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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 117 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 411 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 3540 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 3984 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 135 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 69 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 72 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 57 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


Fund Manager U/s. 9A(4)(b) includes AMC approved by SEBI: CBDT

May 10, 2019 1398 Views 0 comment Print

It is hereby clarified that the phrase fund manager in Section 9A(4)(b) of the Income-tax Act includes an AMC as approved by SEBI under the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996. A notification (No. 27/2019 dated 20th March 2019) has already been issued to include the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 in the definition of specified regulations in Section 9A(9)(e) of the Income-tax Act.

CBDT notifies Tax exemption to Rolls-Royce Defense Services Inc

May 10, 2019 1149 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government hereby specifies that any income arising to the foreign company namely, M/s. Rolls-Royce Defense Services, Inc., 2001 South Tibbs Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206, United State of America, by way of royalty or fees for technical services received

AO must establish existence of international transaction before undertaking benchmarking of AMP expenses

May 10, 2019 1680 Views 1 comment Print

In the instant case, we notice that the TPO has entertained the belief on the basis of presumptions that the assessee’s AMP expenses have promoted the brand value of its AE, i.e., no material has been brought on record to show the existence of International transaction. Before us, the Ld A.R placed his reliance on various case laws.

CBDT withdraw order granting incentives to CsIT(A) for Passing Quality Orders

May 9, 2019 1368 Views 0 comment Print

Petitioners had challenged the relevant portion of CAP 2018-19 whereby incentives were provided to CsIT(A) for passing ‘quality orders’ Bombay High court has held that In our opinion, such policy is wholly impermissible and invalid.

Checklist for NRIs before Filing Returns in India

May 9, 2019 24375 Views 13 comments Print

With almost 16 million people, the foreign population of India is the largest. Interestingly, the maximum number of these Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) have their own Bank Accounts, they invest good amounts in various sectors, such as Bank Deposits, Shares, House Property. They are free to increase their assets. But at the same time, it brings […]

Exemption u/s 10(23)(iiiad) cannot be denied for mere surplus 

May 8, 2019 3024 Views 0 comment Print

New Amazing Shiksha Society Vs. ITO (Exemption (Ward) (ITAT Delhi) Exemption u/s 10(23)(iiiad) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 should not be denied to the assessee as selling of books and uniform to the students of assessee is part of educational activity only. Moreover, the impugned addition was made merely on the basis that surplus […]

Section 68 not applicable to Share Purchase against Issuance of Share

May 8, 2019 2358 Views 0 comment Print

This is a simple case of acquiring shares of certain companies from certain shareholders without paying any cash consideration and instead the consideration was settled through issuance of shares to the respective parties. Hence, we hold that provision of section 68 of the Act are not applicable in the instant case and accordingly the entire addition deserves to be deleted,

Loss on revaluation of foreign exchange cannot be denied for mere failure to debit liabilities in books

May 8, 2019 942 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee could not be debarred from claiming a foreign exchange loss as per Accounting Standard-11 as deduction only for the reason that it had failed to debit liabilities in its books of account.

Section 153A: Completed assessment cannot be interfered in absence of discovery of incriminating material during search

May 8, 2019 1812 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153A: Completed assessment cannot interfered absence discovery incriminating material during search

S. 147 AO cannot proceed mechanically & on erroneous information supplied to him by investigation wing

May 8, 2019 2322 Views 0 comment Print

Akshar Builders and Developers Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court)  Even in a case where the return filed by the assessee is accepted without scrutiny, as per the settled law, the Assessing Officer can issue a notice of reopening of assessment provided he has reason to believe that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment. The […]

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