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Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
Income Tax : Courts held that investment in under-construction property qualifies as construction under Sections 54/54F. Deduction cannot be de...
Income Tax : The new Act reorganises sections, rules, and forms without changing core transfer pricing principles. Taxpayers must adapt to upda...
Income Tax : The new framework eliminates mandatory renewals and replaces them with continuous monitoring. Donor eligibility now depends on sus...
Income Tax : The new law replaces time-bound approvals with continuous compliance monitoring for charitable entities. Registration now survives...
Income Tax : The issue was complexity in the existing tax law. It was clarified that the new Act simplifies structure by reducing sections and ...
Income Tax : The tax department clarified that no search or restriction was carried out against the individual. It termed the allegations basel...
Income Tax : The audit found widespread incorrect claims of deductions for bad debts and reserves. It highlights the need for stricter verifica...
Income Tax : The government replaced the six-decade-old law with the Income-tax Act, 2025. The reform aims to simplify compliance through clear...
Income Tax : A CBI court sentenced seven individuals to four years imprisonment for manipulating tax systems using forged records. The case hig...
Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
Income Tax : The case involved denial of deduction due to delayed execution of purchase deed. The Tribunal held that investment in an under-con...
Income Tax : Gujarat High Court upheld the deletion of a Section 271D penalty, ruling that the assessment order did not record satisfaction for...
Income Tax : Supreme Court reviews the Kakadia Builders case, addressing Settlement Commission's authority to waive interest under Sections 234...
Income Tax : We request the authority concerned to take a practical view of the problems which the assessees are facing as on date on account o...
Income Tax : The consolidation into Form 121 introduces stricter documentation and reporting obligations. The decision emphasizes accountabilit...
Income Tax : A corrigendum fixes multiple drafting and referencing mistakes in income tax rules. The update ensures clarity without altering su...
Income Tax : CBDT clarified the presentation of error categories in Form U. The update ensures clearer reporting of incorrect income heads and ...
Income Tax : The corrigendum corrects technical errors in multiple ITR schedules, including CG and CYLA. It ensures accurate reporting and smoo...
Income Tax : CBDT corrected multiple clerical and structural errors across income tax return schedules. The changes ensure accurate reporting a...
INSTRUCTION NO. 4/2011 [F. NO. 279/MISC./M-20/2011-ITJ], DATED 9-3-2011 – Several instructions and directions have been issued by the CBDT from time to time emphasizing upon the need for timely filing of appeals/SLPs in the Supreme Court and proper conduct of litigation. However, a number of SLPs are being filed with inordinate delay. In the wake of repeated displeasure expressed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on the present state of affairs, Ld. Attorney General for India has advised the Board to work towards a “Zero Delay Regime” in the matter of filing of appeals/SLPs.
Notification No. 19/2011 – Income Tax – In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 5C, – (a) the word “scientific”, wherever it occurs, shall be omitted; (b) in sub-rule (1) in clause (i) after the words, brackets and letters “clause (ii)”, the words, brackets and letters “or clause (iii)” shall be inserted. 3. For the rule 5D of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:– “5D. Conditions subject to which approval is to be granted to a research association under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 35.–(1) The sole object of the applicant research association shall be to undertake scientific research or research in social science or statistical research as the case may be.
Notification No. 18/2011 – Income Tax The return of income required to be furnished in Form SAHAJ (ITR-1) or Form No. ITR-2 or Form No. ITR -3 or Form SUGAM (ITR-4S) or Form No. ITR -4 or Form No. ITR-5 or Form No. ITR -6 shall not be accompanied by a statement showing the computation of the tax payable on the basis of the return, or proof of the tax, if any, claimed to have been deducted or collected at source or the advance tax or tax on self-assessment, if any, claimed to have been paid or any document or copy of any account or form or report of audit required to be attached with the return of income under any of the provisions of the Act.
ORDER NO.59 OF 2011- The following officers in the grade of Joint / Additional Commissioner of Income Tax are hereby transferred and posted at the station indicated against each in the Directorate of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing with immediate effect and untill further orders:
The post of Income ‘Tax Ombudsman is in the HAG Pay Scale of Rs. 75500-80000/-. Therefore, it is requested that names of suitable officers fulfilling the eligibility criteria mentioned in the Income Tax Ombudsman Guidelines, 2010 (copy enclosed) indicating their preferred locations may be sent by 29.04.2011 to enable selection of Income ‘fax Ombudsmen. In case no preference of locations is indicated, it would be presumed that he/she is willing to be posted in any of the locations, The applications received after the clue dale will not be considered and ate liable to be rejected. The nominations should be accompanied with Cadre clearance, History of postings, Vigilance clearance and ACR dossiers.
Vide Order No. 54 of 2001 dated 31.3.2011, the CBDT has announced the promotion of Commissioners & Directors of Income-tax as Chief Commissioners and the posting & transfer of the Chief Commissioners & Director Generals of Income-tax. Copy of order is attached below for your reference. Order No. 54 of 2001 related to Promotion, Posting & Transfer Of Chief Commissioners of Income-tax & DGs
INSTRUCTION No. 5/2011 [F.No. 225/61/2011-IT(A-II)], dated 30-3-2011- The Hon’ble Supreme Court has made the following observations in an order dated 12-8-2010 in the case of CIT, Delhi v. Bharti Cellular Ltd. [2010] 193 Taxman 97 (SC): “We are directing CBDT to issue directions to all its Officers, that in such cases, the Department need not proceed only by the contracts placed before the officers. With the emergence of our country as one of the BRIC countries and with the technological advancement matters such as present one will keep on recurring and hence time has come when Department should examine technical experts so that the matters could be disposed of expeditiously and further it would enable the appellate Forums, including this Court, to decide legal issues based on the factual foundation. We do not know the constraints of the Department but time has come when the Department should understand that when the case involves revenue running into crores, technical evidence would help the Tribunals and courts to decide matters expeditiously based on factual foundation.”
ORDER NO. 3/FT&TR/2011 [F. NO. 500/15/2011-FTD-I], DATED 31-3-2011. In partial modification of Order No. 1/FT&TR/2011, dated 12th January, 2011 and in exercise of powers conferred under section 144C of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Board hereby constitutes the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) comprising of three Commissioners of Income-tax/Director of Income-tax as Members of DRP at the places given below, who shall perform such duties in addition to their regular duties with effect from 1-4-2011 and until further order:–
ORDER NO. 58 OF 2011- The following postings and transfers of officers in the grade of Commissioners/Directors of Income Tax are hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:-‘
Notification No. 17/2011 – Income Tax [F.NO. 203/16/2009/IT (A-II)], DATED 1-4-2011 – Income-tax : Section 35(1)(ii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 – Scientific research expenditure – Approved scientific research associations/institutions- It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with rules 5C and 5D of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules) with effect from 1-4-2003 to 31-3-2008 in the category of ‘scientific research association’ subject to the following conditions, namely:–
