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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


ITAT Pune Clarifies Taxability of Leave Encashment received from DOT & BSNL by same Employee

July 17, 2025 1905 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune ruled that employee leave encashment from government and non-government departments must be examined separately for tax exemption under Section 10(10AA).

Addition towards unexplained receipts based on seized dairies sustained

July 16, 2025 504 Views 0 comment Print

There is no cavil that an addition can made on the basis of documents, which are found during the course of Search and Seizure operations if on appreciation, it is found that the said documents have a bearing on the income of the Assessee.

Deduction of Interest and Management expenses was allowable due to business purpose u/s 36(1)(iii) and 37(1) 

July 16, 2025 411 Views 0 comment Print

Aggrieved by CIT(A)’s order, Revenue filed an appeal before ITAT. Revenue argued that AO’s disallowances were justified, particularly the allocation of interest to joint venture accounts and the disallowance of management and land development expenses due to insufficient evidence.

Business Payments to Parent Company Not Deemed Dividend: Telangana HC

July 16, 2025 990 Views 0 comment Print

Prasad Film Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (Telangana High Court) Payments in Normal Business Course Not Deemed Dividend under Section 2(22)(e): Relief for M/s. Prasad Film Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Telangana High Court Clears Misapplication of Deemed Dividend Provisions in Inter-Company Business Transactions Background: M/s. Prasad Film Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., a closely held company, filed appeals against […]

Delay of more than 5 years in filing of appeal condoned as genuine reason shown

July 15, 2025 1215 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that delay of more than 5 years in filing of an appeal before CIT(A) condoned as reason for delay found to be genuine. Accordingly, order of CIT(A) quashed and matter restored back to CIT(A).

CBDT notifies Tax Exemption for District Legal Service Authority in Haryana

July 14, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Finance exempts Haryana’s District Legal Service Authorities from income tax on specific income sources, effective from AY 2024-25.

Assessee-Trust’s 12AB Registration Cannot Be Cancelled for Procedural Lapses

July 14, 2025 1260 Views 0 comment Print

The cancellation of registration under Section 12AB was not justified as PCIT lacked jurisdiction and that the “specified violation” clause under Section 12AB(4) was inapplicable for the financial years in question.

No Condition in Section 68 on Loan Source from Current Year’s Taxable Income

July 13, 2025 7800 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi deletes Section 68 additions on unsecured loans for Prayag Polytech, stating assessee proved identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness.

Delhi HC Condones Delay for Charitable Trust’s Income Tax Exemption

July 11, 2025 750 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court quashes CIT order, condoning delay in e-verifying Form 10B for Kotak Family Foundation, emphasizing justice over technicality in tax exemptions.

Incentive received under sales tax scheme is capital receipt: Bombay HC

July 11, 2025 849 Views 0 comment Print

The issue involved in the present appeal is that whether an incentive received in sales tax liability under a Scheme formulated by the State Government would be on capital account, exempt to taxation, or on revenue account, liable for taxation.

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