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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


Sale & Purchase through stock market transactions would not come under GAAR without proof of arrangement

September 19, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

Department had not been able to show any arrangement to have been made by assessee in the course of selling its shares of M/s. HCL Technologies Pvt. Ltd. amounted to Impermissible Avoidance Arrangement (for short, ‘IAA’) and it was a pure trading done by assessee with no knowledge.

Taxability on Withdrawal from EPF and TDS  

September 18, 2025 6324 Views 0 comment Print

Understand EPF withdrawal taxability and TDS rules. Covers service period, exemption cases, and PAN/Form 15G requirements for correct tax compliance.

ITAT Agra Deletes Salary Payable Addition of ₹3.48 Lakh under Section 56

September 18, 2025 555 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Agra has deleted a tax addition against Ankur Rice Industries Pvt. Ltd., ruling that salary payable is a genuine business liability.

Addition of agricultural income as unexplained u/s. 68 remitted back as documents evidence now submitted

September 17, 2025 3363 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that addition of agricultural income as unexplained income under section 68 of the Income Tax Act as documents evidencing ownership of agricultural land now placed on record. Accordingly, matter remanded back to file of AO for fresh adjudication.

CBDT Amends e-Appeals Scheme Scope for Income Tax

September 17, 2025 1767 Views 0 comment Print

The CBDT issued an order amending the scope of the e-Appeals Scheme 2023. It now covers appeals filed before October 1, 2020, against assessment orders with a disputed demand exceeding Rs.25 lakhs.

Different Types of Assessments Under Income Tax Act, 1961

September 16, 2025 2427 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the different types of assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961, including self-assessment, regular assessment, and best judgment assessment for taxpayers in India.

Consolidated approval u/s. 153D granting in mechanical manner is void-ab-initio

September 16, 2025 693 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that assessment order passed on the basis of consolidated approval under section 153D of the Income Tax Act in mechanical manner without application of mind is void-ab-initio and hence assessment is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, appeals are allowed.

Revision proceedings u/s. 263 set aside as AO already made proper enquiry and examination

September 16, 2025 702 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that revisionary proceedings under section 263 of the Income Tax Act is not justifiable since proper enquiry and examination was made and therefore, there is no error in the order of the AO thus, it is not pre-judicial to the interest of the Revenue.

Karnataka HC Upholds ITAT Deletion of ₹7 Crore Section 68 Addition on Share Sale

September 15, 2025 855 Views 0 comment Print

The Karnataka High Court dismisses a Revenue appeal, affirming that a ₹7 crore share sale was a genuine transaction and not unexplained income under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act.

ITAT Kolkata Quashes Section 271(1)(c) Penalty on One-Time Settlement

September 15, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Kolkata quashed a penalty on a taxpayer, ruling that a one-time settlement from an employer was a capital receipt. The court held that no concealment of income occurred as the amount was disclosed in the tax return.

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