Income Tax : The FAQs explain that FAST-DS, introduced through the Finance Act, 2026, offers eligible taxpayers a one-time opportunity to discl...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department explains how faceless assessments under Section 144B operate through the e-Filing portal without requiri...
Income Tax : The case highlights denial of TDS credit after an incorrect TAN was reported in the income tax return, even though the correct TDS...
Income Tax : The case demonstrates how an incorrect exemption claim based on Form 16 led to scrutiny and penalty proceedings. The Tribunal ulti...
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...
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 : Having regard to the gravity of the allegations, the ongoing investigation, the requirement of further probe into digital and fina...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore restored the issue of consultancy fee deduction to the Assessing Officer after noting that additional evidence rela...
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 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...
The income tax department website which is used by lakhs of tax payers to file their returns online will soon be revamped along with a new website address or URL. The new online facility will host of several user-friendly features. The department’s Uniform Resource Locator (URL) – www.incometaxindia.gov.in – is undergoing pilot tests and would […]
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).
The government has asked the I-T department to soon process refund claims up to Rs 25,000 for every assessee whose tax is deducted at source (TDS) for 2007-08. “The Income- Tax Department has instructed the field formations to accept the TDS-payer’s claim, with certain exceptions . where the refund computed does not exceed Rs 25,000,” a Finance Ministry official said.
Two I-T officials in CBI net for graft Dec 10, 2008 CBI laid two traps to nab the officials after being alerted by credit co-op societies that had been `threatened’ with punitive action.Two senior officials of the Income Tax department were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday after being caught accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 each from officials of credit cooperative societies.
If the income tax department fails to appeal against judgments against it by high courts on a certain legal question for several years, is it barred from raising the question later? No, said the Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income Tax vs J.K. Charitable Trust.
The Income Tax Department seeks suggestions on e-filing of I-T returns for the AY 2009-10 to make the e-filing website, software and functionalities more user-friendly and robust. Apart from general suggestions, specific suggestions on website look and feel, functionalities and facilities, white papers and technical papers are also welcome. Technical suggestions on XML schema, digital signatures, security, web services are also solicited. Suggestions and documents (in word format preferably) may be sent to efilingsuggestions@gmail.com .
Tightening its belts, the income tax department has chalked out an intensive strategy on collections in the backdrop of slowing economy. Though, direct tax collections have been buoyant so far, the department is not taking any chances as the deadline for payment of the third installment of advance tax is drawing near.A meeting of senior level field officials of income tax department on Wednesday, that was called specially at the behest of revenue secretary PV Bhide, took stock of the state of collections and the strategy for the rest of fiscal.
Levy of interest on the ground of non-payment of correct amount of tax by itself can be a ground for non-acceding to the request of the assessee as the levy is a statutory one but it is another thing to say that the said factor shall not be taken into consideration at all for the purpose of exercise of the discretionary jurisdiction on the part of the Commissioner. Appellant volunteered that the securities be sold. Why the said request of the appellant could not be acceded to has not been explained. It was a voluntary act on the part of the appellant. B. M. Malani vs. CIT (Supreme Court)
TAN is a unique identification number, which is allotted to people who are deducting or collecting tax at source on behalf of the income tax department. It has to be quoted in all TDS/ TCS returns. As in the case of permanent account numbers (PAN) that helps to keep track of all assessees and their returns, TAN is used to keep a tab on all tax dedicators and deductions. If all these officers have a TAN, It would be easier to track collections by state governments through TDS.
The government will soon introduce biometric permanent account numbers (PAN) for income tax payers, though initially only new applicants would be brought under its net, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday.
