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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 624 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 3555 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 6726 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 3117 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 41412 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 6247 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 318 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


Section 148A(b) Notice Invalid if Mandatory 7-Day Reply Period Was Not Granted

Income Tax : Karnataka HC held that a Section 148A(b) notice granting less than seven days for compliance is invalid, making all consequential ...

June 30, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Capital Gain as Rural Agricultural Land Is Not a Capital Asset

Income Tax : ITAT Surat held that rural agricultural land falls outside Section 2(14), deleting capital gains and related additions....

June 30, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: ‘Make Available’ Test Not Satisfied – No TDS on Payments to US Software Contractors

Income Tax : ITAT held no TDS was required as the Revenue failed to prove the services made technical knowledge available under the India-US DT...

June 30, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: Section 54 Exemption Available Separately for Each Residential House Sold

Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. The benefit cannot be restric...

June 30, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: Books Cannot Be Rejected Merely for Non-Audit; 8% Profit Estimation Set Aside

Income Tax : ITAT held that failure to obtain a tax audit does not automatically justify rejecting books and estimating profit at 8% without pr...

June 30, 2026 27 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 252 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 50889 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


TDS u/s.194H on Commission paid on sale of pre-paid & post-paid SIM card

April 26, 2010 5489 Views 0 comment Print

Whether on a true and correct appreciation of the relationship between the assessee and its distributors, the learned Income Tax Appellate Tribunal erred in holding that the payments paid by the assessee is not commission as envisaged under Section 194H of the Act?” This question has arisen for determination for the Assessment Years 2003-04 and 2004-05

Reference in Article 13(3)(c) of Indo-Canada DTAA is to "any copyright" and it is not a reference to "any right" for purpose of terming a payment as `royalty’

April 26, 2010 586 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal preferred by the revenue is directed against the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal .s order dated 28.07.2006 passed in ITA No. 491/Del/2000 and relates to the assessment year 1998-1999.

An assessee does not have to develop entire port to qualify for deduction u/s 80-IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961

April 26, 2010 1242 Views 0 comment Print

The object of Section 80IA was to provide an impetus to the growth of infrastructure in the nation. A sound infrastructure is a sine qua non for economic development. Absence of infrastructure poses significant barriers to growth and development. A model which relied exclusively on the provision of basic infrastructure by the State was found to be deficient.

Reasons recorded by AO for reopening an assessment are the only reasons which can be considered when formation of belief is impugned

April 26, 2010 594 Views 0 comment Print

The principal challenge in these proceedings is to the notices issued by the first respondent under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 proposing to assess the income of the petitioner for assessment years 2005-06 and 2006-07 on the ground that there is reason to believe that income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment, within the meaning of section 147.

Loss of one industrial undertaking cannot be set off against the profit of another such industrial undertaking for purpose of computing deduction u/s 80-I

April 26, 2010 804 Views 0 comment Print

Where the gross total income of an assessee includes any profits and gains derived from an industrial undertaking or a ship or the business of a hotel or the business of repairs to ocean-going vessels or other powered craft to which this section applies, there shall, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this section, be allowed, in computing the total income of the assessee, a deduction from such profits and gains of an amount equal to twenty per cent thereof:

CAG reported 3 per cent decline in number of Assessee in 2008-09

April 25, 2010 648 Views 0 comment Print

Official auditor CAG on Friday pulled up the Income Tax department for not being able to retain the existing tax base in 2008-09, particularly among corporate taxpayers. “The number of assessees declined by 3 per cent compared to an increase by 7.6 per cent in 2007-08. The decline was sharper among corporate assessees, indicating, inter alia, stop-filing which would nee to be reviewed by the Board (Central Board of Direct Taxes),” the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in a report tabled in Parliament today.

It department opined reward of 10% of tax to informers is maximum ceiling

April 25, 2010 11835 Views 25 comments Print

The director-general of Income Tax moved the Supreme Court alleging that the reward paid to an informer for furnishing information about black money of any taxpayer cannot be claimed as a matter of right.

Bad Debts: Debtor’s A/c need not be written off: Supreme Court

April 25, 2010 1541 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee made a provision for bad debts by debiting the P & L A/c and crediting the Provision for Bad debts A/c. Thereafter, the provision account was debited and the loans and advances a/c was credited. The AO denied the claim for bad debts u/s 36(1)(vii) on the ground that the individual account of the debtor had not been written off.

Mumbai Tribunal rules on computation of ‘duration test’ for determining existence of ‘Construction PE’

April 24, 2010 1212 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) [2010-TIOL-195-ITAT-MUM] in the case of Valentine Maritime Mauritius Ltd (Taxpayer), on the taxability of certain contracts executed in India. The issue primarily focused on how the ‘duration test’ of nine months under the India-Mauritius Tax Treaty (Tax Treaty) should be applied for determining whether the Taxpayer has a permanent establishment (PE) under the Construction PE rule of the Tax Treaty.

SC rules on credit entry in debtor’s account not necessary for bad debt write off deduction

April 24, 2010 3403 Views 0 comment Print

The Taxpayer had reduced the amount debited to the Profit and Loss Account (P&L) from the Loans and Advances/Debtors Account (Debtors A/c) on the assets side of the Balance Sheet. Considering this, the SC held that such a treatment constituted actual write off for the purposes of the Section and it was not necessary to credit individual debtor’s account to claim the deduction for write off.

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