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Your Gold Bond Tax Break Is Gone, Here’s What It Actually Costs You

Finance : Secondary SGB buyers must now pay 12.5% LTCG tax, unlike primary holders. The change reshapes returns and investment strategies in...

April 30, 2026 873 Views 0 comment Print

Buyback Tax Reset: Promoter Penalty and New Capital Gains Framework

Income Tax : Establishes that higher tax burdens on promoters under the new regime require companies to reassess payout strategies. The takeawa...

April 16, 2026 681 Views 0 comment Print

JAO vs FAO Controversy: Retrospective Amendments by Finance Act 2026 & Constitutional Validity

Finance : The Supreme Court has allowed taxpayers to challenge retrospective amendments validating JAO reassessment actions. It stayed ongoi...

April 13, 2026 5733 Views 0 comment Print

Buy Back Taxation – Finance Act – 2026 – Resettling the unsettled…..

Income Tax : The issue arose from taxing buybacks as dividends, causing higher tax burden and unusable capital losses. The reform restores capi...

March 30, 2026 3207 Views 0 comment Print

Section 36(1)(va) Disallowance: Budget 2026 Ends Long Litigation—What About Old Cases?

Income Tax : The Supreme Court has admitted a case to resolve conflicting interpretations of due dates for PF/ESI contributions. The ruling wil...

March 18, 2026 1320 Views 0 comment Print


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Finance Bill 2026: Notice of Amendments as introduced in Lok Sabha

Income Tax : The amendments focus on reassessment timelines, electronic communication, and procedural clarity. The changes aim to reduce litiga...

March 26, 2026 6666 Views 1 comment Print

Finance Bill 2026 Expands Immunity Even for Misreporting of Income to Reduce Tax Litigation

Income Tax : The Government introduced reforms to simplify tax dispute resolution, including broader immunity provisions and expanded scope for...

March 18, 2026 639 Views 0 comment Print

Decoding Budget Amendments in NRI Taxation – Post-Budget Special | Live Focused Session

Income Tax : A focused session breaks down recent Budget amendments affecting NRI taxation. It highlights how changes impact income, investment...

February 5, 2026 5904 Views 0 comment Print

Major Key Point of Budget 2026

CA, CS, CMA : Budget 2026 prioritises easing compliance, reducing penalties, and cutting litigation rather than raising tax rates. The reforms a...

February 2, 2026 1668 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2026: Explanatory Memoranda to Customs and Central Excise changes

Custom Duty : New baggage rules and processing regulations are notified, replacing earlier frameworks and aligning customs procedures for passen...

February 1, 2026 1425 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Key GST Amendments in Finance Bill 2024

Goods and Services Tax : Discover the key amendments in the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2024, affecting CGST, IGST, UTGST, and Cess Act, including tax exemptions...

July 26, 2024 5514 Views 1 comment Print

Plea in Madras HC on Penalty on CAs for Filing Wrong Information- Section 271J

Income Tax : A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the section 271J of the Income Tax Act inserted vide Finance Act 2...

May 9, 2017 5802 Views 2 comments Print

In all cases where additional evidence is admitted, the CIT (A) should be considered to have exercised his powers u/s 250(4) is not acceptable

Income Tax : U/s 250(4), the CIT (A) has the power to direct enquiry and call for evidence from the assessee. Under Rule 46A, the assessee has ...

March 18, 2012 2645 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT revises Mandatory DIN Requirement to align with Finance Act 2026

Income Tax : CBDT updated DIN rules to align with new provisions introduced under the Finance Act, 2026. The circular mandates DIN for most tax...

March 31, 2026 2286 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Act 2026

Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2026 prescribes income-tax rates, surcharge, and cess for the assessment year 2026–27. It establishes the legal...

March 30, 2026 3888 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC rescinds notification No. 5/2023-Central Excise dated 1.2.2023

Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026. The rescission is ...

February 1, 2026 1041 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC Exempts Biogas in Blended CNG from Excise Value; Defers Additional Duty on Diesel

Excise Duty : The government has extended key excise provisions and introduced a specific duty structure for CNG blended with biogas. The key ta...

February 1, 2026 1260 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise Notification Caps NCCD on Chewing & Jarda Scented Tobacco at 25%

Excise Duty : The government has reduced the effective National Calamity Contingent Duty on specified tobacco products. The key takeaway is a ca...

February 1, 2026 4770 Views 0 comment Print


Procedure for declaration & undertaking under Vivad se Vishwas Rules

March 19, 2020 7098 Views 0 comment Print

DGIT(S)-ADG(S)-3/e-Filing Notification/FoR1/VSVS/2020/ Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Tax Directorate of Income Tax (Systems), New Delhi Notification No. 12 of 2020 New Delhi, the 19th March, 2020 Subject- Procedure for making declaration in Form-1 under sub-rule (1) of Rule 3 and furnishing undertaking in Form-2 under sub-rule (2) of Rule 3 under […]

Finance Minister reaches out to CAs for promoting Vivad se Vishwas scheme

March 19, 2020 3624 Views 1 comment Print

The ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ Scheme aims at dispute resolution in order to reduce pending litigation, generate revenue for the Government and benefit taxpayers. Over the years, the pendency of appeals filed by taxpayers as well as Government has increased due to the fact that the number of appeals that are filed is much higher than the number of appeals that are disposed.

CBDT notifies ‘designated authority under ‘Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020

March 18, 2020 7146 Views 0 comment Print

Notification of ‘designated authority under ‘the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020’- Which provides to the ‘declarant’ a mechanism to resolve disputes under the Income-tax Act, 1961

Designated authority under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 in Delhi

March 18, 2020 1206 Views 0 comment Print

Principal CIT Delhi, notifies specified jurisdictional PCIT/CIT having their headquarters at specified places to be the ‘designated authorities’ under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020

Designated authority under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 in UP

March 18, 2020 1467 Views 0 comment Print

Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, (UP), East, Lucknow hereby notify that the following jurisdictional Principal Commissioner of Income Tax/ Commissioner of Income Tax as specified in column (2), having their headquarters at the place specified in the corresponding entries in column (4) shall be the ‘designated authorities’ under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020

Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Rules 2020

March 18, 2020 33885 Views 1 comment Print

After Assent by President of  of Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020, CBDT notifies Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Rules 2020 alongwith Relevant Forms which includes Form 1 to Form 5. vide Notification No. 18/2020-Income Tax Dated 18th Mach, 2020. Also Read- Corrigendum to Form-3 of Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Rules, 2020 MINISTRY […]

How to Calculate Tax on Agricultural income

March 18, 2020 696261 Views 47 comments Print

Agricultural income is exempt from Income Tax under section 10(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. However, its included, for rate purposes, in computing the Income Tax Liability if following two conditions are cumulatively satisfied: Net Agricultural income exceeds INR 5,000/- for P.Y. 2014-15, and Total income, excluding net Agricultural income, exceeds INR 2,50,000/-.

CA Challenges Constitutional validity of Vivad se Vishwas Act 2020

March 17, 2020 9801 Views 2 comments Print

CA Satyaprakash Singh from Mumbai has challenged Constitutional validity of Section 9 of Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020 by FIling a Public Interest Petition with Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. By this Public Interest Petition, the Petitioner is impugning the Constitutional validity of Section 9 of Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020. The Respondent No.1 has […]

Extend time-line of 31st March 2020 for Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme

March 17, 2020 13416 Views 0 comment Print

Representation for extension of time-lines of 31st March 2020 for payment of 100% of ‘Disputed Tax’ for VSVS in wake of the prevailing economic situations on account of outbreak of Corono Virus, for your consideration.

President Assents Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020

March 17, 2020 10755 Views 0 comment Print

President Assents Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020 on 17th March, 2020 the Act will help Government to reduce Litigation on Direct Taxes and also offer an Opportunity to Taxpayers to get rid of Litigation by opting this Scheme. Full Text of the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020 is as follows- MINISTRY […]

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