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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 710709 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 726 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 308291 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 5208 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 17916 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


Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in SEZ

February 8, 2009 475 Views 0 comment Print

The Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in special economic zones (SEZ) after it foundthat many of these firms were using their SEZ operations as a vehicle for claiming undue tax benefits. The modus operandi adopted by a number of companies is to manipulate the accounts to transfer the […]

Chargeability of interest income to tax when same is only technically accrued

January 31, 2009 4217 Views 0 comment Print

8. We have carefully deliberated on the rival contentions raised by the learned AR and DR. The controversy here revolves around chargeability of interest income to the tax which even though technically accrued as per the mercantile-system of accounting being followed by the assessee, but the same was not accounted for as income in view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case wherein there was

Filing date of Form 27Q related to E-TDS Changed

January 24, 2009 3216 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 11/2009 – Income Tax These rules may be called the Income-tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2009. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2009.

Identification of donor and receipt of gift by cheque not sufficient to prove genuineness of gift

January 20, 2009 673 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the assessee claimed that an amount of Rs. 98,000 was received by him as gift from `M’ on account of love and affection by two drafts. Indeed, the amount of Rs. 98,000 was credited in the account books of the assessee for the previous year. `M’ appeared before the Commissioner (Appeals) and his statement was recorded

Cash Credit & Addition under Section 68 of Income Tax Act

January 16, 2009 1349 Views 0 comment Print

If there is cash credit, creditworthiness of the creditor, genuineness of the entry, identity of the creditor, the source of money, etc. is required to be considered under section 68 of Income-tax Act.

Scheme of taxation of royalties or fees for technical services received by a tax resident of Germany having its PE in India

January 9, 2009 2413 Views 0 comment Print

This contention, in our opinion, has to be rejected outright. It is pertinent to note that Section 44DA was inserted in the Statute book by the Finance Act, 2003 w.e.f. lsl April, 2004. Simultaneously, the provisions of Section 44D were also amended by the same Finance Act. According to the amended provisions, Section 44D is applicable for computing the income by way of royalty or fees for technical services

DTAA between India and Serbia Notified

January 7, 2009 1445 Views 0 comment Print

Whereas the annexed Convention between the Government of Republic of India and the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital was signed at New Delhi on the 8th day of February, 2006; And whereas the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was disintegrated into two independent States after Montenegro’s formal declaration of independence on 3rd June, 2006 and Serbia’s formal declaration of independence on 5th June, 2006;

E-returns – Income Tax dept discovers Rs 1,700 cr gap

December 26, 2008 736 Views 0 comment Print

During a verification of electronic returns, the department found that as many as 1,714 taxpayers under the self-assessment scheme (where tax-payers determine their tax liability and pay accordingly) had not paid their tax dues. In a few cases, the amount due was around Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion).

Banks' accounts under scanner for deductions clamied

December 23, 2008 625 Views 0 comment Print

Concerned at the government’s ‘revenue loss’ due to giving ‘large deductions’ while calculating the income tax payable by banks, tax authorities have decided to scan the accounts of lenders, including foreign banks, in minute detail.

Income-Tax (Eleventh Amendment) Rules, 2008 – Insertion of Rule 5F And Form No. 3CF-111

December 19, 2008 1168 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 107/2008, DATED 11-12-2008 An application for approval under clause (iia) of sub-section (1) of section 35 by a company shall be made in duplicate in Form No. 3CF-III, to the Commissioner of Income-tax having jurisdiction over the applicant, at any time during the financial year immediately preceding the assessment year from which the approval is sought.

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