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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 1299 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 174 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 570 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 1274771 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 7947 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 27 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 39 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 69 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 96 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 50157 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


Sound of Poem (Place of Effective Management): Latest Update

July 5, 2018 2535 Views 0 comment Print

With respect to opening WDV in case of the foreign company whose PoEM is determined in India and which is assessed to tax in the home jurisdiction, the final notification provides for 2 cases:

CBDT notifies protocol amending India-Armenia DTAA

July 5, 2018 1038 Views 0 comment Print

Whereas, the Protocol, amending the Convention between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income which was signed at New Delhi on the 31st October, 2003, has been signed at New Delhi on the 27th January, 2016, as set out in the annexure appended to this notification and hereinafter referred to as the said amending Protocol

CBDT disposes More than 20,000 Income Tax refund cases

July 4, 2018 1716 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department observed a dedicated fortnight from 1st to 15th June, 2018 to expeditiously clear pending matters of appeal effect and rectification. More than 20,000 such matters were disposed of and refunds were issued to the taxpayers, wherever due. Seeing the success of this initiative, the special drive was extended in certain regions up to 30th June, 2018.

CBDT signs three UAPAs in May and June, 2018

July 4, 2018 816 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into three Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPA) during the past couple of months. With the signing of these Agreements, the total number of APAs entered into by the CBDT has gone up to 223, which inter alia include 20 Bilateral APAs.

Allow CMAs to do Valuation under Section 56 r.w. Rule 11UA

July 4, 2018 3474 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Rule 11UA deals with Valuation of jewellery, archaeological collections and shares and securities for the purpose of Section 56. Erstwhile as per Clause (b) of Sub-Rule 2 of Rule 11UA earlier merchant banker and Chartered Accountant were allowed to do valuation of unquoted equity shares under Discounted Free Cash Flow method but vide Notification No. 23/2018 dated 24th May, 2018 it is provided that now only merchant banker can only carry out the valuation of unquoted equity shares under Discounted Free Cash Flow method.

Addition cannot be made or mere Statement of Secretary of Assessee

July 4, 2018 954 Views 0 comment Print

We find that this addition has solely been made on the basis of a statement obtained from the secretary of the assessee. There is no corroborative material whatsoever. A mere statement by the secretary cannot be said to be a conclusive proof of undisclosed income earned.

Likely Vacancy for the post of Members of CBDT for FY 2018-19

July 4, 2018 1215 Views 0 comment Print

Some posts of Members in the Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) in the Department of Revenue in the Level 17 of the pay matrix 2,25,000/- are likely to fall vacant in the financial year i.e. 2018-19.

CBDT slams Committees to Monitor High­ Pitched Assessment Orders

July 4, 2018 10260 Views 0 comment Print

Board had issued Guidelines for constitution of Local Committees in each of the Pr. CCIT Regions to expeditiously deal with taxpayers’grievances arising from High Pitched Scrutiny Assessments

Tax Treatment of Leave Encashment Salary

July 4, 2018 247031 Views 48 comments Print

1. In the case of continuity of services. Government/Non-Government employee – Leave encashment during Continuity of employment – It is chargeable to tax. However relief can be taken under section 89 -As per Income Tax Act, 1961 u/s 10(10AA)

If section 147 proceedings initiated after Income deceleration by Assessee than conclusion of non- voluntary return is untenable

July 4, 2018 1038 Views 0 comment Print

Ravina & Associates Pvt. Ltd. Vs Addl. (ITAT Delhi) 1. The undisputed facts are that in the original return of income filed by the assessee for the instant years, the income representing the deposits in the bank account with Natwest Bank, London was not declared by the assessee. It is also undisputed that the said […]

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