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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 459 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 102 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 468 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 1274588 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 5775 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 1905 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


Bangalore ITAT Deletes ₹10 Lakh Addition Caused by DRP’s Typographical Error- AO Cannot Sustain Addition Contrary to DRP’s Intent

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a clerical mistake in the DRP's order could not justify sustaining a ₹10 lakh addition. It held that the...

June 26, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

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 156 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 108 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 120 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 84 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 50103 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 225 Views 0 comment Print


TDS not deductible on incentives in the nature of Discount

September 10, 2018 17484 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs M/s. Creative Technotex (P.) Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) Assessee contended that during the year commission was paid to the parties and incentive was also paid to several persons, who physically collect the money from different places as per the direction of the team employed. According to the assessee, this is not commission but incentive […]

Exhibition participation fees allowable in year of payment despite exhibition in next A.Y.

September 10, 2018 10821 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Talbros Engineering Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Assessee had made a payment of sum of Rs.5,75,860/- for participation in exhibition to M/s. Messee Franfurt Trade Fairs India (P) Ltd. for a stall in the international trade fair for the automobile industry. The payment made by the assessee is not in dispute which is evident from […]

Sec-112A: Tax on long term gains arising from sale of shares

September 10, 2018 9975 Views 1 comment Print

Generally, Long term gains arising from sale of equity shares listed in recognized stock exchange were exempt u/s 10(38)  but exemption of the same has been withdrawn by the Finance Act,2018 w.e.f Assessment Year 2019-20 and the new section 112A was introduced in the Income-tax Act. Therefore any long term gains arising out of sale […]

Restrictions levied on Cash Receipts- Analysis of few aspects of Section 269ST

September 10, 2018 63402 Views 5 comments Print

The Finance Bill, 2017 has proposed to introduce a new section 269ST in the Income Tax Act with effect from 01st April, 2017. This section aims for restricting the cash transaction for achieving the mission of the Government to move towards less cash economy to reduce generation and circulation of black money in the economy.

CIT (Appeals) cannot set aside an Assessment Order: ITAT Delhi

September 9, 2018 5661 Views 2 comments Print

Shri Sanjay Thakur Vs The DC IT (ITAT Delhi) Powers of the CIT(A) have been set out in section 251 of the Act. The CIT(A) has more power to send the matter back to the file of the AO for making fresh decision on the issue. Once the assessment order was quashed the CIT(A) has transgressed […]

Receipts from domain name registration amounts to Royalty: ITAT Delhi

September 9, 2018 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Godaddy. com LLC Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Satyam Infoway Ltd. (supra) has held that the domain name is a valuable commercial right and it has all the characteristics of a trademark and accordingly, it was held that the domain names are subject to legal norms applicable to trademark. […]

CBDT enigmatic directions to CIT(A) to rationalize galore of pending cases and demand stuck therein

September 8, 2018 1797 Views 0 comment Print

Each year Central Broad of Direct Taxes (CBDT) comes out with strategy called as Central Action Plan which prescribes the mechanism and approach for various internal tax departments and authorities to improve tax compliances, widening the tax base, litigation management, reduction in outstanding demand and most importantly, to meet the core objective of budget collection.

Amounts not deductible U/s. 40(a) of income Tax Act, 1961

September 8, 2018 292704 Views 2 comments Print

Under the Income tax Act, 1961 Profit or gain from Business or profession is considered income and such income is chargeable to tax. The expenses incurred in relation to business can be deducted from the revenue from Business or profession. However, there is certain restriction on such deduction of expenses.

Date of Acquisition for determining Capital Gain: – Date of Full Payment Vs. Date in Registered Document

September 8, 2018 50895 Views 1 comment Print

DCIT Vs Ramesh Madhavrao Bhujang (ITAT Mumbai) It is undisputed fact that the assessee had acquired the right in the property pursuant to allotment letter dated 10/03/2008, a copy of which has been placed on page number-111 of the paper-book. The assessee has made the full payment of Rs.83.30 Lacs by 25/06/2008. The said fact […]

Benefit of Demerger U/s. 47(viia) not available in case Transfer is not as per section 2(19AA)

September 8, 2018 11304 Views 0 comment Print

W#e are of the view that the transfer of T&D Division of the assessee-company was not in a manner prescribed in section 2(19AA) so as to treat the same as demerger for the purpose of Income Tax Act and the benefit of section 47(viia) was not available to the assessee-company as rightly held by the Assessing Officer.

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