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Excess amount paid under IDS shall be refundable

Income Tax : Budget 2021- excess amount of tax, surcharge or penalty paid in pursuance of a declaration made under Income Declaration Scheme (I...

February 3, 2021 3342 Views 0 comment Print

Payment of Tax on last date through cheque but cleared subsequently

Income Tax : Recently I came into question of the case where a person issued a cheque for payment of IDS on dated 31.03.2017 (last date of seco...

August 28, 2020 27375 Views 7 comments Print

Refund of Tax & Penalty paid under Income Declaration Scheme, 2016

Income Tax : The existing provisions of section 187 of the Finance Act, 2016 provide, inter alia, that the tax, surcharge and penalty in respec...

July 14, 2019 2538 Views 0 comment Print

IDS 2016- How to validate Form 3 and Form 4

Income Tax : The below instructions are issued with respect to the validations and checks available in e-Filing portal for Form 3 and Form 4 (I...

December 28, 2016 35470 Views 4 comments Print

Battle of Love for Money and Fear of Income Tax – IDS?

Income Tax : Krishna, nowadays income tax department is conducting survey, raids, etc. almost everywhere. Because of this, confusion is arising...

September 26, 2016 6823 Views 0 comment Print


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Income Disclosure Schemes: Past, Revenue and Future Plans

Income Tax : Explore the Income Disclosure Schemes implemented by the Government of India, including details about the amounts received, revenu...

August 11, 2023 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Request to announce another Income Disclosure & Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme

Income Tax : Memorandum containing suggestions for Budget 2023 by CCI Professionals Forum with request to consider annoucing another Disclosure...

January 12, 2023 7290 Views 0 comment Print

Request for extension of due date for filing of Form IDS 3

Income Tax : The extended due date for filing of Form IDS 3 is 31st January, 2020. However, the same could not be filed in many cases due to th...

January 29, 2020 1428 Views 0 comment Print

Procedural & technical issues on IDS, 2016 clarified

Income Tax : Clarification on certain procedural and technical issues regarding the Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 (IDS) under section 119 of t...

July 13, 2019 1413 Views 0 comment Print

Major Achievements of CBDT in Current Financial Year 2016-17

Income Tax : Major Achievements of CBDT in Current Financial Year 2016-17 so far include among others Enactment of The Benami Transactions (Pro...

January 9, 2017 4144 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


IDS Liability: Self-Assessment Tax Must Be Adjusted; Form-4 Denial Arbitrary

Income Tax : The Court held that self-assessment tax paid due to failure of an initial IDS declaration must be treated as payment under the rev...

January 15, 2026 318 Views 0 comment Print

Old Withdrawals & IDS Declaration Not Valid Explanation for Cash Deposits: ITAT Raipur

Income Tax : ITAT held that funds from earlier years and IDS disclosures cannot justify cash deposits made in a later year without proper linka...

November 7, 2025 1071 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening Based on IDS Disclosure Invalid: Bombay HC Slams Revenue for “Abuse of Power”

Corporate Law : Bombay High Court quashed reassessment proceedings initiated using data from a valid IDS declaration, holding that once accepted u...

October 27, 2025 606 Views 0 comment Print

Corpus Donation Already Taxed under IDS Cannot Be Taxed Again: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : Srijan Charitable Trust Vs ITO (Exemption) (ITAT Kolkata) Background Srijan Charitable Trust, registered u/s 12A, filed return of ...

September 18, 2025 585 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on Money Lending Declared Under IDS 2016 Not Unexplained: ITAT Jaipur

Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur rules that interest earned on a money-lending asset declared under IDS 2016 is not unexplained income and deletes the ...

September 1, 2025 267 Views 0 comment Print


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Payment of third Installment under Income Declaration Scheme, 2016

Income Tax : Issues in respect of payment of third installment under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016- clarification on certain procedural i...

July 12, 2019 4191 Views 0 comment Print

Guideline for correction in minor head attribute of IDS challans

Income Tax : Guidelines approved by for correction in minor head attribute of IDS challans - Mistake in minor head committed by taxpayer: If t...

December 20, 2018 8247 Views 0 comment Print

IDS 2016: CBDT guideline for condonation of delay in payment

Income Tax : CBDT decided condonation of delay in payment of instalment under IDS, 2016 shall not be feasible in cases of delays due to (a) Per...

March 28, 2017 4680 Views 1 comment Print

Guideline for Correction of IDS, 2016 payment challan

Income Tax : The payment of taxes under IDS, 2016 was enabled via OLTAS in the month of July, 2016. This Directorate has received many requests...

February 13, 2017 4761 Views 0 comment Print

IDS 2016 not invalid if tax payment made before due date but credited late

Income Tax : IDS 2016 deceleration will not be invalid in cases where payment has been made through cheque, RTGS, electronic transfer etc. on o...

January 16, 2017 3724 Views 0 comment Print


Delay in depositing tax under IDS, 2016 for personal reasons cannot be condoned

August 21, 2019 3645 Views 0 comment Print

Sadhana R. Jain Vs CBDT & Anr (Bombay High Court) Reading of the  CBDT Circular dt. 28-3-2017, it would clearly emerge that while providing for a limited window, in cases where payments were made through banking channels but the deposit was made by the bank in the Government revenue few days after 30-11-2016 to condone […]

Refund of Tax & Penalty paid under Income Declaration Scheme, 2016

July 14, 2019 2538 Views 0 comment Print

The existing provisions of section 187 of the Finance Act, 2016 provide, inter alia, that the tax, surcharge and penalty in respect of the undisclosed income, declared under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 (the Scheme) shall be paid on or before a notified due date. In order to address genuine concern of the declarants, it […]

Procedural & technical issues on IDS, 2016 clarified

July 13, 2019 1413 Views 0 comment Print

Clarification on certain procedural and technical issues regarding the Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 (IDS) under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with section 195 of the IDS -reg. F.No.225/ 282/ 2017/ITA.II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes (ITA. II) North Block, New Delhi, the 12th […]

Payment of third Installment under Income Declaration Scheme, 2016

July 12, 2019 4191 Views 0 comment Print

Issues in respect of payment of third installment under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016- clarification on certain procedural issues under section 195 of the Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 read with section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961-reg.-

Normal Tax paid cannot be adjusted against Tax on Income disclosed under IDS

April 26, 2019 2208 Views 0 comment Print

Advance tax, self assessed tax and TDS paid prior to filing of declaration, should not be adjusted towards discharge of assessees liability to pay tax, surcharge and penalty under the scheme of Income Tax Declaration Scheme, 2016 in absence of any specific provision in the scheme, granting benefit of the self assessed tax or advance tax under the Act.

Guideline for correction in minor head attribute of IDS challans

December 20, 2018 8247 Views 0 comment Print

Guidelines approved by for correction in minor head attribute of IDS challans – Mistake in minor head committed by taxpayer: If taxpayer had intended to pay normal tax other than tax under IDS, 2016 but by mistake wrong challan and head was selected at the time of payment then correction of challan attributes will be subject to:

Benefit of IDS, 2016 cannot be given to Person Prosecuted u/s 420

May 2, 2018 804 Views 0 comment Print

M/s Hillways Construction Company Private Limited Vs Income Tax Department and others (Uttarakhand High Court); Admittedly Section 420 of IPC is an offence which comes under Chapter XVII of the IPC. Income Declaration Scheme (IDS), 2016, of which the petitioner is seeking benefit, categorically stipulates that in case prosecution is going on against a person […]

Credit of Advance Tax paid can be claimed under IDS 2016

April 4, 2017 3969 Views 0 comment Print

Court is of the opinion that there is no bar for an assessee or declarant to claim credit of advance tax amounts paid previously relative to the assessment years or periods for which it seeks benefits under IDS scheme.

IDS 2016: CBDT guideline for condonation of delay in payment

March 28, 2017 4680 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT decided condonation of delay in payment of instalment under IDS, 2016 shall not be feasible in cases of delays due to (a) Personal/emergency reasons (b) Lack of liquidity (c) Confusion about due date (d) Rush at banks (e) Any other reasons which are attributable to declarants

No Benefit under IDS 2016 if Search initiated after launching of scheme

March 24, 2017 1083 Views 0 comment Print

Court be very slow in interpreting the statutes where intention legislature is to curb the evasion of tax. This is a peculiar where the Government has granted the benefit under the only to the persons who are not covered under Section and other proceedings.

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