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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 1185 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 339 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 150 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 138 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


Battle on Freebies to doctors before AY 2010-11

February 21, 2023 1356 Views 0 comment Print

Battle on Freebies to doctors before AY 2010-11 To reopen assessment, the reasons recorded must be clear & unambiguous. How Read this blog post for The Bombay High Court ruling.

Addition of difference in stock & valuation report without credible evidence is unsustainable

February 21, 2023 2799 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition on account of difference in stock as per books and valuation report merely on the basis of statement recorded during survey without credible evidence is unsustainable in law.

Disallowance u/s 40(ia) for non-deduction on social security contribution to expat employees unsustainable

February 21, 2023 1116 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that social security contribution doesnt constitute income from salary in the hands of expatriate employees. Hence disallowance u/s 40(ia) for non-deduction of TDS on the same is unsustainable in law.

Deduction u/s 43B is allowable in case of interest paid on customs duty

February 21, 2023 6162 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that interest paid on customs duty is allowable as deduction under section 43B of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Mere change of opinion cannot be a ground for reopening of assessment

February 21, 2023 1695 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue Department had neither sought any new information nor made a reference to new material on record. Held that, a change in opinion that does not satisfy the jurisdictional foundation under Section 147 of the IT Act.

Purchase or Sale of Immovable Property by NRIs

February 21, 2023 13971 Views 0 comment Print

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) always scout for options to invest their foreign exchange earnings. Regulations and taxation have made purchasing or selling immovable property in India easier. Learn about the rules and implications of NRI investments in real estate.

All about tax on distribution of assets on dissolution or reconstitution of firm

February 21, 2023 62298 Views 1 comment Print

Learn all about Section 9B and 45(4) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Budget 2021 has changed tax rules for firms during dissolution and reconstitution. Get all info here

Unexplained cash expense addition unsustainable as cash book and cash receipts not doubted

February 20, 2023 1371 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition towards unexplained cash unsustainable as cash expenses duly incorporated in books of accounts and cash book as well as cash receipts not doubted by the authority.

Recorded reasons for reopening can neither be improved nor substituted by an affidavit

February 20, 2023 1326 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that issue of reopening of assessment has to be tested only on the basis of the reasons recorded, which reasons can neither be improved upon nor substituted by an affidavit or oral submissions.

Amendment in section 43B – Allowance of expenses on payment basis to micro or small enterprises

February 20, 2023 12438 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed amendment for providing benefit to micro and small enterprises which might result into being a big task for Indian enterprises.

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