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 ...
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).
Relaxation of time-Compounding of Offences under Direct Tax Laws (Income Tax)-One-time measure-Extension of Timeline- Circular No. 1/2020-Income Tax Dated 3rd January, 2020.
