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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 1329 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 180 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 573 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 1274774 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 8013 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: Absence of Expenditure Alone Cannot Be a Ground to Deny Renewal of Registration Under Section 12AB

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that rejection of Section 12AB registration merely because no expenditure was reflected in the financial statem...

June 26, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT: U/s 12AB Registration Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Original U/s 12A Certificate Issued Decades Ago Is Not Available

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that loss of an old Section 12A registration certificate is only a procedural deficiency and cannot by itself j...

June 26, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT: Registration of Flat Solely for Mortgage Loan Does Not Automatically Attract Section 56(2)(x)

Income Tax : The ITAT observed that registration undertaken solely to satisfy a banks mortgage requirement cannot automatically attract tax und...

June 26, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

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 75 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 99 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 50160 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


Key Features of New TDS / TCS Return Preparation / File Validation Utility

July 11, 2018 3717 Views 0 comment Print

Key Features — Return Preparation Utility (RPU) version 2.3 ♥ A new column for ‘Deduction under Section 16 (ia)’ is added under Annexure II (i.e. Salary details) for Form 24Q-Q4 The above referred deduction is applicable for Regular and Correction statements for Form 24Q-Q4. Deduction under Section 16 (ia) will be applicable for statements pertaining […]

Salary Package For Employees – Tax-Planning Measures

July 11, 2018 25499 Views 0 comment Print

As is well-known, income-tax is deducted at source in respect of income from ‘Salaries’. As the income of salaried tax-payers is fixed, they are more susceptible to inflationary pressures. Therefore, there have been progressive attempts in the past, to grant relief to salaried tax-payers. In order to subserve the aforesaid objective, a number of exemptions and deductions in respect of various allowances and other receipts,

Tax planning – Its need and ways to do at different stages of life

July 11, 2018 3729 Views 0 comment Print

Our main aim in tax planning is to pay minimum taxes by abiding with the legal statute and maximizing return on our investments by investing on the correct instruments at the correct time of our life. Tax Planning- Save tax through your family

Child worried about Education, Parents worried about its taxation

July 11, 2018 6490 Views 1 comment Print

Krishna, as it is the time of schools and colleges reopening, admission of students are going on everywhere. All parents want that their children should be educated from the best school/college. But for the sake of good education, a lot of money is required. So is there any benefit available to the taxpayers in Income Tax Act for such expenses incurred?

5 Investment Options: The Road to a Tax-Free Retirement

July 11, 2018 9315 Views 0 comment Print

The investment options available in the market help you set aside a huge portion during your working years for your long-term needs. Further, these plans also offer tax benefits which make them an apt choice to invest in the present scenario when you are already looking for investment options to save tax. Here are some investment options that not only reap good returns in the long run but also save tax under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act.

Extend Income Tax Return due date & Relax application of Section 234F

July 10, 2018 97968 Views 100 comments Print

Representation On Relaxing The Application Of Section 234F Of Income Tax Act And Extension Of Due Date For Filing Income Tax Returns Of Individuals And Small Businesses

Penalty levied by IRDA for non-compliance of Regulation is allowable

July 10, 2018 2079 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal filed by the assessee is directed against the order of Ld. CIT (Appeals) – 18, Kolkata dated 15.04.2016 and the solitary issue involved therein relates to the disallowance of Rs. 5,00,000/- made by the A.O. and confirmed by the Ld. CIT(A) on account of penalty charges paid to Insurance Regularly and Development Authority (IRDA).

Bogus LTCG addition based on statement of others not sustainable if Assessee not been provided copy of such statement with Opportunity to cross-examination

July 10, 2018 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Ld. CIT(A) erred in treating the income offered by the assessee under the head income from capital gains as against under the head income from other sources as assessed by the Assessing Officer treating the same as income from undisclosed sources.

Sec 153C: Mere hand written paper could not be construed as books of accounts

July 10, 2018 1335 Views 0 comment Print

Mere hand written paper could not be construed as books of account or documents in terms of section 153C and such documents having no signature of assessee-company or its employees could not be stated as belonging to assessee, so as to invoke section 153C.

TDS on Electricity Bill reimbursement to landlord

July 10, 2018 86604 Views 4 comments Print

Issue: Whether the TDS provisions are applicable on payment of electricity reimbursement to landlord in case of there is no mark-up? Opinion The opinion is based on the following two questions: Whether the invoice from landlord as same from Electricity Department? Whether the invoice from landlord is composite supply? The first question here is to […]

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