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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 3423 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


“Borrowed Satisfaction” for “Reason to believe” for reopening U/s 148 of I.Tax Act 1961

July 27, 2019 8433 Views 0 comment Print

Many a time reassessment proceedings are quashed or additions made in such proceedings are deleted by the Appellate Authorities much to the dismay of the Assessing Officers. One prime reason for such adverse appellate orders are on the ground of ‘borrowed satisfaction’ in much as the drafting of recorded reason to initiate the proceedings does not bring out satisfaction of the Assessing Officer himself .

Assessment of Bogus Purchases

July 27, 2019 28932 Views 0 comment Print

Surinder Jit Singh Chief Commissioner of Income Tax-3, New Delhi sjsingh59@gmail.com Surinder Jit Singh is graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College in 1981 and joined Income Tax Department in 1984 as an IRS officer and has worked at Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Pune, Bombay, Amritsar and at Delhi in various capacities including on the post […]

Section 54 Exemption cannot be denied for fault of developer

July 27, 2019 1581 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was entitled to exemption under section 54 even if he had not taken possession nor the purchase deed had been executed within the period of three years because  the delay in obtaining possession and getting purchase deed executed was on account of the developer and was by reason beyond the control of assessee. 

Post-Liberalisation Direct Tax Reforms in India

July 27, 2019 6582 Views 0 comment Print

Ajai Das Mehrotra Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Gujarat ahmedabad.pccit@incometax.gov.in Sh.Ajai Das Mehrotra, is an IRS officer of 1984 batch and is currently posted as Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Gujrat. He had worked extensively in the field of Assessment, Investigation and other direct taxation fields. He had attended 49th National Defence College […]

Addition u/s 69B justified in respect of unaccounted money paid in cash to sellers of land

July 27, 2019 4458 Views 0 comment Print

Addition under section 69B of unaccounted money invested in purchase of land by assessee by paying in cash to sellers of land was justified as assessee-purchaser had no evidence to controvert the same.

Section 194I of Income Tax Act, 1961 – TDS on Rent

July 26, 2019 406998 Views 11 comments Print

Section 194I was inserted vide the Finance Act, 1994. The present article covers the important section 194-I of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which deals with the provisions of ‘TDS on Rent’. Meaning of the term ‘Rent’ –  Before going into the nitty-gritty of the provisions of section 194-I of the Income Tax Act, 1961, first […]

Section 54/54F: New residential house need not be purchased by assessee in his own name

July 26, 2019 10386 Views 0 comment Print

Mrs. A. Vijayakumari Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) The provisions of section 54 of the Act are beneficial and are to be considered liberally for reasonable bonafide cause but investment in residential property is mandatory which is not in dispute in this case. The Assessing Officer was not justified in rejecting the case law relied on […]

Extension of timeline for completion of assessments in OCM cases

July 26, 2019 1704 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of timeline for completion of assessments in OCM cases where no return has been filed in response to notice u/s.142(1) of the Income-tax Act,1961(‘Act’) and the assessments have to be completed u/s.144 of the Act

Tax Benefits on Home Loan for Joint Owners

July 26, 2019 36669 Views 10 comments Print

Income Tax benefits on Housing Loan for Joint Owner of Rs. 2 Lakh each Section 24(b) of Income Tax Act, 1961 (amended) Conditions for claiming Interest on Home Loan ↓ 1. Income Tax benefits on a joint home loan can be claimed by all the joint owners. 2. Ownership is required for joint owners i.e. […]

TDS Returns – Form 24Q – Amendments

July 26, 2019 7269 Views 0 comment Print

> Form 24Q is categorised in to 2 categories Annexure 1- Annexure 1 of Form 24Q has to be filed in each and every quarter with the details of dedcutee wise breakup of TDS against each specific challan Annexure 2 Annexure 2 of Form 24Q has to be filed only in Quarter 4 with the […]

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