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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


Section 194DA: TDS on Payment in respect of Life Insurance Policy

August 1, 2019 4908 Views 5 comments Print

 Sec. 194DA: TDS, on Payment in respect of life insurance policy, to be deducted by the insurer. Charging section: 194DA of Income Tax Act 1961. What section 194DA says? (Up to 31.8.2019) 194DA states, any person responsible for paying to a resident any sum under a life insurance policy, including the sum allocated by way […]

Notice u/s 142(1) to amalgamating entity after amalgamation void: SC

August 1, 2019 8184 Views 0 comment Print

Issuing of notice under section 142(1) in the name of amalgamating company despite of the fact that AO was already known that amalgamating company having ceased to exist as a result of the approved scheme of amalgamation, that jurisdictional notice in the name of amalgamating company was invalid.

Section 35AC(7) is prospective | Plea of equity/hardship not legally sustainable: SC

August 1, 2019 1365 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee’s contention that assessee-charitable trust were not able to receive more amount by way of donation for their project in the third financial year 2017-2018 due to insertion of sub-section (7) of Section 35AC and therefore, Court may consider appropriate to invoke powers under Article 142 of the Constitution and allow assessee to receive

Precautions while preparing Income Tax Return and recent FAQs

August 1, 2019 3888 Views 3 comments Print

Precautions while preparing Income Tax Return (ITR) – Taxpayer has to first fill ‘Part A General’ (Personal Information) correctly. Rest of the utility will function based on information provided in Part A General. For example, the field 80 TTB will be enabled only for Senior citizens based on the Date of birth and Residential status […]

ITR Filing- I am getting ‘invalid XML’ while trying to upload XML?

August 1, 2019 66759 Views 12 comments Print

I am getting ‘invalid XML’ while trying to upload the xml? ♣ Invalid XML error may arise due to the following scenarios, 1. The taxpayer might have generated the XML file by using the older version of ITR utility. 2. The taxpayer might have altered or edited the XML file generated from the ITR utility […]

How to download and import prefilled XML to ITR utility?

August 1, 2019 122244 Views 1 comment Print

A. How to download and import prefilled XML to Excel ITR utility? Step 1: Go to Income Tax e-Filing Portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in Step 2: Login to the e-Filing portal by entering the User ID (PAN), Password and Captcha. Step 3: After Login, Go to ‘My Account’ menu and Click on ‘Download Pre-filled XML’. Step 4: In the ‘Download Pre-filled […]

How to download and extract Excel and Java ITR utility

August 1, 2019 56355 Views 1 comment Print

How to Download and extract Excel utility of ITR Step 1: Go to Income Tax e-Filing Portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in Step 2: Click on ‘Income Tax Return Preparation Software’ link under the ‘Downloads’ section. Step 3: Click on the appropriate ITR’s Excel utility hyperlink. The ITR excel utility zip file will be downloaded successfully. Step 4: Open […]

Bonus to director for services rendered when he was not a shareholder allowable

August 1, 2019 8304 Views 0 comment Print

Since the director was not a shareholder when bonus was paid to him and also the bonus was not paid out of the earlier years’ accumulated profits, therefore, deduction of bonus paid to director was allowable under 36(1)(ii).

Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019

August 1, 2019 3993 Views 0 comment Print

Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 received the assent of the President on the 1st August, 2019 and amends Section 13,16, 27.

Assessment not valid if section 143(2) notice was not issued within time limit

August 1, 2019 7623 Views 0 comment Print

Where notice under section 143(2) was not issued within the time limit prescribed in proviso to section 143(2), the assessment framed under section 143(3) pursuant to such notice was invalid and accordingly, the same was liable to be quashed.

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