Income Tax : The reform consolidates TDS provisions into a structured system and introduces digital compliance mechanisms. It enhances clarity,...
Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
Income Tax : The framework permits taxpayers to settle offences by paying prescribed compounding charges instead of facing prosecution. It clar...
Income Tax : CBDT amended Income-tax Rules to include crypto-assets and digital financial products in CRS reporting. The move expands disclosur...
Income Tax : The Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 require salaried taxpayers to disclose their relationship with landlords, enabling enhanced scrut...
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...
Income Tax : CBDT signed a record number of APAs to provide clarity on transfer pricing and reduce disputes. The framework ensures advance dete...
Income Tax : The Government stated that representations on own merit promotions are examined regularly as per existing rules, with no separate ...
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 ...
Income Tax : Following judicial criticism of delayed appeals, officers urged structural reforms to fix institutional gaps rather than penalisin...
Income Tax : The Tribunal observed that CBDT instructions prohibit the AO from examining issues beyond the specific reason for limited scrutiny...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that delay in filing Form No. 10 for claiming accumulation under Section 11(2) should be condoned where gen...
Income Tax : Court found that the appellant failed to clearly identify which exceptional clause applied. Since the tax effect was below Rs.2 cr...
Income Tax : The issue was whether jewellery found during search can be taxed despite CBDT limits. ITAT held that jewellery within prescribed l...
Income Tax : The case examined whether scrutiny selection without meeting CBDT conditions was valid. The ITAT held that failure to satisfy mand...
Income Tax : CBDT has instructed tax officers to uniformly apply Sections 68 to 69D and Section 115BBE after a C&AG audit found inconsistencies...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department increased monetary thresholds for assigning cases between ITOs and D/ACITs in Delhi Region. The revised ...
Income Tax : The notification requires payers to generate UINs and file quarterly details of declarations even where no tax is deducted. It enh...
Income Tax : Explains the CBDT notification granting section 10(46) exemption to a district legal services authority and the categories of inco...
Income Tax : The Central Government notified an urban development authority under section 10(46A) of the Income-tax Act. The exemption applies ...
CBDT vide notification dated 29 July 2021 [Notification No. 83/2021/F. No. 370142/30/2021-TPL] has omitted certain Rules due to provisions becoming redundant owing to omission or applicability of such provisions not relevant now as the same has expired long time ago. Further, the same is to ease the burden of the taxpayer in certain circumstances where […]
The number of cases of non-compliance of orders of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) like not filing appeal in the High Court despite the direction of Directorate General of Income Tax (DGIT) (Investigation) and allowing appeal without collecting the requisite demand by the Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) (Central) Mumbai-II and Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) (Central)-2 Kolkata from 31st March 2017 to 31st March 2019;
CBDT issues clarification on section 194Q and interplay of Section 194Q, 206C(1H) AND 194O vide Circular No. 13 of 2021-Income Tax | Dated: 30/06/2021 Thought the clarifications are welcome but are issued at 11th hour. Just to recall, when the TCS provisions u/s 206C(1H) were made applicable from 01st October 2020, similar clarifications were issued […]
Office Order No. 166 of 2021| Dated: 30.06.2021 On promotion, the transfer/postings of the following officers in the grade of Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax/Pr. Director General of Income Tax, are hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:
Extension of Income tax time limits of certain compliances to provide relief to taxpayers in view of the severe pandemic- Objections to Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) and Assessing Officer under section 144C of the Act, for which the last date of filing under that Section is 1st June, 2021 or thereafter, may be filed within the time provided in that Section or by 31st August, 2021, whichever is later;
Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), launched its programme in Bhutan today. India was chosen as the Partner Jurisdiction and has provided the Tax Expert for this programme.
On 10th June, 2021, CBDT issued Guidelines prescribing framework for Compulsory Selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during the Financial Year 2021- 22 to all PCC/CC/Pr.DG/DG of Income Tax. Study of these guidelines may help taxpayer analyze, as to under which category it falls. Framework is categorized as under: 1. Cases related to survey u/s […]
CBDT approves M/s Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhilai for Scientific Research and Research in Social Science and Statistical Research for the purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) read with rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 vide Notification […]
Central Government specifies the Nodal officers of the following State Police Agencies for the purposes of the said clause in connection with sharing of information through National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) platform
Upon completion of his tenure, here is the outgoing Chairman CBDT, Sh. PC Mody handing over the charge of Chairman, CBDT to Shri Jagannath Bidyadhar Mohapatra, Member, CBDT, who will hold the charge in addition to his regular duties. His service ends in April next year. J.B. Mohapatra, a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, was […]
