Month: September 2026

Invitation For Empanelment Of Practising Chartered Accountants / Chartered Accountant Firms Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (FDCM Limited), Nagpur, invites applications from quali ied, experienced and eligible Practising Chartered Accountants (PCA) / Chartered Accountant Firms for empanelment to provide professional services relating to Income-tax Act, 1961, GST …

Press Registrar General of India (PGRI) invites application for empanelment of Chartered Accountants. The Press Registrar General of India manages the registration of print periodicals and regulates publishing under the Press and Registration of Periodicals Act (PRPA) 2023, The PRPA mandates the Press Registrar General to allot titles and …

CBDT notifies revised Form No. 169 for making application for registration as a valuer under section 514 and authorised income tax practitioner u/s 515 of Income-tax Act, 2025 CBDT has issued Notification No. 120/2026 dated 17/09/2026 to notify Income-tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2026 w.e.f. 1st day of April, …

Curtailing time to file reply to notice u/s 148A(b) from statutorily available 30 days to 15 days seriously prejudiced assessee’s right – High Court In a recent judgment Hon’ble High Court held that curtailing assessee’s right or time to file reply in response to notice u/s 148A(b) from …

At the stage of registration u/s 12AB, the CIT(E) not empowered to adjudicate applicability of provisio to section 2(15) of the Act – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT has held at the stage of registration u/s 12AB, the CIT(E) not empowered to adjudicate applicability of provisio to …

Flower bed area could not be included in the definition of “built up area” to calculate eligible limit of 1000 sq.ft. u/s 80IB(10).  In a recent judgment Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed the SLP of the Revenue against the judgment of the Hon’ble High Court that flower bed …

Unsigned document has no validity or veracity in law and cannot be a basis for levying penalty u/s 271DA – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT has held that an unsigned document has no validity or veracity in law and Department cannot assume assessee to have made any …

Non issuance of notice u/s 143(2) for return filed u/s 148 even though belatedly, makes the assessment framed bad in law and void ab initio – ITAT In a recent judgement, ITAT has held that if no scrutiny notice u/s 143(2) is issued in respect of return filed …

Calculation of functional disability depends on assessing the victim’s earning capacity in the open, competitive market – Supreme Court In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court while increasing the compensation under MC Act 1988 held that the calculation of functional disability depends on assessing the victim’s earning capacity …

Appeal against every decision of ITAT shall lie only before the High Court within whose jurisdiction the Assessing Officer who passed the assessment order is situated In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble High Court has adhered to Hon’ble Supreme Court in holding that appeal against every decision of …