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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 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


Income Tax on Buyback of Shares

May 26, 2020 64668 Views 7 comments Print

INTRODUCTION: The term Buy Back of shares is not a new concept to the Capital market in India. Recent, action in corporate world has witnessed large amount of buy back of shares by cash rich companies mostly in IT Sectors like TCS, Infosys and Wipro and others. In common parlance, Buy Back of shares means […]

Interpretation of Deeming Provisions in Income Tax Act – A Deep Dive

May 25, 2020 26580 Views 0 comment Print

Deeming provisions are important part of statutes in general and Income Tax Act (‘Act’) in particular. Without deeming provisions modern tax legislation cannot think of implementing effective tax administration. Considering the recent trend, one gets amused how much legislature has got creative in imagining tax fictions to collect revenue and plug loopholes;

Taxability of Lump Sum or Monthly Alimony Money received at time of Divorce

May 24, 2020 28677 Views 1 comment Print

The Income Tax Act, 1961 does not contain specific provisions relating to Alimony. Analogous provisions along with relevant case laws must be studied for taxation of alimony. Under circumstances where there is NO divorce; when an asset is transferred by one spouse to another, for inadequate consideration, the same shall be a gift exempt from […]

Income Tax on Revenue From YouTube

May 21, 2020 74283 Views 21 comments Print

YouTube video blogging, popularly known as vlogging has reached at the peak of its popularity by now. The trend of googling for a content has shifted to you tube search. Many budding vloggers are making money from YouTube. However most of them are not aware of the tax implications. Let’s try to explore this in […]

Moving out of India Permanently- You may get taxed in Previous Year itself

May 19, 2020 1881 Views 3 comments Print

Certain transactions which leads to tax being payable in the Previous Year instead in the Assessment Year  Mottu: Hello Patlu, it came to my knowledge that you are planning to relocate yourself outside India? Patlu: Hello Mottu, yes, I have got an opportunity in gulf country effective from 19-05-2020 and hence I am relocating out […]

Section 115BBE- Bleak line between Righteousness & Injustice

May 17, 2020 17685 Views 0 comment Print

Recent amendments in section 115BBE emerge from the seesaw battle between the government and the assessees who leaves no stone unturned to evade taxes and between these skirmishes the honest taxpayer is often overripen in this heat of revenge. The provisions of sec 115BBE of the Act are draconian at first glance and can give nightmares to assessee. These provisions cannot be applied in a lackadaisical way or perfunctory manner.

Modes of investment or deposits | Section 11(5) | Income Tax Act

May 16, 2020 217029 Views 3 comments Print

Modes of investment or deposits by a Charitable or Religious Trust or Institution as per provisions of Section 11(5) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Surplus fund of the Charitable entities should be invested as per forms and modes prescribed under section 11(5) of Income Tax Act. Investment in shares by a charitable Trust As […]

Dividends – No Longer Tax Exempt? under the Income Tax Act, 1961

May 2, 2020 8334 Views 5 comments Print

Section 115-O of the Act, provides that, in addition to the income tax chargeable in respect of the total income of a domestic company, any amount declared, distributed or paid by way of dividends shall be charged to additional income tax @15%* (plus applicable surcharge and health & cess)

CA Final Direct Tax | What is Direct Tax & Advantages

April 30, 2020 2325 Views 0 comment Print

What is Direct Tax A Direct Tax wherever the impact and therefore the incidence been equivalent class is outlined as a right away Tax. The direct tax is paid directly by the organization or a person to the entity that has obligatory the payment. The tax should be paid on to the govt and can’t […]

Why Section 47A of Income Tax Act, 1961 introduced?

April 29, 2020 14295 Views 0 comment Print

Rationale behind introduction of Section 47A of Income Tax Act, 1961 Lacuna in the law that have been plugged by introduction of Section 47A & amendment of Section 47 of the act in order to nullify the following tax planning ,– 1) Before section 47A , there was a standard law that if a holding […]

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