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Income Tax Provisions applicable to business entities

Income Tax : Learn how business and professional income is computed under the Income-tax Act after the Finance Act, 2026. This guide explains t...

June 29, 2026 3090 Views 0 comment Print

Time limit for issuing different income-tax notices & completion of assessment

Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for issuing income-tax notices and completing assessments under the Income-tax Act. The guide...

June 29, 2026 41166 Views 0 comment Print

Rectification, Assessment and Appeal under Income Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn the updated provisions governing rectification, assessments, reassessments, and appeals under the Income-tax Act. This guide...

June 29, 2026 13638 Views 0 comment Print

Clause wise Items reportable in Income Tax Audit Report (Form 3CA/3CB/3CD)

Income Tax : Understand every reporting requirement under Form 3CD as amended by the Finance Act, 2026. This guide explains clause-wise disclos...

June 29, 2026 38202 Views 0 comment Print

Section 50AA: Why Long-Held Assets Can Still Be Taxed as Short-Term Gains

Income Tax : Section 50AA overrides the normal holding period rules and deems gains from specified assets as short-term capital gains, even if ...

June 29, 2026 456 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 258 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 6241 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 1950 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


Agricultural Land Taxable as Capital Asset as It Fell Within Statutory Distance from Municipality

Income Tax : ITAT held that agricultural land within the prescribed municipal distance is a capital asset and restricted the on-money addition ...

June 29, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Allows Joint Compounding Applications as Companies Act Has No Express Bar

Income Tax : NCLAT held that a single application covering multiple years and company officers is maintainable in the absence of any statutory ...

June 29, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Grants Section 87A Rebate on Special Rate STCG Tax as Total Income Qualified

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 87A rebate cannot be denied on tax payable under Section 111A where the assessee qualifies under the prescr...

June 29, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Restricts Bogus Purchase Addition as AO Applied Unrelated Gross Profit Rate

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that applying the gross profit rate of a different assessment year was excessive. It reduced the addition to 1% GP...

June 29, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

No Tax in India on German Tax Resident’s Professional Service Receipts Under DTAA: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Receipts earned by a German resident individual from rendering managerial, consultancy and business development services outside I...

June 29, 2026 141 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 225 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 117 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 50805 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 918 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 717 Views 0 comment Print


s.148 notice beyond 4 years without compliance of s.147 & s.151(2) not valid

April 7, 2012 4633 Views 0 comment Print

Section 147 – Sanction Of Superior Officer Renders Reopening Void: Bombay High Court. The notice under section 148 can be issued beyond four year with prior approval of joint commissioner and at the same time joint-commissioner should be satisfied that this is fit case for issue of a notice in view of section 151(2). In the present case no new evidence or fresh evidence produce by assessing officer and the joint-commissioner granted approval without see the record for issuance of notice under section 148. The court held that there was no compliance of the mandatory requirements of Section 147 and 151(2), the notice reopening the assessment cannot be sustained in law.

Holding of classes not mandatory to qualify as educational institution

April 7, 2012 1197 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has filed writ petition against order passed by the Director General of Income Tax (Exemptions), for denying them exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) of the Income Tax Act, 196, on the ground that the aforesaid institute was not directly imparting education and had not employed teachers who were teaching or giving lectures to the students.

HC Warns AO on Tax Recovery Mania for not following guidelines

April 7, 2012 903 Views 0 comment Print

irst Petitioner does have serious issues to be urged before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in appeal. This is a case where the Assessing Officer while exercising the jurisdiction under Section 220(6) and the Director of Income Tax ought to have granted a complete stay of demand. The Assessee has highlighted the nature of its activities in several applications filed in support of the plea for stay and also explained its financial position. None of this has been taken into account while disposing of the application for stay.

Surcharge Not dependent on liability to pay income tax but on assessed tax

April 6, 2012 1309 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT Vs. Raju Bhatra reported in (2009) 310 ITR 105 (SC) has laid down the ratio that surcharge leviable under the Finance Act was a distinct charge not dependent for its leviability on the assessee’s liability to pay incometax but on assessed tax. Therefore, even without the proviso to section 113 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 relating to tax in the case of block assessment of search cases, the Finance Act, 2001 was applicable to block assessment under Chapter XIV-B in relation to the search initiated on April6, 2000 and according surcharge was leviable.

Consortium formed by non-residents for bidding for a turnkey contract taxable as AOP

April 6, 2012 2150 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that a consortium formed by the Applicant with another non-resident, to bid for a turnkey contract, is liable to be taxed as Association of Persons (AOP) according to the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (tax treaty) between India and Germany. The AAR also held that an internal division of responsibility between consortium members does not alter the formation of an AOP and indivisible nature of the contract.

TDS,Income Tax, HRA, Arrears Relief U/s 89(1) Calculator FY 2012-13

April 6, 2012 30788 Views 7 comments Print

1. It calculates Tax Liability of Salaried Employees of Private and Government Sector for A.Y. 2013-14 or Financial Year 2012-13. 2. Calculator have in Built House Rent Allowance (HRA) Calculator which Calculates HRA Exemption which an Employee is Eligible. 3. In Built Arrears Relief Calculator to Calculate tax Relief Receivable by the Employee on Salary Received during the year related to years earlier then Financial year 2012-13.

View Tax Credit Statement / Form 26AS Online

April 6, 2012 10703 Views 0 comment Print

View Tax credit detail is available to all user after login. This facility provides Tax credit history. After login go to menu option MyAccount->View Tax credit statement(Form 26AS). The new screen provides facility to enter Ass Year, DOB and capcha code to view the statement. Please login to view the same

Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT) on all persons other than companies

April 5, 2012 879 Views 0 comment Print

Vide the Finance Bill, 2012, the heading of Chapter XII-BA regarding alternate minimum tax (AMT), in respect of persons other than a company, has been substituted by the words ‘Persons other than a company’, in place of the words ‘Limited liability partnerships’. As per amendment of the aforesaid Chapter, provisions of AMT have been made applicable to all persons other than companies

Form-16 in Excel Format AY 2012-2013

April 5, 2012 221385 Views 71 comments Print

Download Automated Form-16 for Financial Year 2011-2012 and Assessment Year 2012-2013 – This Excel utility is fully automated. Just put the data in Data input sheet and it will prepare the Form-16 automatically. User can also take printout of Form 16 prepared through this utility. Format if form 16 is latest and applicable from A.Y. 2012-13 and F.Y. 2011-12.

ITAT deletes Addition to Income of Kapil Dev on protective basis in respect of income from undisclosed sources

April 5, 2012 3838 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the case of R.K. Jain (supra) has observed that in case of search material, the same is to be assessed by way of block assessment under Chapter XIV-B. Similar view is echoed by Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Dr. M.K. E. Menon and by Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in N.R. Paper & Board Ltd. & others (supra). A similar view has been upheld by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Manish Maheshwari (supra). In view of above, we are of the view that the impugned addition of Rs. 83 lacs cannot be made in the hands of the assessee on protective basis by taking recourse to sec. 143(3). Thus, the additional ground of the assessee is allowed.

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