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Why Your Indian Subsidiary Abroad Might Be Triggering Tax Residency You Never Signed Up For?

Income Tax : The article explains how India's Place of Effective Management (POEM) rules may treat a foreign company as an Indian tax resident ...

June 25, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

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 381 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 1274492 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 2328 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 3375 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 234 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 6214 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 1893 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 3978 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Quashes Reassessment of Section 80GGC Political Donation Claim Due to Limitation

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that reassessment proceedings initiated on the basis of information arising from a search in the case of a th...

June 25, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

CSR Disallowance Under Section 37 Does Not Bar Relief Under Section 80G- Bangalore ITAT

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that although CSR expenditure is not allowable under Section 37, eligible donations made to recognised institut...

June 25, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 271D Penalty if AO Not Recorded Satisfaction: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under Section 271D could not be levied because the Assessing Officer failed to record satisfaction ...

June 25, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Sections 271D and 271E Penalties as Assessment Order Lacked Satisfaction

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalties under Sections 271D and 271E could not be sustained because the Assessing Officer failed to recor...

June 25, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153C Assessment Upheld as Delay in Handing Over Seized Material Did Not Extend Limitation Illegally

Income Tax : Smt. Pavithra Sugichandran Vs Office of the DCIT (Madras High Court) The Madras High Court considered six writ petitions challengi...

June 25, 2026 45 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 50043 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 885 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 678 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 252 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


Reopening Based on change of opinion and in absence of any adverse tangible material was invalid

January 16, 2020 1044 Views 0 comment Print

In such cases, assessments can be reopened only if an income assessable to tax has escaped on account of failure of the assessee to disclose all the material facts fully and truly. In other words, the AO has to demonstrate that income of the assessee has escaped assessment on account of its failure to disclose all material facts of the assessments in its income fully and truly.

Eligibility Criteria And Tax Exemption For Startups In India

January 16, 2020 5520 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains Eligibility For Startups In India, Tax exemptions allowable to eligible startups  which includes 3 year tax holiday in a block of seven years,  Exemption from tax on Long-term capital gains, Tax exemption on investments above the fair market value, Tax exemption to Individual/HUF on investment of long-term capital gain in equity shares of […]

Complete work & hearing in office hours except in occasionally Circumstances: ITAT

January 16, 2020 1920 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Shanmugam Senthilkumar Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) ITAT, Chennai advice to CIT ( Appeals) to Complete the work and hearing in office hours except in occasionally Circumstances hearing the appeals and making the tax practitioners, advocates and Chartered Accountants to wait till 9 PM to 10 PM on daily basis has to be avoid. Late […]

Interest expense having direct nexus with interest income is allowable

January 16, 2020 2145 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Asian Infra Projects Private Limited (ITAT Mumbai) It is quite evident that the business of the assessee was already set-up since the assessee had already reflected income from real estate business during AY 2008-09. The perusal of assessee’s financial statements for year under consideration would show that the assessee has obtained unsecured loans […]

Addition cannot be made merely based on AIR Information

January 16, 2020 2586 Views 0 comment Print

Since AO had not carried out any exercise to rebut the contention of assessee that they have not received any sum higher than what has been reported in its books of account, therefore, no addition could be made based on the AIR and ledger of the payer

Entities registered under Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997 fit into definition of co-operative society

January 16, 2020 4551 Views 0 comment Print

Petitioner  is a Credit Cooperative, registered under the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997; petitioner is registered as the State Federal Cooperative, as provided under Section 33 of the said Act; they have knocked at the doors of writ court in substance for a prayer that they are entitled to seek deduction in respect of their income in terms of the scheme envisaged under section 80P of the Income Tax Act, 1961 , on the premises that they too are a Cooperative Society, on par with those registered under the provisions of Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959.

DRP cannot set aside any proposed variation or issue any direction for further enquiry and passing of assessment order

January 16, 2020 3717 Views 0 comment Print

It was held that DRP’s direction to the AO for carrying out a fresh examination of the claim of the assessee u/s.10A of the Act is in violation of the clear mandate of the provisions and hence cannot be countenanced.

Taxation on Conversion of Company Into LLP

January 16, 2020 99774 Views 9 comments Print

Post my article on Conversion of Company into LLP, I was asked lot of question on the tax implication after conversion. I have made an attempt to explain here some provisions related to that. Hope I clarify some doubts.

Valuation of Rent Free Accommodation

January 16, 2020 235333 Views 31 comments Print

In this article I’ll be discussing the valuation of a rent free unfurnished accommodation given to an employee as a perquisite. The term accommodation includes a flat, farm house (or part thereof) or accommodation in a hotel, motel, service apartment, guest house, caravan, mobile home, ship or other floating structure. For the purpose of valuation of the perquisite in respect of unfurnished accommodation, employees are divided in the following two categories:

Overview of Revenue and Capital Expenditure

January 16, 2020 53655 Views 1 comment Print

In actual practice there is a good deal of difference of opinion as to whether a particular payment is capital or revenue expenditure. Sometimes, the distinction between capital and revenue creates a considerable litigation. In many cases borderline between the two is very thin. However it is essential to distinguish revenue expenditure and capital expenditure […]

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