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Income Tax : The article explains how the Finance Acts, 2025 and 2026 have reshaped the Updated Return regime under Section 139(8A). It highlig...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court has remitted reassessment cases for fresh consideration after the retrospective insertion of Section 147A, leavi...
Income Tax : Learn the most frequent errors taxpayers make while filing Income Tax Returns for AY 2026-27 and how avoiding them can prevent not...
Income Tax : The article explains how the interaction of Section 87A, marginal relief, and Health & Education Cess can leave taxpayers earning ...
Income Tax : Learn who can apply for an advance ruling, applicable fees, withdrawal rules, and its binding effect under the Income-tax Act. The...
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...
Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...
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...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : The Court rejected the challenge to the search conducted under Section 132 and upheld the legality of the search proceedings. It, ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the reassessment was invalid because the Income Tax Officer lacked pecuniary jurisdiction where the returne...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the assessment was invalid because the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction failed to issue the mandatory ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that the reassessment was invalid because the ACIT lacked pecuniary jurisdiction and completed the assessmen...
Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that the assessments were invalid because the ACIT was not shown to have jurisdiction under CBDT Instruction...
Income Tax : CBDT has approved a scientific research institution under the Income-tax Act, 2025 for tax years 2026-27 to 2030-31. The notificat...
Income Tax : CBDT has approved the University of Hyderabad for scientific research under Section 45 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The approval i...
Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...
Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...
Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...
Section 35AD of the Act extends investment linked incentives to taxpayers with respect to the capital expenditure incurred for setting up and operation of specified businesses. Further, once investment linked incentive for the capital expenditure is availed under this Section, no benefit shall be allowed in respect of such specified business under Chapter VIA (Deductions in respect of certain incomes) and Section 10AA of the Act.
Currently, there is no clarity whether a company engaged in the business of development and sale of software or providing IT / Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) services, is eligible for weighted deduction on the R&D expenditure incurred by it.
Undisputedly, interest-free funds available with assessee were far in excess of amount advanced to sister concern and a presumption would arise in favour of the assessee that interest-free funds had been utilized for advancing interest free loan to the sister cocnern, therefore, disallowance of deduction under section 36(1)(iii) was not justified.
In the pharmaceutical Sector, discovery is a lengthy, risky and expensive proposition. In this business environment, necessitated by the current business needs, companies have to incur expenditure towards scientific research outside their Research & Development (R&D) facility for e.g. expenditure incurred outside the approved R&D facility towards clinical trials
Section 35(2AB) of the Act has been gradually amended to provide increased tax benefits on expenditure incurred towards in-house R&D facilities i.e. from 125 per cent to 200 per cent. However, Section 35(1)(iia) of the Act, which provides tax incentives in respect of payments made to R&D company, has remained same at 125 per cent.
The proviso to section 32 provides that the aggregate deduction, in respect of depreciation of buildings, machinery, plant or furniture, being tangible assets or know how, patents, copyrights, trademarks, licenses, franchises or any other business or commercial rights of similar nature, being intangible assets allowable to the predecessor and the successor in the case of succession referred to in clause (xiii) and clause (xiv) of section 47
LOAN AND ADVANCES –Interest free funds available with the assessee is in excess of amount advanced to sister concern. There is no nexus between the interest bearing funds and the money so advanced to sister concern which has been established by AO. In view of the same, a presumption will arise in favour of assessee that interest free funds have been utilized for advancing such advance to sister concern.
Section 28(iiid) provides that any profit on transfer of the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme, being the Duty Remission Scheme under the export and import policy formulated and announced under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) shall be chargeable to income-tax under the head Profits and gains of business or profession.
Section 28 provides for income that is chargeable to income tax under the head profit and gains from business or profession. As per sub-section (iiia) of section 28, profit on sale of license granted under the Imports (Control) Order, 1955, made under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947 is chargeable to tax under the head profit and gains from business or profession.
De-coding the tax implications upon insolvency Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) have become an abiding issue with the Indian banking industry impacting the credit quality of bank loans. The state of the bankruptcy process, prior to introduction of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was highly fragmented which posed a deterrent to India’s future growth prospects. IBC […]
