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Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny Guidelines FY 2026-27: CS01–CS06 Explained

Income Tax : CBDT has identified six categories of returns for compulsory scrutiny during FY 2026-27. Selection triggers detailed examination b...

June 30, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates: IT Act vs. Tax Treaties/DTAA

Income Tax : Tax on dividends, interest, royalties and FTS earned by non-residents is governed by the more beneficial rate under the Income-tax...

June 30, 2026 43474 Views 1 comment Print

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates / Chart as per DTAA

Income Tax : The applicable withholding tax depends on the Income-tax Act or the relevant DTAA, whichever is more beneficial. Treaty rates diff...

June 30, 2026 454046 Views 28 comments Print

Special Tax Rates for Capital Gains/Incomes arising out of certain securities

Income Tax : The document provides a detailed summary of the special tax provisions applicable to different securities and classes of taxpayers...

June 30, 2026 3804 Views 0 comment Print

Residence in India for the purpose of Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act determines residential status based on an individual's stay in India, income, citizenship and tax liability abr...

June 30, 2026 3423 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 1965 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 4020 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Excludes Incomparable Companies as Functional Differences & Turnover Distorted TP Analysis

Income Tax : ITAT held that stamp duty paid for lease registration was deductible as revenue expenditure in the year it was incurred....

June 30, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Computer Software Eligible for 60% Depreciation: ITAT Chennai

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the set-off of eligible unit losses against other business profits by following binding judicial precedents....

June 30, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows 60% Depreciation on Software Forming Integrated Part of Computer

Income Tax : The Tribunal allowed 60% depreciation and deleted TDS disallowance after distinguishing a copyrighted article from copyright....

June 30, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Bad Debt Deduction as Unrecoverable Subsidy Already Been Recognised as Income

Income Tax : ITAT held that subsidy recognised as income could be claimed as bad debt when it became unrecoverable, even if written off in the ...

June 30, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 56(2)(viib) Addition as AO Changed Valuation Method Contrary to Rule 11UA

Income Tax : ITAT held that the AO could not change the valuation method adopted under Rule 11UA and deleted the addition under Section 56(2)(v...

June 30, 2026 51 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 261 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 50907 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 924 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


Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) to hear unfair trade practice cases

January 14, 2010 1053 Views 0 comment Print

The government also ordered it to hear cases that the MRTPC had failed to resolve when it was wound up last year. The government has expanded the mandate of a tribunal, which has been hearing pending cases of restrictive trade practices, to include cases of unfair trade practices and compensation from 18 January, said an official working for the judicial panel.

If company constructed structure on shareholders land then rent there from will be taxable in the hand of company

January 13, 2010 4473 Views 0 comment Print

In so far as the rents received from Samsung are concerned., the finding recorded by the Assessing Officer is that, the structure is constructed by the Company itself with its own funds and not that the super structure has been constructed by the shareholders on the land belonging to the Company or a case where the investments

Expenditure on consultancy for restructuring of company is allowable deduction u/s 37(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961

January 13, 2010 2778 Views 0 comment Print

In order to appreciate the controversy few facts may be noticed. The assessee-company is manufacturing colour picture tubes. In respect of the assessment year 2004-05 the assessee company incurred expenditure for the purpose of restructuring. The assessee-company had become a sick unit and in that regard a reference was made to BIFER for its rehabilitation

Income tax department withdrawn the approval granted under Section 17(2) to Hospital in Chandigarh

January 13, 2010 28710 Views 13 comments Print

A dozen private nursing homes and hospitals today lost their approval granted under Section 17(2) of the Income Tax Act on the basis of an assessment conducted by the Department of Income Tax, Chandigarh. According to Chief Commissioner (Chandigarh region) P K Chopra, this has been done after it came to the notice that hospitals and nursing homes reviewed were not employing adequate number of medical staff (doctors and nurses) required under the prescribed rule.

Bonus stripping under the Income tax lens

January 13, 2010 6283 Views 0 comment Print

After taxing investors for dividend stripping, the Income Tax (I-T) Department is gearing up to tax bonus stripping. Official sources say scrutiny of returns filed by companies, brokers and individuals active in the stock markets and in possession of shares revealed wide use of this mechanism to evade tax.

Right to subscribe for shares arises only when right offer is made by the company: SC

January 13, 2010 1498 Views 0 comment Print

Accordingly, the right to subscribe for additional offer of shares/debentures comes into existence only when the Company decides to come out with the Rights Offer and it is only when that event takes place, that diminution in the value of the original shares held by the assessee takes place. One has to give weightage to the diminution in the value of the original shares which takes place when the Company decides to come out with the Rights Offer as held in Dhun Dadabhoy Kapadia 63 ITR 651 (SC).

Provisions for NPA as per RBI Norms by NBFCs not deductible

January 13, 2010 4125 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a NBFC, made a ‘Provision for NPA’ in terms of the RBI Directions 1998. It claimed a deduction for the said provision u/s 36 (1)(vii) on the ground that as it was debited to the P&L Account and reduced the profits, it was a ‘write off’. In the alternative, it was claimed that there was a diminution in the value of its assets

High court will hear Writ Petition challenging the constitutional validity of Rule 8D and matters related to interpretation of section 14A

January 13, 2010 1090 Views 0 comment Print

Writ Petition bearing No. 50 of 2010 (Indian Exporters Grievances Forum & Other vs. CIT) challenging the constitutional validity of Rule 8D has been admitted on 12.1.2010 by Hon’ble Shri Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud and Hon’ble Shri Justice J.P. Devadhar of the Bombay High Court.

Notification No. 3/2010-Income Tax Dated 12-1-2010

January 12, 2010 907 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 3/2010-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by Explanation 4 to section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, (Department of Revenue), Central Board of Direct Taxes, vide S.O. 1246(E), dated the 29th November,2002, namely :-

Corrigendum to the new perquisite valuation rules for A.Y. 2010-11

January 12, 2010 1085 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 2/2010-Income Tax at page 20 of the Gazette Notification, in sixth line of clause (B) of sub-rule 2, for “amount attributable to official use of the vehicle provided that the following conditions are fulfilled”, read “amount of charges met or reimbursed by the employer as reduced by such higher amount attributable to official use of the vehicle provided that the following conditions are fulfilled ”,

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