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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 7158 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 1191 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


Income Tax on Car sold after personal use for 6 year

November 29, 2021 64638 Views 4 comments Print

Understanding the tax implications of selling a car after 6 years of personal use. Learn whether the gain is taxable under the Income Tax Act, 1961.

UP CM & FM Inaugurate Income Tax Office Complex at Lucknow

November 27, 2021 2091 Views 1 comment Print

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath and Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Inaugurate Income Tax Department’s Office Complex, the new ‘Pratyaksh Kar Bhawan’, at Lucknow. The Income Tax Department’s new Office Complex, the ‘Pratyaksh Kar Bhawan’, at Lucknow was inaugurated today i. e. 26.11.2021 by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi […]

Whether any incriminating material found during Search on any other person can be considered in Section 153A assessment of assessee

November 27, 2021 9603 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the assessment under Section 153A of the Income Tax Act. Can incriminating material found during a search on another person be considered?

What is Tax Planning & Why it is Important for Individuals or Businesses

November 24, 2021 10419 Views 0 comment Print

A tax is a mandatory charge levied by the government on an individual’s or a business’s hard-earned income during any financial year. While paying taxes is certain and inescapable there are various ways to diminish this burden and one such measure is tax planning. Tax planning is a process of analyzing one’s financial situation during […]

Depreciation on Livestock

November 23, 2021 41424 Views 4 comments Print

There was a controversy whether livestock would constitute plant within the meaning of clause (3) of section 43 of the Act, that controversy has now been set at rest by the amendment of section 43(3) by the Parliament by the Finance Act, 1995 with retrospective effect from the inception of the Act, i.e., 1-4 -1962 to exclude tea bushes and livestock from the ambit of ‘plant’. 1t is now made clear in the definition of ‘plant’ in section 43(3) mentioned below

Direct taxes v/s Indirect taxes in India

November 23, 2021 14385 Views 0 comment Print

Difference between Direct Tax and Indirect Tax in India Introduction In India, the government’s right to impose taxes is derived from the Constitution Of India, which divides the power to levy taxes between the state and central governments. All taxes charged in India must be accompanied by a law issued by either the Parliament or […]

Section 80EEB of Income Tax Act – Interest on Electric Vehicle

November 21, 2021 17142 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about Section 80EEB of the Income Tax Act and the tax benefits it offers on the purchase of electric vehicles.

New Scheme of Taxation U/S 115BAC of Income Tax Act, 1961

November 17, 2021 483924 Views 11 comments Print

A new scheme of taxation has been introduced by the Finance Act ,2020 by insertion of   a new Section 115BAC. The basic feature of this new tax regime is lower tax rates as compared to existing slab rates but on the other hand the assessee has  to forego around 70 exemptions and deductions presently available .

Annual Information System

November 17, 2021 2781 Views 0 comment Print

In order to promote transparency and simplifying the tax return filing process, CBDT vide Notification dated May 28, 2020 has amended Form 26AS vide Sec 285BB of Income Tax Act, 1961 r.w.r.114-I of Income Tax Rules, 1962 w.e.f. 01.06.2020. The new Form 26AS is an Annual Information Statement or AIS which will provide a complete […]

Section 54F(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961 with amendment from AY 2015-16

November 17, 2021 8169 Views 0 comment Print

Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), where, in the case of an assessee being an individual or a Hindu undivided family], the capital gain arises from the transfer of any long-term capital asset, not being a residential house (hereafter in this section referred to as the original asset), and the assessee has, within a […]

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