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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 153 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 84 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 420 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 1274552 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 4326 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 81 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 111 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 78 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 60 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


Taxation of Employee Stock Options of Domestic and Foreign Companies

December 16, 2018 53172 Views 1 comment Print

In this Article we will Discuss about Taxation of ESOPS for Employer and Employee and After Sale of Such Esops. Employee Share Options Plan is the option that a company provides to its employees to purchase the company’s shares on future dates at a pre-determined price. It is popular these days and many a times part of salary offer given to newly hired executives

Reportable / Cash Transactions and TCS – Limit and Penalty

December 15, 2018 22812 Views 0 comment Print

Article covers Cash Transactions provisions (Section 269SS, 269T, 269ST, 43), Reportable Transaction provisions (Section 285BA, Rule 114E) and Transaction on which Tax has to be collected at Source (TCS) (Section 206C)

Share buy back can be made at a price lower than FMV or Book Value: ITAT

December 15, 2018 42489 Views 0 comment Print

Here it clearly states that the shares should be a property of the recipient company. To become known as a property the shares, in such a case, should be of some other company and not of its own; because own shares cannot become property as they shall be treated as stock.

Taxation of Income under Business/Profession

December 15, 2018 141231 Views 0 comment Print

Business: It referred to any economic activity carried for earning profits. Economic activity refers to any trade, Commerce, Manufacturing Activity, Trading Activity or any other concern in nature of all. It is not compulsory for continuation of similar transaction or a series of transaction or carried the business permanently. Profession: It refer that a person […]

Tax benefits for education

December 15, 2018 7404 Views 3 comments Print

In order to promote education, the government provides certain relief to the individual tax payers in respect of certain expenses incurred by them for education.  Let us discuss these tax benefits. Tax benefits on Tuition fee for children You can claim deduction upto Rs. 1.50 lakh every year for tuition fee paid for full time […]

E-Returns Filed by Individual Tax Payers during last four financial years

December 14, 2018 1065 Views 0 comment Print

E-Returns Filed by the Individual Tax Payers There has been a growth in the number of e-Returns filed by the individual tax payers during the last four years. The number of income-tax returns filed and the annual growth rate during the last four financial years are as under: Financial Number of Income Tax Returns Growth […]

Alternative Dispute Resolutions Forum

December 14, 2018 1695 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the benefits of the Alternative Dispute Resolutions Forum: settle tax cases, gain immunity from penalties and prosecutions, and resolve disputes efficiently.

Functionality of Withholding of Income Tax Refund u/s 241A- Reg.

December 14, 2018 5538 Views 0 comment Print

ITBA-ITR Processing Instruction No. 5 DIRECTORATE OF INCOME TAX (SYSTEM) ARA Center, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi – 110055 F.No. System/ITBA/Instruction/ITR Processing/112/16-17/ Dated: 14.12.2018 To All Principal Chief Commissioners of Income-tax/CCsIT All Principal Director Generals of Income Tax /DGsIT All Principal Commissioners of Income-tax/CsIT/CsIT(Admin & TPS) All Principal Directors of Income Tax/DsIT Madam/Sir, […]

Internal Audit Procedure of Registration Process of Charitable Trusts

December 14, 2018 3705 Views 0 comment Print

It has been recommended by the Hon’ble Public Accounts Committee that the process of the Registration Process of Charitable Trusts / Institutions should be brought under the purview of internal audit.

Bogus donation racket under section 35(1)(ii)- CBDT Advisory

December 14, 2018 27477 Views 6 comments Print

It emerges that the above Trust was earlier approved under section 35(1}(ii} of the Act which expired on 31.03.2006. Thereafter ,this entity, being not recognized for purpose of section 35(1)(ii) of the Act, is not eligible to raise donations for undertaking scientific research however, the Trust has raised substantial donations over the last six years on the basis of a forged certificate while the donors have irregularly claimed weighted deduction u/s. 35(1)(ii) of the Act on donations made to the Trust.

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