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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 1032 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 156 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 534 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 1274732 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 7101 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 240 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 1908 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 3987 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Mumbai ITAT Deletes Ad Hoc 10% Disallowance of Business Expenses – No Addition Sustainable Without Specific Defects in Audited Books

Income Tax : The ITAT found that the Assessing Officer failed to establish any specific infirmity in the assessee's business expenditure before...

June 26, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT Restricts Addition on Alleged Bogus Diamond Purchases to 2% Following Earlier Orders in Assessee’s Own Case

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that only the profit element embedded in the disputed purchases could be taxed and affirmed a 2% estimation base...

June 26, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT Reiterates: No Further Profit Attribution to Foreign Enterprise Once Indian AE Is Remunerated at Arm’s Length

Income Tax : The ITAT held that where transactions with the Indian associated enterprise are at arm's length, additional profit attribution to ...

June 26, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT: Typographical Error in Tax Audit Report Cannot Deny PF Deduction if Contribution Was Actually Paid Within Due Date

Income Tax : The ITAT held that the incorrect payment date mentioned in the Tax Audit Report was an obvious typographical mistake and not evide...

June 26, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT Allows 60% Depreciation on Computer Software and Restricts Section 14A Disallowance to Assessee’s Suo Motu Computation

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that application software purchased independently from computer hardware is still covered under the specific de...

June 26, 2026 54 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 50130 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 693 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


Office order No. 142/2018- Promotion and Postings in Pr. CCIT Grade

August 29, 2018 3495 Views 0 comment Print

Consequent upon the approval of the Competent Authority, the following officers are, hereby, promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (level 17 in the pay matrix Rs.2,25,000) w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders:

Office Order No. 143/2018 – Transfer and posting in CCIT Grade

August 29, 2018 1797 Views 0 comment Print

The following Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are hereby transferred and posted as per the table below, with immediate effect and until further orders:

Section 56 – Taxation of gift received

August 29, 2018 645975 Views 60 comments Print

As per income tax act gifts received are taxable in the hands of recipient under the head Income From Other Sources and there is no taxation for the donor. Here gift means any sum of money, Moveable property or immovable property which received without consideration or inadequate consideration.

Taxation of Agricultural Income- Detailed Analysis

August 29, 2018 74702 Views 3 comments Print

1. Agricultural Income in India is Exempt from Income Tax u/s 10(1) of Income Tax Act, but agricultural income from outside India is taxable. As per entry number 82 of Union List, Central Govt. shall have the powers to levy income tax on any income except agricultural income.

Everything about Employee Stock Options Plans (ESOPs)

August 29, 2018 58067 Views 4 comments Print

Almost all of you must have heard the stories of many drivers, office assistants and secretaries of Infosys becoming millionaire. This all could become possible due to a system of making such stakeholders as stockholder of the Company by granting them what is generally known as ESOP( Employee Stock Options Plan).

Tax benefits for senior citizens/ Super Senior Citizens

August 29, 2018 99798 Views 29 comments Print

1) The Income Tax Act identifies a senior citizen as a person who is 65 years of age or more at any time during the previous year. It provides for special benefits for such persons.2) As per the IT Act, senior citizens who have an income up to Rs

Section 37: Fees paid for enhancement of authorized capital; revenue or capital expense??

August 29, 2018 192350 Views 4 comments Print

This article is about one of the most important things which came out in terms that how to treat fees paid for enhancement of authorized capital to Registrar of Companies. Will it be a revenue expenditure or capital expenditure? Before starting it up and finding the answer let’s just start it with what is Section 37 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 all about.

An analysis of taxability of BPOs in India

August 29, 2018 16850 Views 2 comments Print

Business Process Outsource (BPO) is a concept or business model which grows in India many folds; most of the multinational companies (MNC) have either setup their captive units in India or approach the Indian business entities to perform their business process from India.

Profits from sale of land with well thought business project is Business Income

August 28, 2018 8604 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Anita Singh Vs ACIT (ITAT Indore) in the year 2006 itself the assessee along with other persons initiated the process of developing a colony which is proved by the Registration No.40/2006 issued on 21.8.2006. Few months before and the period thereafter all these 18 persons kept on purchasing the land from various land owners and parallely […]

Expenditure for expansion of existing business is revenue expenditure

August 28, 2018 11823 Views 0 comment Print

Expenditure for expansion of existing business in terms of new beds and services and aid in raising equity funds approximately 100 crores from interested investors to finance its expansion plan is certainly a revenue expenditure and be allowed as deduction under section 37 of the Act.

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