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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 1161 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


Various Income Tax exemptions available against Capital Gains

October 17, 2025 7461 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Capital Gains Exemptions (Sec 54, 54B, 54EC, 54F, etc.) for individuals and businesses, covering reinvestment in property, agricultural land, specified bonds, and industrial relocation, including judicial view on compliance requirements.

Income Tax Jurisdiction Defect: ACIT Cannot Issue 148 Notice Below ITO’s Prescribed Monetary Limit

October 17, 2025 894 Views 0 comment Print

An assessment was quashed as the ACIT (a senior authority) issued the reassessment notice for an income below the Rs.15 Lakh limit, which was exclusively the ITO’s jurisdiction. The Tribunal affirmed that this jurisdictional defect is fatal and cannot be cured, following the Bombay High Court’s ruling.

List of ICDS and its reconciliations with Accounting Standards​

October 17, 2025 7416 Views 0 comment Print

Summary of Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and their mandatory reconciliation with Accounting Standards for calculating taxable income under the Income-tax Act.

Income Tax Provisions applicable to business entities

October 17, 2025 2961 Views 0 comment Print

PGBP governs the computation of business and professional income. It defines chargeable income (Sec. 28, 41) including statutory and deemed receipts, and allows detailed deductions (Sec. 30-37) for operational costs, depreciation, scientific research (Sec. 35), and capital expenditures for specified businesses (Sec. 35AD).

Bombay HC Admits Appeals on TDS Applicability for Joint Venture Payments

October 17, 2025 387 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court admits Revenue’s appeal against ITAT. Issues concern if contracts reallocated to JV members require TDS (S. 194C) and where profit should be taxed.

Non-Speculative F&O Losses Allowed to Set Off Against Capital Gains

October 17, 2025 933 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi heard an appeal from Kamal Kant, whose set-off of non-speculative business losses from Futures & Options (F&O) against Capital Gains income was disallowed by the tax authorities. Citing Section 71(2) of the Income-tax Act and judicial precedent, the ITAT found the set-off permissible.

Delhi HC Allows Partial Payment to Lift Freeze on 13 Bank A/cs in Income Tax Matter

October 17, 2025 642 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court directs ACIT to immediately de-attach Boang Technology’s 13 bank accounts. Company must deposit 20% of demand by Oct 3, 2025, to secure a stay on the balance 80%.

Mere differences in opinion between ITO & PCIT cannot justify revision: Delhi HC

October 17, 2025 324 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court confirms that an assessment order isn’t ‘erroneous’ if AO applied his mind. Court dismissed PCIT’s appeal against Gehna Jewellers.

Calcutta HC Denies Interest on Refund Adjusted Beyond 20% Pending IT Appeal

October 17, 2025 678 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court denies immediate interest u/s 244A on a court-directed refund where the underlying tax demand is still pending appeal, deeming the claim premature.

Section 148 Reassessment Stayed Pending SC Verdict: HP HC

October 17, 2025 855 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court refuses to decide on the jurisdiction of Section 148 Income Tax notices for AY 2020-21 as a similar issue is pending before the Supreme Court; proceedings are stayed.

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