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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 7128 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 8298 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 84 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 1071 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 315 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 138 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 2283 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


Court cannot exercise discretionary jurisdiction to restrain Tax officer from assessment proceedings

April 15, 2025 600 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that Court cannot exercise its discretionary jurisdiction to restrain income tax officers from proceedings with assessment proceedings where huge unaccounted income in accommodation entry has been detected.

Capital Gains on Mutual Funds by Singapore Resident Not Taxable in India: ITAT Mumbai

April 15, 2025 3597 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules on Anushka Shah vs ITO case, addressing capital gains taxability on mutual fund units under the India-Singapore DTAA.

Tribunal Imposes Cost on assessee for Non-Compliance in Section 12A Appeal

April 15, 2025 3294 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune remands Nirmal Foundation’s 12A registration case, imposing ₹2,500 cost for non-compliance. Case sent back to CIT(E) for final opportunity.

Gujarat HC Quashes Faceless Income Tax Assessment for Denying Video Conference Hearing

April 15, 2025 4014 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court examines the procedure for faceless income tax assessment and the assessee’s right to a personal hearing via video conference under Section 144B.

HC Upholds Tribunal’s Finding of Genuine Transactions in Section 263 Proceedings

April 15, 2025 879 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court addresses ITAT’s role in Sec 263 orders for fresh assessments and the eligibility for enhanced vehicle depreciation for own business use.

AO’s Failed to Strike Off Inapplicable Notice Portions: ITAT quashes Section 271(1)(c) Penalty

April 15, 2025 1734 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai deleted a penalty, citing a defective notice under section 274 r.w.s. 271(1)(c), following the Bombay High Court’s ruling in Mohd. Farhan A. Shaikh.

Amendment in Section 143(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961

April 14, 2025 4881 Views 0 comment Print

The 2025 amendment in Section 143(1) of the Income Tax Act introduces new compliance requirements. Taxpayers must ensure consistency in returns and maintain records.

Section 153C not requires AO to establish link between searched & non-searched persons

April 14, 2025 978 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that section 153C of the Income Tax Act doesn’t required AO to find or uncover a relationship or an association between the searched and the non-searched person.

Reopening based on incorrect fact understanding is unsustainable: ITAT Mumbai

April 14, 2025 1830 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the very basis of which the Assessing Officer formed the belief that the income liable to tax is escaped assessment was based upon incorrect understanding of the facts and is, therefore, not sustainable in the eyes of law.

Section 151A effective from 29.03.2022; jurisdiction under faceless assessment scheme not applicable prior

April 14, 2025 2721 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that assumption of jurisdiction to impugned assessment under faceless assessment scheme prior to 29.03.2022 when provisions of section 151A of the Income Tax Act had not come into operation is not sustainable and without jurisdiction. Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.

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