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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 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


Reassessment action based on wholly erroneous view is liable to be quashed: Delhi HC

September 2, 2024 735 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that entire assumption of jurisdiction u/s. 148 is based on a wholly erroneous view that payment made for acquiring mining rights is to be treated as income. Since, such payment is not income, reassessment action based on erroneous view quashed.

Software license expenditure for carrying out routine operations is revenue in nature: ITAT Mumbai

September 2, 2024 669 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that software license expenditure incurred for carrying out the routine operations is revenue in nature. Hence, disallowing the same by treating it as capital unjustified. Thus, disallowance deleted.

Passing of fresh assessment order beyond time prescribed u/s. 153(3) cannot be sustained: Delhi HC

September 2, 2024 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that passing of fresh assessment order beyond time limit prescribed under section 153(3) of the Income Tax Act cannot be sustained and hence set aside.

Due to short gap between three notices CIT(A) directed to give one more opportunity of being heard

September 2, 2024 387 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that there was short gap between three notices issued as say the opportunities granted hence it a fit case were one more opportunity should be granted in the proceedings before CIT(A), to enable the assessee to represent his appeals.

ITAT deletes Bogus Purchase Additions as Purchase Legitimacy proved

September 2, 2024 1353 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad deletes Bogus Purchase Additions as revenue authorities failed to provide contradicting evidence to disprove genuineness of transactions

Jurisdictional error raised by appellant not addressed: Calcutta HC Stays Section 148 Notice

September 1, 2024 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court stays proceedings in Girdhar Gopal Dalmia case, remanding for fresh order due to violation of natural justice and jurisdictional issues.

PCIT’s Revision Jurisdiction Time-Barred: Two-Year Limit Starts from Original Assessment, Not Reassessment

September 1, 2024 855 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata ruled that PCIT’s revision under section 263 was time-barred as it exceeded the limitation period, invalidating the assessment revision.

CA Wife’s Health Not Grounds for condonation of Delay in Filing Appeal: ITAT Vizag

September 1, 2024 5034 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has not properly explained delay and her only contention is Chartered Accountant’s wife was not well that itself is not a valid ground to condone delay of 275 days

Trust granted one more opportunity to represent correct fact for registration u/s. 12AB of Income Tax Act

August 31, 2024 999 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that with regard to the issue of registration u/s. 12AB of the Income Tax Act, the assessee require one more opportunity to represent the correct fact and produce the registration certificate under Rajasthan Public Trust Act.

Proceedings u/s. 153C should be initiated based on material found at premises of another company

August 31, 2024 1350 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that initiation of proceedings u/s. 147 of the Income Tax Act based on material found during search of another company is untenable as proceedings should be initiated u/s. 153C and not u/s. 147.

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