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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 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


Taxation of HUF & Family Arrangement

March 14, 2020 78713 Views 0 comment Print

Basic requirements for the existence of an HUF are as follows :(i) Only one co-parcener or member cannot form an HUF Family is a group of people related by blood or marriage. A single person, male or female, does not constitute a family. However the property held by a single co-parcener does not lose its character of Joint Family property solely for the reason that there is no other male or female member at a particular point of time. Once the co-parcener marries, an HUF comes into existence as he alongwith his wife constitutes a Joint Hindu Family as held in the case of Prem Kumar v. CIT , 121 ITR 347 (All.)

Section 54EC Exemption available on investment in certain specified bonds

March 13, 2020 59649 Views 13 comments Print

Provisions of section 54EC provide exemption towards long term capital gain arisen on the transfer of land or building or both when the amount is invested into the specified bonds. The present article briefly explains the provisions of section 54EC of the Income Tax Act. Understanding basic provisions of section 54EC of the Income Tax […]

S.2(47) Transfer: The Mist Clears on Development Agreements

March 12, 2020 5172 Views 1 comment Print

The Apex Court has finally provided closure to one of the most litigatious aspect of the Income Tax statute. While deciding the appeal in the case of Seshasayee Steels (P.) Ltd v. ACIT [2020] 115 taxmann.com 5 (SC), the Apex Court has interpreted section 2(47) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which defines the term […]

Taxability of non residents engaged in shipping business

March 12, 2020 18279 Views 2 comments Print

The assessee who is covered us 172 and 44B is not required to maintain the books of accounts and get his accounts audited us 44AB in no cases. since section 44AA and 44AB doesn’t covered 44B transactions. Hence even if they report the normal income lower than what is calculated us 172 , then also they is not required to maintained the books of accounts us 44AA and get his accounts audited us 44AB.

SC: Performance of Charitable Activity not Compulsory for Registration of New Trust u/s 12AA of IT Act

March 5, 2020 3426 Views 0 comment Print

Whether a newly formed trust is entitled for registration under Section 12AA of the IT Act, 1961 even if any activity has not been undertaken as yet?

Tonnage Tax Scheme – A simplified approach | Sec 115V to Sec 115VZC

February 28, 2020 98767 Views 1 comment Print

Qualifying Company – Section 115 VC: (a) it is a Indian company; (b) the place of effective management of the company is in India; (c) its own at least one qualifying ship; and (d) the main object of the company is to carry on the business of operating ships.

A radical approach towards Indian Taxation System

February 24, 2020 2439 Views 0 comment Print

Being a Chartered Accountant, many people (especially people from business fraternity) usually asks me how to save tax. But I always ask them to focus on increasing their revenues and consequently their income net of taxes.

Liability of directors of Private Company in liquidation for tax dues

February 23, 2020 16995 Views 1 comment Print

LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS OF PRIVATE COMPANY IN LIQUIDATION FOR PAYMENT OF TAX DUES Section 179 of Income Tax Act, 1961, provides that, where any tax due from a private company in respect of any income of any previous year or from any other company in respect of any other income of any previous year during […]

Income Tax Updates for the Month of January 2020

February 10, 2020 4803 Views 0 comment Print

NEWS DIRECT TAX 1. CBDT prescribes ‘Other Electronics Modes’ for the purpose of electronic payments & receipts. [Ref: NOTIFICATION NO. 8/2020 [G.S.R. 56(E)/ F.NO.370142/14/2019-TPL], DATED 29-1-2020] 2. CBDT notifies ‘Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology’ for the purpose of sec. 35 deduction. [Ref: NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 389(E) [NO. 7/2020/F. NO. 203/02/2019(ITA-II)], DATED 28-1-2020] 3. CBDT proposes new Form […]

20 imperative GST judgments for the year 2020

January 31, 2020 22149 Views 1 comment Print

As GST roll out completed 2.5 years, we have seen everything in this period-transitioning from existing regime to new era, understanding the provisions of GST, analyzing what impact does it had rather still having on business, making GST compliances from return filing to reconciliations and as soon as one tax period completed, audit requirements also […]

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