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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 1182 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 336 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 135 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


Agriculture Income under Income Tax

April 28, 2020 155853 Views 17 comments Print

Income Tax have various contentious issues despite being one of the oldest Law of the Land. On these issues assesse and revenue used to loggerhead each other on various form of Authorities. Taxation of AGRICULTURAL INOCME is also one of such contentious issue. One of the main reason for various dispute on Agriculture Income is attribute […]

Taxability of Foreign Shipping Business in India

April 28, 2020 30147 Views 1 comment Print

Taxability of Foreign Shipping Business in India : Governed by the provisions of Section 172 and Section 44B of Income Tax Act, 1961. The provisions relating to taxability of Foreign Shipping Business have been introduced in the Income Tax Act, 1961 to govern and regulate the manner in which Foreign Shipping Businesses will be taxed […]

Cross border reimbursement – Dilemma continues

April 23, 2020 3945 Views 0 comment Print

Reimbursement can be described as repayment of what has already been spent or incurred. Therefore, it should not be considered a reward or compensation for a service rendered.

Income Tax Compliance Handbook

April 23, 2020 7047 Views 0 comment Print

This is a compliance handbook covering important compliance related provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 and covers following topics- Tax Rates for AY 2020-21 Tax Rates for AY 2021-22 Advance Tax Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) Tax Collected at Source (TCS) Presumptive Tax Scheme Tax Audit Income from Capital Gains Income from House Property Taxability […]

Analytical View of Section 139 of Income Tax Act 1961

April 23, 2020 41343 Views 2 comments Print

SECTION 139 OF INCOME TAX ACT’1961 [AMENDED UPTO FINANCE ACT (NO.2) 2019] Ques 1: Why this post? Ans: In the approaching return filing season the aforesaid section namely ‘FILING OF RETURN’ has a great importance and that too w.r.t. amendments it contains till AY 2020-21 i.e. FY 19-20. Thus, the author has come up with […]

Clubbing of remuneration income of Spouse from a Concern in which other Spouse has Substantial Interest

April 19, 2020 9483 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of Clubbing Provisions on remuneration income of Spouse from a Concern in which other Spouse has Substantial Interest ‘Substantial Interest’ by an Individual – Meaning The following are the two cases where it can be said that an individual has a “substantial interest”— In the case of a company – Where an individual beneficially holds […]

Show Cause Notices

April 18, 2020 51534 Views 1 comment Print

Does Demand or Coercive Action sustain without a notice and without the personal hearing  Show cause notice means a Court order that requires a party to appear before the court and explain why a certain course of action should not be taken against it. If the party cannot convince the court or fails to appear, that course of […]

Test of Human Probabilities & surrounding circumstances in Income Tax

April 12, 2020 14577 Views 0 comment Print

Theory of the Test of Human Probabilities and surrounding circumstances and its applicability to the provisions of Income Tax Act 1961 The purpose of this article is to provide a focus on various decisions and judgments of Tribunals and Courts on the issue of Theory of the Test of Human Probabilities and sorrounding circumstances and […]

Residential Status of Companies under Income Tax Law

April 9, 2020 4248 Views 0 comment Print

With effect from AY 2017-18 company would be resident in India if in any previous year: 1. It is an Indian Company (i.e. Incorporated as per Companies Act 2013 or 1956) 2. Its Place of Effective Management (POEM) is in India for a particular PY. POEM means a place where key managerial and Commercial decisions […]

A Brief Note on Slump Sale

April 4, 2020 23658 Views 0 comment Print

As per section 2(42C) of the Income-tax Act 1961, ‘Slump Sale’ means the transfer of one or more undertakings as a result of the sale for a lump sum consideration without values being assigned to the individual assets and liabilities in such sales. For understanding the term ‘Slump Sale’, it is significant to delve into […]

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