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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 1274495 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 2358 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 3396 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 216 Views 0 comment Print


7 Easy Tips to file Income Tax Return

December 14, 2019 19419 Views 4 comments Print

Income tax return filing is a mandatory process that the assessee should carry out with due care. However, the otherwise basic and simple process becomes cumbersome with the lack of knowledge. Read on to know 7 easy tips that will make income tax filing process a lot simpler:-

CIT cannot exercise revision power if AO had taken permissible view on the issues

December 13, 2019 1770 Views 0 comment Print

While passing the assessment order AO had followed the permissible view in law which could not be said to be ‘unsustainable in law’. Therefore, the jurisdictional facts for usurping the jurisdiction u/s 263, being absent, the action of CIT to exercise revisional jurisdiction was without jurisdiction and all subsequent actions were ‘null’ in the eyes of law.

Tax Havens and Developing Countries: Policy Challenges in post BEPS Regime

December 13, 2019 4467 Views 1 comment Print

Tax havens create huge challenges before countries in terms of shifting of profits, flight of capital, hiding of unaccounted wealth & other assets of tax residents of countries and providing a safe haven for parking corruption proceeds from where it is ultimately laundered back into source countries.

Transfer Pricing Audits in the Case of a Service Provider

December 13, 2019 13689 Views 0 comment Print

Two issues are important for determining the arm’s length price of the services provided to foreign affiliate by an Indian service provider. These are proper determination of cost base on which arm’s lengthy mark- up will apply and the mark-up. The article deals with the issue of constituents of cost base. Hopefully, the proper determination of cost base by the assessee and in the transfer pricing audit will help in collection of due taxes in India.

Analysis of Section 115BAA of Income Tax Act,1961

December 13, 2019 40338 Views 1 comment Print

Section 115BAA so inserted, provides that,- (a) A domestic company shall at its option, pay tax at a lower rate of 22 per cent for any previous year relevant to the Assessment Year beginning on or after 1st April 2020, subject to certain conditions, including that the total income should be computed without claiming any […]

IDS tax payment date extended till 31st January, 2020

December 13, 2019 10953 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies 31st Jan 2020 as the Last date for payment of pending amount under Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) 2016. Govt. notifies that persons who have made declaration under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, but have not made payment of tax, surcharge, penalty payable there under on or before the due dates, may now make […]

Advance tax Provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

December 13, 2019 13612 Views 3 comments Print

Krishna! It is said that from now onwards everyone will have to pay 1st installment of advance Income tax before 15th June. To whom, how and when will this advance tax provision be applicable?

Technology Leads to Higher Rate of TDS Convictions

December 13, 2019 1215 Views 0 comment Print

Violation of TDS provisions has been a punishable offence for more than a century. However, the number of cases reported in the media where TDS cases have resulted in conviction and the persons responsible for such violation of law have been sent to jail are coming out in good numbers and at an increased frequency only recently.

Emerging Issues in TDS

December 13, 2019 36090 Views 3 comments Print

TDS contributes about 43% of direct taxes revenue as also significant proportion of indirect tax collections. Besides it is the most regular source of revenue unlike advance tax which is received in four installments. Therefore in recent years the Government has placed more and more reliance on such mode of tax collection which is very convenient and cost effective. With globalization and expansion of economic landscape, various new and emerging areas of TDS mobilization have come into play which have to be effectively tapped not only to mobilize the valuable revenue but also to expand the tax base.

Four Less-Known Facts of Tax Deduction on Home Loan

December 13, 2019 8910 Views 3 comments Print

Buying a house means making your dream come true where you spend hours and days looking for a suitable property, checking backgrounds and finally scouting for the best deal on a home loan (unless you have loads of money to pay for the house without taking a mortgage).

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