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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 282 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 117 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 1308 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 123 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 45 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 63 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 267 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 240 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 50706 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


Books cannot be rejected for mere irregularities in case payment

April 16, 2016 2545 Views 0 comment Print

The books of accounts are duly audited and no defect has been pointed out vis-a-vis the sales, purchase or profit. The purported defects are confined to cash book, which have no nexus with the trading results.

In absence of books of account, no penalty for non-Audit of books

April 16, 2016 8752 Views 0 comment Print

It is held that requirement of getting books of account audited can arise only where the books of account are maintained. In the absence of the maintenance of books of account, there can be no penalty u/s 271B of the Act.

Tax treatment of share profits- Business income vs. Capital gains

April 16, 2016 11203 Views 1 comment Print

The present tax laws of India provides for taxation of income under specified heads. Any income for which a specific head is specified has to be taxed under the head and cannot generally be taxed under any other head. However since law cannot provide for every eventually, disputes arise as to whether a particular income shall be taxable under one head or the other head like the cases of profits on dealing in shares, rentals received on letting out of various assets.

Health insurance, one of the Best Tax Saving Investment

April 16, 2016 4987 Views 4 comments Print

Today health care services are the most expensive industry. It is nearly impossible to stay healthy and fit in the polluted environment that gives birth to the number of health problems in such case we need to live a safe and secure life. This is one of the major reasons for buying Health insurance, but […]

Download e-filing Utility of ITR 6 and ITR 7 for AY 2016-17

April 15, 2016 8809 Views 0 comment Print

In a Record created by CBDT it has   released ITR before the start of the Assessment Year for the Assessment Year 2016-17 and released e-filing Utility of all the ITRs within 15 days from the start of Assessment Year.  CBDT has today released  e-filing Utility of ITR 6 and ITR 7 for AY 2016-17 […]

Instructions for filing ITR-1 SAHAJ for AY 2016-17

April 15, 2016 36961 Views 1 comment Print

Who can use this Return Form- This Return Form is to be used by an individual whose total income for the assessment year 2016-17 includes:- (a) Income from Salary/Pension; or (b) Income from One House Property (excluding cases where loss is brought forward from previous years); or (c) Income from Other Sources (excluding winning from lottery and income from Race Horses)

e-TDS/TCS File validation utility version 2.146 & 5.0 wef 13.04.2016

April 14, 2016 7921 Views 0 comment Print

Key Features of e-TDS/TCS File validation utility (FVU) version 5.0 for FY 2010-11 onwards 1. Remark ‘B’ is made applicable for Section code 192A (Payment of accumulated balance due to an employee) for Form 26Q. 2. New Section code 194IA (Payment on transfer of certain immovable property other than agricultural land) has been added under list of sections available under Form

NSDL releases e-TDS/TCS RPU version 1.5 from FY 2007-08

April 14, 2016 3499 Views 0 comment Print

e-TDS/TCS RPU version 1.5 for Statement(s) from FY 2007-08 onwards is released (13/04/2016). Key Features – Return Preparation Utility (RPU) version 1.5 Remark ‘B’ is made applicable for Section code 192A (Payment of accumulated balance due to an employee) for Form 26Q. New Section code 194IA (Payment on transfer of certain immovable property other than […]

Concrete actions needed to advance global tax transparency

April 14, 2016 778 Views 0 comment Print

The OECD Secretary-General’s report proposes that the G20 take additional steps to ensure that all countries and jurisdictions immediately endorse and implement all global standards devised and implemented by the Global Forum on Transparency and the Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

Assessment of holding company with notice to subsidiary is invalid

April 13, 2016 2074 Views 0 comment Print

High Court held that as the issue of service of notices under sections 148, 142(1) and 143(2) are concerned, it is an admitted position that the said notices were never served on the Petitioner. The Revenue seeks to justify service of these notices on the Petitioner by contending that they have served the said notices on the last known address of the Petitioner which was the address of Ingram Micro India [earlier known as Tech Pacific India], the downstream company of the Petitioner.

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