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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


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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 1227 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 342 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


CBDT notifies Threshold for Significant Economic Presence

May 5, 2021 15684 Views 0 comment Print

Section 9(1)(i) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was amended vide Finance Act 2018 to bring in the concept of “Significant Economic Presence” (‘SEP’) for establishing a business connection in India of a non-resident. According to the said Section, “significant economic presence” for this purpose shall mean: “transaction in respect of any goods, services or […]

Form 10A for Section 12AB Registration causing hardship

May 5, 2021 17886 Views 8 comments Print

Ongoing through the form 10A, it is noticed that various financial information have been required to be filled pertaining to different date and period which is causing hardship to submit the same at this pandemic period where almost all offices have remained  closed in month of April, 2021 and also continue to be closed at present.

Section 55 | Income Tax Act, 1961 | Acquisition & Improvement Cost

May 5, 2021 66858 Views 5 comments Print

Short Notes on Section 55 of Income tax act 1961. (Opting for benefit of Section 55 ) 1. Cost of acquisition of capital assets becoming property of the assessee before 01.04.1981/01.04.2001. Where the capital assets has become property of the assessee before 01.04.1981, then the cost of acquisition of such an asset will be the […]

CBDT notifies ‘Chiswick Investment Pte. Ltd.’ as sovereign wealth fund

May 5, 2021 1701 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies ‘Chiswick Investment Pte. Ltd.’ as sovereign wealth fund under sub-clause (vi) of clause (b) of the Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 vide Notification No. 55/2021 -Income Tax Dated: 5th May 2021. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi Notification […]

Taxability of Share Issue at Premium

May 4, 2021 66804 Views 9 comments Print

In this write up, we are going to discuss the taxability, under Income Tax Law, where a private limited company issues share at a price which is more than its Face Value. Section 56(2)(Viib) of Income Tax Act, 1961, stipulates as follows:- where a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially […]

Section 194P Tax deduction in case of a specified senior citizen

May 4, 2021 64206 Views 6 comments Print

Section 194P to the Income Tax Act, 1961 is inserted vide the Finance Act, 2021. Provisions of section 194P provide conditional relaxation to the specified senior citizen from filing of an Income Tax Return. The entire provisions of the newly introduced section 194P are briefly explained in the present article. Meaning of term ‘specified senior […]

Venture Capital / AIF – Registration to Taxation

May 3, 2021 14112 Views 2 comments Print

Venture Capital – A Emerging Concept Why Venture Capital is booming in India? One of the main stone is Company laws. There are various restriction imposed on company form for availment of loan or working capital to run a business. Hence, through the medium of Venture capital, company having Innovative ideas, growth oriented start ups […]

Equalisation Levy- Section wise Analysis

May 3, 2021 21927 Views 0 comment Print

Introduction: India first introduced an equalisation levy in 2016 and 2020 Budget substantially extended the scope of the equalisation levy. Besides taxing online advertisement services, it was also levied on the consideration received by e-commerce operators crossing the prescribed threshold, for supplies to Indian residents, persons using an Indian IP address, and non-residents in certain […]

Tax Incentive to Business / Service sector/ Industry on salary of new employees

May 1, 2021 12255 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Incentive to Business / Service sector/ Industry on salary of new employees On Salary of Rs. 100/- avail tax benefit on Rs. 190/- :- Any business / service sector/ manufacturing industry can claim additional deduction of 30% of salary paid to additional employees, subject to fulfilment of certain conditions. This deduction of 30% of […]

High time – High Court deals with Google Issue

April 30, 2021 1407 Views 0 comment Print

Objective Author in this article discusses as t 1. how Karnataka High Court should not have remanded the matter back for the second time; and 2. should have admitted the substantial question of law and / or of facts regarding taxation of transaction between Google India and Google Ireland. The procedural lapses, as relied upon […]

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