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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 246 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 111 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 1221 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 108 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 17109 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 6235 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


Google AdWords Is Advertising, Not Technical Service; Section 194C TDS Upheld

Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad held that payments made for Google AdWords constitute advertising contracts under Section 194C and not fees for...

June 28, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Section 270A Penalty Deleted as AO Failed to Specify Under-Reporting or Misreporting Charge

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that penalty under Section 270A cannot be sustained where the show cause notice and assessment order fail to ...

June 28, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 69A Addition as Cash Deposits Represented Recorded Business Receipts

Income Tax : The ITAT Lucknow upheld deletion of the addition after finding that the cash deposits represented business receipts arising from d...

June 28, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Jewellery Addition as Inheritance & Purchase Records Explained Source

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi deleted the addition under section 69A after finding that the assessee had substantiated the source of the jeweller...

June 28, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

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 87 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


Tribunal cannot deal with merits of case in order passed in Miscellaneous Application

July 13, 2016 21211 Views 0 comment Print

When prejudice results from an order attributable to the Tribunal’s mistake, error or omission, then it is the duty of the Tribunal to set it right. Atonement to the wronged party by the Court or the Tribunal for the wrong committed by it has nothing to do with the concept of inherent power to review.

Property purchase agreement merely creates a right to seek specific performance

July 13, 2016 21750 Views 0 comment Print

In the present facts we find that consequent to the vendor not honouring the agreement dated 18th May, 1980, all that the appellant had was a right to seek specific performance which he sought to enforce by filing the suit. The appellant did not have possession of the said land. It is only on the Consent Terms being filed in Court that the appellant got ownership and possession.

Income Tax manual /Compulsory scrutiny criteria F.Y. 2016-2017

July 13, 2016 81686 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT lays down the following procedure and criteria for manual selection of returns/cases for compulsory scrutiny during the financial-year 2016-2017:- (i) Cases involving addition on a substantial and recurring question of law or fact in earlier assessment year(s), in excess of Rs. 25 lakhs in metro charges

No Change in TCS Return Filing Dates

July 13, 2016 58719 Views 2 comments Print

The provisions for filing of TCS returns are laid down under rules 31AA of Income tax Act 1961 and for TDS under rule 31A of Income Tax act 1961. The recent amendment vide Notification no 30/2016 dt 29th April 2016 has made changes to Rule 31A of the Act, however, similar changes has not been made in the provisions of Rule 31AA of the Act.

Benchmarking of Brand Royalty– Is aggregation an appropriate approach?

July 13, 2016 23391 Views 0 comment Print

In case, the owner of a brand name allows its usage to another entity, then a fee is recovered as a mode of compensation which is generally known as brand royalty.

Addition justified for Failure to prove genuineness of gifts received

July 13, 2016 1911 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee in order to draw benefit of the exemption under Proviso to section 56(2)(vi) of the Act was required to prove that the said gifts were received from any relative described there under or had been received on the occasion of marriage of the individual i.e., assessee.

Arvind Kejriwal's wife retires from revenue service

July 12, 2016 23559 Views 0 comment Print

Upon considering her notice for voluntary retirement from Government Service under FR-56(k), the President of India is pleased to allow Smt. Sunita Kejriwal, IRS(IT-93072), CIT(DI3), ITAT, New Delhi to retire from government service with effect from 15.07.2016 (AN).

CBDT revises format of Issue of Income Tax notices U/s. 143(2)

July 11, 2016 53556 Views 3 comments Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes, with approval of the Revenue Secretary, has decided to modify notice under section 143(2) of the Income-tax Act. Henceforth, there shall be three formats of the said notice namely: Limited Scrutiny, Complete Scrutiny, Manual Scrutiny

Ensure 100% entry of IDS Form 1 received in paper format : CBDT

July 11, 2016 19212 Views 0 comment Print

All Principal CIT/CIT are also kindly requested to ensure that all Form 1 received in paper format till date and henceforth are entered in the system. Thereafter, the reporting of data of paper Form 1 received by PCIT/CIT, sent on email id to JS (TPL) – 2, may be discontinued. Till the time 100% compliance of data entry of IDS -Form 1 is achieved, the concerned regions may report only such data that has not been entered in the system to JS (TPL)- 2 as per the instructions of CBDT.

“Messi” Likes mess up, in Tax Laws. Avoid It!

July 11, 2016 24149 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna, Football lovers know the missed penalty kick by famous football player Messi and its impact on him. Further he has been punished for tax evasion in his country. Recently Income Tax Department had posted advt. of Foot Ball Goal and Income Declaration Scheme, 2016. So as to avoid such a situation, in a taxpayer’s life, how should he play with the tax law while doing business in India?

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