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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


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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 333 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


Rent from factory building taxable under the head income from house property: Delhi HC

September 25, 2024 2715 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that rental income earned from factory building it taxable under the head Income from house property and is eligible for deduction under provisions of section 24 of the Income Tax Act.

Assessee Not Required to Submit Separate Written Retraction Under Section 133A

September 25, 2024 1029 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune ruling on Sheetal Collection clarifies no written retraction is needed for statements under Section 133A of the Income-tax Act.

Understanding Deemed Dividend Under Section 2(22) of Income-tax Act, 1961

September 24, 2024 7650 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about deemed dividends under Section 2(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, its implications, and key judicial precedents related to loans and advances.

Damages is capital receipt but interest on damages is revenue receipt: ITAT Delhi

September 24, 2024 1245 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that damages are compensation received is a capital receipt, however, interest on damages is to be treated as revenue receipt hence the same is taxable.

Section 80P(2)(d) Deduction Allowed for Interest from Co-operative Bank Deposits

September 24, 2024 1875 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that interest income earned from deposits with Co­operative Banks shall be allowed as deduction u/s 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act.

Departmental Officers Can Seek Interim Custody of Seized Currency Notes: Kerala HC

September 24, 2024 774 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that competent authorities under the Income Tax Act is entitled to seek interim custody of the currency notes that are seized and produced before the Jurisdictional Magistrate.

Aircraft Leasing Revenue Not Taxable Under India-Ireland DTAA: Delhi HC

September 24, 2024 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that as per Article 12 of India-Ireland DTAA revenue receipt from aircraft leasing is outside the purview of taxation. Thus, it is impermissible to invoke section 9(1)(vi) in light of express exemption under DTAA.

No Retrospective Application of 2022 Amendment to Section 14A

September 24, 2024 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee claimed that in section 14A, the disallowance of expenditure even if computed in accordance with Rule 8D could not exceed the exempt income earned in that year.

Amount Received from US Broadcasting Company Not Taxable as “Royalty” Under India-US DTAA

September 24, 2024 852 Views 0 comment Print

Distribution revenue received by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. ( TBSAP ), a U.S.-based company, from its Indian affiliate was not taxable as “royalty” under the Income Tax Act, 1961, or the India-U.S.

Interest u/s. 234A waived as circumstances beyond assessee’s control disabled timely return filing

September 24, 2024 1611 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab and Haryana High Court held that interest can be waived in case the circumstances are beyond the control of the assessee in filing return in time. Accordingly, interest u/s. 234-A of the Income Tax Act waived.

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