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ITR Filing 2026: Important Due Dates, Budget 2026 Updates & Strategies

Income Tax : Budget 2026 has extended the due dates for ITR-3, ITR-4, and revised returns, offering taxpayers greater flexibility. Understandin...

June 10, 2026 651 Views 0 comment Print

Sikkim: India’s Only Income Tax-Free State and the Law Behind It

Income Tax : Relocating to Sikkim does not automatically exempt you from income tax. This article explains who qualifies under Section 10(26AAA...

June 10, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

8 Legal Ways to Save Income Tax in India for Business Owners & Freelancers

Income Tax : The article outlines practical methods through which business owners and professionals can legally minimise their tax burden. It h...

June 10, 2026 387 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption for Capital Gains on Residential Property Transfer

Income Tax : Section 54 grants exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of a residential house because the proceeds are reinvested in...

June 10, 2026 97317 Views 4 comments Print

E-Payment of Direct Taxes: Simplifying Tax Payments

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act mandates e-payment of direct taxes for companies and taxpayers covered under Section 44AB, while others may opt...

June 10, 2026 10305 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 6055 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 231 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 1617 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 3738 Views 1 comment Print

Representation for timely release of e-filing utilities for ITR for AY 2026-27

Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...

May 13, 2026 3969 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ESOP Discount Allowed as Liability Accrues Over Vesting Period: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore upheld deduction of ESOP expenditure under Section 37, holding that the liability arising from employee stock o...

June 11, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 68 Addition for Demonetization Cash Deposits Supported by Recorded Sales: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that cash deposits during the demonetization period could not be treated as unexplained credits when they orig...

June 11, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Appeal Dismissal Under Section 249(4)(b) Invalid Without Advance Tax Liability: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that dismissal of an appeal under section 249(4)(b) was unjustified where the assessee claimed that the receip...

June 11, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(E) Cannot Judge Hospital Tariffs to Decide Charity: ITAT Restores Reliance Hospital Trust’s U/s 12AB Registration

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that premium rooms, higher tariffs, and specialized medical facilities cannot by themselves establish a profit ...

June 11, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Upholds FBT Additions on Employee-Related free tickets, hospitality, conveyance, goods & lodging

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that free tickets, hospitality, conveyance, goods, and lodging expenses attracted Fringe Benefit Tax under the...

June 11, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 45327 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 576 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 492 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves National Institute of Advanced Studies as Scientific Research Institution  

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves S. Nijalingappa Sugar Institute for Scientific Research Tax Benefit Eligibility 

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print


Addition towards unsecured loan deleted as genuineness proved with documentary evidence

October 3, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition towards unsecured loan is liable to be deleted since assessee has duly discharged its onus of proving the genuineness of the unsecured loan with documentary evidences. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed to that extent.

Demand raised on issue u/s. 143(1)(a) to be modified as claim allowed in scrutiny assessment

October 3, 2025 717 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Lucknow held that claim has been allowed by AO in scrutiny proceedings u/s 143(3) of the Act, it was natural that the demand raised on the same issue under section 143(1)(a) of the Act is required to be modified. Accordingly, appeal partly allowed.

Reassessment proceedings u/s. 147 cannot be sustained in absence of valid service of notice

October 3, 2025 966 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad High Court held that in absence of valid service of notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, proceedings under section 147 of the Income Tax Act for reassessment cannot be initiated. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed.

Assessment u/s. 153A quashed as no incriminating material found during search

October 3, 2025 720 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that no incriminating material was found during the search proceedings and therefore no reassessment of income for the relevant assessment year could be made under Section 153A of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

ITAT Allows Remand for Proportionate Expense Deduction Under Section 57

October 3, 2025 786 Views 0 comment Print

Proportionate expenditure against interest income might be allowed to assessee subject to assessee establishing connection between incurring of such expenditure towards earning of interest income from nationalized banks, which was a specific requirement for claim of such expenditure u/s section 57.

ITAT Confirms Cash Seized as Benami Property Under PBPT Act

October 3, 2025 1269 Views 0 comment Print

Benami Act was intentionally drafted with a very broad and inclusive definition of property to ensure that all forms of assets, including cash, could be covered. A person could not be treated as a benamidar if they neither possess the property nor claim ownership of it; A property was considered benami when the purported real owner denies their ownership of it.

Agricultural Income Accepted as Valid Source for Credit Card Payments: ITAT Delhi

October 3, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi deletes Rs.9.99 lakh unexplained expenditure addition, ruling that the Revenue cannot sustain an addition under Sec. 69C based purely on suspicion of cash handling logistics.

ITAT Rajkot Deletes Unexplained Cash Addition for Senior Citizen Citing CBDT Limit

October 3, 2025 1038 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot deletes Rs.2.5 lakh cash addition made during demonetization, ruling that the amount was within the non-taxable limit specified by the CBDT for small deposits.

ITAT Delhi Quashes Reassessment Where No Addition Made on Recorded Reasons

October 3, 2025 1329 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes reassessment, deleting Rs. 85 lakh Sec 69C addition. AO cannot travel beyond recorded reasons if the original reason for reopening is not sustained.

Joint Name in Sale Deed Irrelevant Without Contribution: ITAT Mumbai Deletes Rs. 1.76 Cr Addition

October 3, 2025 2049 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT quashes ₹1.76 Cr unexplained investment tax on NRI homemaker, ruling joint registration doesn’t justify addition when funds came solely from husband.

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