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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 1731 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 246 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 618 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 1274855 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 9942 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 150 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 111 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 90 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 78 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 84 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 50238 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 225 Views 0 comment Print


CIDCO not Liable to pay Tax for the Income Earned by it as an Agent of Maharashtra Govt: ITAT

February 6, 2018 2799 Views 0 comment Print

On the facts and circumstances of the case in law, the Ld.CIT(A) erred in holding that the assessee is an agent of the Government of Maharashtra, without appreciating the facts that there is no evidence/documents substantiating that the Principal-Agent-Relationship exists between the assessee and the government of Maharashtra.

Deeming provisions of section 292BB not applies to Non-issuance of notice U/s.143(2)

February 6, 2018 2436 Views 0 comment Print

Kamla Devi Sharma Vs ITO (ITAT Jaipur)  Non-issuance of notice under section 143(2) was not a procedural error which could have been corrected in the wake of deeming provisions of section 292BB. Thus, assessment completed under section 143(3) read with section 147 was quashed. FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGMENT This is an appeal filed […]

Requirement to file return electronically but filed manually- Claim for set-off and carry forward of losses

February 6, 2018 2322 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 139(1) Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 80 Return of income–Requirement to file return electronically–Return filed manually–Claim for set-off and carry forward of losses Conclusion: Simply because the assessee could not file the return electronically within the provisions of section 139(1), the benefit of set-off and carry forward of losses could not be denied for the reason that the assessee did file return of income manually within the due date specified under section 139(1).

Deduction u/s. 54F not available on unutilized consideration not deposited in specified accounts before due date

February 6, 2018 2220 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee sold certain property and utilized a part of the consideration towards purchase of new house, however, failed to deposit unutilized consideration in specified accounts before due date under section 139(1), AO was justified in restricting deduction under section 54F proportionately.

Compounding Fee not become illegal or arbitrary just because it exceeds principal and interest amount

February 6, 2018 8949 Views 0 comment Print

While upholding the compounding guidelines issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), a division bench of the Delhi High Court held that the amount of compounding fee can be more than the principal amount if there is willful default in the payment of tax on the part of the assessee.

CIT cannot assess objects vis-a-vis donation at registration Stage

February 6, 2018 699 Views 0 comment Print

Section 12A of the Income Tax Act nowhere empowers the Commissioner of Income Tax to assess the objects vis-a-vis the donation received by the Charitable Trust in the first year of its establishment. At the stage of Section 12A the Commissioner is not to examine the application of income.

Budget 2018 proposals Impacting Charitable/Religious Trusts

February 6, 2018 11568 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Bill’2018 has proposed some major changes impacting trusts. 1) Mandatory Requirement of obtaining PAN for the Trustees: Section 139A is amended to propose that every person, not being an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to two lakh and fifty thousand rupees or more in a financial year shall be required to apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN.

IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

February 6, 2018 6234 Views 0 comment Print

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) amended the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 yesterday.

Taxability of Capital gain on Sale of booking rights of flat

February 6, 2018 15711 Views 0 comment Print

Miss Indira Vasanji Shah Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai)  owners of the plot have authorised the developer to take the plot and the moment the assessee has booked the flat and flat has been allotted to the assessee, a valuable right has created. It is a capital asset and that right continued till the assessee entered […]

U S Taxation – With April 18, 2018 filing deadline, taxation season starts: Latest instructions

February 6, 2018 1566 Views 0 comment Print

With snow reportedly falling in Philadelphia, USA and other places, Internal Revenue Service(IRS), the most dynamic tax collecting wing of the Federal Government of USA, opened the electronic filing window on January 29, 2018, enabling millions of tax payers to start the process of tax filing and aspire for tax refunds, if eligible.

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