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Income Tax : The guide compiles the principal Income-tax Act provisions applicable to non-residents establishing business in India and resident...
Income Tax : CBDT has identified six categories of returns for compulsory scrutiny during FY 2026-27. Selection triggers detailed examination b...
Income Tax : Tax on dividends, interest, royalties and FTS earned by non-residents is governed by the more beneficial rate under the Income-tax...
Income Tax : The applicable withholding tax depends on the Income-tax Act or the relevant DTAA, whichever is more beneficial. Treaty rates diff...
Income Tax : The document provides a detailed summary of the special tax provisions applicable to different securities and classes of taxpayers...
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 : SC issued notice as Delhi HC quashed Section 153C notices beyond the ten-year block period while clarifying key principles on sear...
Income Tax : ITAT held the assessment time-barred as the AO failed to pass the final order within the mandatory timeline under Section 144C(13)...
Income Tax : Tribunal partly allowed the assessee's appeals by granting relief on transfer pricing, scientific research deduction, product regi...
Income Tax : The High Court held that the assessment was time-barred as it was not completed within the mandatory period under Section 144C....
Income Tax : ITAT held that mere transfer of records cannot replace a valid transfer of jurisdiction under Section 127, rendering the assessmen...
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...
THE new direct tax code, launched with much fanfare by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and his predecessor P Chidambaram recently, is up against a bureaucratic wall with the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) brigade complaining that it will reduce this elite service into a mere tax collection machinery.
Acquisition of unlisted foreign companies by Indian corporates has come under the scanner of income-tax (I-T) authorities who plan to scrutinise the deals to ensure they are not being structured to evade tax. Deals involving equity swaps are particularly in focus, as these could be used to transfer part-ownership of Indian companies to overseas jurisdictions.
Having an effective management in India is not a sufficient ground to deny exemption from capital gains tax to a company that is based in Mauritius, ruled a Delhi bench of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The ITAT held that under the India-Mauritius double taxation avoidance agreement
The government will arm income-tax officials with details about assets of individuals whose tax payments are pending, a move aimed at meeting the Rs 13,153-crore target for arrears collection this fiscal.
The interest paid on delayed compensation to land owners by companies or entities engaged in the creation of Special Economic Zones, industrial parks and infrastructure developments,and payments by electricity distribution companies to transmission line owners,will now attract tax . The Central Board of Direct Taxes has also issued instructions to take all returns filed by […]
The Income Tax gazetted officers and employees under the umbrella of Joint Council of Action have threatened to strike work on September 9, to protest delay in implementation of a 11-point charter of demands, pending with the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The demands include a share of the Rs 196 crore (Rs 1.96 billion) incentive […]
S. 47 (v) provides that a transfer of a capital asset by a subsidiary company to its holding company shall not be regarded as a “transfer” if the whole of the share capital of the subsidiary company is held by the holding company. The assessee transferred shares to its subsidiary and claimed exemption from capital gains u/s 47 (v). The AO denied exemption on the ground that as two shares of the said subsidiary
Section 32 of the Income Tax Act allows depreciation on both tangible and intangible assets and clause [ii] thereof enumerates the intangible assets on which depreciation is allowable. The assets which are included in the definition of `intangible assets’ given in clause [ii] are know-how, patents, copy rights, trademarks, licenses, franchises etc.,
13. It may be mentioned that provisions of section 145A were inserted by the Finance Act No. 2, 1998 w.e.f. 1-4-1999. It may be mentioned that prior to assessment year 1998-99 the entire provisions relating to method of accounting were contained in sec. 145 only. As per that sec. The income under the head ‘profits and gains of business’ or ‘other sources’
Apart from said business, the assessee invested in shares and treats shares as investment in his books of account. This itself manifests the intention of the assessee as to whether he proposed into dealing in shares or earn dividend and profit out of such investment. The Assessing Officer was guided more because of the total amount involved rather than the actual intention and the way of carrying on share transaction.
