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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 : Karnataka HC held that a Section 148A(b) notice granting less than seven days for compliance is invalid, making all consequential ...
Income Tax : ITAT Surat held that rural agricultural land falls outside Section 2(14), deleting capital gains and related additions....
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...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. The benefit cannot be restric...
Income Tax : ITAT held that failure to obtain a tax audit does not automatically justify rejecting books and estimating profit at 8% without pr...
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...
MORE than a dozen foreign entities, which invest in shares of Indian companies using the Mauritius route, are planning to move the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) for clarity on the issue of tax liability in India. AAR is a quasi judicial body on tax disputes that involve overseas companies.
The Finance Act, 2009 introduced new provisions (section 206AA) in the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act). As per these provisions any person entitled to receive any sum on which tax is deductible under the Act shall furnish its Permanent Account Number (PAN) to the deductor. In case of failure in providing PAN to the deductor, the deductor is required to withhold taxes at higher of the following rates:
Chandigarh Tribunal (Special Bench) ruling in the case of DCIT vs. M/s Quark Systems Pvt. Ltd. (ITA No. 100/Chd/2009) and M/s Quark Systems Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO, Ward 5(4) (ITA No. 115/Chd/2009) re-states the ‘importance’ of FAR analysis and provides useful guidance on some of the basic parameters which needs to be considered for selecting ‘appropriate’ comparables.
AAR Ruling: Architectural services provided by a limited partnership is liable to tax as “fees for technical / included services” as per the provisions of India-US Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement [HMS Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. (A.A.R. No. 832 of 2009)].
Background :-The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had made certain amendments vide Notification No. 31/2009 dated 25th March, 2009 in respect of –the Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)/ Tax Collection at Source (TCS) payments; and Compliance requirements (furnishing of quarterly statements / forms, issue of annual certificates, etc.).
The income tax department has sought the Supreme Court’s direction to decide if Reliance Industries Ltd should pay tax on sales tax incentives given to them by the governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat. A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia has sought reply from the company headed by Mukesh Ambani. The tax of Rs 368 crore is for the company’s two units at Hazira and Patalganga for the assessment year 1998-99.
Taxpayers can expect faster refunds from the I-T department this year as the ambitious centralised processing centre of the department will start functioning to full capacity.The Bangalore based processing centre of the income tax department has been adding to its technical strength over the months and will include all I-T returns and generate subsequent refunds from across the country in a seamless manner by start of April, a senior tax official said.
As on November, 1998, the word company or firm was not included under definition of section 65(31) and section 66A had come into force w.e.f 18-4-2006, therefore, service tax was not applicable to a foreign company for rendering service in India for the period November, 1998 to December, 2000
No provision similar to the provision enabling both the CIT(A) and the Tribunal to admit appeals presented beyond the period of limitation if they are satisfied that there was sufficient cause on the part of the appellant for not preferring the appeal within the period of limitation prescribed under the Act is framed in the context of appeals to the High Court under s. 260A.
Assessee having failed to prove the identity of the non-resident donors who are said to have gifted substantial amounts to him from their NRE accounts by producing them personally or copies of their passports and also failed to prove the creditworthiness of the said donors, the alleged gifts cannot be treated as genuine, more so since the assessee had no direct relationship with the donors, there was no occasion for making the gifts, and there was no contact between the parties for almost ten years before the time of said gifts.
