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TopicIncome Tax Act

Topic: Income Tax Act

How a Chandigarh lawyer’s fight against tax notice ended with HC striking down Section 147A of I-T Act

The high court quashed tax notices to nearly 700 assessees across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, in what is among the biggest tax litigation clusters it has decided.

ED raids ex-CM Vijayan, daughter Veena as Kerala HC lifts stay on money-laundering probe into her firm

Absence of FIR no hindrance, immunity under Income Tax Act not effective, says court as it dismisses petition by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited to clear way for ED probe.

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.

On Camera

Xi-Modi BRICS meeting signals thaw in ties. The Chinese say it is at a fragile stage

The discussion on the Chinese internet is more cautious than openly hostile or provocative. Much of it is critical of India’s handling of the border issue, but it also sees India-China ties moving toward normalcy.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.