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Can Updated Return Be Filed After Notice Under Sections 143(2), 148A or 148?

Income Tax : The article explains how the Finance Acts, 2025 and 2026 have reshaped the Updated Return regime under Section 139(8A). It highlig...

June 27, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

SC Sends JAO vs Faceless Reassessment Dispute Back to High Courts

Income Tax : The Supreme Court has remitted reassessment cases for fresh consideration after the retrospective insertion of Section 147A, leavi...

June 27, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

25 Practical Errors Found During ITR Filing that every Taxpayer should avoid

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...

June 27, 2026 960 Views 0 comment Print

Section 87A Rebate Anomaly Leaves Higher Earners With Lower Take-Home Pay

Income Tax : The article explains how the interaction of Section 87A, marginal relief, and Health & Education Cess can leave taxpayers earning ...

June 27, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Authority for Advance Ruling/Board for Advance Rulings

Income Tax : Learn who can apply for an advance ruling, applicable fees, withdrawal rules, and its binding effect under the Income-tax Act. The...

June 27, 2026 17091 Views 0 comment 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 6232 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 303 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 1929 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 4002 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Madras HC Upholds Income Tax Search as Section 132 Challenge Failed

Income Tax : The Court rejected the challenge to the search conducted under Section 132 and upheld the legality of the search proceedings. It, ...

June 27, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment as ITO Lacked Jurisdiction Under CBDT Instruction No. 1/2011

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the reassessment was invalid because the Income Tax Officer lacked pecuniary jurisdiction where the returne...

June 27, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Assessment as Jurisdictional AO Did Not Issue Section 143(2) Notice

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the assessment was invalid because the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction failed to issue the mandatory ...

June 27, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata Quashes Reassessment as ACIT Lacked Pecuniary Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that the reassessment was invalid because the ACIT lacked pecuniary jurisdiction and completed the assessmen...

June 27, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Invalid Where Non-Jurisdictional AO Issued Section 143(2) Notice: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that the assessments were invalid because the ACIT was not shown to have jurisdiction under CBDT Instruction...

June 27, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Grants Five-Year Scientific Research Recognition to Public Health Foundation

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...

June 27, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approved University of Hyderabad for Scientific Research Tax Benefits

Income Tax : CBDT has approved the University of Hyderabad for scientific research under Section 45 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The approval i...

June 27, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

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 50583 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 903 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 711 Views 0 comment Print


Investigations in cases of ‘Paradise Papers’ to be monitored through reconstituted Multi Agency Group

November 6, 2017 1035 Views 0 comment Print

Paradise Papers indicate that out of 180 countries represented in the data of offshore entities,India ranks 19th in terms of number of names.

Commission paid to MD & working Directors is allowable expense

November 6, 2017 15702 Views 0 comment Print

We find that during the year under consideration, the assessee company has already declared the dividend of ₹ 5.40 crores and hence, it cannot be doubted that the payment of dividend was made in the guise of commission to the directors.

Services provided to Facebook, Ireland is Export Service & eligible for cenvat refund

November 6, 2017 1812 Views 0 comment Print

They provide the SMS Aggregator services to M/s Facebook under an agreement for which the bills were raised to M/s Facebook, Ireland and the amount was received in convertible foreign currency. They filed four refund applications towards refund of unutilized cenvat credit of input services used for export of services in terms of Rule 5 of Cenvat Credit Rules,2004

Country-by-Country Reporting & Furnishing of Master File (Transfer Pricing)- Latest Developments

November 6, 2017 3942 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), on 31st October, 2017, has notified the final set of Rules for Maintaining and Furnishing of Transfer Pricing Documentation under Income Tax Rules 1962. Objective: To introduce provisions for additional TP documentation and Country – by – Country reporting to implement the recommendations contained in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s BEPS report on Action 13 The Draft Rules were issued on 6th October 2017 and kept open until 16th October 2017 for public & stakeholders comments and suggestions, if any, by electronically.

Tax Audit Due Date Extension – Practical Problems And Suggested Measures To Overcome

November 6, 2017 39132 Views 13 comments Print

After lot of struggle by the Tax Payers, Tax Consultants, Chartered Accountants etc., the due date for e filing of tax audit U/s. 44AB of the Income Tax Act has been re extended by the Government to 07th November, 2017.

Madras HC allows filing of IT return without insistence on Aadhar

November 5, 2017 1605 Views 0 comment Print

Preeti Mohan Vs Union of India (Madras High Court) The petitioner before this Court is a practicing advocate and she has filed this writ petition praying for a direction to the ITO to allow her to file income tax returns for the assessment year 2017-18 either manually or through e-filing facility without insisting for production […]

Penalty U/s. 221(1) for default in payment of demand cannot exceed tax amount

November 5, 2017 72513 Views 0 comment Print

On reading the provisions of section 221 conjointly with the definition of “tax” as detailed under section 2(43), the irresistible conclusion that can be drawn is that the phraseology tax in arrears as envisaged in section 221 of the Act would not take within its realm the interest component.

Two assets falling under different classes having same depreciation rate constitutes a single ‘block of assets’

November 5, 2017 8772 Views 0 comment Print

section 2(11) of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 specifies as only two class of assets i.e., tangible and intangible assets and within these two classes of assets, assets having same rate of depreciation are prescribed and they fall within the same block.

80P Deduction eligible to Co-op Societies providing Credit facilities only to its Members

November 5, 2017 3060 Views 0 comment Print

A co-operative society registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, which is not having a banking license from the RBI to carry on the business of banking, cannot be deemed to be a co-operative bank coming within the ambit of section 80P(4) of the Act.

Addition cannot be made for invalid gift of immovable property

November 5, 2017 1887 Views 0 comment Print

If the gift is invalid then the assessee is not even owner of any property and therefore, no question arises for making addition in the hands of the assessee in respect of that property which is not even owned by the assessee and in that case also, addition if any may be made in the hands of the donor if the donor is not able to explain the source of investment.

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