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Can WhatsApp Chats Alone Justify Tax Additions? Tribunal Says No

Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...

April 13, 2026 774 Views 0 comment Print

Compounding of Income Tax Offences: Eligibility, Timelines & Conditions

Income Tax : The framework permits taxpayers to settle offences by paying prescribed compounding charges instead of facing prosecution. It clar...

April 9, 2026 312 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Expands CRS Reporting to Crypto Assets to Strengthen Financial Transparency

Income Tax : CBDT amended Income-tax Rules to include crypto-assets and digital financial products in CRS reporting. The move expands disclosur...

March 13, 2026 3018 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Rule 205 Mandates Landlord Relationship Disclosure in HRA Claims

Income Tax : The Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 require salaried taxpayers to disclose their relationship with landlords, enabling enhanced scrut...

February 19, 2026 4455 Views 0 comment Print

Refund Claim on Hold – New Risk Management Alert from Income Tax Department (AY 2025-26)

Income Tax : Refunds for AY 2025–26 are being withheld after system-based risk checks detected discrepancies. Taxpayers are advised to review...

December 23, 2025 86955 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Record 219 APAs Signed Due to Rising Need for Transfer Pricing Certainty

Income Tax : CBDT signed a record number of APAs to provide clarity on transfer pricing and reduce disputes. The framework ensures advance dete...

April 1, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

Own Merit” Promotions Of SC/ST Officials In CBDT

Income Tax : The Government stated that representations on own merit promotions are examined regularly as per existing rules, with no separate ...

February 10, 2026 543 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT seeks inputs on proposed Income-tax Rules and Forms

Income Tax : Draft Income-tax Rules and Forms have been released for public feedback before the new law takes effect, with inputs to shape the ...

February 9, 2026 3246 Views 0 comment Print

Appeal Delays Linked to Administrative Overload, Not Income Tax Officer Negligence: ITGOA

Income Tax : Following judicial criticism of delayed appeals, officers urged structural reforms to fix institutional gaps rather than penalisin...

January 29, 2026 714 Views 0 comment Print

Fake donations claims to political parties and trusts Under Tax Scanner

Income Tax : The NUDGE campaign targets fraudulent claims under sections 80G and 80GGC, helping taxpayers voluntarily revise returns and avoid ...

December 15, 2025 5385 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No reassessment beyond 3 years without proper sanction of prescribed higher authority

Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...

April 15, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

Can WhatsApp Chats Alone Justify Tax Additions? Tribunal Says No

Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...

April 13, 2026 774 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in Filing Form 9A & Return Should Be Considered for Condonation; Matter Remanded for Fresh Examination

Income Tax : ITAT held that delay in filing Form 9A cannot automatically result in denial of exemption under Section 11. The issue was sent bac...

March 13, 2026 354 Views 0 comment Print

Manual Signing in E-Proceedings Violates CBDT Instruction 1/2018 – Reassessment U/s 147/143(3) Quashed, ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that assessment orders in e-proceedings must be digitally signed as per CBDT instructions. A manually signed or...

February 21, 2026 714 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Jewellery Instruction Not Applicable to Bullion: ITAT Delhi Upholds Section 69A Addition

Income Tax : The issue was whether CBDT jewellery instructions could shield bullion found during a search from taxation. The Tribunal held that...

February 5, 2026 474 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Introduces Mandatory UIN System to Track No-TDS Declarations Under Form 121

Income Tax : The notification requires payers to generate UINs and file quarterly details of declarations even where no tax is deducted. It enh...

March 28, 2026 28749 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Exemption Granted to District Legal Service Authority, Faridabad for Specified Incomes

Income Tax : Explains the CBDT notification granting section 10(46) exemption to a district legal services authority and the categories of inco...

February 5, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Grants Income Tax Exemption to Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority

Income Tax : The Central Government notified an urban development authority under section 10(46A) of the Income-tax Act. The exemption applies ...

January 6, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Clarifies Procedure for MAP Outcomes in Pending Appeals

Income Tax : CBDT instructs CIT(A) offices to issue intimation confirming withdrawal of appeals for MAP-resolved grounds, serving as proof for ...

November 27, 2025 981 Views 0 comment Print

Government Expands Bank Network for Capital Gains Accounts

Income Tax : The government has authorised all non-rural branches of 19 banks to operate Capital Gains Account Scheme accounts, enhancing taxpa...

November 19, 2025 1233 Views 0 comment Print


CBDT may reopen income-tax returns of Big Companies to recover over Rs 27,000 crore

November 10, 2010 480 Views 0 comment Print

In one of the biggest tax recoveries to be made from blue-chip companies, the finance ministry has asked Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to reopen income-tax returns of entities found to have allegedly evaded taxes estimated at over Rs 27,000 cr

CBDT clarification on tax benefits for NGOs and charitable institutions

November 6, 2010 13174 Views 7 comments Print

The government has clarified that institutions like NGOs, charitable institutions and others who are eligible for tax benefits and can also issue tax benefit receipts to those paying donations would not need to renew their status unless it is withdra

Web-pages of Directorate General of Income Tax (Vigilance)

November 4, 2010 1299 Views 0 comment Print

It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all on the web link of the Directorate of Vigilance. It has been inaugurated for public viewing in a function presided over by the Central Vigilance Commissioner on 28th October 2010 during ‘Vigilance Aware

Tax department want School children's to learn the importance of taxes

October 27, 2010 1152 Views 0 comment Print

THE tax department wants to catch the next generation of tax payers early.School children will learn the importance of taxes for the society as part of their curriculum,an education the government thinks will ensure they grow up to become honest tax

CBDT Circular clarifies that widening of existing roads constitutes creation of new infrastructure facility eligible for

October 25, 2010 2076 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80IA(4)(i) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides for a tax holiday to an undertaking engaged in developing, or operating and maintaining, or developing, operating and maintaining any infrastructure facility subject to satisfaction of certain conditions mentioned in the Section.

I -T dept collects CWG works related documents

October 18, 2010 390 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department has collected documents pertaining to tenders and award of contracts for its “two pronged” probe into the finances of the Commonwealth Games even as a high-level committee headed by a former CAG goes into allegations of corr

ICAI asks CBDT to provide details regarding number of tax audit done by each CA firm

October 4, 2010 324 Views 0 comment Print

Seeking Data on Tax Audit from CBDT: We have sent a letter of request to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) asking them to provide the number of tax audit reports filed with them during 2009-10, e.g. data on tax audit based on fields like name

Interest in excess of 8.50% on EPF will be taxed

September 26, 2010 883 Views 0 comment Print

The government’s surprise gift for workers isn’t much of a gift after all. The labour ministry has hiked the employees’ provident fund, or EPF, rate to 9.5%, but a finance ministry notification says that anything in excess of 8.5% will be taxed. The

Clarification on PAN encrypted Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)

September 24, 2010 8480 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had recently amended the Rules relating to the manner of furnishing the return of income for companies for Assessment Year 2010-11 and onwards. Under the revised Rules, all companies (including foreign compani

Supreme court likely to hear Vodafone case on September 27

September 23, 2010 517 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court is likely to hold a preliminary hearing in the landmark Vodafone International Holdings case on Monday next (September 27). British telecom operator Vodafone had on September 14 filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, after the Bomb

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