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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 1038 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 537 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 1274735 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 7206 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 24 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 45 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 90 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 50133 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


Settlement commission order holding that assessee had misrepresented facts without an enquiry into the matter is invalid

August 28, 2018 2937 Views 0 comment Print

Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy  Vs Income Tax Settlement Commission (Madras High Court) Settlement Commission did not conduct an enquiry to satisfy itself that the stand taken by the PCIT by way of a supplementary report could be a valid ground to come to a conclusion that the assessee had made a false claim on the refund due. The […]

Firm not Assessable for Unexplained Cash Credits for Capital Introduced by Partner

August 28, 2018 2028 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Bajaj Roadways (ITAT Kolkata) Revenue’s substantive ground seeking to revive unexplained cash credit addition of Rs.64, 10,000/- in assessee’ s partners’ capital Suffice to say, various judicial precedents have settled the law that such addition has to be made in the concerned partners’ hands than in case of a firm assessee. We quote one […]

TDS not deductible on payments on behalf of clients as C&F Agent

August 28, 2018 22161 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. KGL Network (P) Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Assessee-company made payments on behalf of its clients as Clearing and Forwarding (C&F)Agent which were reimbursed to the assessee-company. The  assessee-company did not make claim of deduction in the P & L A/c. Similar claim of assessee-company has been allowed in earlier and subsequent year, therefore, rule […]

Issues – Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) – Section 115JB

August 28, 2018 334875 Views 14 comments Print

Section 115JB was inserted by the Finance Act, 2000, w.e.f. 01/04/2001. It had replaced Section 115JA, which was inserted by the Finance Act, 1996 w.e.f. 01/04/1997. Section 115JA was replacement of earlier Section 115J, which was inserted by the Finance Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01/04/1988. The objective and philosophy of the provisions of Section 115J, Section 115JA and Section 115JB are same; however, the method of computation has been slightly changed in these sections.

Is Agriculture Income Really Exempt?

August 28, 2018 30234 Views 12 comments Print

Agriculture income is exempt under section 10(1) of the Indian Income Tax Act but While computing tax on non-agricultural income agricultural income is also taken into consideration and when we compute tax taking agriculture income into consideration we pay tax on agriculture income also.

Capital Gain on Real Estate Transactions

August 28, 2018 31666 Views 16 comments Print

Introduction- The topic of taxation of capital gains on real estate transaction under the income tax act is live and ever interesting topic from point of view of all concerned with such taxation. This is one set of provisions in the Act which has raised maximum number of issues of interpretation. In the recent years several amendments have been brought about in the income tax act relating to computation and chargeability of capital gain. Frequent changes have only added to the complexity of an already complicated subject.

Allowability of ESOP expenditure

August 28, 2018 59437 Views 0 comment Print

In today’s world employers have become increasingly motivated to make the employees a part of their wealth creation process.  A scheme of Employee Stock Option (‘ESOP’) is one such process where employers reward employees by making them partners/ rightful owners in wealth which they have build together by issuing shares in the entity at a discounted price which otherwise is available at higher price in the market due to various reasons such as market expecting to reap the reserves sitting in the books of accounts, goodwill generated by the Company in the market, expected discounted cash flow forecasts of the Company etc .

Section 80EE : Deduction for interest on loan for residential house property

August 28, 2018 70166 Views 36 comments Print

Deduction in respect of interest on loan taken for residential house property(Section 80EE): Vide Finance Act 2013, an individual is allowed a deduction upto a limit of Rs 1,00,000 being paid as interest on a loan taken from a Financial Institution, sanctioned during the period 01-04-2013 to 31-03-2014 (loan not to exceed Rs 25 lakhs) for acquisition of a residential house whose value does not exceed Rs 40 lakhs. However the deduction is available if the assessee does not own any residential house property on the date of sanction of the loan. 

Sec. 271(1)(c) Penalty not justified merely for disallowance of claim

August 28, 2018 18459 Views 1 comment Print

Jain Studios Ltd. & Anr. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi)  Mere making of a claim which had not been accepted, would not per se tantamount to furnishing of inaccurate particulars to attract penalty proceedings under section 271(1)(c) of Income Tax Act, 1961. Bare perusal of explanation furnished by the assessee went to prove that it had come up […]

Income Tax Return due date for Kerala taxpayers extended to 15.09.2018

August 28, 2018 3384 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT extends the due date for furnishing return of income, from 31st August, 2018 to 15th September, 2018, in case of Income-tax assessees in the State of Kerala, who are liable to file their Income-tax returns by 31st August, 2018. F.No. 225/242/2018/ITA.II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct […]

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