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Prosecution under Section 276C(2) Quashed for Delayed Self-Assessment Tax: No Willful Evasion Established – Vilas Babanrao Kalokhe v. PCIT (Central) [2025]
The assessee, engaged in stone crushing and manufacturing of precast cement pipes, filed the return of income for AY 2022-23 on 05.11.2022. The self-assessment tax payable under Section 140A was not discharged along with...
No Penalty for Non-Disclosure of Joint Foreign Investment When Husband Declared It: PCIT v. Aditi Avinash Athavankar (2025) – Discretion under Black Money Act Upheld
No penalty on wife for not disclosing foreign investment if husband duly declared it in his ITR
For assessment year 2017-2018, the allegation against the respondent–assessee (wife) was non-disclosure of a foreign inve...
ICAI Extends Phase IV Peer Review Mandate to 31 December 2026 for Eligible CA Firms
Peer Review Board
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
31st December, 2025ANNOUNCEMENTDeferment of Phase IV of Peer Review MandateThe Council of the ICAI has decided that Phase IV of the Peer Review mandate,...
Reassessment Limitation under New Regime: Allahabad High Court in Dinesh Jain v. Union of India Applies Rajeev Bansal (SC) to Quash Time-Barred AY 2016-17 Notice
CA. Atul Agrawal, Former Vice Chairman CIRC
31/12/2025
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Reassessment Limitation under the New Regime: Hon’ble Allahabad High Court’s First Pronouncement on the issueIn Dinesh Jain v. Union of India, the Hon’ble Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has examined the...
Compliance Templates & Checklist for Section 194T – TDS on Payments to Partners
CA. Atul Agrawal, Former Vice Chairman CIRC
31/12/2025
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I am writing to share a set of compliance requirement and a detailed checklist that have been compiled to assist in implementing the obligations under Section 194T of the Income‑tax Act, 1961 (payments by partnership f...
ICAI Introduces Mandatory E-Diary for Practical Training from 1 Jan 2026
ICAI has announced a transformative shift in the administration of Practical Training with the launch of the Digital Practical Training (E-Diary) System. Implemented by the Board of Studies – Operations, the E-Diary fu...
MCA General Circular No. 08/2025: Deadline Extended to 31st January 2026 for Filing Financial Statements & Annual Returns (Companies Act, 2013)
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued General Circular No. 08/2025 dated 30th December, 2025, granting:Relaxation of additional feesExtension of time for filing Financial Statements and Annual Returns for FY...
Allowance of claim of interest expenses - assessee had claimed as business expenses and alternatively, as expenses allowable under the head “Income from House Property” u/s 24(b) - asset was put to use, Rup Kumar Ramchandani Prop. M/s SHE, Ajmer Versus Income Tax Officer, Ward-1 (2) Ajme
Allowance of claim of interest
expenses - assessee had claimed as business expenses and alternatively, as
expenses allowable under the head “Income from House Property” u/s 24(b) -
asset was put to use ITAT ...
Appeal Maintainable Despite Low Tax Effect Due to Accommodation Entry Exception: Delhi High Court in Pr. CIT-1 v. Agroha Fincap Ltd. (ITA No. 60/2024, 23.12.2025)
Delhi High Court:-Pr. Commissioner
of Income Tax – 1 VersusM/s Agroha Fincap Ltd.ITA No. 60/2024 | Judgment dated: 23 December 2025 CORE ISSUE:-Whether the appeal
filed by the Revenue before the High Court was m...
Interest u/s 220(2) Not Leviable Before Fresh Section 156 Demand Notice: ITAT Mumbai in Samsara Shipping (P) Ltd. v. ITO [TS-1710-ITAT-2025(Mum)]
Levy of interest under section 220(2) for period prior to fresh demand notice under section 156, unsustainable
Mumbai ITAT allows Assessee’s appeal observing that the levy of interest under section 220(2) in the prese...