New Process of Registration of Company Started

February 19, 2020 6771 Views 0 comment Print

One more step in ease of doing business in India as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) announces the launch of a new form ie., ‘SPICe+’ for incorporating a new company in India means that the existing SPICe has been replaced.

Tax Audit Applicability: FY 2020-21

February 19, 2020 306708 Views 5 comments Print

The finance Bill, 2020 has brought a major amendment to section 44AB of the income tax act an extract of which stands as follows, 23. In section 44AB of the Income-tax Act,–– (A) in clause (a),–– (i) the word “or” occurring at the end shall be omitted; (ii) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:–– […]

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