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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


Deduction u/s. 10A not admissible based on defective Form 56F: ITAT Chennai

January 30, 2025 843 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that Form 56F not signed by an accountant, as referred in section 10A(5) of the Income Tax Act, is defective and hence deduction under section 10A of the Income Tax Act not admissible. Accordingly, appeal of revenue allowed.

Rejection of renewal of exemption u/s. 80G without substantial evidence is not tenable

January 30, 2025 891 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab and Haryana High Court held that rejection of claim of exemption under section 80G not based upon any substantial evidence is not tenable in law. Accordingly, writ petition is allowed.

ITAT Chennai Remands Appeal Due to Incorrect Delay Calculation

January 30, 2025 495 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai sets aside CIT(A)’s order in Amuthasurabi Educational Trust case, citing incorrect delay calculation. Case sent for fresh adjudication.

J&K HC Dismisses Petition Due to Lack of Jurisdictional or Procedural Violation

January 30, 2025 495 Views 0 comment Print

Jammu & Kashmir High Court dismisses writ petition in Sneh Gupta case, emphasizing the need to exhaust alternate remedies under the Income Tax Act before invoking Article 226.

Reasons advanced by CIT (E) in rejecting registration u/s 12AB are curable: ITAT remanded matter

January 30, 2025 453 Views 0 comment Print

Registration u/s 12AB was rejected on the ground of non-registration in Rajasthan Public Trust Act, 1959 and further, on account of non-genuineness of activities. Furthe grant of 80G was also denied on the abovementioned grounds.

CBDT Allows Income Tax Data Sharing for PMGKAY Beneficiaries

January 30, 2025 978 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT authorizes data sharing with the Dept. of Food & Public Distribution to identify beneficiaries under PMGKAY as per Income-tax Act Section 138.

No Section 271(1)(c) penalty if Assessee allowed section 80IA(4) deduction subsequently

January 30, 2025 681 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses penalty for disallowance of deduction under section 80IA(4), ruling in favor of the assessee as a developer.

Addition u/s. 68 deleted as identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of lenders established

January 30, 2025 1050 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that additions under section 68 of the Income Tax Act is not sustainable since assessee established identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of the lenders. Accordingly, addition u/s. 68 deleted.

Deduction towards leave encashment fund admissible only when it is actually paid

January 30, 2025 1791 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal High Court held that as per section 43-B of the Income Tax Act deduction towards contribution to leave encashment fund is available only when the same is actually paid. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee dismissed.

Registration u/s. 12AB to trust having objects confined to particular community rightly denied

January 30, 2025 894 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that the Assessee Trust being purely a religious activities of particular Community is not entitled for registration as a specified violation under Explanation [d] of Section 12AB(4) of the Income Tax Act.

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