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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 99 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 75 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 3429 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 50061 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 687 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


Interest on FDR for security/guarantee to companies for taking contracts is Business Income

July 30, 2019 7968 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Devasamparambil Hassainar Kutty Vs ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) Revenue has not disputed the fact that the FDRs taken by the assessee are for the purpose of furnishing the security/guarantee to the companies those have awarded the contract to the assessee. Therefore, these FDRs were furnished as a performance guarantee by the assessee. Once the FDRs […]

Depreciation allowable on non-compete fees: HC

July 30, 2019 2568 Views 0 comment Print

Where non-resident agents appointed by assessee for procuring export orders did not have permanent establishment in India and their activities as commission agents are being carried out outside India, merely because a portion of the sale to the overseas purchasers took place in India, would not make assessee liable to deduct tax at source under section 195.

No transfer as per section 47(xiii) in case land acquired by assessee company from partnership-firm succeeded by it

July 30, 2019 14526 Views 0 comment Print

Where the existing company acquired all the assets and liabilities of the partnership firms in the manner as provided under section 47(xiii) then the same would not be considered as transfer and there was no requirement under the provisions of section 47(xiii) that the firms should be converted into the company.

Practical Aspects on Completion of Assessments regarding Substantial Cash Deposits made during demonetization

July 29, 2019 6066 Views 0 comment Print

Practical Aspects on Completion of Assessments regarding Substantial Cash Deposits made during demonetization We all remember the date 08 November 2016 when our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took huge step and demonetized the specified bank notes (SBN) i.e. Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes. This was the step taken to clean black money from […]

What to do if TDS u/s 194DA has been deducted and shown in 26AS

July 29, 2019 105324 Views 22 comments Print

There is general perception among people that amount received on maturity of life insurance is exempt from income tax. However the same is not true. Receipt from life insurance may occasion on 2 events: 1. On death of the person insured (Death proceeds) 2. On maturity of the policy in the normal course (maturity proceeds) […]

Key Changes In ITR-1 And ITR-2 Forms For FY 2018-19

July 29, 2019 2655 Views 2 comments Print

The income tax return (ITR) forms for FY 2018-19 notified by the government are different from those used to file the previous year’s returns, keeping the changes in income tax laws made in Budget 2018 for FY 2018-19 and onwards. Apart from that, there are other changes as well in the ITR forms which you […]

Why to file ‘Income Tax Return’- Major Benefits

July 29, 2019 3303 Views 4 comments Print

Major Benefits of Income Tax Returns: 1. Easy Loans Approvals: Majority of Banks ask for a copy of Income tax returns for at least 3 consecutive years, so if you are planning for a loan in future then it can help you for easy loan approvals like Home Loan, Personal Loan etc.

Important amendments by Interim & Final Budget 2019

July 29, 2019 20475 Views 1 comment Print

SOME IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS BY FINANCE ACT, 2019 (Act No. 7 of 2019) & FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL, 2019 THE FINANCE ACT, 2019 (Act No.7 of 2019) (Interim Budget 2019.) In February’s interim budget, the then acting finance minister Piyush Goyal had provided several income tax sops to the middle-class. Following changes have been made by […]

New Penalty Provisions Under Section 270A

July 29, 2019 241182 Views 4 comments Print

Satender Singh Rana Commissioner of Income Tax(DR)-7, ITAT, Delhi s.s.rana@incometaxindia.gov.in Sri Satender Singh Rana is an IRS officer of 1994 Batch and is currently posted as Commissioner of Income Tax, ITAT, New Delhi. He has extensive experience in the field of Income Tax Litigation and judicial matters and is part of several committees formed by […]

No addition of unexplained credit u/s 68 without prima-facie enquiry by AO

July 29, 2019 2154 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made under section 68 on account of share capital received by assessee as unexplained credit was to be deleted in absence of any material or inquiry conducted by  AO that the issuing companies were non-existing entities or a paper company and AO had not brought material on record to dislodge the veracity of the evidences filed by assessee. 

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