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Tax Benefits Available to Senior Citizens

Income Tax : Learn about the income tax benefits available to resident senior and very senior citizens, including higher exemption limits, dedu...

June 24, 2026 710706 Views 150 comments Print

FAQs on TDS or TCS on sale or Purchase of Goods

Income Tax : This guide explains the applicability of TDS under Section 194Q and TCS under Section 206C(1H), including thresholds, rates, and c...

June 23, 2026 5034 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Section 80TTA and Section 80TTB deduction

Income Tax : Learn the difference between Sections 80TTA and 80TTB, including eligibility, deduction limits, and the types of interest income c...

June 23, 2026 8340 Views 0 comment Print

Depreciation under Income-tax Act and Companies Act

Income Tax : This article explains depreciation provisions under the Income-tax Act and Companies Act, including WDV, SLM, additional depreciat...

June 17, 2026 723 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Deduction/Collection Account Number (TAN)

Income Tax : Learn what TAN is, who must obtain it, how to apply, and where it must be quoted under the Income-tax Act. The guide also explains...

June 15, 2026 308288 Views 23 comments Print


Latest News


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 9801 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Exemption on Disability Pension Continues Under Income-tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The exemption for disability pension has been preserved under the Income-tax Act, 2025 to maintain the relief previously available...

March 18, 2026 5202 Views 2 comments 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 2097 Views 0 comment Print

Govt. Clarifies Tax Exemption for STs, No New Proposals

Income Tax : Govt. confirms no changes to the process of tax exemptions for STs in Meghalaya, clarifying no certificates are needed to claim ex...

December 6, 2024 1338 Views 0 comment Print

Celebrating Income Tax Day 2024: A Journey of Transformation

Income Tax : Explore Income Tax Day 2024s history, significance, and key updates from Budget 2024-25, including enhanced deductions and revised...

July 23, 2024 951 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Refund Cannot Be Adjusted Against Disputed Demand Pending Appeal & Stay Application: Calcutta HC

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court held that refund adjustment against a disputed tax demand was unsustainable when both a stay application a...

June 11, 2026 312 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Notice Quashed as Issued Beyond Surviving Limitation Under TOLA and Section 149

Income Tax : The High Court held that only 30 days of limitation survived after applying TOLA and Supreme Court rulings. Notices issued after e...

March 2, 2026 1668 Views 0 comment Print

Court Must Inform Income Tax Dept of Large Cash Claims, But Cannot Compel PAN Disclosure

Income Tax : The High Court held that courts must intimate the Income Tax Department when suits involve cash transactions exceeding Rs.2 lakh. ...

February 12, 2026 7119 Views 0 comment Print

₹100 Crore U/s 153A Addition Quashed: Seized Third-Party Paper Not Incriminating for Completed Year

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that for an unabated year, additions under section 153A require incriminating material. A seized loose sheet and r...

January 31, 2026 759 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed for Issuance of Notice Outside Faceless Regime

Income Tax : The issue was whether reassessment could be initiated by a jurisdictional officer after faceless schemes became mandatory. The Tri...

January 16, 2026 1923 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Finance Act 2026

Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2026 prescribes income-tax rates, surcharge, and cess for the assessment year 2026–27. It establishes the legal...

March 30, 2026 4773 Views 0 comment Print

Income-Tax Act, 2025 Receives President’s Assent; To Apply From April 1, 2026

Income Tax : The official copy of the Income Tax Act, 2025, is now available. Download the full text to review new tax rates, compliance rules,...

August 21, 2025 17913 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025

Income Tax : Summary of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, covering new tax exemptions for pension funds and foreign investors, and chang...

August 21, 2025 1437 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies ITR 1 and SUGAM (ITR-4) for FY 2025-26

Income Tax : Learn about the latest changes in Income Tax Rules, 2025. Key amendments include updates to ITR forms and provisions for capital g...

April 29, 2025 11943 Views 0 comment Print

Section 35: Auroville Foundation Recognized for Research Tax Benefits

Income Tax : Notification 102/2024 designates Auroville Foundation as an approved institution for social science research under the Income Tax ...

September 18, 2024 801 Views 0 comment Print


Notification No. 858 – Income Tax Dated 25/3/2009

March 25, 2009 5796 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 858/2009 – Income Tax The Board has amended the rules relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) and Tax Collected at Source (TCS) vide Notification No. S.O.858 (E) dated 25th March 2009

Change in procedure related to Certification of remittance outside India by a Chartered Accountant (CA)

March 25, 2009 3147 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 30/2009 – Income Tax S.O. 857(E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sub-section (6) of section 195 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules. 2009. (2) They shall come into force with effect from 1st July 2009. 2. In the Income-tax Rules. 1962. after rule 37BA, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- “Furnishing of information under sub-section (6) of section 195.

Where income is shared by two or more persons, credit for withholding tax is to be shared in same ratio

March 25, 2009 831 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling in the case of Punjab Financial Corporation (“the assessee”)1, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (“the Court”) held that credit for withholding tax (“WHT”) would be available in the same proportion in which the parties share the income under the provisions of section 1992 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the “Act”).

I-T dept considering tax imposition on carbon credits

March 24, 2009 927 Views 0 comment Print

The Income-Tax department is mulling tax on carbon credit trade, estimated to yield for the exchequer an estimated Rs 1,000 crore. The I-T department’s preliminary study has found that large companies listed on stock exchanges are not making tax provisions against the profits out of the sale of carbon credits and are putting the money […]

Provision for a liability allowable if it can be estimated & if there is reasonable certainty

March 22, 2009 567 Views 0 comment Print

5. Having heard the learned counsel for the Revenue as well as the assessee, we are of the view that no fault can be found with the reasoning of both the CIT(A) as well as the Tribunal. In our view, the issue raised by the Revenue before us that the liability under the “long service award” scheme of the assessee is contingent as the payment under the same scheme is dependent on the discretion of the management

Clarification Regarding Deduction Under Section 10B vide Instruction No. 2/2009 dated 09.03.2009

March 16, 2009 1707 Views 0 comment Print

Instruction No. 2/2009 dated 09.03.2009 Section 10B of the Income tax Act provides for exemption of income in case of hundred per cent export oriented undertakings subject to prescribed conditions. Explanation 2 (iv) below to the said section defines a “hundred percent export oriented undertaking” as an undertaking so approved by the Board appointed in […]

Clarification regarding deduction u/s. 10B of the Income Tax Act, 1961

March 14, 2009 5057 Views 0 comment Print

Instruction No. 2/2009, dated 9-3-2009 Section 10B of the Income tax Act provides for exemption of income in case of hundred per cent export oriented undertakings subject to prescribed conditions. Explanation 2 (iv) below to the said section defines a “hundred percent export oriented undertaking” as an undertaking so approved by the Board appointed in […]

Assessment of agent of non-resident, Option is with Income Tax Authorities: ITAT Mumbai

March 11, 2009 2106 Views 0 comment Print

19. We have given careful thought to the rival submissions of the parties and examined them in the light of material available on record, statutory provisions and case law cited at the Bar. At the very outset, we may state that the basic contention of the assessee that he is and should be considered as an agent under clauses (a), (b) & (c) u/s 163(1) of the Act, is misplaced

Specification of agricultural lands which fall outside scope of "capital asset"

March 11, 2009 2033 Views 0 comment Print

60. Consider that what sections 2(14)(iii)(a) and (b) of the Income tax Act obviously envisage is one single municipality and not two. When the land under consideration admittedly falls outside the Phagwara municipality, as notified by the Central Govt. in accordance with section 2(14)(iii)(b) of the Act. There is no question of it being considered within the limits of the Jalandhar City municipality

There is no requirement that there has to be a registered Deed of conveyance for a person to be treated as an owner for the purpose of section 22

March 11, 2009 508 Views 0 comment Print

3. At the threshold on behalf of the appellant, the learned counsel submits that the concept of ownership considering the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act read with Registration Act is different in the context of the provisions of the Income-tax Act. What is to be considered for the purpose of Income Tax Act are the provisions of section.

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