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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


Statement cannot be sole basis for addition in block assessment

March 21, 2016 2857 Views 0 comment Print

Statements recorded would certainly constitute information and if such information is relatable to the evidence or material found during search, the same could certainly be used in evidence in any proceedings under the Act as expressly mandated by virtue of the explanation to Section 132(4).

Notification No. 20/2016-Income Tax, Dated: 21/03/2016

March 21, 2016 955 Views 0 comment Print

The terms and conditions mentioned in this notification as well as those included in the aforesaid Industrial Park Scheme, 2008 should be adhered to during the period for which benefits under the said scheme are to be availed and in case the undertaking, fails to comply with any of the conditions, the Central Government may withdraw the aforesaid approval.

The Uttarakhand Cess Act, 2015- A Realty

March 21, 2016 6790 Views 0 comment Print

The Uttarakhand Cess Act, 2015 was enacted by the The Uttarakhand legislative Assembly vide notification- 334/XXXVI(3)/2015/57(1)/2015 dt. Dehradun, November, 2015. with a clause that it shall come into force on such date as the state Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

No Service Tax on Web Hosting & Domain name registration/ transfer services provided by GoDaddy: AAR

March 20, 2016 22576 Views 1 comment Print

GoDaddy India Web Services Private Limited (hereinafter also referred to as applicant) proposes to enter into a ‘Services Agreement’ with GoDaddy.com, LLC (hereinafter also referred to as ‘GoDaddy US’) located in Arizona, USA and incorporated in Delaware, USA. GoDaddy US is a domain name registrar

Concept of Advance Pricing Agreements

March 19, 2016 10960 Views 0 comment Print

Transfer Pricing, a concept generally used in case of an International as well as Domestic Transactions between interrelated or associated enterprises. These provisions have been introduced to check revenue erosion from India by Multinational companies.

Excise Duty on Jewellery articles: No visit at jeweller’s premises

March 19, 2016 6598 Views 0 comment Print

There is no requirement of declaring pre-budget stocks. Directions have also been issued barring any visits to the jeweller’s premises. Jeweller’s private records or his records for State VAT or for Bureau of Indian Standards (in the case of hallmarked jewellery) would be accepted for all Central Excise purposes.

CBDT amends financial transaction reporting Rule wef FY 2015-16

March 18, 2016 9367 Views 0 comment Print

In rule 114E (i) in the marginal heading, after the words Information Return, the words or Statement of Financial Transactions shall be inserted. Rule 114E of the Rules, as amended by this rule shall be applicable for the specified financial transactions carried out during the period from 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2016.

Enduring benefit test cannot be applied mechanically on software expenses

March 18, 2016 3943 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that application software is an aid in the business operations rather than the tool itself. Therefore, the payment for such application software, though there is an enduring benefit, does not result in acquisition of any capital asset and it merely enhances the productivity or efficiency and hence, has to be treated as revenue expenditure.

Consistent treatment made by assessee of share transactions cannot be disturbed by revenue

March 18, 2016 2039 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Bench Jaipur in the above cited case held that as per CBDT circular 6/2016 dated 29.02.2016 , if the assessee has treated the securities as investment and not as stock in trade earlier years,the revenue is not permitted to take a contrary view in the present year to claim that the security is stock in trade

Budget 2016: Tax on EPF, Approved Super Annuation & New Pension Fund

March 18, 2016 10462 Views 3 comments Print

Feb 2016 witnessed a few important changes for salaried class assessee enjoying their provident fund bounties. While vide Government Notification dated 10-02-2016 withdrawal of employer contributions till 58 years of age was prohibited, Finance Bill 2016 created mayhem over taxability on withdrawal of entire provident fund accumulations.

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