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Clubbing of Income under Income Tax Act, 1961 with FAQs

Income Tax : Clubbing of income rules (Sections 60-64) in tax law prevent income diversion. Covers transfer of income without asset, revocable ...

November 4, 2025 930409 Views 80 comments Print

Law of Taxation and the Constitution of India

CA, CS, CMA : Overview of India’s taxation system under the Constitution, covering direct and indirect taxes, GST, powers of Union and States,...

September 11, 2025 1818 Views 0 comment Print

Simplified Guide to Non-Tax Revenue Sources

Income Tax : Explore non-tax revenue, its sources, and how it supports government finances, reducing reliance on taxes and funding public servi...

January 5, 2025 2289 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Exemptions versus deductions

Income Tax : A provision does not become an exemption provision merely because the marginal notes to the section or the heading of the section ...

October 24, 2020 5682 Views 0 comment Print

Maturity of Life Insurance Policy – Whether Taxable or Not?

CA, CS, CMA, Income Tax : Understanding the tax implications of life insurance policy maturity. Learn about the exceptions and conditions for tax-free amoun...

August 10, 2019 101511 Views 1 comment Print


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It department challenged deduction u/s. 80RR claimed by fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani

Income Tax : Is Tarun Tahiliani, one of India’s leading fashion designers, an artiste? Those who admire his creations might think so, but not...

January 17, 2010 1546 Views 0 comment Print

IT department claimed Rs 30,000 crore from companies that violated MAT provisions

Income Tax : Income Tax department has claimed Rs 30,000 crore from companies that have violated provisions under the minimum alternate tax. So...

January 2, 2010 943 Views 0 comment Print

Pay tax on perquisites for the whole year in next three months, double whammy for taxpayers

Income Tax : Your tax burden has just gone up, with the government today issuing the new guidelines for taxation of perquisities. In fact, it c...

December 19, 2009 828 Views 0 comment Print

IT dept. imposed penalty on DLF for understatement of income, auditors role in question

Income Tax : NEW DELHI: The I-T authorities have slapped a tax liability of Rs 300-400 crore on realty leader DLF over what they called underst...

May 24, 2009 957 Views 0 comment Print

Stock brokers cannot set off losses in the trading business against their other income : Bombay High Court

Income Tax : Stockbrokers who have been taking advantage of the ambiguity in the Income Tax Act rules to reduce their tax payouts could be in f...

April 2, 2009 6258 Views 0 comment Print


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NBFCs not entitled to deduction of any provision created for bad and doubtful debts

Income Tax : Unfortunately, for the appellant NBFCs. are not covered by Section 36(l)(viia) of the I.T Act and so much so, explanation to secti...

January 10, 2010 2044 Views 0 comment Print

AAR on Prima facie satisfaction for initiation of penalty proceedings required even post-amendment

Income Tax : Section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”) empowers the Assessing Officer (“AO”) to levy penalty if he is s...

December 11, 2009 1242 Views 0 comment Print

Share broker eligible to claim bad debts as expense while computing taxable income

Income Tax : The assessee, a share broker, purchased shares on behalf of its client and paid for them. The brokerage on the said transaction wa...

November 10, 2009 1487 Views 0 comment Print

Change in method of valuation of closing stock allowed if such change is bona fide and assessee has proper reasons for such change

Income Tax : Section 153A(1) contains non-obstante clause and hence provisions of this section will over-ride the provisions of section 139, se...

October 22, 2009 1527 Views 0 comment Print

S. 195 / 201 liability cannot be avoided on ground of non-taxability of recipient

Income Tax : The assessee made payments to a foreign company for purchase of ‘shrink-wrapped’/ready-made software without deduction of tax ...

September 24, 2009 759 Views 0 comment Print


Stock brokers cannot set off losses in the trading business against their other income : Bombay High Court

April 2, 2009 6258 Views 0 comment Print

Stockbrokers who have been taking advantage of the ambiguity in the Income Tax Act rules to reduce their tax payouts could be in for a rude shock. The Bombay high court has ruled that brokers cannot set off losses in the trading business against their other income and that these losses can only be neutralised […]

Taxman gears up to move apex court on its tax claims of around Rs 2,000 crore

February 26, 2009 537 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department is all set to move the Supreme Court for a final judgement on its tax claims of around Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) in cases involving dividend stripping prior to 2002-03. The taxman had lost the case in the Bombay high court last year. Though the government in 2005 put […]

Service Tax Will be Included in Turnover for the Calculation of Presumptive Profit

February 12, 2009 4111 Views 0 comment Print

5.6 In the present case, it is not in dispute that the assessee company has realized service tax on account of providing services and facilities in connection with the exploration or extraction of minerals oils in India. The service tax so realized is a part of receipts received by the assessee from ONGC. The service tax realized by the assessee is in respect of services specified under section 44BB and rendered by it to ONGC

Rent Income and Tax Provisions

December 23, 2008 4573 Views 3 comments Print

Tax on rental income – The rental income is added to the taxable income and tax liability is based on the tax slabs. Up to 30 percent of rental income can be deducted towards maintenance of the rented place and for payment of property tax etc.

Determination Of Quantum Of Deduction Under Section 80-I of Income Tax Act, 1961

November 22, 2008 3802 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. v. DCIT – For the purposes of determining the quantum of deduction under section 80-I, the taxable income of the industrial undertaking is to be ascertained as if such undertaking were an independent unit owned by the assessee and the assessee had no other source of income; consequently, the unabsorbed losses/deprecation, etc. relating to the eligible industrial undertaking are to be taken into account in determining the quantum of deduction under section 80-I even though these may actually have been set off against the profits of the assessee from other sources of income of the assessee.

Hypothetical Tax Paid Abroad Not Income

November 20, 2008 1472 Views 0 comment Print

In what would come as a relief to expat employees coming to India on a posting or Indian employees going abroad, a tax tribunal has ruled that they could exclude the amount deducted as ‘hypothetical tax’ by their employers from their taxable income in the country. The tribunal turned down income-tax authorities contention that this amount was part of the total salary and hence taxable.

Section 14A Applicable To Dividend Earned by an Assessee Engaged In the Trading Of Shares and Securities

November 3, 2008 1782 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Daga Capital Management Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO, Mumbai (ITAT MUMBAI)] The words in relation to in s. 14A mean a dominant and immediate connection between the expenditure and the exempt income. To determine whether there is such a connection, one has to see the object with which the expenditure is incurred. If the expenditure is incurred mainly to earn taxable income and the tax-free income is incidental, there is no such connection and s. 14A does not apply. The onus is on the AO to establish that there is a dominant and immediate connection between the expenditure and the exempt income;

S.115JA Provision for Bad & Doubtful Debts cannot be added to Book profits

October 11, 2008 1249 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court has ruled that provisioning for bad debt cannot be considered for deduction against the taxable income & Provision for bad and doubtful debts cannot be added to the “book profits” for purposes of section 115JA because they merely represent the diminution in the value of an asset and are not a provision for an unascertained liability.

Proceedings in search cases cannot be used as an opportunity to reopen

January 5, 2008 495 Views 0 comment Print

THE facts of the case are on a Search & seizure operations carried out at the business premises of the assessee company on 18-3-02 notice u/s 158BC of the I.T. Act, 1961, served on the assessee it was alleged that the assessee that a sum of Rs.54,45,000/ – which was received by the assessee from its sister concern M/s PMC Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, as application money was nothing but the assessee company’s own money which was brought into the books in the garb of application money and the whole transaction was managed, sham and was a deliberate arrangement to subvert the interest of revenue.

Book profits law gets stringent

January 5, 2008 471 Views 0 comment Print

In the Bank of India case, the Authority for Advance Ruling pointed out that the section levying MAT should be considered a self-contained code. It should prevail over the other provisions of the I-T Act. The Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has been in vogue intermittently for nearly 20 years. It has undergone several changes in structure. But the basic principle remains the same. The idea is that every company with ability to pay should contribute to the exchequer even though it may not show taxable income because of tax concessions and incentives utilised.

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