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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...

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Proforma Invoice Valid for Availing CENVAT Credit if Service Tax Is Paid: CESTAT

The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has...

Tax Demand Can’t Be Raised Through Computation Sheet When Assessment Accepts Returned Income Without Additions: ITAT

The Bengaluru Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the...

Import Duty Payable on Actual Reduced Price Despite Higher Price at Time of Import: CESTAT

The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has...

Driver’s Statement on Plain Paper Has ‘Very Little Evidentiary Value’: Allahabad High Court Quashes GST Penalty Order 

The Allahabad High Court has set aside an appellate order upholding a penalty under...