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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 756 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 204 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 1776 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 141 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 6238 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 306 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 1941 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 4014 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bombay HC Quashes Penalty as Order Giving Effect Was Not Passed Within Limitation

Income Tax : The High Court held that failure to pass the order giving effect within the time prescribed under Section 153 resulted in abatemen...

June 28, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80-IA Deduction Denied as Trade Credits Remained Unexplained Under Section 68

Income Tax : The Madras High Court held that unexplained trade credits falling under Section 68 cannot qualify for deduction under Section 80-I...

June 28, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Restricts Section 14A Disallowance as It Cannot Exceed Exempt Income

Income Tax : The Tribunal restricted the Section 14A disallowance to exempt income and deleted additions relating to bad debts, tea and coffee ...

June 28, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rejects Section 143(1) Adjustment for Lack of Mandatory Prior Intimation

Income Tax : The ITAT held that the CPC could not make adjustments under Section 143(1) without first issuing the mandatory intimation to the a...

June 28, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

No Separate Approval Needed for 10% FTS Tax Benefit Where RBI Automatic Route Applies

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that Fees for Technical Services were taxable at 10% under section 115A(1)(b) since the RBI's automatic appro...

June 28, 2026 63 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 102 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 50739 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 906 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 714 Views 0 comment Print


Loss on account of depreciation in value of shares held as stock is allowable

July 27, 2014 4458 Views 0 comment Print

Judgment of the Karnataka High Court in the case of Karnataka Bank Ltd. (supra), reliance on which was placed by Mr Mistry, squarely covers the issue raised in this Appeal. The facts in the case before the Karnataka High Court were that the Assessee was holding securities in different categories

Changes made in Budget 2014 by Lok Sabha

July 26, 2014 14497 Views 0 comment Print

The list of changes made in the Finance Bill are as under: 1) Unlisted securities and units of MF transferred between 01-04-14 and 10-07-14 shall be deemed to be long-term capital assets, if held for more than 12 months. 2) Long-term Capital Gains on Units of Mutual Funds transferred between 01-04-14 and 10-07-14 shall be taxable at 10% without indexation.

Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2014

July 26, 2014 4618 Views 0 comment Print

The Lok Sabha on Friday 25.07.2014  passed the Finance Bill, 2014 by a voice vote with which the legislative proposals notably on direct and indirect taxes proposed in the national budget for this fiscal can now become effective formally. Finance Minister said that “Ours is not a high-tax government. A high tax government cannot promote […]

How much is your goodwill and entity worth?

July 26, 2014 3513 Views 0 comment Print

Goodwill of an enterprise is an important ‘asset’ which is relevant for investors in their decision to invest or not and to know how goodwill is quantified? A chartered accountant may think this to be his forte to provide an answer but how much is the value of goodwill of an entity and value of an entity may be difficult to answer but not impossible.

Rejection of books of accounts merely for inconsistent GP ratio is bad in law: HC

July 25, 2014 1554 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. Swastik Foods held that the rejection of basis by merely expressing a doubt about the correctness of profit declared taking inconsistent GP ratio as basis cannot be a said to be rejection of books for incompleteness or incorrectness.

CBDT Notifies new Form 3CA, 3CB & 3CD – Format of Tax Audit Report Revised

July 25, 2014 60132 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 33/2014-Income Tax S.O. 1902 (E).. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income Tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income Tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force on the date

CBDT Releases ITR 6 e-filing Utility for A.Y. 2014-15

July 25, 2014 5862 Views 0 comment Print

After a Wait of  almost 4 Months CBDT has finally released ITR 6 Java Utility required for online filing of Income Tax Returns of Companies other than a company claiming exemption under section 11 for Assessment year 2014-15 i.e. Financial Year 2013-14. CBDT has Yesterday released only Java Utility, which means we have to wait […]

Sec 153A cannot be used to re-agitate concluded assessment in absence of any incriminating material

July 25, 2014 1769 Views 0 comment Print

Sec 153A cannot be used to re-agitate concluded assessment in the absence of any incriminating material. Hon’ble Agra ITAT Bench has in the order of DCIT V/S Kalyani Chaturvedi has held that assessments that have attained finality don’t abate at the time of search and they cannot be done de-novo u/s 153A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the absence of any fresh incriminating material found during the course of search by observing as under :-

Income Tax department to remain open on 26th & 27th July 2014

July 24, 2014 2266 Views 0 comment Print

The due date for filing of return of income within the meaning of Explanation 2(c) to section 139(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. is 315t July 2014. The Income tax authorities are hereby directed that for the convenience of the taxpayers’, arrangements be made for accepting the returns of income during normal office hours on 26th July and 27th July 2014, being Saturday and Sunday respectively. This direction is issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes in exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Budget 2014 – Does it really not contain retrospective amendments?

July 23, 2014 3654 Views 0 comment Print

Almost everyone, including active and proactive professional tax advisers- mainly, lawyers and CAs, having something to do or other with the Budget proposals of the newly installed government, have sought and brought to focus the highlights. Even so, it is sad to observe that, in so doing, in one’s conviction, some of the deficiencies, hidden or otherwise, it is noted, have not been even touched upon, for reasons not known.

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