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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 123 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 78 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 414 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 3624 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 138 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 75 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 75 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 50067 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


Legal Fees paid for transfer of Shares allowable as deduction from LTCG

March 16, 2019 13884 Views 0 comment Print

Legal and professional fees paid in connection with the transfer of shares was allowable as deduction from long term capital gain under section 48(i) as the expenditure incurred was wholly and exclusively in connection with the transfer of shares of the Indian Subsidiary.

Exemption U/s 54F allowable on capital gain on sale of depreciable assets

March 16, 2019 8058 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was entitled to claim exemption under section 54F on gain earned on the sale of factory shed as factory shed inherently being long-term capital asset as per the provision of Section 2(42A) even if sale of factory shed was subject to short-term capital gain on the basis of deeming provision as specified under section 50.

Redemption fine for infraction of law not allowable U/s 37

March 16, 2019 3033 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was not entitled to claim redemption fine as business expenditure under Section 37 as the same was for the infraction of law committed by assessee. 

Equality of Treatment at the Hands of Law is an Essential Attribute of Rule of Law: HC

March 16, 2019 741 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs M/s. Starflex Sealing India Pvt. Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Held- Court requested revenue that the State takes a consistent view and does not agitate matters on which the Court has already taken a view, without pointing out the earlier order of this Court to the subsequent Bench. Court’s endeavor is only to […]

No Transfer U/s 2(47)(v) in Absence of Registration of Agreement Under Indian Registration Act

March 16, 2019 10089 Views 0 comment Print

Section 2(47)(v) – SC has held in Balbir case that transfer of any immovable property in part performance of a contract of the nature referred in section 53A of Transfer of Property Act will be completed only when the agreement is registered under Indian Registration Act.

Subsequent Inquiry Based on Additional Material is Sustainable in Law

March 16, 2019 996 Views 0 comment Print

Kalsha Builders Pvt Ltd Vs ACIT & Ors. (Bombay High Court) Subsequent Inquiry Based On Additional Material is Sustainable In Law  And Requirement Of True And Full Disclosure Runs Through The Entire Assessment And Doesn’t End With Filing Of Return.  FACTS – Assessee, a registered company, is engaged in the business of developing real estate. […]

Meaning of “Associated Enterprises” for “Transfer Pricing” Provisions

March 16, 2019 66126 Views 0 comment Print

Under Section 92A of the Income Tax Act, two enterprises are treated as Associated Enterprises only when one of the enterprises participates in “management, control or capital” of the other enterprise. Section 92A(1) of the Income-tax Act specifies that and “Associated Enterprise” in relation to another enterprise, means an enterprise which participates, directly or indirectly, […]

S. 154 Applying individual tax rates to AOP not a mistake apparent from records

March 15, 2019 1404 Views 0 comment Print

Conclusion: Since assessee- AOP was a trust formed for the benefit of a sole beneficiary, therefore, applying individual tax rates to assessee-AOP was not a mistake apparent on the face of the record and therefore, it could not be rectified through Section 154.

Proposed Signing of Bilateral Agreement for Exchange of CBCR between India and USA

March 15, 2019 1020 Views 0 comment Print

Dear Reader, The Ministry of Finance, has issued a Press release dated 15 March, 2019 stating that a bilateral agreement has been finalized between India and the United States of America (USA) for the exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (CbCR). The proposed agreement would apply retrospectively for the exchange of CbCR from the financial years commencing […]

Addition U/s 68 cannot be made if assessee not maintain any books of Accounts

March 15, 2019 8136 Views 0 comment Print

When assessee made it very clear in return of income that she was not maintaining any books of account, then, making addition under section 68 was untenable in law as section 68 was applicable only when credits were found in books of account of the assessee.

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