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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


SC decision in Goetze (India) vis-à-vis Article 265 of Indian Constitution

July 10, 2018 19620 Views 1 comment Print

Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Goetze (India) Ltd. held that the Assessing Officer does not have the power to entertain a fresh claim raised before him otherwise than by filing a revised return. However, can this still hold good in view of Article 265 of the Constitution of India.

Sec 80P Deduction available to Co-Bank for Interest on Investments with Sub-Treasuries during its Business

July 10, 2018 2868 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs M/s. Perinthalmanna Service Co-operative Bank Limited (ITAT Cochin) The Assessing Officer in the impugned orders had disallowed the claim stating that the assessee could not be treated as a primary agricultural credit society as it is engaged in the business of banking and in view of insertion of section 80P(4) with effect from […]

Reassessment not valid if Notice under section 143(2) not issued

July 10, 2018 8157 Views 1 comment Print

The issue of notice under section 143(2) in reassessment proceedings, prior to finalizing re-assessment order, cannot be condoned by referring to section 292BB and it was fatal to the order of reassessment.

Registration U/s. 12AA cannot be denied for non filing of Income Tax Return

July 10, 2018 3318 Views 0 comment Print

It cannot be concluded on the basis that the assessee had not filed its income tax returns in earlier years that the activities of the assessee were not genuine. There was no dispute that the objects of the assessee-society were not charitable or the activities of assessee were not being carried on in accordance with the stated objectives of imparting education for which it was established. Mere generation of surplus from year to year could not be basis to hold that assessee existed for the purpose of making profit. Therefore, denial of registration was not justified.

Taxation of Income of Unit Holders of Business Trust

July 10, 2018 96429 Views 1 comment Print

The ‘Concept of Business Trust in India’ was introduced vide the Finance Act’2014. The business trusts operate as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). At present, there are only InvITs registered in India, the first REIT is yet to pave its way. Practically the concept was implemented in the Financial Year […]

How to Calculate Gratuity and its Tax Treatment

July 9, 2018 118901 Views 19 comments Print

As per the Act, the gratuity amount is 15 days’ wage multiplied by the number of years put in by you. Here wage refers to basic salary plus dearness allowance. Take the monthly salary drawn by you last (basic + dearness allowance) at the time of resi

Section 80DD Deduction- Medical expense of disabled dependent

July 9, 2018 788563 Views 323 comments Print

Section 80DD allows a deduction to an individual or HUF if the person has incurred in the previous year any expenditure on medical treatment (including nursing), training and rehabilitation of a dependant with a disability or paid or deposited

Taxability of Provident Fund -Recognized, Unrecognized & Statutory

July 9, 2018 755641 Views 71 comments Print

Section 10(11) and 10(12) of the Act deal with exemption on payments from provident funds, while section 80C of the act deals with allowance of deductions on contributions to provident funds. The following are the types of provident funds. Recognized Provident Fund (RPF) – This scheme is applicable to an organization which employs 20 or more employees.

Form No. 12BB for deduction claim from Salary by employees

July 9, 2018 110323 Views 9 comments Print

Salaried Employees furnish a deceleration to their employer in respect of Income Tax Deduction they are eligible under various provisions of Income Tax alongwith Supportings. Employers consider these declaration and supporting while calculating TDS to be deducted on Salary of their employees.

Exemption U/s. 11 not available if Trust Gifts its property to Unregistered Trust

July 9, 2018 3036 Views 0 comment Print

DDIT Vs M/s. Paramasiva Naidu Muthuvel Raj Education Trust (ITAT Chennai) It is also an undisputed fact that during relevant assessment year, the land had been made available to M/s. PMR Bangaru Subbammal Educational Trust, which is a Trust that does not have registration u/s.12AA of the Act. It is also an undisputed fact that […]

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