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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 201 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 105 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 1167 Views 1 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 102 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 17106 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 1932 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 4005 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


12.5% Bogus Purchase Addition Sustained as Transport & Consumption Evidence Was Missing

Income Tax : The ITAT Raipur upheld the disallowance of 12.5% of disputed purchases after finding that the assessee failed to establish the act...

June 28, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Cannot Be Sustained as Suspicion Alone Is Not Evidence: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi upheld the deletion of an ₹80 lakh addition after holding that the assessee had established the identity, creditw...

June 28, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Additional R&D Deduction as AO Granted Only 100% Instead of 200%

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that Assessing Officer should have allowed 200% weighted deduction on DSIR-certified capital expenditure under s...

June 28, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Challenge Fails as AO Cannot Question Commercial Wisdom of Borrowing

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that borrowing funds to repay an earlier loan falls within the assessee's commercial wisdom. It upheld t...

June 28, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses Income Tax Writ Appeal as No Ground Existed to Issue Mandamus

Income Tax : The High Court upheld the dismissal of a writ petition seeking action on an alleged tax evasion complaint, holding that no case fo...

June 28, 2026 42 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 159 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 96 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 50703 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


Reg. e-mail based communication for Paperless Assessment

July 27, 2016 21140 Views 0 comment Print

As you are aware, the assessment proceedings in all cases selected under scrutiny are now to be conducted through e-mail based communications unless the taxpayer concerned himself desires to opts out of the Paperless Assessment Scheme. The assessing officer also can decide to switch over to the manual mode of assessment, after recording reasons in this regards, if he faces practical difficulties like voluminous nature of submissions etc.

Clarification on attaining Age of 60 /80 years for Income Tax

July 27, 2016 28249 Views 3 comments Print

CBDT clarifies that a person born on 1st April would be considered to have attained a particular age on 31st March, the day preceding the anniversary of his birthday. In particular, the question of attainment of age of eligibility for being considered a senior/very senior citizen would therefore be decided on the basis of above criteria.

Mere Non Completion / Registration cannot be the reason for denying benefit U/s 54F

July 27, 2016 20355 Views 0 comment Print

The only issue is that when the assessee is not able to get the title of the flat registered in his name or unable to get the possession of the flat, which is under construction, due to fault of the Builder, the assessee cannot be denied deduction u/s 54F of the Act.

S. 50C Difference upto 10% in Value given by Appellant & Dept Valuer-Ignore?

July 27, 2016 8089 Views 0 comment Print

Section 50C of the Income Tax act, 1961(herein referred to as the Act) has been inserted in the Act by the Finance Act, 2002, w.e.f. 1-4-2003. This section is causing hardships, in many cases, to the assessees since its inception. Many appeals are arising in respect of this section.

Order No. 140 of 2016- Postings/Transfers in the grade of ACIT/DCIT

July 26, 2016 21018 Views 0 comment Print

The following postings I transfers in the grade of Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax are, hereby, ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:-

Interest free loan to AE – Crime?

July 26, 2016 28614 Views 0 comment Print

The critical question before special bench: Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, no arm’s length rate of interest was required to be charged on the loan granted by the non-resident assessee-company to its wholly owned subsidiary Indian company M/s. Datex-Ohmeda (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Datex)?

S. 10(46) CBDT Notifies Kerala Headload Workers Welfare Board

July 26, 2016 21652 Views 0 comment Print

S.O. 2527(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (46) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby notifies for the purposes of the said clause, Kerala Headload Workers Welfare Board, a body constituted by Government of Kerala, in respect of the following specified income arising to that Board, namely:-

CBDT enables view of CIB, AIR & other info of Cases Selected in CASS

July 25, 2016 25902 Views 0 comment Print

This year in CASS, two types of cases are selected for scrutiny, one is ‘Limited Scrutiny’ and other is ‘Complete Scrutiny’. The type of case – ‘Limited’ or ‘Complete’ — is displayed on the notice issued u/s 143(2), ‘Scrutiny Register’, ‘MIS Report’ and on the screen showing details of the case.

Draft Rules for prescribing amount of share buyback U/s. 115QA

July 25, 2016 21076 Views 0 comment Print

Under section 115QA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), additional Income-tax at the rate of 20 percent is levied on the distributed income arising out of buy back of unlisted share by the company. The distributed income was defined to be the consideration paid by the company on buy back of shares as reduced by the amount which was received by the company for issue of such shares.

Which return form you need to use for filing of your return

July 25, 2016 38230 Views 2 comments Print

Though this is the last month of filing of income tax return for majority of the tax payers but there persists a confusion as to the ITR form which one has to use. Let us now discuss which form is applicable in your case and clear the doubts.

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