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​International Business- Income Tax Sections to be remembered

Income Tax : The guide compiles the principal Income-tax Act provisions applicable to non-residents establishing business in India and resident...

June 30, 2026 17660 Views 1 comment Print

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 132 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 43489 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 454178 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 3834 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 264 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 6253 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 1974 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 Quashes Assessment as Final Order Was Passed Beyond Section 144C(13) Time Limit

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)...

June 30, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee got relief on corporate guarantee, R&D and registration claims while medical freebies and late welfare dues disallowed

Income Tax : Tribunal partly allowed the assessee's appeals by granting relief on transfer pricing, scientific research deduction, product regi...

June 30, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Dismisses Assessment Passed Beyond Section 144C Time Limit

Income Tax : The High Court held that the assessment was time-barred as it was not completed within the mandatory period under Section 144C....

June 30, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Assessment as Jurisdiction Was Not Validly Transferred Under Section 127

Income Tax : ITAT held that mere transfer of records cannot replace a valid transfer of jurisdiction under Section 127, rendering the assessmen...

June 30, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad HC Dismisses Revenue Appeal as Section 148 Notice Was Issued Without Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The Court held that the Section 148 notice was invalid as it was issued by an Assessing Officer who no longer had jurisdiction....

June 30, 2026 60 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 264 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 50919 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 729 Views 0 comment Print


Merely because an addition is made to the income declared by the assessee, penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed

April 28, 2009 2739 Views 0 comment Print

In Dharmendra Textile Processors’ case (supra), Their Lordships have held that that penalty under section 271(1)(c) provides remedy for loss of revenue. A penalty under section 271 (1)(c) involves payment of an additional amount, which is a civil liability to provide for remedy for loss of revenue, while a sentence of imprisonment under section 276 C means loss of individual liberty which does not help revenue in anyway except as serving as a deterrent for the potential defaulters.

SC ask IT department why Bachchan was given tax rebate

April 27, 2009 990 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Income-Tax department to explain why actor Amitabh Bachchan was allowed to withdraw his security expense claim amounting to 30% of around Rs 6.90 crore, the actor’s income from popular TV game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ in 2001-02. The department said while Bachchan had in his original income tax […]

Income Tax department asked to pay cost for retaining the books of Assessee for more then 15 days

April 27, 2009 756 Views 0 comment Print

The Income-Tax department routinely imposes cost on assesses for late filing of returns or delayed tax payment. For a change, it was at the receiving end when the high court imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 for retaining books of accounts impounded from a city builder for almost five years. Justice D V Shylendra Kumar, […]

Notification No. 38/2009 – Income Tax Dated 28/4/2009

April 24, 2009 475 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 38/2009 – Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Beach Candy Medical Research Centre, Mumbai has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), with effect from 1.4.2003 in the category of

Agricultural land which is gifted cannot be taxed as income from other sources

April 24, 2009 15470 Views 0 comment Print

It is an admitted fact that the donor had agricultural land in question in her possession and she had been showing agriculture income also from the land. She has been staying with her husband who is a well known architect. For her livelihood, she was not depending on the agriculture land gifted but only on her husband. As long she was not living alone and independent, capacity of her family cannot be ignored.

75-year-old former Income Tax Officer wins defamation case against CBDT chairman and 2 Commissners with damages worth Rs 5L

April 24, 2009 1485 Views 0 comment Print

Justice prevails finally after a long legal battle for 10 years when of a former I-T officer, PR Toora aged about 75 year old got back his “lost reputation” when Additional District Judge Arun Kumar Arya directed two Income Tax commissioners, chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the ministry of revenue liable […]

Interest paid or payable to the micro, small and medium enterprises required to be reported in 3CD report

April 24, 2009 4078 Views 0 comment Print

Large companies may, henceforth, not find it easy to escape the taxman’s net with regard to the interest paid or payable to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on overdue payments to them. Currently, interest paid or payable to MSMEs is not admissible as a deductible expenditure for income-tax purposes. This has been specified […]

Development Authorities/ Urban civic bodies under CBDT’s lens

April 24, 2009 529 Views 0 comment Print

Local city development agencies, such as Delhi Development Authority and Noida Development Authority, which have been raking in the moolah for some time from their housing projects, have drawn the attention of taxmen. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has sounded an alert to its field forces asking them to keep a tab on tax payments by […]

Commissioner can regard an order as erroneous on the ground that the AO should have made further enquiries

April 24, 2009 687 Views 0 comment Print

2. We have heard the rival submissions in the light of the material placed before us and the precedents relied upon. This appeal is directed against the order passed under section 263 of the Act. The assessee is a company. For the relevant assessment year in the balance sheet of the assessee a provision for gratuity was reflected at Rs.7,85,600/ -. The assessee claimed this as deduction in the return of income

If any payment of income chargeable under the head ‘Salaries’ falls within Section 9(1)(ii) then TDS provisions would stand attracted – SC

April 21, 2009 1675 Views 0 comment Print

The TDS provisions in Chapter XVII-B relating to payment of income chargeable under the head Salaries, which are in the nature of machinery provisions to enable collection and recovery of tax forms an integrated Code with the charging and computation provisions under the 1961 Act, which determines the assessability/taxability of salaries in the hands of the employee-assessee. Consequently, Section 192(1) has to be read with Section 9(1)(ii) read with the Explanation thereto. Therefore, if any payment of income chargeable under the head Salaries falls within Section 9(1)(ii) then TDS provisions would stand attracted.

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