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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 17939 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 177 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 454211 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 3837 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 1977 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


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 72 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 63 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 66 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 72 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 81 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 50931 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


Assumption of jurisdiction under section 147 of IT Act

January 15, 2009 1245 Views 0 comment Print

7. In the aforestated background now we may advert to the factual position in the instant case. In this case, after the processing of return under section 143(1) the Assessing Officer recorded reasons on 8-2-2006 to initiated proceedings under section 147/148 as under: ” the assessee filed return of income for the above noted assessment year declaring total income at Rs. Nil

SMES MAY BE TAXED FOR OUTSOURCED WORK

January 15, 2009 528 Views 0 comment Print

Small and medium-sized firms that undertake the bulk of actual manufacturing for large companies may now have to forgo a part of their revenues upfront as tax deducted at source under new rules being considered by the government to widen the tax net and make revenue collections more efficient. The government is proposing changes to […]

HNIs opting for new tax havens i.e. UAE, Singapore, Hongkong Etc.

January 15, 2009 702 Views 0 comment Print

As India’s peak income-tax rates begin to hurt, the number of high networth individuals (HNI) seeking to take residence outside the country is going up sharply, according to leading wealth managers, tax consultants and immigration lawyers whom ET spoke to. Peak income tax rates in India are as high as 33% as against 0% in […]

Special Bench overrules law on S. 292BB of the Income Tax Act, 1961

January 15, 2009 696 Views 0 comment Print

(1) S. 292BB, inserted by the F.A. 2008 w.e.f. 01.04.2008, creates a legal fiction and takes away the right of an assessee to claim that in case of invalid notice the whole proceedings taken pursuant to that notice would be void ab initio and will have no legal consequences; (2) However, the rule of interpretation of statutes is that a provision creating a new disability or obligation and imposing a new duty in respect of completed transactions cannot be construed to be retrospective;

Allowability of Deferred Revenue Expenditure u/s. 37(1)

January 12, 2009 36667 Views 0 comment Print

The nature of the expenditure treated as a deferred revenue expenditure in the books needs to be properly analysed before taking a view on its allowbaility or otherwise under the provisions of the Act,where such expenditure results in the creation of any capital asset – tangible or intangible – a case can be made out to treat the same as a capital expenditure with corresponding allowability of depreciation in accordance with law,in cases where the nature of the revenue expenditure is such that the same can be clearly and unambiguously identified over specified future time periods (e.g. discount on issue of debentures) akin to prepaid expenses, the same would be allowable over the period to which these relate proportionately, applying the matching principle.

Invocation Of Section 263 Of IT Act On Ground Of Deduction Under Section 80-IA Wrongly Allowed By AO

January 12, 2009 489 Views 0 comment Print

25. On the basis of above material, it is not possible to hold that assessee was carrying on mere repair of transformers and not any manufacturing activity. Assessee’s claim that it is manufacturing electromechanical parts and accessories like winding coils, insulation material etc. etc. from different material is clearly established on record. No dispute had been raised that above items manufactured by the assessee

Nature Of Payment Made By An Assessee-Company To VSNL/MTNL

January 12, 2009 717 Views 0 comment Print

8. The term technical service has come for the consideration before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the case of Estel Communications Pvt. Ltd. (supra). In the said case, the assessee was providing internet bandwidth for providing access to its subscribers. The main server, based on which the internet services were provided were located in USA. In that case, the Assessing Officer was of the opinion

Deemed Dividend – Section 2(22)(e) of Income Tax Act can be applied only in the hands of shareholder

January 11, 2009 15584 Views 1 comment Print

35. The intention behind enacting provisions of section 2(22)(e) are that closely held companies (i.e. companies in which public are not substantially interested), which are controlled by a group of members, even though the company has accumulated profits would not distribute such profit as dividend because if so distributed the dividend income would became taxable in the hands of the shareholders.

Taxability of compensation amount received by an assessee for termination of its agreement

January 10, 2009 15644 Views 0 comment Print

However, the mere fact that the agreement was not an agency agreement is not a decisive factor as to the taxability of the amount received on termination of the agreement. Even if the agreement was not an agency agreement and it was a simple contract, the amount received on termination of the Contract can still be taxed as a revenue receipt. Merely because it does not come

Woman I-T officer caught taking bribe

January 10, 2009 813 Views 0 comment Print

New Delhi: A woman assistant commissioner of income tax has been arrested by the CBI in a graft case after she was allegedly caught taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh for accepting I-T returns of a firm. CBI officials said K Chandrika, posted in Bangalore, had demanded Rs 10 lakh for accepting returns filed […]

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