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Income Tax : The article explains how the Finance Acts, 2025 and 2026 have reshaped the Updated Return regime under Section 139(8A). It highlig...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court has remitted reassessment cases for fresh consideration after the retrospective insertion of Section 147A, leavi...
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...
Income Tax : The article explains how the interaction of Section 87A, marginal relief, and Health & Education Cess can leave taxpayers earning ...
Income Tax : Learn who can apply for an advance ruling, applicable fees, withdrawal rules, and its binding effect under the Income-tax Act. The...
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...
Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...
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...
Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...
Income Tax : The High Court held that failure to pass the order giving effect within the time prescribed under Section 153 resulted in abatemen...
Income Tax : The Madras High Court held that unexplained trade credits falling under Section 68 cannot qualify for deduction under Section 80-I...
Income Tax : The Tribunal restricted the Section 14A disallowance to exempt income and deleted additions relating to bad debts, tea and coffee ...
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...
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...
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...
Income Tax : CBDT has approved the University of Hyderabad for scientific research under Section 45 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The approval i...
Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...
Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...
Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...
Exemptions and tax concessions under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’) are provided in accordance with the provisions of the Act. However, any exemption or tax concession wrongly claimed in the returns of income filed by the tax payers are liable to be detected during processing of such returns or their scrutiny.
Provisional attachment under section 281B The existing provisions of sub-section (1) section 281B of the Act provide that the Assessing Officer, during the pendency of any proceeding for assessment or reassessment, in order to protect the interest of revenue may, with the previous approval of the Chief Commissioner of Commissioner, attach provisionally any property belonging […]
Failure to produce accounts and documents Levy of penalty made mandatory. It is proposed to remove the monetary limit of fine and also proposed mandatory levy of fine. The existing provisions of section 276D of the Act provide that if a person willfully fails to produce accounts and documents as required in any notice issued […]
Obligation to furnish statement of Information Name of annual information return is proposed to be substituted with statement of financial transaction or reportable account in view of amendment to section 285BA. The existing provisions of section 285BA of the Act provide for filing of an annual information return by specified persons in respect of specified […]
TDS has really been Tedious to comply and with many flaws in the administration it has become more painful. Just look at the few examples. 1. Back last year at the instruction of DIT System NSDL stopped accepting Y (Cancellation) Statements. In the last few days we have querries from at least Five people asking […]
The Government is not contemplating a proposal to legalise black money. Drive against tax evasion is an on-going process. Appropriate action under the direct tax laws including assessment of income, raising tax demand, levy of penalty and launching of prosecution in appropriate cases is taken whenever tax evasion is detected. Searches and surveys conducted under […]
Mode of acceptance or repayment of loans and deposits ECS, RTGS and NEFT etc. are now proposed to be allowed as permissible mode to accept or repay the deposit or loan specified under section 269SS and 269T respectively. The existing provisions contained in section 269SS of the Act, inter alia, provide that no person shall […]
Minimum Alternate Tax on Special Economic Zones Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has been levied on developers of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and units operating in SEZs with effect from 1st April, 2012 vide Finance Act, 2011. Representations have been received from the business community and others regarding restoration of exemption from payment of MAT to […]
The existing provisions of sub-section (1) of section 115JEE of the Act provide that the provisions of Chapter-XI I BA shall be applicable to any person who has claimed a deduction under part C of Chapter VI-A or claimed a deduction u/s 1 0AA. Further the present provisions of sub-section (2) of section 1 15JEE […]
Interest payable by the assessee under section 220 Interest under section 220 is proposed to be increased or decreased as consequent to any appeal, rectification or revision from the date of expiry of period stated in the notice of demand under section 156 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.