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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 3633 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


No addition on mere frequent withdrawal and deposit of own money

February 26, 2019 14658 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made by AO merely on the ground that assessee made frequent withdrawal and deposit of his own money was not justified as the same was not prohibited under any law.

Why does the government not enhance the exemption limit

February 26, 2019 9012 Views 2 comments Print

The government has by a stroke made the taxable income upto Rs. 5 lakhs fully tax free in the hands of small taxpayers without raising the exemption limit. Most of the people have been wondering why the government is not raising the exemption limit instead of playing with Section 87A. I feel the government has […]

Analysis of Recent Development under Income Tax Act 1961

February 26, 2019 3801 Views 0 comment Print

At the outset, it is very important to address a common interpretation mistake made by most of us regarding the increase in slab rate of income tax. In the speech the finance minister have clearly mentioned that there is no change in the Slab rate of Income tax but still 100% tax rebate is granted upto income of Rs. 5 Lac. Thus, it means that the slab rate is the same instead the rebate allowed has been increased from Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 12,500.

Prosecution on Willful Failure to File Return of Income

February 26, 2019 5004 Views 0 comment Print

Section 276CC of Income tax Act provides for period of rigorous imprisonment and fine in case of willful failure to file return of income under section 139/148/153A or in response to Notice u/s 142(1). The Prosecution is as follows – 1. If amount of tax sought to be evaded is Rs 25 Lakh or less […]

e-Form INC-22A- Governing Law, How to Fill, Filing Fees, Purpose

February 26, 2019 22989 Views 4 comments Print

 eForm INC-22A: Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE)- Article explains Law Governing the e-Form INC-22A, Purpose of the e-Form INC-22A, Specific Instructions to fill the eForm INC-22A, Fee For filing of eForm INC-22A, Processing Type of  eForm INC-22A, SRN Generation On successful submission of eForm INC-22A and Email on Submission of eForm INC-22. A. […]

Reassessment based on subsequently amended Provisions is invalid

February 25, 2019 3027 Views 0 comment Print

Brahm Datt Vs ACIT (Delhi High Court) CONCLUSION – Re-assessment not tenable in law in as much as the same is barred by limitation. Any subsequent amendment in the re-assessment provisions, if not specifically mentioned, are presumed to be prospective and hence not applicable in the present case. FACTS – Petitioner, a senior citizen, was […]

Special Audit justified If Assessee follows Complex Accounting System

February 25, 2019 1488 Views 0 comment Print

When AO finds the accounts of the assessee to be complex and in order to protect the interest of the revenue, it is justifiable to direct for special audit.

Section 54EC Deduction on Capital Gain Under Income Tax Act

February 25, 2019 127272 Views 20 comments Print

Where the capital gain arises from transfer of long-term capital asset being land or building or both, and the assessee has, at any time within a period of six months after the date of such transfer invested the whole or any part of capital gains, in the ‘long-term specified assets’, then the capital gain shall be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions of section –

Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019: Detailed Analysis

February 25, 2019 9240 Views 1 comment Print

Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019 provide for a comprehensive mechanism to ban the Unregulated Deposit Schemes and to protect the interest of depositors and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. (For example schemes like Sharda Chit Fund and  Rose Vally Scam of West Bengal which has cheated 17 Lakhs small depositors to the extent of Rs. 20,000 Crores and which is at present under CBI investigation)

Loss Due to Obsolescence of Stores & Spares in Inventory is Allowable Business Expenditure

February 25, 2019 14274 Views 0 comment Print

Ms. Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. Vs ACIT (Kerala High Court) In the present case, the Tribunal had permitted devaluation with respect to the items in which the committee had recommended 100% devaluation confining the actual devaluation to 80%. The Tribunal disallowed 20% of the claim finding it to be the scrap value of the devalued items. […]

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