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Reassessment 2.0: New Tax Notice Playbook Every Tax Professional Must Decode

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 replaces old reassessment provisions with Sections 279 to 286 and increases reopening timelines in certai...

May 15, 2026 7155 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Bill 2026 Enactment Highlights: What Has Changed?

Finance : The amended Finance Bill 2026 abolishes the Tax Recovery Officer’s power to arrest and detain taxpayers for recovery of dues. Th...

May 15, 2026 381 Views 0 comment Print

Enduring Benefit or Recurring Necessity: Tax Treatment of Advertisement Expenditure

Income Tax : The article explains why advertisement expenses for brand building remain deductible under Section 37. Courts have consistently ru...

May 14, 2026 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Decoding Section 115BAE: Are Co-operative Societies Next Manufacturing Hubs?

Income Tax : The article explains how Section 115BAE offers newly established co-operative societies a concessional 15% tax rate for manufactur...

May 14, 2026 177 Views 0 comment Print

Segregation & Aggregation of Income Under Income Tax Acts 1961 & 2025

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 replaces old Sections 68 to 69D with a simplified sequential structure under Sections 102 to 106. The cha...

May 12, 2026 387 Views 0 comment Print


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Salient Features of Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The issue was complexity in the existing tax law. It was clarified that the new Act simplifies structure by reducing sections and ...

April 29, 2026 9459 Views 0 comment Print

Free Live Webinar: Decoding the New Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : This webinar breaks down the major structural and conceptual changes introduced in the new Income Tax Act, 2025. It helps professi...

April 5, 2026 8301 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Raid Details Cannot Be Shared Due to Legal Confidentiality

Income Tax : The government informed Parliament that taxpayer-specific details of income tax searches cannot be disclosed due to confidentialit...

March 18, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

No New Digital Search Powers Under Section 247 of New Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The Government clarified that the new income tax search provision does not expand powers or permit AI-based digital surveillance, ...

February 10, 2026 1983 Views 0 comment Print

Representation for Streamlining Sections 12AB and 80G Registration & Renewal

Income Tax : The representation highlights large-scale pendency and administrative bottlenecks under Sections 12AB and 80G, urging immediate re...

January 8, 2026 4992 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Upholds Section 153A Jurisdiction as Search Warrant Mentioned “& Ors.” in Group Search

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that the assessee was covered under the search proceedings even though its name did not specifically appear in the...

May 22, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Only Solar Days Count for Determining PE Under India-Saudi Arabia DTAA: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT ruled that only solar days and not cumulative man-days should be considered while determining the existence of a Pe...

May 22, 2026 1155 Views 0 comment Print

Income From AOP Held Non-Taxable in Member’s Hands as It Was Share of Profit: SC

Income Tax : SC examined nature of amounts received from an AOP and upheld findings that receipts constituted profit share rather than revenue ...

May 22, 2026 330 Views 1 comment Print

Concessional 22% Corporate Tax Rate Cannot Be Denied for Procedural Lapse: Rajasthan HC

Income Tax : The Rajasthan High Court held that the benefit of Section 115BAA could not be denied when Form 10-IC was filed within the period p...

May 22, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening Quashed as It Was Based on Unverified PDF Complaint Found on Third Party’s Mobile Phone: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : The Court held that the petitioner had no connection with the entities or individuals from whose devices the disputed material was...

May 22, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Grants Section 35 Approval to Shree Hari Arogyam Foundation

Income Tax : The Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) approved the company under Section 35(1)(iia) for scientific research ...

May 15, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies India-Japan Tax Recovery Pact

Income Tax : The government enforced a tax collection assistance agreement with Japan effective from 8 July 2025. The notification enables cros...

April 2, 2026 765 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT revises Mandatory DIN Requirement to align with Finance Act 2026

Income Tax : CBDT updated DIN rules to align with new provisions introduced under the Finance Act, 2026. The circular mandates DIN for most tax...

March 31, 2026 2289 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies ITR-U form Form for AY 2026–27

Income Tax : The CBDT introduced Form ITR-U to allow taxpayers to update previously filed returns. The amendment promotes voluntary compliance ...

March 30, 2026 678 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies ITR-V Form for AY 2026–27

Income Tax : The CBDT has substituted the ITR-V form to strengthen verification of electronically filed returns. The amendment enhances accurac...

March 30, 2026 747 Views 0 comment Print


No Coercive Recovery During Pendency of Appeal in Reassessment Case: Madras HC

November 8, 2025 723 Views 0 comment Print

The Madras High Court stayed recovery for 90 days, allowing Faiz Wahab time to file a stay application after the sale advance refund was taxed as unexplained income.

Delay in filing audited report due yo auditor’s mistake cannot invalidate exemption u/s. 11 and 12

November 8, 2025 732 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that non-granting of exemption claimed under section 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act due to delay of 16 days in filing audited report in From 10B not justified since the due to inadvertence error on the part of the auditor / tax professional.

Faceless Assessment Notices After Limitation Held Invalid by Delhi HC

November 8, 2025 690 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court found that further notices issued under Section 142(1) after the expiry of the statutory time limit were unlawful and ordered closure of reassessment proceedings.

Reassessment Notice Against Deceased Person Declared Null by Gujarat HC

November 8, 2025 1059 Views 0 comment Print

The Gujarat High Court held that a reassessment notice issued in the name of a deceased person is void and unenforceable, quashing the notice and related order.

Penalty Proceedings to Wait Till TDS on Foreign Freight Issue Decided: Madras HC

November 8, 2025 426 Views 0 comment Print

The Madras High Court held that recovery of penalty under Section 271(1)(c) shall remain stayed when the main income tax appeal involving related issues has been admitted by the court.

Department cannot recover Income tax or adjust refunds during subsistence of stay order

November 8, 2025 1122 Views 0 comment Print

The Bombay High Court ruled that the Assessing Officer’s steps under Section 148A, taken despite a continuing stay order, were illegal and directed refund adjustment amounts to be deposited in court.

Kerala HC Dismisses Writ Against Assessment; Directs Assessee to File Appeal U/s. 260A

November 8, 2025 399 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a Section 153C assessment, ruling that the ITAT had already addressed the Abhisar Buildwell Supreme Court judgment. Since the ITAT order contained a finding on the judgment’s applicability, the assessee’s only recourse was a statutory appeal under Section 260A.

Reassessment Order Set Aside After GST Proceedings Closure on Same Issue

November 8, 2025 855 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court set aside the Section 148A(3) reassessment order against Vedanta, ruling that subsequent GST Department closure of the underlying ITC issue materially affects the basis of escapement of income. The matter was remanded for a fresh decision incorporating the GST clean chit on the same transaction.

Bombay High Court Quashes Section 148 Notice Issued by Jurisdictional Officer

November 8, 2025 1302 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court set aside the Section 148 notice, reiterating that only the Faceless Assessing Officer possesses the statutory power to issue it. The ruling was based on the binding precedent of the Hexaware Technologies Ltd. decision.

SC Clarifies Meaning of ‘Previous Financial Year’ Under Odisha Minor Mineral Rules

November 8, 2025 423 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court holds that ‘previous financial year’ must align with the Income Tax Act; rejects arbitrary tender rejection by Odisha authorities.

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