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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


Benefit of exemption u/s. 11(1)(a) cannot be debarred for incurring more expense than income

May 8, 2025 672 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that trust incurring more expenditure than income doesn’t debar it from benefit of exemption u/s. 11(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act in respect of income admittedly applied for charitable purpose. Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.

Taxpayer ineligible for DTVSV Scheme against notice issued u/s. 148 as disputed tax not ascertained

May 8, 2025 696 Views 0 comment Print

Patna High Court held that taxpayer will not be eligible for Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme 2024 [DTVSV Scheme] against notice issued under section 148 of the Income Tax Act since dispute tax is not ascertainable.

VDIS Scheme benefit granted even in absence of original certificate of jewellery

May 8, 2025 648 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that in absence of original certificate, benefit of jewellery and ornaments declared in VDIS Scheme 1997 is granted based on affidavit and valuation report of the jewellery declared under VDIS.

10-Year Reassessment Period Unjustified as Conditions Under Section 153A(1) Not Met

May 8, 2025 3252 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the AO seeks to disallow expenses on account of doubting the genuineness for the reason that the same were not incurred wholly or exclusively for the purpose of the petitioner’s business.

Section 12A Registration Remitted for Clarification on Fulfillment of Conditions

May 8, 2025 840 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that matter regarding rejection of registration under section 12A of the Income Tax Act remitted back to file of CIT(E) with direction to explain the fulfillment of conditions as stipulated u/s.12A(1)(ac)(vi)-Item B of the Act.

Taxability of Provident Fund of Salaried Person at the Time of Retirement

May 7, 2025 6243 Views 0 comment Print

Payments from approved Provident Funds are generally exempt under Section 10(11) of the Income Tax Act, but recent changes tax interest on high contributions.

ITAT Mumbai Restricts Bogus Purchase Disallowance to 5%

May 7, 2025 1140 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT reduces tax disallowance on alleged bogus purchases to 5%, ruling profit element taxable when transactions are proven, distinguishing higher court precedent.

Reopening u/s. 147 based on invalid reasons recorded by AO cannot be sustained: ITAT Hyderabad

May 7, 2025 1014 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act on the basis of invalid reasons recorded by AO cannot be sustained in law. Accordingly, notice issued u/s. 148 and final assessment order is quashed.

CBDT notifies ITR-Form 6 for AY 2025-26

May 6, 2025 7482 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notification 44/2025 amends Income-tax Rules 1962, substituting FORM ITR-6 in Appendix II, effective from April 1, 2025.

Income escaped assessment for different years cannot be clubbed for satisfying threshold limit u/s. 149(1)(b)

May 6, 2025 1293 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that income alleged to have escaped assessment for different previous years cannot be clubbed together for satisfying condition prescribed u/s. 149(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act (i.e. threshold amount of ₹50 lakhs).

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