Follow Us:

Income Tax

Get all latest income tax news, act, article, notification, circulars, instructions, slab on Taxguru.in. Check out excel calculators budget 2017 ITR, black money, tax saving tips, deductions, tax audit on income tax.

Latest Articles


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 1074 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 540 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 1274741 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 7296 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 33 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 42 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 93 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 888 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


No exempt Income Received or Receivable- No disallowance U/s. 14A

August 28, 2018 3426 Views 0 comment Print

Section 14A of the Act provides that for the purposes of computing the total income under Chapter, no deduction shall be allowed in respect of expenditure incurred by the assessee in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under the Act. Hence, what section 14A provides is that if there […]

Compensation or damages for fraud taxable as income from other sources

August 27, 2018 3402 Views 0 comment Print

Between January and April, 2009 a number of suits were filed against IC and A and B in various jurisdictions in the United States claiming damages. The suits were based on tort, misrepresentation, deceit, fraud and so on. In terms of the procedural laws of the United States, the suits were directed to be consolidated. The suits were consolidated and Lead plaintiffs and Lead counsel were appointed to pilot the class action on behalf of the eligible claimants for damages.

Penalty U/s. 158BFA(2) not leviable when Assessment U/s. 158BC itself is Quashed

August 27, 2018 1080 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Ravinder Taneja Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) As assessment under section 158BC itself has been quashed, thus, the penalty levied in respect of the income assessed under said assessment order cannot survive. Accordingly, we set aside the order of the lower authorities and cancel the penalty levied under section 158BFA(2) of the Act. FULL TEXT […]

Section 234E fees cannot be levied for Quarter ending before 01.06.2015

August 27, 2018 9321 Views 0 comment Print

When amendment made U/s. 200A of Income Tax Act which has come into effect on 1.6.2015 is held to be having prospective effect, no computation of fee for the demand or the intimation for the fee under Section 234E could be made for the TDS deducted for the respective assessment year prior to 1.6.2015.

Long Term Capital Gain Tax: Here’s all that you need to know!

August 27, 2018 12396 Views 6 comments Print

Did you know? : If you have made capital gains on a financial transaction, like shares, or property; you will have to pay tax on these gains. Known as capital gains, this tax is charged on profits that are made by selling capital assets.

ITAT directs AO to treat licence fee derived from tenants as business income

August 27, 2018 981 Views 0 comment Print

Batram Properties Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) Under section 22 of the Act the charge to tax of income from house property is based on the ownership of such property. The admitted position in the present case is that the assessee is only a tenant and not the owner of the property. It is also […]

ITAT deletes addition under section 40A(3) for Cash payments to BSNL

August 27, 2018 2475 Views 0 comment Print

Kamta Prasad Mittal Vs Dy. CIT (ITAT Lucknow) It is an undisputed fact that a Demand Note was issued by BSNL requiring the assessee to make payments in cash and genuinity of the payments to BSNL was never doubted by the With regard to the observation of the ld. CIT(A) that BSNL is not a […]

Remuneration to partners cannot be disallowed merely because share of partners not fixed or deed not provides for manner of quantification of such remuneration

August 27, 2018 9057 Views 0 comment Print

Panda Fuels Vs ITO (ITAT Cuttack) We have heard the rival submissions, perused the orders of lower authorities and materials available on record. In the instant case the Assessing Officer disallowed deduction for remuneration paid to partners of Rs.6,64,923/- on the ground that the partnership deed does not provide for remuneration to partners. The same […]

Section 56(2)(viia) prevents laundering of unaccounted income under the garb of gifts

August 27, 2018 4065 Views 0 comment Print

Vora Financial Services P. Ltd Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) The provisions of section 56(2) (vii) were introduced as a counter evasion mechanism to prevent laundering of unaccounted income under the garb of gifts‘ particularly after abolition of the Gift Tax Act. The provisions were intended to extend the tax net to such transactions in kind. The […]

HC explains difference between Res Judicata and Consistency Principle

August 27, 2018 7521 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs. Quest Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd (Bombay High Court) The decisions cited have uniformly held that res judicata does not apply in matters pertaining to tax for different assessment years because res judicata applies to debar courts from entertaining issues on the same cause of action whereas the cause of action for each assessment […]

Search Post by Date
June 2026
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930