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HUF Tax Benefits: Separate PAN/ITR, Basic Exemption Limit & Tax Planning

Income Tax : HUF allows families to create a separate tax entity with its own PAN and ITR, enabling income splitting and slab-wise benefits. Th...

March 25, 2026 957 Views 0 comment Print

HUF as a Tax Planning Tool for Salaried Individuals: Opportunities, Limitations & Practical Realities

Income Tax : While HUF offers tax advantages, salaried individuals often lack valid corpus. The analysis explains why benefits may be limited i...

March 24, 2026 744 Views 0 comment Print

New Tax Regime Provisions under Income-tax Act 2025 for Individual & HUF

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act 2025 introduces the new tax regime as the default taxation method for individuals and certain entities. Taxpaye...

March 17, 2026 48705 Views 1 comment Print

Agricultural Income: Exemption and Tax Treatment Explained

Income Tax : This article explains what qualifies as agricultural income under Section 2(1A), why it is exempt under Section 10(1), and how par...

February 20, 2026 3057 Views 1 comment Print

HUF Tax Planning: Using a Hindu Undivided Family Correctly & Avoiding Clubbing

Income Tax : Explains how a properly structured HUF can access separate exemptions and threshold benefits. Takeaway: Formal setup and eligible ...

December 31, 2025 2541 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


HUF Recognised for Tax Only, Barred from Public Fund Collection

Corporate Law : The Government reaffirmed that HUFs are assessable units solely for income tax purposes and lack corporate status. They cannot col...

February 5, 2026 486 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of Supreme Court Judgement On HUF Tax Benefits

Income Tax : Government addresses Supreme Court judgment on tax exemptions for clergy and its implications on Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) u...

February 12, 2025 1977 Views 0 comment Print

Concerns on Corporate Tax, MSME Deductions, GST Rates

CA, CS, CMA : Explore recent updates on corporate tax rates, MSME concerns over tax deductions, and GST rates for shawls as addressed in Lok Sab...

August 5, 2024 678 Views 0 comment Print

Affidavit must for gift in kind, over Rs. 50,000, from relatives

Income Tax : From now on, when you get a gift in kind, valued at more than Rs. 50,000, from your parents or other relatives, make sure you have...

October 23, 2009 5164 Views 0 comment Print

Revised procedure for acceptance of address proof alongwith PAN application

Income Tax : While accepting “Application for allotment of PAN (Form 49A)” if both the addresses (residence and office) are mentioned in th...

October 16, 2009 2800 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Rs. 50 Lakh LIC Investment Treated as Unexplained Due to Failure to Prove HUF Source

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld addition under Section 69 as the assessee failed to establish that the LIC investment belonged to the HUF. Mer...

March 2, 2026 786 Views 0 comment Print

Gift from HUF to Member Requires Verification Before Taxation: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The ITAT set aside the CIT(A)’s order taxing Rs. 10 lakh received from HUF, emphasizing verification of the gift and HUF status ...

December 12, 2025 804 Views 0 comment Print

PAN Cannot Override Legal Ownership- ITAT Blasts Revenue for Taxing Individual Instead of HUF/Trust

Income Tax : The ITAT deleted a capital gains addition, ruling that the use of an individual's PAN during a property sale cannot legally overri...

October 11, 2025 483 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat Directs Re-examination of Tax on Gift from HUF

Income Tax : ITAT Surat remands case to CIT(A) for fresh adjudication on HUF gift taxability under Section 56(2)(vii) of the Income Tax Act, ci...

March 9, 2025 888 Views 0 comment Print

Belated appeal before CIT(A) dismissed without an opportunity of being heard not justified

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that dismissal of appeal by CIT(A) merely because the same was filed belatedly not justified as CIT(A) failed ...

November 30, 2024 1329 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Transition from Form 15G/15H to Consolidated Form 121 for TDS-exempted Incomes

Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...

April 13, 2026 4122 Views 0 comment Print

Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 Amendment to Section 9(3) of Scheme

Fema / RBI, Finance, Income Tax : Provided further that an account opened on behalf of a Hindu Undivided Family prior to the 13th day of May, 2005, shall be closed ...

December 27, 2010 3755 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT notifies mandatory e-filing of return with digital signature for companies

Income Tax : Notification No. 49/2010-Income Tax In a recent Notification No. 49/2010 dated 9 July 2010 (Notification) issued by the Central Bo...

July 9, 2010 10879 Views 0 comment Print

Gifts of property (gifts-in-kind) above value of rs.50,000 become taxable from 1st October 2009

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act 1961 (the Act) has been amended with effect from 1st October 2009 to provide that any gift-in-kind, being an im...

October 1, 2009 2836 Views 0 comment Print


Leave assets for your heirs without any legal hassles

January 5, 2014 2811 Views 0 comment Print

Estate planning helps to decide about one’s heirs and also fix important details like when, how and in what proportion they are to receive inheritance. Making a will is the easiest and most common way of bequeathing your property. There are also other options like making a trust, gifting assets during one’s life time, family settlement, nomination, power of attorney.

Free eBook on Practical Aspects of Tax Audit, TDS, HUF & Capital Gains

September 4, 2012 17627 Views 0 comment Print

eBook covers various complex topics such as Tax Audit, TDS, HUF and Capital Gains. Book provides brief analysis of various complex issues falling under the above mentioned topics duly supported by latest relevant judicial pronouncements and provisions of law.

E-Book on HUF under Hindu Law & Income Tax Act, 1961

September 4, 2012 18563 Views 0 comment Print

1 Meaning of HUF 2. Characteristics of HUF 3. Who can be ‘Karta’ 4 Sole Surviving Coparcener 5 Consequence of Amendment in Hindu Succession Act 6 Mode of Creation of HUF 7 Income Tax Issues

HUFs can not continue PPF after 15 years

December 29, 2010 684 Views 0 comment Print

Hindu undivided families (HUFs) will now have to mandatorily exit from the public provident fund (PPF) on completion of 15 years. The move is aimed at checking misuse as several people were investing in PPF to earn 8% tax-free return as an individual

Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 Amendment to Section 9(3) of Scheme

December 27, 2010 3755 Views 1 comment Print

Provided further that an account opened on behalf of a Hindu Undivided Family prior to the 13th day of May, 2005, shall be closed after expiry of fifteen years from the end of the year in which the initial subscription was made and the entire amount standing at the credit of the subscriber shall be refunded, after making adjustments, if any, in respect of any interest due from the subscriber on loans taken by him.

E-filing Mandatory for Individual and HUF who required to furnish the return in Form ITR-4 and to whom provisions of section 44AB are applicable

July 11, 2010 3733 Views 0 comment Print

E-filing Mandatory for Individual and HUF who required to furnish the return in Form ITR-4 and to whom provisions of section 44AB are applicable

CBDT notifies mandatory e-filing of return with digital signature for companies

July 9, 2010 10879 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 49/2010-Income Tax In a recent Notification No. 49/2010 dated 9 July 2010 (Notification) issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, modifying the permitted modes of filing return of income (ROI) for (i) companies and (ii) individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUF) which are liable for tax audit.

FAQ on Constitution of HUF, HUF Property, Blending of Individual Property with that of HUF

May 18, 2010 18521 Views 0 comment Print

The concept of HUF under Hindu law as well as Income-tax Act, 1961 is the same. As stated earlier, HUF is purely a creature of law and cannot be created by an act of parties (except in case of adoption and reunion). A HUF is a fluctuating body, its size increases with birth of a male member in the family and decreases on death of a member of the family.

FAQ on General principles Governing HUF

March 11, 2010 7553 Views 10 comments Print

HUF which is same as joint Hindu family is a body consisting of persons lineally descendant from a common ancestor, including their wives and unmarried daughters, who are staying together jointly; joint in food, estate and worship. The daughter, on her marriage, ceases to be a member of her father’s HUF and becomes a member of her husband’s HUF.

If company constructed structure on shareholders land then rent there from will be taxable in the hand of company

January 13, 2010 4419 Views 0 comment Print

In so far as the rents received from Samsung are concerned., the finding recorded by the Assessing Officer is that, the structure is constructed by the Company itself with its own funds and not that the super structure has been constructed by the shareholders on the land belonging to the Company or a case where the investments

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