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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 7152 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 90 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 1131 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 324 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 2286 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


Order disregarding direction of the court cannot be sustained: Madras HC

November 13, 2024 1350 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the direction of this Court has not been complied. Any order contrary / disregarding the direction of this Court cannot be sustained as it renders the order bad for want of jurisdiction.

Addition confirmed by CIT(A) by passing ex-parte order needs fresh consideration: ITAT Visakhapatnam

November 13, 2024 711 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Visakhapatnam remitted the matter since addition confirmed by CIT(A) by passing ex-parte order as assessee didn’t appeared nor complied to the notices. Accordingly, matter remitted back for fresh consideration.

CIT(A) directed to condone delay as it is alleged that addition is based on incorrect reporting by auditor

November 12, 2024 948 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore directed CIT(A) to condone delay of 484 days in filing of an appeal and consider the issue on merits as it is alleged that the addition is made due to incorrect reporting by auditor.

Reversal of provision of inventory written off due to obsolescence allowed: ITAT Bangalore

November 12, 2024 2211 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that deduction towards reversal of provision for inventory written off due to obsolescence allowable since the same stands offered to tax in the year in which provision was created.

Deemed rent u/s. 23(1)(a) not invocable as property leased out for continuous long period

November 12, 2024 1458 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee is engaged in the business of letting out buildings both residential and non-residential. The case of the assessee was selected for scrutiny and accordingly statutory notices u/s. 143(2) and 142(1) of the Act.

Weighted deduction u/s. 35(2AB) allowed as amount from DSIR qualifies as soft loan: ITAT Vishakhapatnam

November 12, 2024 714 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Vishakhapatnam allowed weighted deduction under section 35(2AB) of the Income Tax Act since amount received from Department of Scientific & Industrial Research [DSIR] is soft loan and hence cannot be considered as grant-in-aid.

Source of capital investment explained hence addition u/s. 68 not sustained: ITAT Visakhapatnam

November 12, 2024 1158 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Visakhapatnam held that addition under section 68 r.w.s. 115BBE of the Income Tax Act deleted as the source for capital investment properly explained by the assessee. Accordingly, addition deleted.

CBDT Notification on Income Tax Exemption for PNGRB

November 12, 2024 1395 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT grants tax exemption to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board for AY 2024-25 under Section 10(46A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Revamp of Income Tax Act 1961: Key Updates for Taxpayers

November 11, 2024 3552 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the planned overhaul of India’s Income Tax Act 1961, set to simplify and modernize tax laws by 2025, aiming for clarity, reduced litigation, and ease of compliance.

Foreign Tax Credit eligible for taxes withheld in Japan: ITAT Mumbai

November 11, 2024 996 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that services rendered by the appellant is taxable in Japan in accordance to Article 12 of the India-Japan DTAA hence Foreign Tax Credit ought to have been granted to Appellant for taxes withheld in Japan.

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