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ITAT Deletes On-Money Addition as Unsigned Agreement & Third-Party Records Lacked Evidence

Income Tax : Smt. Ranjana Kumari/Kalta Vs DCIT/ACIT (Central) (ITAT Chandigarh) The appeals involved three assessees belonging to the Kalta Gro...

June 30, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

​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 17987 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 201 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 43492 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 454229 Views 28 comments 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 1983 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 Section 143(1) Order for Failure to Issue Mandatory Prior Intimation

Income Tax : ITAT held that CPC could not make adjustments under Section 143(1) without issuing the mandatory prior intimation. The order was q...

June 30, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Search Assessment Notices Quashed as They Fell Beyond Ten-Year Block Period: SC

Income Tax : SC issued notice as Delhi HC quashed Section 153C notices beyond the ten-year block period while clarifying key principles on sear...

June 30, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

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 75 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Grants Relief on Corporate Guarantee, R&D; Disallows Doctors’ Freebies

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

June 30, 2026 69 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 84 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 129 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 50949 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 927 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


Illegal Income is taxable : Madras High Court

February 4, 2009 31216 Views 1 comment Print

22. The primary function of the Income Tax Act is to bring the income of various kinds into the tax net. The Income Tax authorities are not concerned about the manner or means of acquiring income. The income might have been earned illegally or by resorting to unlawful means. Illegality tainted with the earning has no bearing on its taxability.

New Wealth Tax Circular Specifying Fees to be charged by Valuer

February 4, 2009 21743 Views 5 comments Print

Notification No. 15/2009 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following further amendments in the Wealth-tax Act, 1957, namely:— 1. (1) These rules may be called the Wealth-tax (First Amendment) Rules, 2009. (2) They shall come into force with effect from 1st April, 2009. 2. In the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 for rule 8C, the following rule shall be

I-T dept may seek details on accounts held by taxpayers in banks abroad

February 3, 2009 432 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex body for tax matters in India, is actively considering a proposal that will allow income-tax department to ask for information on accounts held by taxpayers in banks abroad. According to a person directly involved in the development, CBDT is considering adding a column in I-T returns […]

Validity of an assessment framed under section 153A of IT Act in case of a person not searched

February 3, 2009 2459 Views 0 comment Print

44. We have carefully considered the rival submissions in the light of material placed before us. The assessments in the present case have been made u/s 153A of the Act. Section 13A provides that in case a person against whom search is initiated u/s 132A of the Act then notwithstanding anything contained in sections 39, 147,148,149 151 and 153 of the Income Tax Act, the AO shall issue a notice to such person

New CBDT chairman appointed

February 3, 2009 804 Views 0 comment Print

SSN Moorthy, a 1973 batch IRS officer, was on Saturday appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. He replaces NB Singh. Prior to his new assignment, Moorthy was a member in CBDT from August 2008. The government also appointed Sudhir Chandra, a 1973 batch IRS, in the CBDT as a […]

Depreciation not debited to the profit and loss account, but disclosed in notes appended to the accounts, deductible while determining “book profit” under Section 115J

February 2, 2009 3339 Views 0 comment Print

Facts- The assessee had not debited current year depreciation to the profit and loss account but had disclosed this fact and the quantum of depreciation in the notes appended to the accounts.

Satyam staff not co-operated with I-T officials in 2002, says govt report

February 1, 2009 651 Views 0 comment Print

Proof of disgraced Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju’s political influence — an issue that is being widely discussed following his January 7 confessions of fraud — was strongly in evidence as far back as 2002, when his company was at the height of its success. A 2002 report filed by the deputy director, investigations in the […]

Taxing times ahead as govt ups Income Tax Scrutiny

February 1, 2009 586 Views 0 comment Print

Faced with the prospect of missing the direct tax collection target because of the economic slowdown, the Income Tax (I-T) department has sharply increased fresh tax demands to Rs 1,24,000 crore from companies and individuals in the current fiscal, a 130 per cent increase over fresh demands raised last year. At this level, the demand […]

Chargeability of interest income to tax when same is only technically accrued

January 31, 2009 4223 Views 0 comment Print

8. We have carefully deliberated on the rival contentions raised by the learned AR and DR. The controversy here revolves around chargeability of interest income to the tax which even though technically accrued as per the mercantile-system of accounting being followed by the assessee, but the same was not accounted for as income in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case wherein there was

PROVISIONS OF SECTION 194H OF IT ACT WOULD NOT BE ATTRACTED ON DISCOUNTS GIVEN

January 31, 2009 1024 Views 0 comment Print

6.We have considered the rival submissions. A perusal of the agreement entered into by the assessee to the concessionaires clearly shows that the concessionaires are duty bound to use the premises and the equipment as belonging to the assessee. The agreements also clearly show that the control over the shops is with the company. The tokens for the sale of the milk at the shops are to be purchased by the concessionaires

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