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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 1821 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 630 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 10767 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 249 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 297 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 192 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 129 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 99 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 50259 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


Relief to salaried taxpayers: standard deduction of Rs 40,000 allowed in lieu of present exemptions

February 1, 2018 8604 Views 2 comments Print

In order to provide relief to salaried taxpayer, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, proposed to allow a standard deduction of Rs. 40,000/- in lieu of the present exemption in respect of transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses.

Relief to Senior Citizens: Exemption of Interest Income on deposits increased to Rs 50,000

February 1, 2018 4638 Views 0 comment Print

Presenting the General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament here today, the Finance Minister said that the exemption of interest income on deposits with banks and post offices to be increased from Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- and TDS shall not be required to be deducted on such income, under section 194A. This benefit shall be available also for interest from all fixed deposits schemes and recurring deposit schemes.

Budget 2018: Reduced rate of 25% to companies with turnover up to Rs 250 crores

February 1, 2018 3057 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Arun Jaitley has proposed a reduced rate of 25% to companies that have reported turnover up to Rs 250 crores in financial year 2016-17. This will benefit the entire class of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises which accounts for almost 99% of companies filing their tax returns.

Budget 2018: Tax Incentive for Promoting Post-Harvest Activities of Agriculture

February 1, 2018 1152 Views 0 comment Print

In order to encourage professionalism in post-harvest value addition in agriculture, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley proposed to allow hundred per cent deduction to companies registered as Farmer Producer Companies and having annual turnover up to Rs.100 crores in respect of their profit derived from such activities for a period of five years from financial year 2018-19. This was announced by the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley while presenting the General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament here today.

Payment of little higher rate of interest on unsecured loans justified as it involves lesser formalities

February 1, 2018 5742 Views 0 comment Print

There is no dispute with regard to the fact that creditors do fall within the category of specified persons contemplated in section 40A(2)(b) of the Act. Short question before us is, whether payment of interest at the rate of 18% to such persons on the loans availed from them is excessive or not, having regard to the fair market value of such loans.

Budget at a Glance 2018-19

February 1, 2018 20859 Views 0 comment Print

Budget at a Glance presents broad aggregates of the Budget in a reader-friendly document. This document shows receipts and expenditure as well as the Fiscal Deficit (FD), Revenue Deficit (RD), Effective Revenue Deficit (ERD), and the Primary Deficit (PD). of the Government of India

Summary of Union Budget 2018-19

February 1, 2018 24519 Views 0 comment Print

Government says that it is firmly on course to achieve high growth of 8% plus as manufacturing, services and exports are back on good growth path. While GDP growth at 6.3% in the second quarter of 2017-18 signalled turnaround of the economy, growth in the second half is likely to remain between 7.2% to 7.5%. […]

Key To Budget Documents- Budget 2018-2019

February 1, 2018 3009 Views 0 comment Print

The list of Budget documents presented to the Parliament, besides the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech, is given below

Budget 2018 Text of Speech of Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance

February 1, 2018 11253 Views 1 comment Print

Budget  2018-2019 Speech  of Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance February 1,  2018 Section I Governance, Economy and Development Madam Speaker, 1. I rise to present the Budget for 2018-19. 2. Madam, four years ago, we pledged to the people of India to give this nation an honest, clean and transparent We promised a leadership capable […]

Download Union Finance Budget 2018

February 1, 2018 28530 Views 1 comment Print

Download Union Finance Budget 2018 as presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today in Lok Sabha AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA ON 1ST FEBRUARY, 2018 Bill No. 4 of 2018 THE FINANCE BILL, 2018 Download Union Finance Budget 2018

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