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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 312 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 144 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 1350 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 126 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 17115 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 1935 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 48 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 69 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 66 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 288 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 324 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 99 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 50709 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


India’s GDP Growth Will be 8% in 2016-17

May 13, 2016 952 Views 0 comment Print

India is expected to remain the fastest growing large economy of the world. It is likely to register a GDP growth of around 8% in 2016-17, thanks to the expected normal monsoons, positive global investor sentiments, high FDI inflows, and low interest rates

Article wise analysis of Amendment to India-Mauritius DTAA

May 13, 2016 7357 Views 0 comment Print

On 10th May 2016, the Government of India has issued a press release announcing the Protocol for amendment of the Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital gains between India and Mauritius (DTAA).

Transfer of Securities whether to be considered as Capital Gain or Business Income

May 13, 2016 3787 Views 0 comment Print

It has been a constant tug of war between assessee and tax authorities on the classification of gains arising on the transfer of shares/securities as ‘capital gains’ or ‘business income’. Due to the lower tax incidence on ‘capital gains’, taxpayers prefer a ‘capital gains’ classification, while tax authorities usually attempt to tax these gains as ‘business income’.

Easy-to-miss Tax Benefits of Health Insurance Policies in India

May 13, 2016 4141 Views 0 comment Print

If you are the breadwinner of your family and willing to buy health insurance plans for your children, spouse, and parents, you can avail tax benefits under section 80D of income tax act, 1961. You can avail these benefits as an individual as well as when you buy it for your parents no matter whether they are dependent on you or not.

Expense to make House habitable, eligible for exemption U/s. 54

May 13, 2016 5464 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the assessee has purchased the new residential house at Pune in July 2008 in dilapidated condition and immediately there-after undertaken extensive civil, plumbing, electrical & painting works to make it habitable

Reopening invalid if no nexus with reasons recorded & ‘formation of belief’

May 13, 2016 1548 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. B. Radha & Ors. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) The impugned issue to be considered is whether the reopening of assessment on the basis of so-called statement of Shri Ramalinga Raju (Satyam Computers) is warranted. As seen from the additions made, there is no live-link with the reasons recorded and the additions made. In fact, […]

How to file ITR 1(Sahaj) without help of any expert or software

May 13, 2016 10867 Views 3 comments Print

We all need to file ITR to fulfil our statutory need. Many of us has experienced that in spite of taking the help of an expert you find it hand and time consuming to file ITR. Even after that you come to know about mistakes in ITR when you receive a notice from the department. Here we will guide you how to file your ITR without the help of any expert or software by using the utility available on website of Income tax department.

Krishi Kalyan Cess – Simplified Approach To Service Tax

May 13, 2016 20944 Views 0 comment Print

There shall be levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, a cess to be called the Krishi Kalyan Cess, as service tax on all or any of the taxable services @ 0.5% on the Value of such services for the purposes of financing and promoting initiatives to improve agriculture or for any other purpose relating thereto.

Latvia invited to join OECD and Related FAqs

May 13, 2016 997 Views 0 comment Print

11/5/2016 – OECD countries agreed today to invite Latvia to become a member of the Organisation – a move that would extend OECD’s membership to 35 countries. OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría Said: “We are very pleased to welcome Latvia as a member of the OECD. This development reaffirms our Organisation’s commitment to bring together countries who […]

CBI arrests a Tax Assistant for bribe in lieu of TDS refund

May 13, 2016 3685 Views 0 comment Print

CBI has caught a Tax Assistant red handed while demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs.7,000/- from the complainant. A case was registered against the Tax Assistant, Income Tax Office, Kashipur (Uttrakhand) on the allegations of demanding a bribe of Rs.7,000/- from the complainant in lieu of refund of TDS. Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused.

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