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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


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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


Relax Scrutiny provisions for Individual Tax Payers: ICAI

January 21, 2020 15990 Views 1 comment Print

In order to encourage more people to file income tax returns, necessary provisions may be introduced, such as: Individuals having taxable income upto Rs. 10 lakhs may not be subjected to scrutiny for 3 Assessment Years unless there is specific information available with the Department regarding his high value transaction.

Printing process for Budget 2020 commences with Halwa Ceremony

January 20, 2020 774 Views 0 comment Print

The Halwa ceremony, marking the commencement of Budget printing process for Union General Budget 2020-21, was held here in North Block today morning in the presence of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.

Increase GST Registration limit to Rs. 40 Lakh and Income Tax exemption Limit to Rs. 5 Lakh

January 19, 2020 41208 Views 8 comments Print

Threashold limit for registration under GST on services should be enhanced from Rs 20 Lakhs to Rs 40 Lakh on the line of Traders and Manufacturers. The exemption limit for personal income tax should be 5 lakhs for the trader who carry on business under proprietorship, or is a partner or is a director in company which is registered under GST.

Applicability of Section 269ST on Co-Operative Societies

January 19, 2020 56136 Views 9 comments Print

As per Section 269ST transactions in the nature referred to in Section 269SS are exempted from the ambit of Section 269ST. 269 SS refers to the transactions of receiving Deposits and Loans from others. Therefore, 269 ST is not applicable to the receipt of deposits and loans.

Tax Rate announced in Budget- Applicable to which year

January 19, 2020 11445 Views 2 comments Print

Why Rates of Income tax to be announced in February 2020 budget will be  applicable for Income Earned in Financial Year (F.Y.) 2020-21 and not for F.Y. 2019-20?

Pre-Budget: Mounting Fiscal Pressures

January 14, 2020 777 Views 0 comment Print

Mr. Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank Ltd. HDFC Banks Treasury has recently come up with a Report on Union Budget 2020-21.  In this report  take a look on how the fiscal math is likely to unfold this year and what can be expected from the 2020-21 budget. ♠ In our opinion the 2020-21 budget […]

Expectation from Budget 2020 in context of IBC 2016 on Tax Front

January 12, 2020 2064 Views 2 comments Print

1. Existing provisions u/s 153 of I-Tax act 1961 prescribes various limitation periods for completion of assessments under I-Tax act 1961. The IBC act 2016 stipulates as per section 60(6) that moratorium period be excluded from Limitation period. However I-Tax authorities never accept the overriding power of IBC’s as per section 238 of IBC 2016 […]

Ten Suggestions For Budget 2020

January 6, 2020 4770 Views 0 comment Print

The countdown to Union budget 2020 has already begun. Considering the state of the Indian economy, finance minister is expected to unfold measures which give boost to the economy Following are ten propositions for the Budget : 1) Income Tax Slab Income upto Rs. 5 lakh should be made exempt from tax. Peak rate of […]

FAQs: Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019

January 3, 2020 118137 Views 33 comments Print

Who is eligible to file declaration under SABKA VISHWAS (LEGACY DISPUTE RESOLUTION) SCHEME, 2019? Any person falling under the following categories is eligible, subject to other conditions under the Scheme, to file a declaration:

Contributions to National Pension System (NPS) u/s 80CCD(1B)

December 31, 2019 67692 Views 11 comments Print

As the Financial Year 2017-18 is nearing completion, individual tax payers are having hardly one month time to save tax. For individual assessees whose Rs.1.5 lakh savings limit as available u/s 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD(1) are exhausted the only option left is contribution to NPS.

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