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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 1626 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 237 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 609 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 1274846 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 9354 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 246 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 6217 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 294 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 1911 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 3996 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Pune ITAT Refuses to Condon 661-Day Delay Over Vague Claims

Income Tax : The Pune ITAT refused to condone a 661-day delay in filing an appeal against rejection of Section 12AB registration. It held that ...

June 26, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT: ₹10 Lakh Addition Deleted Over Weak Cash Payment Evidence

Income Tax : The Pune ITAT deleted a ₹10 lakh addition after finding no reliable evidence that the assessee paid cash while purchasing a flat...

June 26, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT: Section 263 Revision Invalid After AO’s Proper Enquiry

Income Tax : The Tribunal distinguished between lack of enquiry and inadequate enquiry, holding that Section 263 cannot be invoked merely becau...

June 26, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

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 72 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 81 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 50205 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 Penalty U/s. 271B if assessee maintained books of account

June 1, 2018 4830 Views 0 comment Print

Whether penalty under section 271B of the Act could be levied in a case where the books of account were maintained by the assessee. The Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in that case held that where no account has been maintained, section 271B does not get attracted and instead recourse under section 271A can be taken.

Mere receipt in excess of limit in proviso to section 2(15) would not result in cancellation of registration U/s. 12AA

June 1, 2018 1716 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by assessee under section 253 of income tax act is directed against the order of Director of Income tax (Exemptions) Mumbai, dated 22 November 2011 for assessment year 2009-10. The assessee has raised following grounds of appeal

Section 50C: Tenancy on a meager rent constitutes a encumbrance on property

June 1, 2018 2799 Views 0 comment Print

In ‘CIT vs. Chandra Narain Chaudhri’ (supra), it was also held that the Stamp Valuation Authority does not take into consideration the attributes of the property, such as encumbrance, for determining the fair market value in case, as in the present one, it is offered for sale and is purchased.

Section 69B cannot be invoked on mere assumption that there was understatement of investment

June 1, 2018 5904 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69B cannot be invoked on the assumption that there was understatement of the investment, without a finding that the assessee invested more than what was recorded in the books of account.

TDS on Transport Charges : Benefit of Section 194C(6) cannot be denied for violation of section 194C(7)

June 1, 2018 15006 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs M/s. Sugarchem (ITAT Mumbai) The AO in the course of assessment proceedings requested the assessee to furnish the reasons why no TDS was deducted in respect of transportation charges. The assessee furnished PAN details of the transporters to the tune of 67,24,412/- out of 80,23,971/- in respect of nine transporters referred to in […]

Interest U/s. 244 allowed on Refund of excess interest charged U/s. 234B

June 1, 2018 3936 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Development Board (ITAT Ahmedabad) The central question involved in the present appeal is whether the expression ‘in any other case’ occurring in section 244A(1)(b) of the Act would include interest on an amount of refund resulted from reversal of excess interest charged under s.234B of the Act. As per Income Tax computation form […]

Interest on enhanced compensation for compulsory acquisition of agricultural land eligible for exemption U/s. 10(37)

June 1, 2018 24771 Views 1 comment Print

ITO Vs Shri Basavaraj M Kudarikannur (ITAT Bangalore) We have considered the submissions of the ld. DR. It is not disputed by the AO that the land acquired was agricultural land and the conditions laid down u/s. 10(37)(i) to (iv) are applicable to the land which is in question which was compulsorily acquired. It is […]

No Penalty for cash above Rs. 20000 from relatives due to Business Exigencies

June 1, 2018 3891 Views 0 comment Print

The ld. counsel vehemently stated that the legislative intent in prohibiting the acceptance and repayment of money in cash over and above Rs. 20,000/- is to check the unaccounted money and not to hit the genuine business need.

Penalty paid to Stock Exchange allowable as regular business expenditure

May 31, 2018 8247 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee made no offence prohibited by law which can be contemplated to be covered under Explanation to section 37 of the Act and, therefore, the payment of penalty made by the assessee to the Stock Exchange is a regular business expenditure and the impugned disallowance has rightly been deleted by the learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals).

Non-Application of Mind in reassessment- Reasons for reopening Mentioned it as a case of 143(3), whereas return processed U/s. 143(1)

May 31, 2018 2325 Views 0 comment Print

Yum! Restaurants Asia Pte. Ltd. Vs. Dy. DIT (Delhi High Court)  In the present case, having started off on a wrong note that the original assessment was scrutinized and an order was passed under section 143(3) of the Act, the assessing officer proceeded to put up the note to the DIT as is evident from […]

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