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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 57 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 51 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 60 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 57 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 50910 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


Income tax department issued notice to vodafone

October 30, 2009 606 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department has issued a detailed notice today (comprising 531 pages along with annexure running into 1901 pages) under section 201(1) and 201(1A) of the IT Act 1961 to Vodafone International Holdings BV(VIH BV) requiring it to show cause as to why it should not be held that the Department has competent jurisdiction to proceed against it for the default of non-deduction of tax at source from the payment of USD 11.2 billion made on 8th May 2007 to Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd (HTIL) for transfer of interest in the Indian company Hutch Essar Ltd (HEL).

Court granted bail to arrested income tax commissioner from Nagpur

October 30, 2009 1311 Views 0 comment Print

A special court on Wednesday granted bail to arrested income tax c o m m i s – sioner from N a g p u r, Ajoy Singh, his wife, Mrinalika and two other relatives arrested in Hyderabad. While Singh was released on a bail amount of Rs 5 lakh, the others were released on Rs 1 lakh each.

Income Tax department Requests MCOCA court not to defreeze accounts of Hitesh Bhagat until they can recover dues

October 28, 2009 960 Views 0 comment Print

Fed up of being made to run around for 15 years, the Income Tax (I-T ) department has been quick to seize an opportunity to extract its dues totalling Rs 114.17 crore from the Bhagats. The department recently filed a plea before the special MCOCA court, requesting it not to defreeze the bank accounts of Hitesh Bhagat who along with his mother Jaya Chheda allegedly plotted his father Matka king Suresh Bhagats murder until it gets a chance to recover its dues.

Notification No. 80/2009 – Income Tax Dated 27/10/2009

October 27, 2009 538 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 80/2009 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iii) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, number S.O. 3458, dated the 2nd September, 2006, and published in the Gazette of India, Part II, section

Income Tax (I-T) Department issued fresh notice to realty major DLF

October 27, 2009 534 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax (I-T) Department has issued a fresh notice to realty major DLF even as it’s appeal against an additional tax liability imposed on it by the I-T Department is being heard. The demand for additional tax payment first came after the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which sets auditing standards, revised its accounting norms during 2005-06.

Shipping income derived from international operations is outside the purview of the Indo-Swiss Tax Treaty

October 27, 2009 1685 Views 0 comment Print

Whether during the previous years relevant to assessment years 2008-09 and 2009-10, the applicant, in the stated facts and circumstances, had a Permanent Establishment in India under Article 5 of India-Switzerland Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement in relation to activity of charter of vessels for transporting cargoes from Indian ports to outside India ?

Addition can not be made merely on the basis of assumption

October 27, 2009 4656 Views 0 comment Print

No doubt that the possession of three currency notes with the assessee has raised a presumption that the amount stated on those currency notes was paid by the assessee to the said Shri Shankar Lai. However, the same was a rebuttable presumption. The assessee has explained that these payments were made by the assessee subsequent to the date of survey

Transfer of share completes when the share certificate along with duly executed transfer deed is handed over to the transferee

October 27, 2009 1719 Views 0 comment Print

Admittedly, it is a case of sale of shares. In this regard, share purchase agreement was entered into on 27.1.2005 and final delivery of shares took place on 1/15.4.2005. In the share purchase agreement, detailed provisions were made restricting the vendors from exercising various rights in relation to shares. Revenues’ main contention is that on account of substantial extinguishment of rights in pursuance to share purchase agreement

Genuineness of a gift transaction depend on immediate source of gift

October 27, 2009 816 Views 0 comment Print

Parties are heard arid their rival submissions considered. The following facts are not in dispute: a) the identity of the donor is not in doubt; b) gift is by a declaration deed; c) donor has given an affidavit affirming the making of the gift; d) there is a confirmation through post of gift per Demand Draft; e) affirmation of the assessee in examination on oath recorded by A.0 f) affirmation of the donor in examination on oath recorded;

Computation of undisclosed income in case no incriminating document was found during search

October 27, 2009 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Searches conducted by the Income Department are important means for unearthing black money. However, under the scheme before insertion of special procedure for assessment of search cases, valuable time is lost in trying to relate the undisclosed incomes to the different years. Tax evaders generally manage to divert the focus to procedural and legal issues and often invent new evidence to explain undisclosed income. By the time search r

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