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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 1794 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 264 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 627 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 1274864 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 10575 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 189 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 123 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 96 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 84 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 87 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 50253 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 894 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 234 Views 0 comment Print


Provisions of Deemed Dividend not applicable to Capital Subsidy/Grant

February 9, 2018 2211 Views 0 comment Print

झrovision of S. 2(22)(e) along with its Explanations – 2 as stood at the relevant point of time, shall only mean that the expression accumulated profits shall only include all the profits of the company up to the date of distribution which are normal revenue profits

Penalty for delay in filing TDS return due to technical glitches is invalid   

February 9, 2018 2160 Views 0 comment Print

Pravin Chatarbhuj Bajaj Vs Addl. CIT (TDS) (ITAT Pune) The case of the assessee before us is that the delay in submission of e-TDS return was because of strict requirement of e-filing of the statement and filing of such e-TDS return in this year PAN of person on whose behalf tax is collected were required […]

Rule 8D not applicable if AO not recorded dis-satisfaction with correctness of claim of assessee

February 9, 2018 1782 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs. Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd. (Bombay High Court) The assessing officer did not specifically record that he is not satisfied with the correctness of the claim of the assessee in respect of the expenditure in relation to the income which does not form part of the total income under the Act. However, […]

Section 115JB benefit cannot be denied to a corporation for mistake of official in Return

February 9, 2018 963 Views 0 comment Print

The statutory benefit accruing to the Corporation by virtue of Section 115JB cannot be denied and in doing so, the learned Tribunal has not committed any error and we find no substantial question of law, warranting reconsideration.

Mere Issue of 2nd notice U/s. 148 does not constitute Change of Opinion; AO can examine genuineness of share premium U/s 68

February 9, 2018 1482 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a company stated to be engaged in Real Estate business, filed its return of income for Assessment Year 2008-09 on 30.09.2008 declaring loss of (-) Rs.6,84,051. The assessee filed a revised return on 14.10.2008 declaring loss of (-) Rs.5,23,751. The revised return was processed under Section 143(1) of the Income Tax Act

Budget 2018 – Goodies to allure corporate sector

February 9, 2018 10191 Views 2 comments Print

Budget 2018 could have led to a recent stock market rally of the investors to protect tax on long term capital gains, albeit it is benevolent foremost to the rural agrarian sector, followed by corporate sector with 25% corporate tax rate for financial year 2018-19 (applicable to the domestic companies having annual turnover below Rs. 250 crores in financial year 2016-17).

Penalty U/s. 271C cannot be imposed for updation error in software

February 9, 2018 2709 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee cannot be considered as having done willful neglect for non-compliance of the TDS provisions. This is just a technical mistake and, accordingly, the assessee cannot be held to be an assessee in default and no penalty can be imposed.

Views on reintroduced tax on long-term capital gains and issues arising therefrom

February 9, 2018 7257 Views 0 comment Print

Many months before the presentation of the Union Budget 2018 on 1 February 2018, newspaper reports had predicted the possibility of re-introduction of tax on long-term capital gains arising from transfer of listed equity shares / units of equity oriented mutual funds / units of business trust (specified assets).

Sec. 54 Cost of residential house includes cost of furniture if it forms part of house Purchase

February 9, 2018 36582 Views 1 comment Print

It could not have been open to the authorities below to treat the payment of Rs 18,00,000 on account of furniture and fixtures on standalone basis, and thus exclude it as a separate item rather than as a cost of the residential house so purchased. In our considered view, therefore, the assessee is entitled to deduction under section 54F by treating entire amount of Rs 78,00000 as the “cost of the residential house” purchased within specified time limit under section 54.

Taxing conversion of stock into capital asset: A re-look needed?

February 9, 2018 13473 Views 0 comment Print

Capital assets and inventory are treated differently for the purpose of taxation and are governed by distinct provisions. As a result, classification of assets has often been a subject matter of challenge by the tax authorities. So also, a change in this classification by the taxpayer.

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