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...
At a time when the Central Board of Direct Taxes is asking taxpayers to use online platform to file returns, there is a problem that might haunt the assessees. “The data in the online system directly goes to the Central Processing Centre in Bangalore and the entire work is to done by them. Hence, say there is any delay in refund the local IT officer has nothing to do and for the ombudsman it is an issue of jurisdiction,” Income Tax Ombudsman (East) Manoj Mishra told PTI.
From the desk of Chairman,CBDT S.N. 35/April 15 ,2011. CBDT compliments one & all for their profound sincerity & deep commitment in issuing record number of refunds in the first 14 days of April 2011 & is confident that the remaining refunds would be issued by 20th April 2011. Status of refunds issued from April 1 to 14 2011
At the moment field formations are preparing around 30 statistical/ progress reports. CBDT realizes that substantial time is consumed in preparing these reports. It is, therefore, decided to reduce the number of these reports to two or three. For the same a Committee comprising of officers from Directorates of O&MS, Systems & the Board under the Chairmanship of Mr. Anjani Kumar CCIT (Central) Delhi has been appointed. The Committee would give its report by April 20, 2011.
The Supreme Court today directed Mahindra Satyam to make its presentation before the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) relating to its tax dispute within two weeks, and also asked it to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 617 crore by April 25. “Within two weeks the petitioner company (Mahindra Satyam) would file a comprehensive petition making its representation before CBDT giving all requisite information for re-assessment of income for year 2003-2004 to 2008-09,”, the bench said.
he Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will save an estimated Rs 4,400 crore in interest payout in the current year by preponing tax refunds and clearing the backlog. “We will save Rs 4,400 crore in the current year for preparing the refunds and clearing the backlog of the refunds,” chairman CBDT Sudhir Chandra said.
Five crore commemorative coins of Rs 5 denomination, unveiled recently to celebrate 150 years of taxation, will be minted for public distribution soon. The coins, released by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on February 26, will be put in public domain and will be a collector’s item. These will have no extra price, a senior Finance Ministry official said. The special coin was unveiled along with a coin in the denomination of Rs 150 on the occasion of completion of 150 years of taxation and also of the Income Tax department from 1860 to 2010.
Amidst hue and cry by developers over the Budget proposal to impose MAT on SEZs, Central Board of Direct Taxes today said it has detected revenue diversion from domestic operations to the tax free enclaves.
IT Initiatives: E-Filing and E-Payment of Taxes, Web-based facility for tax Payers to track Resolution of Refunds. CBDT to Set up Eight more Aaykar Seva Kendras in 2011-12 Various tax initiatives have been taken in the Union Budget 2011-12 for efficient tax administration. Presenting the Budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee highlighted the initiatives including e-filing and e-payment of taxes, adoption of ‘Sevottam’ concept by CBEC and CBDT, web based facility for tax payers track the resolution of refunds and credit for pre-paid taxes and augmentation of processing capacity.
In the last Video Conference as also through a Message from the Chairman’s Desk, all the CCITs were requested to personally monitor processing of Returns & expeditiously issue refunds. Still, out of around 61.4 lac Returns entered in the system but not yet processed, around 6.39 lac Returns have refund claims. All CCITs are once again advised to please ensure that all pending refunds are necessarily issued by March 15 2011. As no data is available with the Systems regarding refund returns received but still not entered, all the CCITs are requested to provide on or before Feb 28, 2011 details of such cases to DIT (Sys) – III , New Delhi at dit3.systems@incometaxindia.gov.in.
Racing to maximise its revenue before the end of this fiscal, the government has asked all Chief Commissioners of Income Tax in the country to ensure collection of over Rs 1150 crore of unpaid taxes in a week’s time.
