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Six Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny Categories Every Taxpayer Should Know

Income Tax : The article clarifies that the CBDT's 4 June 2026 instruction governs six categories of compulsory manual scrutiny and is distinct...

June 25, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

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 72 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 405 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 1274528 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 3384 Views 8 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 237 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 1902 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 132 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 66 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 102 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 63 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 54 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 50049 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 222 Views 0 comment Print


TDS u/s 195 cannot be deducted in case no title in goods passed from foreign suppliers to assessee outside India

August 6, 2019 6318 Views 0 comment Print

Since the title in goods passed from foreign suppliers to assessee outside India at the port of shipment and AO failed to show as to how income of foreign parties was chargeable to tax in India, therefore,  no income had accrued to foreign parties in India in terms of section 5 and section 9, therefore, section 195 did not apply to payments.

Section 194N – TDS on Cash Withdrawals

August 5, 2019 29646 Views 1 comment Print

While introducing the new applicability of TDS levy on cash withdrawals under newly inserted Section 194N, the Finance Minister Shri Nirmala Sitharam in her budget speech elaborated that the Government has taken a number of initiatives for promotion of the digital payments and less cash economy. She stated that to promote the digital payment and […]

Processing of I.T. returns with refund beyond prescribed time limits in non-scrutiny cases

August 5, 2019 6957 Views 0 comment Print

(a) returns filed for any assessment year prior to assessment year 2017-18, which were under scrutiny and were not processed in view of provisions of sub-section (1D) of section 143 of the Act; (b) returns remain unprocessed, where either demand is shown as payable in the return or is likely to arise after processing it; (c) returns remain unprocessed for any reason attributable to the assessee.

Settled Law of Deemed Dividend Again Unsettled

August 5, 2019 7464 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Act, 1961 contains various provisions either expressly or impliedly. There are many deeming fiction provisions in the Act viz. section 50C, 43CA, 56(2)(x), etc. One such section is section 2(22)(e) of the Act which provides that an amount of loan or advance given to a shareholder directly or indirectly shall be treated as dividend in the hands of the shareholder except under certain circumstances as laid down in the provision.

CBDT reduces tax collection targets by Rs. 45K crore for FY 2019-20

August 5, 2019 945 Views 0 comment Print

In this regard, it is stated that in the main Budget presented in July, 2019, Rs. 13,35,000 crore (reduction of Rs. 45,000 crore) has been allocated as the Budget Estimates for Direct Taxes for the Financial Year 2019-20. Accordingly, revised Region-wise allocation of budgetary target for Financial Year 2019-20 is forwarded herewith for kind information,

Unabated assessment cannot be reopened u/s 153A in absence of incriminating material

August 5, 2019 4308 Views 0 comment Print

Omprakash Gupta Vs ACIT (Central)- II (ITAT Indore) Conclusion: No addition could be made in case of concluded assessments and non abated assessments in absence of an incriminating material discovered during search. Held:  In the assessment order,  AO observed that once search was conducted and notice was issued u/s 153A, AO was bound to issue […]

In absence of claim of exempt Income disallowance U/s 14A not warranted

August 5, 2019 1473 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs Harsha Engineerings Ltd. (Gujarat High Court) Section 14A of the Act can be invoked only if the assessee seeks to square off the expenditure against the income which does not form the part of the total income under the Act and in such circumstances, section 14A of the Act could not have […]

HC dismisses Income Tax Prosecution as tax, interest & penalty was already been paid

August 5, 2019 1113 Views 0 comment Print

From the perusal of the complaint, it appears that with respect to the Assessment Year 1994-95 (Financial Year 1993-94), lesser tax liability was shown by the petitioners and, therefore, a prosecution has been launched against them by the Income Tax Department.

Derivatives- Income Tax Provisions

August 4, 2019 9486 Views 1 comment Print

According to Securities Contract Act 1956, the derivative is a contract between two or more parties, and its price is directly related to the fluctuations of price of the underlying asset. The most common types of derivatives in India are futures and options. Futures: Future is a contract to buy or sale an underlying asset […]

How to download consolidation and justification file from TRACES

August 4, 2019 8076 Views 0 comment Print

How to download Consolidation and Justification file of TDS return through Traces: TDS defaults on traces comes when if we have done mistake in filing return like short payment, short deduction, late filing penalty, late correction interest, & other interest. We can check default status after some day of filing the TDS return on TRACES […]

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