Income Tax : The Income-tax Department is increasingly relying on AI-based verification and automated reconciliation systems to detect discrepa...
Income Tax : The new Income Tax Act, 2025 significantly reduces the number of statutory sections and reorganises tax compliance procedures effe...
Income Tax : The case emphasizes that ignoring clarification notices may result in denial of deductions and exemptions. Taxpayers must substant...
Income Tax : Many taxpayers receive notices despite exemption due to AIS-ITR mismatches. The case highlights that non-reporting of even exempt ...
Income Tax : This analysis explains how employer-leased cars reduce taxable salary since only a prescribed perquisite value under Rule 3 is tax...
Income Tax : A government official was arrested for demanding and accepting ₹1.5 lakh to wipe off outstanding tax liabilities. The key takeaw...
Income Tax : The C&AG’s audits ensure proper assessment, collection, and allocation of direct taxes, identifying evasion risks and improving ...
Income Tax : CBDT’s 2024-25 APA report details 174 new agreements, including record bilateral deals, advancing tax certainty and reducing cro...
Income Tax : All Odisha Tax Advocates Association requests due date extensions for AY 2025-26 ITRs and Tax Audit Reports citing portal glitches...
Corporate Law : Professionals request an amnesty scheme for partnership firms in Maharashtra to regularize past lapses and ease compliance with Re...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that revisional powers under Section 263 cannot be invoked merely because the Commissioner prefers ano...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that seized amount is prima facie proceeds of crime and not lawful income hence to treat such amounts as tax...
Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT allowed Mahindra & Mahindra's appeal, holding that advertisement and sales promotion expenses of ₹3.26 Cr for 'Mahin...
Income Tax : The ITAT in Mumbai has restricted an income tax disallowance on alleged bogus purchases for Quality Heightcon, capping it at 12.5%...
Custom Duty : Delhi High Court permitted the petitioner to pursue a customs duty appeal before CESTAT by depositing 50% of the required pre-depo...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department increased monetary thresholds for assigning cases between ITOs and D/ACITs in Delhi Region. The revised ...
Income Tax : Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Government of India Dy. No. 1759745 FM/FMP/2021 22/07/21 Message My h...
DGFT : Following DGFT services will not be available from 1 st June 2021 to 6th June 2021: i. Application for a new IEC ii. Application f...
Income Tax : A note said to be written by Shri. V G Siddhartha (VGS) of CCD is doing the rounds. Among others it was mentioned in the note abou...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department today said that tax returns filed by senior citizens above 60 years and small taxpayers with gross total...
Delhi High Court held that seized amount is prima facie proceeds of crime and not lawful income hence to treat such amounts as taxable income recoverable by the Income Tax Department, prior to the conclusion of the PMLA trial or adjudication, would be erroneous. Accordingly, petition dismissed.
Mumbai ITAT allowed Mahindra & Mahindra’s appeal, holding that advertisement and sales promotion expenses of ₹3.26 Cr for ‘Mahindra Parts Plazas’—which were owned and operated by distributors—were revenue in nature and deductible under Section 37(1) of Income Tax Act, rejecting AO’s capitalization.
The ITAT in Mumbai has restricted an income tax disallowance on alleged bogus purchases for Quality Heightcon, capping it at 12.5% of the total amount and citing judicial precedents.
All Odisha Tax Advocates Association requests due date extensions for AY 2025-26 ITRs and Tax Audit Reports citing portal glitches, floods, festivals, and compliance load.
Delhi High Court permitted the petitioner to pursue a customs duty appeal before CESTAT by depositing 50% of the required pre-deposit. The case involves two containers with differing seizure circumstances.
Calcutta High Court disposed of a writ petition after the Income Tax Department decided not to pursue the demand raised under Section 143(1) for AY 2018-19, effectively closing the matter.
AY 2015-16 assessment under Section 153C held time-barred. Judicial rulings confirm six-year limit runs from handing over of seized documents to AO.
Telangana High Court held that non-granting of at least seven days for furnishing reply is against the Standard Operating Procedure [SOP] dated 03.08.2022 issued by department. Accordingly, notice and order thereof is not sustainable.
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NFAC deletes penalty on taxpayer misled by unqualified agent; case highlights misuse of fake deductions, procedural lapses, and risks of unauthorized TRPs.
