HomeDirect Tax

Direct Tax

Keep exploring

Income Tax Dept. Doesn’t Trust Even Its Lawyers: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has pulled up the Income Tax Department for its “unnecessarily long...

Supreme Court Strikes Down 25-Year Experience Rule for CAs Seeking ITAT Membership

The Supreme Court has formally inserted additional paragraphs into its November 19 judgment in...

TDS on Payments to Non-Residents Can’t Exceed 10% Under DTAA: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that tax deducted at source (TDS) on payments made...

Supreme Court Slams Income Tax Dept For ‘Frivolous’ SLP, Warns Against Repeated Filings On Settled Issues

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed yet another Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by...

PIL “Misconceived”; Affirms Municipal Bodies’ Power To Revise Taxes After 16 Years: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court while call the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) ‘misconceived’, affirmed the power...

Supreme Court Clarifies On Income Tax Deduction of Head Office Expenses by Foreign Companies

The Supreme Court clarified the scope of deductions available to non-resident entities for expenses...

Supreme Court Stays HC’s Direction to Implead Income Tax Authority in Bail Matter

The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of a Rajasthan High Court order that...

Shares Received on Amalgamation Are Taxable as Business Income If Held as Stock-in-Trade: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the shares received on amalgamation are taxable as...

Supreme Court Rules Tiger Global’s Flipkart Exit Taxable in India, Flags Impermissible Tax Avoidance

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that capital gains arising from Tiger Global’s exit...

Supreme Court Directs PIL Petitioner to ‘Place on Record Income-Tax Returns for the Last 5 Years’ Before Considering Costs

In a significant order underscoring its intolerance towards frivolous public interest litigations (PILs), the...

CBDT Clarifies: Past Tax Assessments to Remain Closed After Supreme Court’s Tiger Global Ruling

In a move aimed at preserving investor confidence and ensuring certainty in tax administration,...

Audit Delay Beyond Assessee’s Control Must Be Considered While Deciding Delay Condonation: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has set aside an order passed by the Principal Chief...

Latest articles

SC Upholds S. 74 Penalty: Curative Petition Dismissed, Non-Filing & Tax Non-Payment Treated as Suppression of Facts

The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition filed by a taxpayer against an...

ITC Refund Limitation Must Be Counted Based on Nature of Supply, Not Mechanical Application of S. 54: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has clarified the correct interpretation of limitation under Section 54...

CUSTOMS ACT | Nominal Shortfall in Penalty Can’t Deny Amnesty Benefit Under Customs Law: CESTAT

The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench, has held that a...

Insurance, Hedging & Employee Training Services Qualify as Input Services: CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit

The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that...