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 : Refunds for AY 2025–26 are being withheld after system-based risk checks detected discrepancies. Taxpayers are advised to review...
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 NUDGE campaign targets fraudulent claims under sections 80G and 80GGC, helping taxpayers voluntarily revise returns and avoid ...
Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...
Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
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...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that assessment orders in e-proceedings must be digitally signed as per CBDT instructions. A manually signed or...
Income Tax : The issue was whether CBDT jewellery instructions could shield bullion found during a search from taxation. The Tribunal held that...
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 ...
Income Tax : CBDT instructs CIT(A) offices to issue intimation confirming withdrawal of appeals for MAP-resolved grounds, serving as proof for ...
Income Tax : The government has authorised all non-rural branches of 19 banks to operate Capital Gains Account Scheme accounts, enhancing taxpa...
Central Government hereby specifies that a non-resident being an Eligible Foreign Investor which operates in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, circular IMD/HO/FPIC/CIR/P/2017/003 dated 04th January, 2017, shall be deemed as Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) for the purposes of transactions in securities made on a recognised stock exchange located in any International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), where the consideration for such transaction is paid or payable in foreign currency.
With the approval of Competent Authority following Committee is formulated to look into the existing Transfer/Placement Guidelines for IRS officers. The Department has undergone comprehensive restructuring and with including of new assessment methodologies like NeAC and ReAC it has become imperative to revisit the existing placement guidelines.
Field formation should not carry out any enquiry u/s 133(6) or issue notice u/s 148 of the Act on the basis of the data presently available in either AIMS Module of the ITBA or the AIR information earlier shown in the ITD till further directions are issued.
The Announcement: A Positive Move On February 1, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech declared that employees of startups (exempt under Section 80-IAC) could defer paying income tax on stock options. The proposal was put forward by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) which suggested extending tax benefits to […]
CBDT notifies rules regarding manner of making PAN inoperative u/s 139AA(2) – Notification No. 11/2020, dated 13-02-2020 CBDT notifies Income Tax Rule 114AAA prescribing that permanent account number (PAN) will become inoperative if a person, who has been allotted PAN as on the 1st day of July, 2017 and is required to intimate his Aadhaar number […]
CBDT notifies that the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems), New Delhi for furnishing information respecting assessees to Securities and Exchange Board of India(‘SEBI’). F.No. 225/297/2019/ITA.II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi, the 10th February,2020 Order In exercise of powers conferred under section 138(1)(a) of […]
Procedure of PAN allotment through Common Application Form (CAF) along with registration of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) with SEBI under Department of Economic Affairs and KYC for opening Bank and Demat Account.
CBDT has released Circular No. 4/2020 which explains provisions related to TDS on Salary under Section 192 of Income Tax Act, 1961 applicable for A.Y. 2020-21 or F.Y. 2019-20. Circular also explains taxation of different components of Salary, Tax Treatment of Allowances, Perquisites, Retirement benefits etc. Circular No. 04/2020-Income Tax F.No. 275/192/2019-IT(B) Government of India […]
Private healthcare sector: Income tax incentives, Legal Provisions and Judgments This article covers various sections related to healthcare sector such as Section 10(23C), Section 44A, Section 44AB, Section 11, Section 12, Section 35AD, Section 194I, Section 194h, Section J and many more along with various related case laws. Legal Provisions with respect to tax incentives […]
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the Income-tax Return (ITR) Forms 1 and 4 for the Assessment Year 2020-21. These ITR Forms will be applicable for filing of Income-tax return in respect of income earned during the previous year 2019-20 (between 01-04-2019 to 31-03-2020).
