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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicIncome Tax Act

Topic: Income Tax Act

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

Stock-in trade cannot be seized from bank lockers. I-T dept pulled up for seizure of company jewellery

The Punjab & Haryana High Court called the physical withholding of the jewellery belonging to Dillano Luxurious Jewels by the tax authorities "wholly unwarranted".

Do you need a certificate from income tax department to leave the country? Only in certain cases

Rules will apply only to people involved in serious financial irregularities, or those with significant income tax dues pending, according to a change proposed by govt last week.

‘Unaccounted transactions, concrete evidence’ — HC dismisses Congress challenge to IT reassessment

Congress had filed 3 writ petitions challenging Income Tax dept claim that material on record is sufficient to show ‘escaped’ income of party is upwards of Rs 520 crore.

Modi government crypto tax aims to maximise state revenue, deter low-income investors

The Budget gave a crypto tax scheme to meet several policy goals. But here are the loopholes that you're missing.

12-hour tax ‘survey’ at Newslaundry, Newsclick offices, portals say ‘personal data’ seized

Newslaundry CEO Abhinandan Sekhri said an I-T team downloaded data from his personal mobile phone, laptop. Newsclick says not the first time it was targeted by agencies.

Realty tax sop is unlikely to make a dent in metro cities due to caps

Modi govt has raised the differential between circle rate and agreement value of residential properties to 20%. But the sop is limited in scope, say developers.

‘Non-intrusive way’ to catch tax evaders — ministry on move to scan school fee, other payments

I-T dept will analyse expenditure patterns through collected data to look for evasion. But honest taxpayers won’t be impacted, stresses the government.

Manmohan, Sonia, Chidambaram, Sibal, all opposed retrospective tax: Pranab Mukherjee

What foreign investors need is certainty in tax laws and not a tax-free environment, the former President and finance minister argues to justify his controversial tax decision.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.