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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


Loss on foreign currency derivative transaction and exchange rate difference allowed as expense

September 29, 2025 372 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that loss on foreign currency derivative transactions and loss on account of exchange rate difference are not speculative in nature and hence the same is allowable as business expense. Accordingly, order passed by Pr. CIT u/s. 263 directed to be quashed.

Final assessment order beyond period prescribed u/s. 144C(13) is barred by limitation

September 29, 2025 810 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that as per section 144C(13) of the Income Tax Act final assessment order is to be passed within one month from the end of the month in which directions issued by DRP is received by AO. Assessment order passed beyond the period prescribed u/s. 144C(13) is time barred and liable to be quashed.

Notional interest disallowance u/s. 36(1)(vii) quashed as interest on borrowed fund allowable as revenue expense

September 29, 2025 528 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Cochin held that disallowance of notional interest u/s. 36(1)(viii) of the Income tax Act set aside since borrowed funds were used for renovation of leasehold premises and the same is allowed as revenue expense and hence interest on such borrowing is allowed as revenue expense.

STCG tax paid u/s. 111A cannot be reclassified u/s. 68 r.w.s. 1115BBE without any basis

September 29, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur held that short term capital gain tax paid under section 111A @15% cannot be reclassified as taxable under section 68 read with section 115BBE of the Income Tax Act without any basis. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

Section 12AB Renewal for Small Charitable Trusts: 5-Year vs. 10-Year Validity

September 29, 2025 8721 Views 2 comments Print

Does the Finance Act, 2025, extend 12AB registration from 5 to 10 years for trusts under Rs. 5 Cr? See if small trusts must still file Form 10AB by Sep 30, 2025.

ITAT Chennai Deletes Rs. 8 Lakh Addition for Cash Deposit from Casuarina Tree Sale Income

September 28, 2025 825 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Chennai, in the case of T. Radhakrishnan Vs ITO, ruled a ₹8 lakh cash deposit was from the sale of casuarina trees, not unexplained income, and deleted the tax addition.

Directors’ Bonus vs. Dividend Misclassification: ITAT Orders Fresh Examination

September 28, 2025 465 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Ranchi has remanded the case of Pravin Engineering Pvt. Ltd. back to the Assessing Officer. The company’s claim that a ₹11.36 lakh directors’ commission was incorrectly reported as a dividend was not considered by the lower authorities.

Co-owned property, income tax additions must be limited to assessee’s share: ITAT Mumbai

September 28, 2025 930 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai has set aside a tax order, remanding the ₹1.1 crore unexplained property investment case of Rajesh Laxmichand Jain back to the Assessing Officer for fresh review, citing procedural errors.

Saif Ali Khan Wins Tax Appeal as ITAT Mumbai Strikes Down Defective Reassessment

September 28, 2025 582 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai quashed the reassessment notice against Saif Ali Khan (AY 2016-17), holding the AO improperly obtained approval from the Pr. CIT instead of the Pr. CCIT for reopening beyond the three-year limit.

Addition Based on Third-Party Excel Sheet Without Evidence of Payment Deleted by ITAT

September 28, 2025 993 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Mumbai dismisses the Revenue’s appeal, affirming the deletion of a ₹80 lakh unexplained investment addition.

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