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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 867 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 5715 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 3186 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


Latest News


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 6651 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 636 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 5796 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 2271 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 3876 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 4749 Views 0 comment Print


Specified rate of duty payable on the basis of capacity of production on Pan Masala and Gutkha

July 11, 2014 1715 Views 0 comment Print

The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a pan masala pouch having retail sale price of ₹ 8.00 (i.e. P) shall be= ₹ 89.40 + 14.58 x (8-6) lakhs = ₹ 118.56 lakhs

Home Loan Interest Exemption Limit increased to Rs. 2 Lakh

July 11, 2014 52231 Views 0 comment Print

Government has raised Home/ Housing Interest Exemption amount under section 24 from Rs. 1.50 Lakh to Rs. 2 Lakh WEF Assessment Year 2015-16 in respect of Loan Taken for Purchase of Self Occupied House Property.

Budget 2014- Exempts all items of machinery, and components, required for initial setting up of a solar power generation project or facility or solar energy production

July 11, 2014 922 Views 0 comment Print

that an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy recommends the grant of this exemption, indicating the quantity, description and specification of the goods and certifies that they are required for initial setting up of a solar power generation or solar energy production project or facility, as the case may be; and

Amendment in Notification No. 33/2005- Central Excise, dated the 8th September, 2005 – Goods required for for compressed bio-gas (Bio-CNG)

July 11, 2014 2357 Views 0 comment Print

in the opening paragraph, after the words, “initial setting up of a project for the generation of power”, the words, brackets and letters “or generation of compressed bio-gas (Bio-CNG)” shall be inserted;

Section 80C deduction limit increased to Rs. 150000

July 11, 2014 167447 Views 2 comments Print

In order to encourage household savings, it is proposed to raise the limit of deduction allowed under section 80C from the existing Rs. 1 lakh to Rs.1 .5 lakh. In view of the same, consequential amendments are proposed in sections 80CCE and 80CCD of the Act.

Exemption to certain Drugs, Diagnostics and Equipments required for National AIDS Control Programme funded by Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria(GFATM)

July 11, 2014 1048 Views 0 comment Print

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the goods mentioned in column (1) of the Table below of the description specified in column (2) of the said Table from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon which is specified in the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985

Amendment in Notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012 – Effective rate of duty of central excise

July 11, 2014 15494 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 12/2014-Central Excise after serial number 133 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be inserted, namely:-

Amendment in Notification No. 108/95-Central Excise, dated the 28th August, 1995 – Exemption to Goods supplied to UN/International Organisations or Projects

July 11, 2014 13897 Views 0 comment Print

transfer the said goods to a new project subject to the condition that the manufacturer produces before the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the factory of manufacture, a certificate from the officer concerned of the Central Government, State Government or Union territory Administration, as the case may be, that the said goods are no longer required for the said project and a declaration from the United Nations,

Amendment in Notification No.64/95-Central Excise, dated the 16th March, 1995 – Exemption to goods supplied for defence and other specified purposes

July 11, 2014 2264 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 10/2014-Central Excise In the said notification, in the Table, after serial number 35, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

Amendment in the Notification No. 2/2011-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2011 – Option to pay duty at 6% (earlier 5%) with cenvat credit

July 11, 2014 3728 Views 0 comment Print

against serial number 58, in column (3), for the existing entry, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:- Sewing machines other than those operated with electric motors, whether in-built or attachable to the body;

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