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Income Tax : This guide explains all ten Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and provides reconciliation formats between Account...
Income Tax : Learn the exemptions available under Sections 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act, including eligible investments, timelines, exempti...
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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 held that the AO could not change the valuation method adopted under Rule 11UA and deleted the addition under Section 56(2)(v...
Income Tax : ITAT accepted the Section 158A declaration and directed the AO to apply the High Court's final ruling to the relevant assessment y...
Income Tax : The High Court dismissed the Revenue's appeals as infructuous after the Tribunal disposed of the main appeals, leaving the legal q...
Income Tax : ITAT deleted the addition after holding that a retracted statement alone could not justify it where documentary evidence supportin...
Income Tax : Provisions that were typically restricted or viewed as contingent become fully deductible business expenses the moment they were q...
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...
In the present case, the dispute relates to the special deduction allowable under Section 80-IA contained in Chapter VI-A. Relevant provisions contained in Chapter VI-A including Section 80-IA (to the extent relevant),read as follows :-
The question raised before us is with regard to the taxability of the discount allotted to the subscribers of the chit, which as per the counsel for the appellant is in the nature of interest in the hands of such subscribers and not dividend
The Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of CIT v. P V A L Kulandagan Chettiar 267 ITR 654 had an occasion to consider the impact of double taxation avoidance agreement provisions of Income Tax Act. The Hon’ble Apex Court held that where liability to tax arises under the local enactment, the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of the Act provide for taxation of globle income of an assessee chargeable to tax thereunder
The anti-corruption wing of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted seven raids, including four in Vidarbha, after they arrested a retired income tax officer in Mumbai for his alleged involvement in raising fund for his NGO misusing his official powers while serving as I-T commissioner between 2001 and 2009.
Long-term life insurance policies are expected to grow in popularity if the EET (exempt exempt tax) regime under the proposed Direct Tax Code comes into force by 2011.According to Mr G.V. Nageswara Rao, Managing Director and CEO, IDBI Fortis Life Insurance, customers would choose long-term policies if the Government decides to tax the final lump sum of matured policies.
This is perhaps the first time an officer arrested for corruption went to office on release from custody—an act considered as violation of rules. On October 25, income tax commissioner Ajoy Kumar Singh was arrested on corruption charges and on October 30, a day after his release on bail, he reported to work at his Nagpur office.
The Minister of State for Finance, Shri S. S. Palanimanickam, gave the below information in written reply to a question raised in Lok Sabha.The Income Tax Department, assisted by the Enforcement Directorate, has conducted searches and seizure operation recently in various States of the country. Various lockers, bank accounts and premises are under propitiatory orders as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The seized documents/materials are being further investigated.
Two days after TOI reported about the distorted Indian maps in wallpapers on laptops supplied to the income-tax department, the supplier (Lenovo) has started removing it. The systems department of the income-tax department has informed its officials about the time and day of the company’s visit. “In some laptops, they have already removed it. In the next few days, the entire exercise should be over,” an incometax official said.
This article summarizes a recent ruling of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [2009-TIOL-707-ITAT-MUM] in the case of Cipla Investments Ltd. (Taxpayer) on taxability of waiver of loan. The ITAT held that since the loan received was on capital account, its subsequent waiver too was on capital account. Hence, the loan waived was not liable to be taxed as profits and gains from its business (business income) under the provisions of the Indian Tax Law (ITL). The ITAT also held that waiver would not be taxable as business income if a taxpayer was not allowed deduction of the loan amount earlier.
As per section 17 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 any documents related to immovable property exceeding worth Rs.100/- needs to be compulsorily registered. This being a central Act and is being implemented by the state government as per the special power given to the state government. Further, the state government is also empowered to levy the registration fees by issuing necessary notifications. The registration fee is charged as a service charge and not as a part of taxes to increase the revenue.
