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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 867 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 138 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 513 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 1274696 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 6666 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


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 27 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 45 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 39 Views 0 comment Print

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 54 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 222 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 50118 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


Tax Audit- Clause 26, Section 43B Most Important

August 24, 2018 176349 Views 5 comments Print

All about Clause 26 of Form 3cd. 1. What does Clause 26 says:- In respect of any sum referred to in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 43B, the liability for which:- (A) Pre-existed on the first day of the previous year but was not allowed in the assessment of any […]

No TDS required to be deducted U/s 194H on bank guarantee commission

August 24, 2018 1377 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT had held that there is no principal-agent relationship between the bank issuing the bank guaranee of the assessee. The ITAT Mumbai Bench had further noted that while it is termed as |guarantee commission|, the same is not in the nature of commission

Unexplained cash credits – Section 68 – Case Laws – Assessment

August 24, 2018 296588 Views 15 comments Print

Section 68 of the I T Act is one of the most powerful yet debated provision of the I T Act. This provision has given plethora of judgments, sometimes conflicting, both in favour of Revenue and the assessee. In light of those judgements an attempt is made to analyse Section 68 with the following sub headings:

Demerger- Tax Implication on Individual

August 24, 2018 138462 Views 4 comments Print

The term ‘demerger’ simply means one company transferring one or more of its business operations into another company(s). The company that transfers such business operation is known as the “demerged” company, while the company to which the business is transferred is known as the “resulting” company. Demerger is an opposite of merger a statutory disintegration or separation of two or more companies by the transfer of the properties to one surviving company. 

Deduction Under Section 80IA/80IB – Case Laws – Assessment

August 24, 2018 170565 Views 6 comments Print

Deduction in respect of profits and gains from certain industrial undertakings – Sections 80IA/80IB.The phrase “Derived from” has been a very contentious issue while applying the provisions of Sections 80IA and 80IB of the Act and other similar provisions contain same phrase. The issue revolves around the contention whether deduction is applicable for all receipts/income of the assessee or is it restricted to profits and g

Section 40A(3) / 40A(2) Non Deduction of Cash Expenses / payments to Relatives

August 24, 2018 68059 Views 7 comments Print

Section 40A(3) was introduced by the Finance Act 1968 as a provision designed to counter evasion of tax through claims for expenditure shown to have been incurred in cash with a view to frustrating proper investigation by the Department as to the identity of the payee and the reasonableness of the payment.

Section 80P Deduction – Co-operative Societies – Analysis & Case Laws

August 24, 2018 388461 Views 33 comments Print

80P. (1) Where, in the case of an assessee being a co-operative society, the gross total income includes any income referred to in sub-section (2), there shall be deducted, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this section, the sums specified in sub-section (2), in computing the total income of the assessee.

Overview of Multilateral Instrument (MLI)

August 23, 2018 29040 Views 0 comment Print

‘Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting’ (MLI for short) is the official title of the multilateral treaty framework that aims to prevent BEPS. Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) refers to artificially shifting profits to low or no-tax locations where there is little or no economic […]

Promotion of 118 Income Tax Officers in the grade of ACIT

August 23, 2018 8970 Views 0 comment Print

Promotion of 138 Income Tax Officers in the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax on ad-hoc basis vide Order No. 137 of 2018 Dated- 23rd August, 2018.

Guide to new Tax Audit Report Clauses WEF 20.08.2018

August 23, 2018 67854 Views 0 comment Print

 Implementation Guide w.r.t. Notification No. 33/2018 dated 20.07.2018 effective from 20.08.2018 – (23-08-2018) The Central Board of Direct Taxes, vide Notification No. 33/2018/F No. 370142/9/2018-TPL dated 20th July 2018, notified amendments to Form No. 3CD enhancing substantially the reporting requirements and the role of tax auditor as various new clauses/sub clauses have been inserted, major […]

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