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Income Tax : Rule 46(8) mandates daily backups of electronic books on servers located in India, strengthening digital tax compliance and data i...
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...
Income Tax : Explore income-tax rates applicable over the last ten assessment years for individuals, companies, firms, LLPs, HUFs, and co-opera...
Income Tax : Learn how business and professional income is computed under the Income-tax Act after the Finance Act, 2026. This guide explains t...
Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for issuing income-tax notices and completing assessments under the Income-tax Act. The guide...
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 : ITAT Jaipur held that exemption under Section 11 cannot be denied merely because Form 10B was filed late when it was already avail...
Income Tax : Bombay HC admitted the Revenue's appeal on AMP expenditure and payments to doctors, holding both require judicial examination. It ...
Income Tax : ITAT held that agricultural land within the prescribed municipal distance is a capital asset and restricted the on-money addition ...
Income Tax : NCLAT held that a single application covering multiple years and company officers is maintainable in the absence of any statutory ...
Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 87A rebate cannot be denied on tax payable under Section 111A where the assessee qualifies under the prescr...
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...
Rajiv Kumar, a well-known economist, has been appointed as the FICCI secretary general, a post vacated by Amit Mitra who has joined the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal as finance minister.
ACIT Vs M/s Tube Investments of India Ltd. (ITAT Chennai) – A perusal of the terms and conditions as also the invoices as found in the paper book clearly shows that sales tax and excise duty had been collected on the supply of materials by the vendors to the assessee. In these circumstances, in view of the finding of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Silver Oak Laboratories P. Ltd. in S.L.P. No. 18012/2009 dated 17-08-2010, referred to supra, we are of the view that the transaction involved in the present case is a contract for sale and not a contract for carrying out any works.
Pegging the country’s average economic growth rate at 8.5 per cent during the UPA rule so far, the government today said it was determined to take India to the select league of “middle income countries.
Order No.4/FT&TR/2011 – In exercise of powers conferred under section 144C of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and in supersession of Order No.1/FT&TR-I/2011 dated 12.012011 and Order No.3/FT&TR-I/2D11 dated 31.03.201, the Board hereby constitutes the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) comprising of three Commissioners of Income Tax/Directors of Income Tax as Members of DRP at the places given below, who shall perform such duties in addition to their regular duties with effect from 23.05.2011 and until further order:
Income Tax department on 22.05.2011 releases official Free Online Income Tax Return Preparation / Filing Software- ITR-5 (Applicable to partnership Firms and Limited Liability partnership) and ITR 6 (Applicable to Companies). These ITR are related to Income tax Return Filing for Assessment year 2011-12 / Financial Year 2010-11. Income Tax Department has already released software in respect of ITR -1, ITR-2 , ITR-3 , ITR 4 and ITR 4S.
The Income-Tax Department has started scrutinising over 6.5 lakh demat accounts, which were frozen following 2006 IPO scam, to see if blackmoney was used to purchase equities by persons through multiple accounts. Investigation and intelligence wings have started looking into the frozen accounts with substantial amounts lying in them to see if they are linked, a revenue official said.
The Finance Ministry is likely to set up Directorate of Criminal Investigation, a specialised wing to probe cases of black money, money laundering and terror funding, by the end of this month. A dedicated unit called Directorate of Criminal Investigation will look into the nexus between black money (which is illegally acquired), money laundering, and in extreme cases, terror funding. The Directorate would be notified within this month, a Finance Ministry official told PTI.
The government may consider bringing in a legislation to make anti-glare technology in automobiles mandatory in an effort to reduce night accidents caused due to blinding by lights of oncoming vehicles. The government has been supporting the development of an automotive anti-glare technology by the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), which is has reached demonstration stage.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will continue to enjoy the power of telephone tapping despite a strong recommendation by a Committee of Secretaries against it following a controversy in the wake of the Niira Radia episode. “The CBDT will continue to have the power of phone tapping subject to certain conditions,” an official said.
Recently ITAT Mumbai in the case of Standard Chartered Bank (Taxpayer) (ITA No. 3827/ MUM/ 2006) on the issue whether data processing charges paid by the Taxpayer would constitute ‘royalty’ under the Indian Tax Laws (ITL) and the India – Singapore Tax Treaty (Tax Treaty) held that the payments were made for use of a facility and not any process. Furthermore, in the absence of control or physical access to any equipment, it cannot be said that the payment was made for any use or right to use the equipment. Hence, payment would not amount to ‘royalty’ under the ITL and the Tax Treaty and would be business income not chargeable to tax in absence of PE.
