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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 28746 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


Transfer/ posting of 19 Officers by CBIC wef 3rd November, 2020

November 3, 2020 3429 Views 0 comment Print

Office Order No. 124/2020 With the approval of Competent Authority, the following transfer and posting in the grade of Pr. Chief Commissioner/ Pr. Director General/Chief Commissioner/Director General of Customs & Central Excise, is hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:-

CBDT notifies extended Due dates of Return & Tax Audit Report for A.Y.2020-21

October 29, 2020 51387 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT issued Notification No. 88/2020 and extended Due dates of Income Tax Return and Tax Audit Report as follows:- A. Income Tax Return FY 2019-20/AY 2020-21 i. Without tax audit –31.12.20 ii. TP, tax audit & tax audit firm partners– 31.01.21 B. Various audit reports (tax audit, transfer pricing etc) – 31.12.20 C. Income tax […]

Payment Date Extended for Vivad se Vishwas Scheme

October 27, 2020 2739 Views 0 comment Print

In order to provide further relief to the taxpayers desirous of settling disputes under Vivad se Vishwas Scheme, the Government today further extended the date for making payment without additional amount from 31st December 2020 to 31st March 2021. The last date for making declaration under the Scheme has also been notified as 31st December 2020.

Procedure for filing TDS returns with insufficient deductee PAN

October 21, 2020 11147 Views 1 comment Print

As per instructions issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), it is mandatory for deductors to file TDS/TCS statements with a threshold limit of Permanent Account Number (PAN) of deductees. To facilitate deductors who face problem in filing TDS returns because of insufficiency of PAN of the deductees and also to accommodate the deductees who have intimated their PAN, the Income Tax Department (ITD) has specified the following procedure for filing TDS/TCS returns

388 transfers and postings in Additional/Joint CIT grade

October 16, 2020 1362 Views 0 comment Print

Office Order No. 199 of 2020 The following transfers and postings in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioners of Income Tax are ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:

‘KOSH MULO DAND’ written on ITR Acknowledgment – Meaning

October 16, 2020 102184 Views 0 comment Print

The water mark printed on the ITR V in English states Income Tax Department and in Hindi it states  ‘KOSH MULO DAND‘. If translate income tax department in Hindi it will be AYAKAR VIBHAG and translation of ‘KOSH MULO DAND’  in Layman Language is as  follows :- KOSH – Fund MULO – Principal / Main DAND – […]

TDS on transportation charges

October 8, 2020 600987 Views 137 comments Print

As per the amended section 194C, through Finance Act (2) of 2009, No deduction shall be made from any payments made to a contractor during the course of business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages, on furnishing of his PAN to the deductor. This new subsection 6 of 194-C makes such transport contractor to compulsorily provide PAN to the Deductor, failing to which TDS will be made by Deductor as per 194C.

Submission of ITR V and Related FAQs

October 3, 2020 65966 Views 64 comments Print

It has been proposed under the IT Circular 3/2009 that if the return is electronically furnished under a digital signature, the tax-payer is not required to furnish the Form ITR-V with the Income-tax Department as a follow up to the electronic transmitting of data in the return. Similarly, any return which is digitally signed by the assessee and filed with an E-Return Intermediary (ERI), who, in turn, submits the return to the Income Tax Department under his digital signature, will also be deemed to have been filed under a digital signature of the assessee and no Form ITR-V is required to be submitted. In such cases, the date of electronic transmission of the data in the return shall be the date of furnishing the return.

Notification No. 78/2020-Income Tax, Dated: 25.09.2020

September 25, 2020 2739 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT amends Notification No. 51/2014 dated 22nd October, 2014 vide Notification No. 78/2020-Income Tax dated 25th September, 2020 related to jurisdictions of Principal CITs & CCITs. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) Notification No. 78/2020-Income Tax New Delhi, the 25th September, 2020 S.O. 3303(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred under […]

Submit Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) in Form 61A

September 1, 2020 363459 Views 26 comments Print

Legal Framework- Section 285BA- Obligation to furnish Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT). Rule 114E – Furnishing of Statement of Financial Transactions in Form 61A. Form 61A – Format and Instructions

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