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Income Tax Rule 46(8): Mandatory Daily Backup of Electronic Books of Accounts

Income Tax : Rule 46(8) mandates daily backups of electronic books on servers located in India, strengthening digital tax compliance and data i...

June 29, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

What every Salaried person must know before 31st July!

Income Tax : CBDT allows eligible salaried taxpayers with LTCG up to ₹1.25 lakh under section 112A to file ITR-1, simplifying return filing f...

June 29, 2026 2076 Views 0 comment Print

Comprehensive 10-Year Income Tax Rates Chart

Income Tax : Explore income-tax rates applicable over the last ten assessment years for individuals, companies, firms, LLPs, HUFs, and co-opera...

June 29, 2026 6654 Views 0 comment Print

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 3102 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 41250 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 261 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 312 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 4017 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Delayed Form 10B Filing Not a Ground to Reject Section 11 Exemption: ITAT Jaipur

Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur held that exemption under Section 11 cannot be denied merely because Form 10B was filed late when it was already avail...

June 29, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Admits AMP & Doctors’ Payment Issues as They Raise Substantial Questions of Law

Income Tax : Bombay HC admitted the Revenue's appeal on AMP expenditure and payments to doctors, holding both require judicial examination. It ...

June 29, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

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 111 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 60 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 195 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 243 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 123 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 50832 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 726 Views 0 comment Print


Payments received by a non-resident for Value Added Services (VAS) is partly treated as ‘Royalty’ and partly as ‘Fees for Technical Services’ under India-UK tax treaty

December 11, 2011 1515 Views 0 comment Print

De Beers UK Limited Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai)- The Tribunal held that the payment for VAS has to be considered partly as royalty under para 3(a) of Article 13 of the tax treaty being the payment for various types of information of commercial nature acquired based on past experience and partly as FTS under para 4(a) of Article 13 of the tax treaty being the payment attributable to the services rendered by the Key Account Manager (KAM) or through workshops, etc. which were ancillary and subsidiary to application or enjoyment of the information or being payment for marketing consultancy services which were ancillary and subsidiary to the application or enjoyment of brand.

Taxes paid by the employer is treated as perquisites included in the salary and cannot be consider monetary payment to employee

December 11, 2011 4037 Views 0 comment Print

The decision of CIT Vs. America Counting Corporation 123 ITR 513, noted above also supports the view that taxes paid on behalf of the assessee is a perquisite or a benefit, but not income from business. It could not be taxed except under clause (iv) of Section 28 which provided that a benefit or perquisite was liable to be charged to tax.

Voluminous info received on black money, informs IT Dept

December 11, 2011 1105 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department has received more than 30,000 pieces of information from various countries on stashed black money under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, DTAA. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), under the Finance Ministry has gathered voluminous data on suspicious transactions, the department informed a global Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD conference held in New Delhi recently.

Instructions regarding strict compliance of Rule 3(2)(ii) to (iv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules in respect of directions issued by superior officers to their subordinate officers

December 11, 2011 1909 Views 0 comment Print

It has been observed during the processing of vigilance complaints wherein Assessing Officers have claimed that the particular action/decisions were taken after discussion with and as per the directions of their controlling Range Head, though, no such written directions were found on the record. In a few cases, an office note was found to be recorded stating, that issues involved in the order were discussed with the Range Head but the office note was not found to have been ratified by the controlling Range Head.

IFCI to raise over Rs 100 crore via tax-saving infra bonds

December 11, 2011 1291 Views 0 comment Print

IFCI is in the process of raising more than Rs 100 crore from tax saving infrastructure bonds to fund infra projects. According to the offer document, the issue comprises of Rs 100 crore plus unspecified green shoe option. These bonds are of two maturities – 10 years with coupon of 9.09% and 15 years with coupon of 9.16%, it said.

I-T Dept invites fresh bids for Manesar, Pune centralised processing centres (CPCs)

December 11, 2011 1484 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department has invited fresh bid for setting up centralised processing centres (CPCs) for bulk processing of I-T returns at Manesar and Pune, as the earlier tender received no interest. Two new CPCs, announced in the Budget 2011-12, were supposed to become operational by May. Another proposed I-T return processing centre at Kolkota was supposed to become operational in 2012-13.

Tax Calculator + Form-16 for FY 2011-2012 / AY 2012-13

December 9, 2011 6491 Views 0 comment Print

Automated Tax Calculation with Form-16 for Central Government Employees F. Y. 2011-2012 / A. Y. 2012-13

Interest for shortfall in payment of advance tax leviable while computing book profit under MAT provisions

December 9, 2011 6076 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT v. Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (ITAT Delhi)- The Delhi Tribunal in this case has held that interest for deferment of advance tax is leviable under Section 234C of the Act where there is a shortfall in payment of advance tax while computing ‘book profit’ under the existing MAT provision under Section 115JB of the Act.

Govt Paid I-T refund of Rs 68,994 cr till Nov this year

December 9, 2011 822 Views 0 comment Print

The government today said it paid Rs 68,994 crore as income tax refunds till November this fiscal as compared to Rs 75,160 crore for the entire 2010-11. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance S S Palanimanickam also said the number of refund claims pending as on October 1 stood at 19.41 lakh.

4TH Global Conference on 'Tax and Inequality' Concludes

December 9, 2011 1219 Views 0 comment Print

India successfully hosted the three day 4th International Tax Dialogue Conference on Tax and Inequality. The conference was inaugurated by the Finance Minister of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee on 7th December.

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