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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


Reasonable foreign travel expenditure on grounds of commercial expediency allowable as deduction

May 1, 2018 3606 Views 0 comment Print

AO disallowed 20% of total foreign travel expenses during the year under consideration. CIT(A) recorded that for assessment year 2000-01 and 2001-02 the disallowance was restricted to 10% of the total expenses incurred for foreign travel, against which Revenue preferred appeal to Delhi ITAT.

Application U/s. 80G(5) cannot be rejected for sufficiency of funds with an institution

May 1, 2018 2709 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(E) was not justified in rejecting approval sought by assessee under section 80G(5) on the allegation that assessee had sufficient disposable fund because sufficiency of funds available with an institution seeking the approval is not mentioned as condition under section 80G, which needs to be looked into before granting approval.

Appeals Under Income Tax Act, 1961

May 1, 2018 304842 Views 7 comments Print

APPEAL BEFORE COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) If any demand is raised by the Assessing Officer in the assessment, what’s the next step for Assessee. Aggrieved tax payer can file appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals) having, jurisdiction over the tax payer. Designation of the Commissioner (Appeals), with whom appeal is to be filed is also mentioned in the […]

Himachal Pradesh to roll out intra-state e-way bill WEF May 05, 2018

May 1, 2018 12261 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh hereby notifies that no E-Way Bill shall be required for intra-state movement of goods within the state of Himachal Pradesh except for intra-state movement of following 17 goods of consignment value exceeding fifty thousand rupees:

Excel format to calculate Deferred Tax, MAT and Computation of Tax for 5 A.Y.

May 1, 2018 233379 Views 12 comments Print

Friends most of us face the challenge of calculating tax as per Income tax and AS 22. Here an effort is made to comprise all tax computation viz., Provision for Tax, MAT, Deferred Tax and allowance and disallowance of Depreciation under Companies Act and Income tax Act in one single excel file. Further to check […]

Addition on estimated basis by rejecting books without any adverse material cannot stand

May 1, 2018 2493 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held in the case of Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. vs. ACIT that Making addition on estimate basis by rejecting the books of account in the absence of any adverse material brought on record cannot stand.

Instructions for filing Sahaj (ITR-1) for A.Y. 2018-19

April 30, 2018 64631 Views 21 comments Print

Article contains Instructions for filing ITR-1 -SAHAJ for Assessment Year 2018-19 / Financial Year 2017-18 based on ITR Released by CBDT vide its notification no. Notification No. 16/2018-Income Tax / G.S.R. 332(E) dated: 03/04/2018.  Instructions for filling ITR-1 SAHAJ for A.Y. 2018-19 General Instructions These instructions are guidelines for filling the particulars in this Return […]

Instructions for filing ITR-4-SUGAM for A.Y. 2018-19

April 30, 2018 121978 Views 16 comments Print

Article contains Instructions for filing ITR-4-SUGAM for Assessment Year 2018-19 / Financial Year 2017-18 based on ITR Released by CBDT vide its notification no. Notification No. 16/2018-Income Tax / G.S.R. 332(E) dated: 03/04/2018.  Instructions for filling ITR-4 SUGAM  for A.Y. 2018-19 General Instructions These instructions are guidelines for filling the particulars in this Return Form. […]

Mere change of opinion on same facts and law does not justify a reassessment

April 30, 2018 2619 Views 0 comment Print

To sum up, even under the amended law, in all cases, there must exist reason to believe that income has escaped assessment and a mere change of opinion on the same facts and law does not justify a reassessment. For a reassessment proceeding initiated after four years, it must further be established that the escapement was by reason of failure of the assessee to disclose fully and truly all material facts.

Penalty leviable on Income disclosed voluntarily when Assessee had no explanation to offer

April 30, 2018 1623 Views 0 comment Print

It is apparent that when the assessee could not establish the genuineness of the impugned transaction before the Assessing Officer that it decided to surrender an amount of Rs. 55 lakh. Thus, the factual matrix indicates that the assessee made the surrender when it had no explanation to offer. Thus, the assessee could not prove the bona fide of its claim.

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