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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 1485 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 210 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 591 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 1274810 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 8598 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 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 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 3990 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 36 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 30 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 60 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 54 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 69 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 50178 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


The Benami Law

March 19, 2018 3666 Views 0 comment Print

The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 (PBPT Act) which came into effect from 01st November 2016, after amending the 28-year-old law which was also called the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988.

India & Hong Kong sign Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

March 19, 2018 2910 Views 0 comment Print

On 19.03.2018, Government of India and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of People’s Republic of China have signed an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income.

Notices U/s. 142(1)(ii) & (iii) of Income Tax Act 1961 in revised format

March 19, 2018 51183 Views 0 comment Print

In case where notice u/s 142(1) (i) &(ii) is already issued in old format to the assessees, requiring them to furnish information mentioned in notice at the date and time fixed in the office of Assessing Officer, an SMS/Email is being sent to all such assessees intimating them to furnish the said information electronically through their account in e-filing website.

Why to file income tax return by 31 March, 2018?

March 18, 2018 11511 Views 9 comments Print

Dont miss the deadline! File income tax return by 31st March, 2018. Learn about the requirements and avoid penalties.

Maxopp Investment Ltd (SC)- Section 14A – An Analysis

March 18, 2018 20436 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court (SC) Ruling – Whether the expenditure incurred (including interest paid on funds borrowed), while purchasing the shares/ stocks of a company for the purpose of gaining control over the investee company or as ‘stock-in-trade’ (i.e. as a business activity) and not as investment to earn dividends, can be treated as expenditure ‘in relation to income i.e. dividend income, which does not form part of the total income?

Sec. 14A – End of controversy relating to strategic investments & stock-in-trade

March 17, 2018 7233 Views 2 comments Print

In case of group of companies, normally a company hold shares in various subsidiaries / group companies. The dividend paid by these group companies is exempt in the hands of the parent company under section 10(34) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act).

Demo and GST led to slow growth of India’s trade: ASSOCHAM-Deloitte study

March 16, 2018 1632 Views 0 comment Print

While the year 2017 saw global trade expansion as a consequence of acceleration in global trade growth in the first six months of the year, India’s slow growth of trade has been a concern. Many are attributing this short term down turn as a negative fallout from the reforms – Demonetization and Goods and Service Tax (GST).

5 Key Amendments to Finance Bill, 2018 passed by Lok Sabha

March 16, 2018 54159 Views 7 comments Print

The Lok Sabha has introduced the Notice of Amendments to the Finance Bill, 2018 on 12 March 2018. Please find below an analysis of the amendments which are effective from Financial Year 2018-19 (i.e. Assessment Year 2019-20), except as provided otherwise:

Interest on bank deposit of equity funds at pre-commencement stage taxable as Other Source Income

March 15, 2018 3030 Views 0 comment Print

Hll Biotech Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Cochin) Conclusion: Since assessee-company was still at the pre-commencement stage and during this phase, it had raised equity funds which was invested in fixed deposits of the Banks as well as the holding company and had earned interest on the same, the interest earned had to be taxed as […]

Beware of The Black Money Act! 31st March deadline can make people ‘dead’

March 15, 2018 37440 Views 4 comments Print

May be I am already late, with just less than a fortnight for the Financial Year to end.  For, soon after that, the killing provisions of the Black Money Act – a real ‘black’ legislation passed by this Govt. in 2015 – may help the bloodhounds of the Department to begin their devil dancing against […]

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