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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 237 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 2424 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 6657 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 3105 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 41271 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 315 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 1959 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 63 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 51 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 123 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 243 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 126 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 50847 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


Expenses incurred for maintenance of building structure owned by the assessee and for the safety of the employees is revenue in nature

October 15, 2011 573 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT, Baroda Vs Liberty Phosphate (ITAT Ahemdabad)- It was not in dispute that in respect of an another building at Udaipur, this assessee itself has capitalised the expenditure. However, the impugned repairs were in respect of an another factory building situated at F-227, Mewar Industrial Area Udaipur, wherein the company has carried out manufacturing of Fertiliser; namely, Single Super Phosphate. One of the ingredients of the said fertiliser is stated to be sulphuric acid.

Prior scrutiny of accounts before referring them for special audit is sine qua-non and if the same has not been done the direction for special audit is bad in law and hence assessment framed becomes nullity

October 15, 2011 591 Views 0 comment Print

Jyoti Traders Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai )- In our view the conditions precedent for passing an order u/s.142(2A) of the Act directing the Assessee to get its account audited by a special auditor viz., the satisfaction of the AO having regard to the nature and complexity of the accounts of the assessee and the interest of the revenue, that is necessary get the assessee’s account audited by a special auditor is not fulfilled in the present case and therefore the reference to special audit is held to be invalid.

Hire charges received on account of hiring of the motor-cars, office equipment, computer, furniture and fixture is business income- ITAT Mumbai

October 15, 2011 12765 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs M/s JPS Associates (ITAT Mumbai)- Revenue has raised a grievance against the finding of the Ld. CIT (A) that hire charges received on account of hiring of the motor-cars, office equipment, computer, furniture and fixture is to be treated as a business income. The Ld. D.R. vehemently argued that the assessee has not carried out any activity and hence, the same is to be treated as income from other sources. Per contra, Ld. Counsel submitted that the said income has been accepted by the A.O. as business income in the preceding assessment years.

In view of the provisions of section 112 where there are several transactions of sale and purchase of securities, the discretion to take the benefit of indexation lies with assessee

October 15, 2011 952 Views 0 comment Print

Jethiben K Patel Discretionary Trust Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahemdabad)- In the case of Mohanlal N. Shah (HUF)- Vs- ACIT reported in [2008] 26 SOT 380 (Mum) wherein it was held that as per section 48, option is with the assessee to or not to avail of benefit of indexation for computation of capital gains on transfer of long- term capital asset.

Expenses reimbursed to recreation clubs and staff clubs of employees are revenue in nature

October 15, 2011 6346 Views 0 comment Print

ITC Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata)– We have carefully considered the submissions of the ld. representatives of the parties and the orders of the authorities below. We have also gone through the details of the expenditure aggregating Rs. 9,00,111 claimed by the assessee, the break-up of which has already been mentioned herein above. We observe […]

To qualify as agricultural income, it is necessary for an operation to be carried on soil

October 15, 2011 3086 Views 0 comment Print

Invitro International Pvt Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore)- Plant tissue culture is used to reproduce clones of a plant to get multiple plants with the same traits by placing various tissues of the mother plant in containers and required medium, which is definitely not consisting of land or soil.

Assessee is entitled to depreciation on Wind Electric Generators from the date on which it was installed and commissioned

October 14, 2011 1162 Views 0 comment Print

Hindustan Platinum Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)- Statement given u/s 131 cannot be the only basis for disallowing the claim of depreciation when it is shown with documentary evidence that the admission made in the statement recorded was under a mistake or misapprehension. Assessee is not entitled to claim loss u/s 28 on account bad debt of the advance given as inter corporate deposit without establishing the fact that it was a trade advance

If AO has not applied his mind while passing the order and did not call for the required details for completing the assessment, initiation of proceedings u/s 263 in such circumstances is valid

October 14, 2011 1197 Views 0 comment Print

Hemant Mangaldas Bhanushali Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai)- The main ground on which the CIT exercised jurisdiction under section 263 of the Act, was the failure on the part of the Assessing Officer to make enquiries with regard to the applicability of the provisions of section 194C to the payments made by the assessee to other truck owners in the course of his business of transportation of cargo and the consequent dis-allowance that could be made under the provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of the Act. In para 3.1 of the impugned order of the CIT, the CIT has concluded that the order was erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue because of the lack of enquiry and application of mind by the Assessing Officer on the above aspect.

No addition can be made for the difference in the receipts as per TDS certificate and as per the books of account when the difference is on account of service tax

October 14, 2011 1190 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs M/s Hari Machines Ltd (ITAT Delhi)- Service tax is a recovery on behalf of the company and it has been paid to Government account. Element of service tax cannot be treated as income of the assessee. Assessee is entitled to depreciation u/s 32 on the equipment purchased during the impugned year once a government authority inspecting the equipment, certifies the date of power supply to the equipments and after inspection has permitted energisation of the equipment.

When the assessee successfully explains the source of share application money, the additions made u/s 68 are not sustainable

October 14, 2011 960 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs. H.K. Imp ex Pvt. Ltd.(ITAT Mumbai)- The dispute is regarding addition of Rs. 4.85 crores being the share application money invested by the two directors who were holding 50% share in the company. We find from the records that the assessee vide letter dated 17.9.09 addressed to AO had given full details such as name, address, PAN of the two directors. The source of the money had been explained as the money withdrawn from the capital account in the firm M/s. S.G. Enterprises.

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