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<title>Central Government notifies an additional area of 2.708437 hectares, as a part of above Special Economic Zone, thereby making the total area of the Special Economic Zone as 5.412488 hectares at Plot No.CF7, Sector-22, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar in the state of Chhattisgarh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Central Government has expanded the sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services by including an additional area of 2.708437 hectares. The inclusion is made under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, following the developer's proposal and the Board of Approval's recommendation. The aggregate notified area becomes 5.412488 hectares. Specified parcels identified by Khasra Nos. 55, 57, 227/1, 227/2, 247/2, 247/3, 248 and 249/1 are incorporated into the Special Economic Zone.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government notifies an additional area of 1.14 hectares thereby making the total area of the Special Economic Zone as 12.10 hectares at Plot No.1, Industrial Park, Kurubarapalli, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Expansion of a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for electronic hardware, software, information technology and information technology enabled services incorporates additional land at Plot No. 1, Industrial Park, Kurubarapalli, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu. The zone is enlarged by 1.14 hectares, resulting in a total notified area of 12.10 hectares. Inclusion follows the developer's proposal and the recommendation of the Board of Approval under the statutory SEZ framework.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government de-notifies an area of 1.4310 hectares of the Special Economic Zone, thereby making the total area of the Special Economic Zone as 17.7681 hectares at Villages Rachenahalli, Nagavara and Tanisandra, District Bangalore, in the State of Karnataka</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Central Government de-notifies 1.4310 hectares from the Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services Special Economic Zone at Rachenahalli, Nagavara and Tanisandra villages in Bangalore district, Karnataka. Exercising powers under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, the total designated area stands at 17.7681 hectares.]]></description>
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<title>SC sends back to SAT Vedanta-linked Cairn's Rs 5.25 crore SEBI penalty case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Evidentiary scrutiny of conflicting historical trading data is required in the challenge to regulatory penalties arising from an alleged misleading open-market share buyback announcement. The Securities Appellate Tribunal must examine the discrepancy between the investigation report and exchange-furnished trading data, determine which data accurately reflects the trading position, and record specific findings on identified discrepancies. The allegations concern inadequate buy orders despite available sell orders, failure to utilise the prescribed minimum buyback size, and fraudulent conduct under unfair trade practices and buyback requirements.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government rescind the Notification Number S.O. 595(E) dated 17th April, 2007</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rescission of the earlier Special Economic Zone notification de-notifies the entire 60.70-hectare area established for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services at Mamidipalli Village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana, on the proposal of M/s. Brahmani Infratech Limited. The Central Government exercises its power under the first proviso to rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 to rescind the prior notification, while preserving acts done and omissions occurring before the rescission took effect.]]></description>
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<title>Oil cos losing Rs 5 on petrol, Rs 23 a litre on diesel as oil prices cross USD 100-mark</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Elevated international crude prices, combined with unchanged retail petrol and diesel rates, have produced negative marketing margins for state-owned fuel retailers and under-recoveries on domestic LPG. India's reliance on imported crude increases exposure to a higher import bill, trade-balance pressure and currency weakness. Sustained crude-cost increases may feed into domestic inflation through fuel, transport and energy costs, while also raising input costs for oil-sensitive industries and constraining monetary easing if inflation broadens.]]></description>
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<title>Review of Position Limits for Clients and Penalty Provisions for Violation / Breach of Position Limits for Commodity Derivatives Segment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Client-level open-interest breaches in commodity derivatives attract daily monetary penalties based on excess position, closing price, duration and a two-percent rate, subject to different caps according to the extent of breach. Members must reduce excess positions by the next trading day, failing which exchanges may square off the excess without further notice. Repeated breaches can trigger one-day square-off mode and additional equivalent penalties, subject to an exception for breaches exclusively caused by clubbing of positions. Client-level position limits remain linked to annual deliverable supply and commodity classification.]]></description>
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<title>Yubi launches Pye, a multi-lender platform for retail borrowers, at Global Fintech Fest 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pye is a multi-lender digital lending platform that matches retail borrowers with regulated lending partners according to credit need, loan type and timeline. It centralises know-your-customer compliance, documentation and disclosures, avoiding repeated borrower processes across applications. Available offers are to be displayed neutrally, with pricing, terms and annual percentage rate disclosed before a borrower proceeds. Borrower data is shared only with lenders selected for an application, while the platform is intended to make credit access available through broader digital-service channels.]]></description>
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<title>Welcome Remarks by RBI Governor in the Inaugural Session of Global FinTech Fest 2026 on September 8, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fintech expands financial inclusion through digital payment and banking infrastructure, enabling customers to transact, save and borrow through accessible channels. It improves efficiency through faster account opening and payment settlement, lower transaction costs, AI-driven fraud detection and real-time supervision. Cash-flow-based lending, account aggregators and the Unified Lending Interface support collateral-light formal credit for micro, small and medium enterprises. Regulatory engagement supports self-regulation, digital public infrastructure and responsible innovation while safeguarding trust, safety, inclusion, fairness and efficiency.]]></description>
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<title>Moowr registration regarding the query</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MOOWR registration is queried in relation to the requirement for a three-times duty bond. The issue concerns whether an export house holding status-holder recognition is exempt from furnishing that bond or must comply with the bond requirement when seeking registration.]]></description>
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<title>Financial Intelligence Unit- India (FIU-IND) issues notices for non-compliance to 15 Virtual Digital Assets Service providers (VDA SPs) under Section 13 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PML) Act, 2002</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Virtual Digital Assets Service Providers operating in India, whether offshore or onshore, must register with FIU-IND as reporting entities when undertaking specified virtual-asset activities. Their obligations are activity-based and include registration, reporting, record-keeping and other requirements under the PMLA and rules made under it. Notices under the PMLA were issued to fifteen providers for non-compliance, accompanied by notices seeking takedown of their applications and URLs from public access.]]></description>
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<title>Chhattisgarh cabinet approves Rs 500 crore startup mission; also clears export promotion policy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Chief Minister Startup and NIPUN Mission promotes youth employment, skill development, entrepreneurship, innovation and technology-based industries through entrepreneurship centres, technology laboratories, industry excellence centres and a job engine aligned with industry requirements. The Export Promotion Policy strengthens export infrastructure, market access, trade facilitation and value-added agricultural and industrial exports. The maximum age limit for eligible government and allied personnel applying for other government services or higher posts has also been increased.]]></description>
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<title>DRI seizes around 740 kg cannabis and charas in operations across country as it intensifies crackdown on illegal cannabis trafficking; 13 persons arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Directorate of Revenue Intelligence operations targeting illicit narcotic drug trafficking resulted in the seizure of around 740 kg of cannabis, high-grade hydroponic cannabis and charas, and the arrest of 13 persons under the NDPS Act, 1985. Road-based interceptions involved drugs concealed in trucks and cars, including loading areas, floor cavities and secret compartments. Rail and air-route interdictions addressed passenger-based trafficking, including charas concealed on train passengers and high-potency cannabis carried by passengers arriving on international flights.]]></description>
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<title>Yubi Group Launches Yubi Asset Management, and its portfolio management service, Yubi PoleStar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yubi PoleStar is a SEBI-registered portfolio management service offering credit-focused strategies for income, liquidity, long-term wealth creation and bespoke multi-asset portfolios. Investment selection and monitoring use a six-gate credit architecture, weighted credit-risk assessment, investment committee oversight, independent valuation and segregated client custody. SEBI registration does not guarantee performance or returns. Investments involve market, credit and liquidity risks, including loss of principal, and are subject to the disclosure document, prescribed minimum investment requirement and applicable accredited-investor relaxations.]]></description>
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<title>Submission for Expert Opinion on Rectification of Incorrect ITC Reporting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Inadvertently availed or reclaimed ITC arising from incorrect reporting of supplier credit notes should be separately reversed through Table 4(B)(2) of GSTR-3B. Table 4(B)(1) is unsuitable because it applies to permanent or non-reclaimable reversals, and an artificial negative entry in Table 4(A)(5) should not be used merely to offset an earlier error. Interest should not arise if the disputed ITC remained wholly unutilised, subject to Electronic Credit Ledger reconciliation. Credit-note-wise return reconciliation, net-ITC workings, reversal and reclaimed-credit reconciliation, and records evidencing non-utilisation should be maintained.]]></description>
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<title>Refiners to sell 2.5 lakh tonnes of white sugar in domestic market: Shree Renuka Sugars MD  CEO</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Advance licensing scheme sugar refiners are required to divert refined white sugar, produced from imported raw sugar ordinarily intended for export, to the domestic market to augment supplies. Domestic sugar-price management also includes duty-free sugar imports, tighter stockholding limits for bulk users and dealers, and restrictions on sugar exports. These measures operate against revised production estimates, projected domestic demand, available stocks, and concern over price increases by sugar mills.]]></description>
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<title>Ember Unveils SuperPan, Creating a New Category of Uncoated, Non-Stick Titanium Steel Cookware</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SuperPan introduces TitaniumSteel, a titanium-and-stainless-steel material engineered through a patent-pending NanoFusion process for uncoated, naturally non-stick cookware. Titanium is permanently fused with stainless steel, and microscopic surface texturing is designed to retain a thin oil film without a synthetic non-stick layer. The five-ply construction is described as supporting durability, high-heat cooking, metal-utensil use and food release without PTFE, PFAS or other synthetic coatings.]]></description>
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<title>Competition Commission rejects complaint against Keralam govt's Priyadarshini Scheme</title>
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<description><![CDATA[State-funded free travel for eligible passengers on specified public transport services does not ordinarily attract competition-law scrutiny merely because private operators lose passengers or revenue. Passenger preference arising from a fare concession, where the State bears the cost, does not by itself establish abuse of dominance, denial of market access, or unfair or discriminatory conditions. Differential commercial impact must be accompanied by independent exclusionary or unfair market conduct to constitute a competition-law contravention.]]></description>
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<title>Asia's Energy Rise Reshapes Global Markets as Russia and China Deepen Cooperation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Energy security cooperation between Russia and China covers oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, renewable generation, battery storage, electricity grids, critical minerals, transport electrification and alternative logistics. Supply-chain resilience is linked to diversified fuel supplies, strategic oil reserves, mineral access and reduced dependence on vulnerable transport corridors. Alternative routes are presented as reducing delivery times and logistics costs, while bilateral settlements in national currencies support the wider economic relationship amid trade disruption, currency volatility and energy-market uncertainty.]]></description>
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<title>GST taxability on hostel services provided to foreign university students</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST exemption for hostel accommodation supplied in India to students of a foreign university is considered available where the supply qualifies as accommodation service and the prescribed value and continuous-stay conditions are met. From 15 July 2024, exemption is considered applicable where charges do not exceed Rs. 20,000 per person per month and the stay is for at least 90 continuous days. Foreign-university status does not, by itself, disqualify the supply. Compliance depends on the service character, correct valuation, documented continuous stay, and absence of arrangements altering the supply's character.]]></description>
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<title>Open a Savings Account in Minutes with Full Video Banking and Zero Paperwork; AU Small Finance Bank Brings Banking to Your Doorstep</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Digital savings account opening through video KYC enables remote onboarding without a branch visit, physical paperwork, or printed forms. Individuals holding valid Aadhaar and PAN may submit basic particulars, complete a live video interaction, upload identity documents digitally, select account preferences, and activate the account for transactions. Video Banking also provides live assistance for KYC completion, account queries, and service requests. Savings deposits earn daily balance-based interest paid monthly, with tiered rates, while a digital calculator estimates prospective interest earnings using current rate slabs.]]></description>
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<title>PM Narendra Modi Witnesses Perfios' Showcase of the AI-Powered Future of Banking at GFF 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Agentic AI-enabled credit assessment uses alternative financial and commercial data to support formal credit access, including rural payment records, UPI transactions, GST data, trade data and banking data. Lending functions include automated assessment, AI-assisted underwriting, data intelligence and document processing. AI applications also support fraud and anti-money-laundering investigations, data-protection compliance, insurance operations, customer servicing and collections actions subject to compliance and policy guardrails.]]></description>
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<title>India’s Logistics Infrastructure Is Scaling Fast. Hemant Kejriwal Says the Next Challenge Is Inside the Supply Chain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Supply-chain flexibility, interoperable data systems and strategic use of logistics infrastructure are central to the next phase of logistics development. Flexible warehousing can help businesses adjust capacity to changing demand and inventory needs, while specialised third-party logistics providers may add sector-specific value. Digital integration is necessary before artificial intelligence can effectively support forecasting, visibility and route planning. Geopolitical disruption also increases the importance of inventory optionality, rerouting capacity, Special Economic Zones and Free Trade Warehousing Zones.]]></description>
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<title>Sensitization of Officers regarding issuance of Deficiency Memo under Section 74 of the Customs Act, 1962 and adherence to the CBIC Circular No. 31/2026- Customs dated 04.07.2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Deficiency memos for drawback claims under Section 74 of the Customs Act, 1962 must use the standardised format prescribed in Annexure-I to CBIC Circular No. 31/2026-Customs. Immediate adoption is required for all such claims to ensure uniformity, transparency and timely disposal. Supervisory officers must sensitise staff, ensure strict compliance and communicate the requirements through official channels.]]></description>
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<title>Procedure for Processing and Approval of Brand Rate of Drawback (BROD) Applications</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brand Rate of Drawback applications must be scrutinised by the Brand Rate Fixation Cell, supported by verification where required, and submitted with a clear recommendation for final rate determination. Original duty-paid documents are generally not required for post-facto endorsement, subject to risk-based random cross-verification. Sanction requires timely filing, completed exports, positive value addition, prescribed professional certification, shipping-bill declaration of the drawback code, compliance with applicable input-output and market-value conditions, and a verified drawback calculation worksheet.]]></description>
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<title>Refund of Inverted Duty Structure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST charged on eligible job-work services such as punching, printing, and laminating is not subject to a blanket bar on input tax credit merely because of the service nature. Where lower-rated taxable outward supplies are manufactured using higher-rated inputs and services, accumulated credit may be considered for an inverted duty structure refund. Refund entitlement remains separate from credit eligibility and is subject to statutory exclusions, input tax credit conditions, and the prescribed refund formula.]]></description>
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<title>Facilitation of storage of imported goods under Section 49 of the Customs Act, 1962 and streamlining of issuance of detention/demurrage waiver certificates in respect of air cargo</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Imported air cargo delayed by Customs or statutory processes may be considered for storage under Section 49 of the Customs Act, 1962. Officers should promptly notify importers or authorised Customs Brokers of this facility, while Custodians must issue reminders where cargo remains uncleared and maintain communication records. Complete storage applications should ordinarily be processed within three working days, subject to necessary consultation and legal, operational, revenue, security and regulatory considerations. Detention or demurrage waiver certificates may be issued only where legally admissible, after verification, and must specify the relevant waiver period and process details.]]></description>
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<title>Exclusion of certain categories of import containers from scanning</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Import container scanning requirements exclude empty containers manifested by shipping lines at import and international transshipment containers carrying cargo not intended for clearance in India. Examination, including scanning, may still occur on specific intelligence from revenue intelligence or field formations. These excluded categories are not to be scanned even if selected through the National Committee for Targeting Cargo, subject to applicable central indirect-tax and customs instructions. Stakeholders must ensure compliance.]]></description>
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<title>Partial de-notification of Customs Area and consequential revision of the Customs-notified area of the Container Freight Station (CFS Code- INNSA1ULA1) operated by M/s International Cargo Terminal Private Limited (ICTPL), Village Koproli, Taluka Uran, District Raigad, Maharashtra</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Partial de-notification of the Customs Area reduces the Customs-notified premises of the Container Freight Station from 94,325 square metres to 82,800 square metres. The revised layout plan identifies the excluded portion and retained area. Custodianship under the Customs Act and approval as a Customs Cargo Service Provider under the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009 are confined to the retained area. Existing validity, terms, conditions and obligations otherwise remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Review of Circulars issued under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA)</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=71217</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FEMA regulatory rationalisation entails withdrawal of circulars that have ceased to operate because of subsequent amendments, redundancy, overlap, or supersession by later directions. The withdrawn circulars concern External Commercial Borrowings, overseas rupee-denominated bonds, non-resident investments in tax-free non-convertible bonds, and the Money Transfer Service Scheme. Authorised persons must bring these changes to the attention of their concerned constituents, without affecting permissions or approvals required under other laws.]]></description>
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<category>Circulars</category>
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<title>Your GST refund isn't stuck because of a rule. It's stuck because of one wrong digit</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17372</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Under Rule 96, a shipping bill for IGST-paid exported goods is deemed to be the refund application only after GSTR-3B filing, Export General Manifest filing, and matching of shipping-bill and GSTR-1 invoice details. SB005 concerns invoice or shipping-bill data discrepancies, while SB006 concerns missing or inconsistent Export General Manifest data. GST-return errors may be corrected through Table 9A, but shipping-bill-side discrepancies may require customs reconciliation through a concordance table. Exporters should verify invoice, shipping-bill, manifest, registration, authentication, and return-data compliance before seeking automated refund processing.]]></description>
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<title>Refund cannot be withheld under Section 54(11) of the CGST Act merely because the Revenue contemplates filing an appeal</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17371</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 54(11) of the CGST Act allows withholding of a refund only where an appeal or other proceeding is actually pending and the Commissioner records a reasoned opinion that release would adversely affect revenue because of malfeasance or fraud. Mere contemplation of a future appeal cannot justify refusing to consider a refund arising from an appellate order. Rule 92(2) requires a reasoned order in Part A of Form GST RFD-07, following an opportunity of hearing. Appellate orders bind subordinate officers unless stayed by a competent forum.]]></description>
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<title>Director's Remuneration as Salary Cannot Be Taxed - Valuation and Extended Limitation Also Require a Proper Foundation</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17370</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Directors' remuneration paid as salary under a genuine employer-employee relationship is excluded from Service Tax and falls outside GST supply. A director's designation does not determine taxability; the relevant inquiry is the capacity in which services are rendered. Salary accounting, salary-related tax deduction, and disclosure as salary income support the employment character of payment. Form 26AS and financial statements may trigger scrutiny but cannot establish taxable value without reconciliation and verification of underlying transactions. Extended limitation requires evidence of wilful suppression or comparable culpable conduct, not merely return default or financial discrepancies.]]></description>
<category>Service Tax</category>
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<title>NRI Taxation: A Strategic Guide for Global Indians</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17369</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NRI taxation depends on residential status and generally covers only income received in India, accruing in India, or deemed to accrue in India. Indian-source income may include employment, property, business, capital gains, and taxable NRO interest, whereas eligible NRE and FCNR interest remains exempt. Planning may use repatriable accounts, tax treaties and foreign-tax-credit mechanisms, and capital-gains relief. Compliance requires accurate residence classification, appropriate tax deduction on NRI property transfers, return filing where required, and foreign-asset disclosure by qualifying Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident individuals.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Appellate Authority has no power to condone delay in filing appeal beyond the outer limit prescribed under Section 107(4) of the CGST Act</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17368</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 107 provides three months from communication of an order for filing a GST appeal and permits condonation for sufficient cause only within a further one-month period. A communication date declared by an appellant in Form GST APL-01 may constitute deemed communication and commence limitation from that date. The restrictive view treats this as a statutory outer limit that excludes further extension under the Limitation Act, although a contrary judicial view permits wider condonation in appropriate cases. Taxpayers should monitor portal-uploaded orders and accurately state communication dates in appeal memoranda.]]></description>
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<title>GSTR-2A Mismatch - Verification Must Precede ITC Denial</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17367</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GSTR-2A/GSTR-3B mismatches may trigger scrutiny and verification of input tax credit, but cannot alone establish wrongful availment. Final liability requires examination of reconciliation, invoices, books, electronic credit ledger, proof of receipt, and supplier-related material. Where denial relies on supplier non-payment under Section 16(2)(c), such default must be verified rather than presumed from non-reflection in GSTR-2A. A show-cause notice limits the grounds and tax heads of adjudication, while competing computations must be reconciled through a reasoned speaking order.]]></description>
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<title>Ex parte GST appellate orders against a wound-up company require notice and a personal hearing for its liquidator.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103579</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ex parte GST appellate orders against a company in winding up require notice to its liquidator and an advance opportunity of personal hearing. Four appellate orders concerning the company's GST liabilities were set aside because they had been made without the liquidator's participation. The appeals were remitted to the appellate authority for fresh adjudication after notice and hearing to the liquidator. The merits of the GST demands remain open.]]></description>
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<title>Owner's transport documents in goods detention proceedings require consideration before penalties are imposed, requiring fresh adjudication.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103578</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Detention and penalty proceedings for goods require consideration of documents produced by a person claiming ownership, including the e-way bill, e-tax invoice and bilty. Failure to assess those materials, along with the issue identified in the relevant CBIC circular, rendered the penalty order unsustainable. The High Court quashed the order and remitted the matter to the concerned authority for fresh consideration of the ownership documents and circular requirements in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>GST search authorisations require recorded reasons, while investigation-based demands can proceed without prior return scrutiny.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103577</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Search authorisation requires the competent officer to record reasons to believe; non-supply of those reasons to the searched person does not itself invalidate the search, but the original authorisation and contemporaneous records require examination in adjudication. Alleged absence of a Document Identification Number requires factual verification and does not alone justify quashing a notice. Investigation-based GST demands may proceed without prior return scrutiny, although scrutiny remains necessary for discrepancies identified solely through return scrutiny. A consolidated notice may cover multiple financial years if liability, limitation and applicable provisions are assessed separately for each year. Penalties cannot be imposed twice f.....]]></description>
<category>GST</category>
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<title>Pre-charge evidence in GST prosecutions requires formal summoning and a hearing before cognizance under prescribed criminal procedure.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103576</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recording pre-charge evidence in a GST prosecution without a formal order summoning the accused is procedurally erroneous. The trial court must first follow the prescribed process, including the hearing requirement before taking cognizance under Section 223 of the BNSS and the applicable Supreme Court principles. Orders recording pre-charge evidence without compliance were set aside, and the trial court was directed to proceed under the statutory procedure.]]></description>
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<title>Alternative statutory remedy limits writ challenges to GST determinations involving disputed factual questions and available appellate review.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103575</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Writ jurisdiction against GST determinations involving fraud, wilful misrepresentation or suppression is generally unavailable where objections require resolution of disputed facts. Challenges concerning signatures, the form and content of show-cause notices, consideration of replies, and the hearing officer's authority require factual examination not ordinarily undertaken in writ proceedings. Form DRC-01 summaries identifying the demand and relevant taxable periods, coupled with an order that is not prima facie non-speaking and is passed by a proper officer, support recourse to the statutory appellate mechanism. A taxpayer cannot bypass the prescribed multi-tier appeal merely to avoid mandatory pre-deposit requirements.]]></description>
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<title>Mandatory personal hearing in GST adjudication requires notice of a specific date, time and venue before adverse orders.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103574</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 75(4) of the GST law requires the proper officer to provide a personal hearing before passing an adverse adjudication order, even where the taxable person has not requested one. Notice of a specific date, time and venue is necessary to satisfy that requirement. A hearing recorded before issue of the show-cause notice does not cure the failure to provide a post-notice opportunity. Non-compliance with the mandatory hearing requirement invalidates the adjudication and requires fresh consideration after allowing a response to the show-cause notice and conducting a properly notified hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Environmental charitable GST exemption protected effluent-treatment services, while absent fraud or wilful suppression invalidated extended demand proceedings.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103573</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST exemption applies to effluent and waste-treatment services supplied by a section 12AA-registered entity where those activities constitute charitable preservation of the environment. The specific nil-rate exemption prevails over the taxable entry for sewage and waste collection, treatment and disposal services, particularly where charitable status has been previously determined. Extended demand proceedings require strict proof of fraud, wilful misstatement, or deliberate suppression of material facts with intent to evade tax; a failure to declare tax liability alone is insufficient. A subsequently discontinued exemption claim and later tax payment do not establish prior intent to evade. The show-cause notice was quashed because the exemption was available and the conditions for invoking the extended-demand provision were absent.]]></description>
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<title>Prior appellate resolution bars an unreconciled subsequent tax adjudication order and its consequential bank recovery notice.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103572</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A subsequent adjudication order under section 74 for FY 2017-18 cannot be sustained where it was passed without reference to an earlier adjudication order that had culminated in an appellate order. The consequential Form GST DRC-13 recovery notice issued to the bank also fails because it depends on the invalid subsequent order. The subsequent adjudication order and recovery notice were quashed, and the writ petition was partly allowed.]]></description>
<category>GST</category>
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<title>Merits-Based GST Refund Appeals Require Reasoned Decisions, Preventing Dismissal Solely for Non-Appearance and Requiring Fresh Adjudication</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103571</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST appellate authorities must adjudicate statutory refund appeals on merits and cannot dismiss them solely for an appellant's non-appearance. Appellate orders must also provide reasons supporting their conclusions. The High Court set aside an order dismissing a refund appeal for non-prosecution because it contained neither merits-based adjudication nor reasons. The refund appeal was remanded to the Appellate Authority for disposal in accordance with law, with all merits left open.]]></description>
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<title>GST appeal limitation may yield where uncontrollable delay would deny merits review and cause grave prejudice.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103570</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Statutory limitation for GST appeals under section 107 bound the appellate authority, but the High Court condoned delay where circumstances beyond the taxpayer's control prevented timely filing and refusal of merits review would cause grave injury and prejudice. The appellate order dismissing the appeal as time-barred was set aside. The GST appeal concerning alleged wrongful availment of input tax credit was permitted to be filed and decided on merits without limitation objection, subject to compliance with the filing period stipulated by the High Court.]]></description>
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<title>Electronic GST notice service remains valid when uploaded to the taxpayer's portal; failure to monitor it cannot defeat assessment.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103569</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Electronic service of GST notices and assessment orders through a taxpayer's web-portal profile constitutes valid and sufficient service under the CGST Act. A taxpayer remains responsible for monitoring the portal, communicating hearing dates and uploaded orders to its engaged lawyer, and responding to departmental communications. Execution of a vakalathnama does not transfer that monitoring obligation or establish denial of opportunity. Where no material demonstrates a lapse by the lawyer, non-participation caused by failure to check the portal does not justify interference with assessment orders or consequential recovery proceedings. The writ petition was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Compounding charge timelines run from complaint service, preventing enhanced charges for promptly filed accused applications.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103568</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Compounding charges under the 2024 Guidelines must be calculated by reference to actual service of the prosecution complaint where charge enhancement depends on application timing. The requirement that a complaint be served within 15 days supports a fair and prompt opportunity to seek compounding, including for pending applications. Accordingly, the 12-month period for the enhanced rate runs from service on the accused, not the complaint's filing date. Applications filed within 12 months of service attract the normal rate, without the 50% enhancement; charges must be recomputed accordingly.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Transparent political-donation deduction claims do not alone constitute misreporting, permitting statutory immunity from under-reporting penalties.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103567</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Political-donation deduction claims transparently disclosed in a return do not constitute misreporting merely because the deduction is disallowed. Misreporting requires material showing false evidence, suppression of facts, or deliberate misrepresentation. Statutory immunity from under-reporting penalties applies where the substantive conditions for immunity are satisfied. Applying these principles, the penalty imposed for alleged misreporting in relation to the political-donation deduction was deleted.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Charitable sports promotion: sponsorship receipts alone did not defeat registration where funds supported tournaments and player development activities.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103566</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Charitable status of sports-promotion activities is not lost merely because an organisation receives sponsorship, entry, or professional-entry fees. Tournament organisation may be integral to promoting women's golf where receipts are substantially applied to tournaments and player-development activities and no independent commercial activity, substantial commercial margin, or profit motive is established. Renewal of charitable registration is confined to whether charitable objects continue and activities are genuine and aligned with those objects; it is not a reassessment of each receipt's taxability. Unchanged objects and activities require cogent reasons for departure from an accepted position. Registration was directed to be granted, and the consequential refusal of donation approval could not stand.]]></description>
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<title>Misreporting penalty requires evidence of deliberate inaccuracy, not merely withdrawal of a disclosed donation deduction claim during reassessment.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103565</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Misreporting of income under section 270A is not established merely because a donation deduction claimed under section 80GGC was disclosed in the return and later disallowed or withdrawn in a reassessment return. Misreporting requires material indicating deliberate furnishing of inaccurate particulars, false evidence, suppression, or misrepresentation. Where the taxpayer fulfils the substantive conditions for immunity under section 270AA(1), penalty protection applies. On these principles, the penalty imposed for misreporting was deleted and the appeal was allowed.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Overdue associated-enterprise receivables: debt-free status defeated notional-interest adjustment, while employee stock-option costs qualified as business expenditure.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103564</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ITAT treated notional interest on overdue receivables from associated enterprises as unwarranted where the taxpayer was debt-free, resulting in deletion of the transfer-pricing adjustment. It also treated employee stock option plan costs as allowable business expenditure rather than capital expenditure and deleted the corresponding disallowance. The appeal was partly allowed on those grounds.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Retrospective assessment-limitation amendments validate final orders while contemporaneous segment data governs transfer-pricing comparability and tolerance-band verification.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103563</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Retrospective amendments to the Dispute Resolution Panel procedure and assessment-limitation provisions, effective from 1 April 2009, place the final assessment order within the applicable limitation period. Transfer pricing adjustments require consideration of a pending rectification application concerning implementation of Dispute Resolution Panel directions. Software development comparables require reliable contemporaneous information, functional similarity and clear segmental data; entities with mixed functions, absent segmental disclosure or unreliable public information are unsuitable. For IT-enabled services, comparability depends on the relevant-year operating segment and service profile, while separately reported IT-enabled service.....]]></description>
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<title>Transfer pricing adjustments must track international transactions, while unsupported AMP adjustments and unsuitable manufacturing comparables require exclusion.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103562</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chapter X confines transfer-pricing adjustments to income arising from international transactions and does not permit enhancement of profits from independent third-party dealings. Manufacturing comparables must be functionally aligned with ready-to-cook instant-noodle production; diversified food, healthcare, personal-care, fast-food and ready-to-eat businesses without suitable segmental data may be unsuitable, whereas convenience-packaged food and instant-mix manufacturing may be comparable. AMP expenditure cannot be treated as an international transaction through the Bright Line Test, which lacks statutory mandate, without material showing an arrangement or understanding with associated enterprises to incur such expenditure on their behalf. Challenges to initiation of penalty proceedings for transfer-pricing documentation failures or under-reporting are premature.]]></description>
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<title>Internal comparable Cost Plus Method prevails where identical independent services use the same mark-up, eliminating transfer-pricing adjustment.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103561</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cost Plus Method based on an internal comparable was treated as the most appropriate method for software development services where identical services were supplied to an independent entity at the same cost-plus mark-up. A traditional pricing method cannot be replaced by a transactional profit method without cogent reasons demonstrating its inadequacy, including proper consideration of the functions, assets and risks analysis. The services were at arm's length and the transfer-pricing adjustment was deleted. No interest adjustment arose on delayed associated-enterprise receivables because interest was not charged on comparable delayed payments by unrelated parties; that adjustment was also deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Telecom tax deductions and transfer pricing: business-linked receipts qualify, while unsupported royalty and marketing adjustments fail.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103560</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Telecommunication-business tax treatment covers the timing and scope of deductions, revenue expenditure and transfer-pricing adjustments. Profits eligible for the telecommunication undertaking deduction include receipts with an integral business nexus, while Service from India Scheme incentives are excluded; the initial deduction year depends on when the claim was actually allowed. Annual telecom licence fees are subject to statutory amortisation rather than revenue deduction, whereas spectrum-use charges, ordinary advertising costs, subscriber-fraud losses and certain asset-restoration costs may be revenue expenditure. Automated domestic roaming payments and pre-paid distributor discounts do not require tax deduction at source. Brand-royal.....]]></description>
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<title>Unexercised stock option compensation remains non-salary when voluntary restructuring payments lack a proximate employment nexus and option transfer.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Voluntary compensation for diminution in the value of unexercised employee stock options following corporate restructuring is not taxable as a perquisite or salary where it is not contractually or statutorily required, is paid without exercise, allotment, transfer, surrender, cancellation or repurchase of the options, and the employee retains the options. The proximate cause is the restructuring rather than employment. Payer-side tax deduction or Form 16 classification cannot create a tax charge absent satisfaction of the charging provisions. The payment also cannot be treated as profits in lieu of salary merely through an alternative salary provision.]]></description>
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<title>Notional letting value on unsold stock-in-trade and unsupported brokerage benchmarking cannot sustain tax adjustments for pre-amendment years.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For pre-amendment years, completed but unsold flats held by a builder as stock-in-trade are not subject to notional annual letting value under the general house-property provisions. The specific rule for stock-in-trade property applies prospectively from Assessment Year 2018-19, so its treatment cannot be extended to earlier years. Transfer-pricing adjustments to marketing brokerage require a recognised benchmarking method, reliable comparable or market evidence, and functional analysis of the services performed. Replacing an agreed brokerage rate with a general estimated market rate, without examining marketing, sales-support and customer-related functions, lacks an adequate arm's-length basis.]]></description>
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<title>Consequential assessment limitation bars reassessment after a partial transfer-pricing remand unless the statutory deadline is met.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Partial appellate remand of transfer-pricing comparability issues, without setting aside or cancelling the assessment, requires effect to be given otherwise than through a fresh assessment. Where the remand requires fresh examination and hearing, the limitation period applicable to consequential action applies. A Tribunal remand to the Transfer Pricing Officer does not constitute an Assessing Officer's reference to that officer and therefore does not trigger the additional limitation extension available for such a reference. The consequential assessment, completed after the prescribed deadline, was quashed as time-barred; the remaining transfer-pricing challenges became infructuous.]]></description>
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<title>TNMM functional comparability drives exclusions, current-year recession margins, operating-income treatment, and deletion of interest imputation on debt-free receivables.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TNMM benchmarking required exclusion of functionally dissimilar, diversified, and unsegmented companies from the comparable set for manufacturing and engineering-estimation segments. Intra-group support-service charges required fresh verification of evidence showing benefits received and benchmarking under TNMM; the issue was remanded. Business-connected reversals, miscellaneous income, foreign-exchange gains and export incentives were treated as operating income where related expenditure had been treated as operating, increasing the profit level indicator. In the extraordinary COVID-affected year, current-year margins of final comparables were required for comparison rather than weighted averages including normal years. Interest on overdue.....]]></description>
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<title>Suppressed turnover taxability limits assessment to embedded profit, while cash-payment disallowance requires payment-wise threshold verification.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Suppressed turnover arising from unrecorded sales generated in a disclosed business is assessable only to the embedded profit, absent evidence of unexplained investment or an independent undisclosed activity. Because gross receipts recover both cost and profit, historical profitability provides an objective estimation basis; a moderately higher margin may apply to incremental out-of-books realisation. Profit was estimated at 2%, restricting the turnover addition to that amount; the evidentiary value of individual Excel sheets remained undecided. Cash-payment disallowance requires payment-wise, person-wise and day-wise verification against the prescribed limit, rather than yearly ledger aggregates. Claimed Rule 6DD exceptions require supporting-material verification, and the disallowance was remanded for that limited examination.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer-pricing adjustments must reflect functional comparability, working-capital effects, and avoid duplicating interest on associated-enterprise receivables.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transfer-pricing benchmarking of back-office support services requires comparables with similar functions and risk profiles; specialised engineering, knowledge-process, outsourced, geographically distinct businesses and entities affected by extraordinary events were excluded, while one comparable was retained, requiring recomputation of the adjustment. A low-risk captive service provider is entitled to a working-capital adjustment on furnishing supporting computations. Separate notional interest on associated-enterprise receivables cannot be charged where receivables are already reflected in working-capital adjustment and service pricing, as this duplicates the adjustment. Associated-enterprise cost allocations incurred without mark-up cann.....]]></description>
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<title>Transfer pricing consistency under TNMM protects integrated intra-group service benchmarking where facts and business model remain unchanged.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intra-group services closely linked to core business operations may be benchmarked together under TNMM; where facts and the business model remain unchanged, earlier transfer-pricing treatment should be followed despite pending departmental appeals. The related transfer-pricing adjustments and connected branch-office expenditure and depreciation/depletion disallowances were accordingly deleted or allowed. Arm's-length interest on external commercial borrowings required fresh determination by the AO/TPO. Site-restoration costs incurred to discharge a contractual decommissioning obligation were allowable business expenditure despite utilisation of a provision. Refund interest depended on verification of issuance and encashment; TDS credit requ.....]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment based on specific investigation information upheld where alleged accommodation-entry loan showed a live nexus with escaped income.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Specific investigation information linking an unsecured loan to an alleged accommodation-entry lender can establish a live nexus for reassessment; conclusive proof of escaped income is not required when reasons are recorded. Reassessment was upheld on that basis. Confirmation and banking records alone do not establish an unsecured loan's creditworthiness or genuineness where the lender does not respond to statutory notice, is not produced for examination, and adverse investigation material remains unrebutted. The loan was treated as unexplained cash credit and related interest was disallowed. Business-loss set-off and carry-forward require sufficient material demonstrating compliance with statutory conditions; unsupported current-year and brought-forward loss claims were rejected.]]></description>
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<title>Working capital adjustments require reasonably accurate computations, while CSR donations may qualify separately for charitable deduction.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Working capital adjustment in transfer pricing may neutralise margin differences arising from inventory, trade receivables and trade payables through the time value of funds. Rule 10B(3) permits adjustment where a difference materially affects price, cost or profit and can be eliminated by a reasonably accurate computation. Verification of the taxpayer's computation and supporting material is required before granting the adjustment. A CSR contribution disallowed as business expenditure may nevertheless qualify for a separate section 80G deduction. An appellate authority may entertain an additional claim arising from facts already on record, subject to verification of the donee's eligibility, payment, prescribed receipt, payment mode and deductible extent.]]></description>
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<title>AE segmental benchmarking and CCD interest deductions survive disclosure reclassification where arm's-length margins and debt status are established.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AE segmental benchmarking under TNMM requires consideration of segmental results included in the transfer-pricing study and certified information furnished before completion of the transfer-pricing assessment. Neither the Act nor the Rules requires audited segmental accounts; where the AE-segment margin falls within the arm's-length range of selected comparables, rejection on conjectural grounds is unwarranted and the related adjustment is deleted. Ind AS presentation of part of compulsorily convertible debentures as equity does not change their underlying debt character before actual conversion or redemption. Interest remains deductible in principle, subject to verification that no conversion or redemption occurred during the relevant year.]]></description>
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<title>Interim stay exclusion under customs limitation begins when connected writ protection ends, preserving timely duty adjudication.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 28(9A) of the Customs Act suspends the adjudication limitation period while a specified circumstance prevents determination of duty liability, with the statutory period recommencing when that circumstance ceases. Transfer of a matter to the Call Book is an administrative consequence of such deferment and does not independently create the exclusion period. Where noticees seek deferment because a connected writ petition and interim protection affect the underlying duty liability, those circumstances are directly relevant to non-determination. Noticees' own request for deferment may substantially satisfy the communication requirement. The limitation period consequently runs from dismissal of the connected writ petition, and adjudication within the ensuing unextended one-year period is timely.]]></description>
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<title>Customs-duty exemption for salvage-operation stores concerns duty rates, requiring a direct Supreme Court challenge rather than High Court appeal.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sections 130 and 130E of the Customs Act exclude High Court appellate jurisdiction over questions relating to the rate of customs duty, including peripheral issues affecting assessment. Entitlement to customs-duty exemption for stores imported for vessel-salvage operations bears on the rate of duty and has wider application; it must therefore be challenged directly before the Supreme Court under Section 130E. Appeals raising that exemption issue are not maintainable before the High Court and are liable to be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, with the Revenue free to approach the Supreme Court.]]></description>
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<title>Bank account freezing under Customs law cannot continue beyond the statutory maximum merely because a show-cause notice was issued.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Freezing of a bank account under section 110(5) of the Customs Act may initially continue for six months and be extended once for a further six months only on recorded written reasons. Issuance of a show-cause notice does not preserve investigating authorities' power to continue the freeze beyond the statutory maximum of twelve months. As the maximum period had expired, the High Court found a prima facie basis for de-freezing and directed the bank to de-freeze the account forthwith.]]></description>
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<title>Restricted gold import conditions: breach permits absolute confiscation, while redemption remains discretionary and is rarely disturbed on writ review.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Non-compliance with import conditions for restricted gold renders the goods prohibited for confiscation purposes, whether the items are treated as gold bars or jewellery. Failure to meet eligible passenger, declaration and permissible-import requirements may support absolute confiscation. Redemption under Section 125 is discretionary rather than a right. Non-declaration, concealment and surrounding circumstances may justify refusal of redemption on payment of fine. Writ review does not ordinarily disturb that discretionary decision unless it is perverse or arbitrary. Absolute confiscation of the gold ornaments and refusal to permit redemption were upheld.]]></description>
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<title>Written acceptance of customs reassessment does not waive appeal rights where enhanced valuation is paid under protest.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Written acceptance of customs reassessment may dispense with a speaking order but does not waive the statutory right to appeal. Declared transaction value cannot be rejected without complying with the Customs Act and Customs Valuation Rules: the importer must receive written grounds for doubting the declared value, and any redetermination must follow the prescribed sequential valuation method. Payment of enhanced duty under protest and undisclosed comparable-import data do not establish unconditional acceptance of enhanced value. Orders-in-Appeal rejecting valuation challenges solely because of acceptance letters were set aside, with consequential relief according to law.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-import condition breach under Advance Authorisation requires Bill of Entry-wise IGST reassessment, while interest and penalties fail.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Advance Authorisation IGST exemption remains subject to the pre-import condition; later fulfilment of export obligation or issuance of EODCs does not erase an established breach. Imports breaching that condition must instead be regularised under the prescribed procedure, with EODCs and redemption certificates relevant to liability. IGST breach must be quantified Bill of Entry-wise and raw material-wise by correlating imports, exports and chronology, while accounting for permitted clubbing of authorisations. The IGST demand requires fresh quantification on that basis. For the relevant period, recovery provisions did not independently authorise interest, confiscation, redemption fine or penalty for the IGST liability; those consequential liabilities were set aside, including interest on re-quantified IGST.]]></description>
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<title>Customs valuation safeguards invalidate unsupported declared-value rejection, unauthenticated electronic evidence, proxy-importer duty demands, and redemption fine.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rule 12 permits rejection of declared customs value only where there is reason to doubt its truth or accuracy, the importer has an opportunity to explain the price, and valuation follows the prescribed method, including contemporaneous import values where relevant. Unsupported intelligence and recovered documents did not establish undervaluation, rendering redetermination and differential duty unsustainable. Electronic data, messages, emails and invoices required statutory certification and reliable authentication; unauthenticated material could not prove undervaluation. Each IEC holder filing its own bill of entry remained the importer liable for duty, preventing recovery from an alleged proxy importer. Goods unavailable for confiscation could not attract confiscation or redemption fine.]]></description>
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<title>Sole or principal use classification protects GEHO pump-specific components from residual material-based tariff treatment and related duty demands.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Classification of specially designed GEHO slurry pump components depends on their sole or principal use where they may fall under more than one tariff heading. Pins, bolts, diaphragms, valves, gaskets, seals, bushes, liners and allied items manufactured exclusively for, and unusable with machines other than, the GEHO pump qualify as pump parts rather than parts of general use or independently classifiable rubber articles. The declared classification was sustained, while reclassification, differential duty, interest and penalties were set aside with consequential relief.]]></description>
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<title>Bail conditions in customs-duty evasion investigation permit continued inquiry while addressing evidence-tampering concerns through procedural safeguards.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bail in an investigation into alleged customs and anti-dumping duty evasion through invalid certificates of origin was granted because the key evidence was documentary, relevant records had been seized, and further verification of supplier correspondence and Bills of Lading could continue without custodial confinement. Concerns over evidence tampering were addressed through safeguards requiring cooperation with the investigation, attendance when summoned, non-tampering with evidence, passport surrender, and restrictions on foreign travel.]]></description>
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<title>Arrest warrants against accused already on bail require prior summons unless circumstances justify coercive attendance measures.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Accused already on bail should ordinarily receive summons before an arrest warrant is issued after a complaint is transferred to a Special Court. A warrant may follow only where circumstances justify it. Issuing a warrant without first summoning such accused is unlawful and liable to be set aside. The accused must appear on the next listed date; on default, the Trial Court may lawfully adopt measures to secure attendance.]]></description>
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<title>Continuing default and debt acknowledgment preserved limitation for the insolvency application after the revival scheme failed.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Continuing failure to deliver possession of an allotted unit or refund amounts received constituted a continuing default, creating a continuing cause of action for a financial creditor's insolvency application. Inclusion of the creditor's claim in a settlement scheme operated as an acknowledgment of debt, preventing the claim from being treated as time-barred. The application therefore remained within limitation. Once the revival scheme was declared unworkable and parties were permitted to revive insolvency proceedings, objections based on the scheme's subsistence and parallel proceedings no longer survived. The corporate debtor's admission into insolvency consequently remained effective.]]></description>
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<title>Reasoned and proportionate FERA penalties require explained quantification after excluded contraventions and RBI write-offs, preventing disproportionate retention.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FERA penalty quantification must be reasoned, reasonable and proportionate to the contravention; the statutory maximum under Section 50 does not by itself justify the amount imposed. Where certain export-realisation contraventions were excluded and an RBI write-off was noted, retaining the original penalty without explaining its basis was disproportionate. A finding that the penalty was not harsh or excessive, without articulated quantification reasons, was insufficient. The penalty was therefore set aside and redetermined at a lower amount, with the appeal partly allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Prolonged incarceration can outweigh PMLA bail restrictions where predicate-offence investigation remains incomplete and safeguards protect trial integrity.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prolonged incarceration in a money-laundering prosecution may, in an appropriate case, outweigh the statutory twin conditions governing bail under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act. Bail was granted where the accused had remained in custody for over a year, was already on bail in the predicate offence, and investigation into that offence remained incomplete. Material examined in the money-laundering investigation included matters whose connection with tainted money and the predicate offence required trial determination. Release was made subject to safeguards, including passport surrender, travel restrictions, regular trial-court attendance, and non-contact with witnesses.]]></description>
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<title>Subsisting Scheduled Offence Required: PMLA summons fail when predicate prosecution is quashed for investigative jurisdictional defect.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Quashing of predicate proceedings for lack of investigative jurisdiction removes the subsisting nexus required between alleged proceeds of crime and criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence. Where the predicate prosecution against a person is quashed in its entirety, and that order remains operative and unchallenged, the Enforcement Directorate cannot independently preserve or notionally revive the predicate offence for money-laundering proceedings. Proceedings against other accused cannot establish the missing statutory nexus attributable to that person. PMLA summons and consequential proceedings were quashed, with liberty to initiate fresh proceedings if the predicate prosecution is lawfully restored or revived.]]></description>
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<title>Provisional attachment in money laundering may rest on prima facie involvement and extend to equivalent-value property.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Confirmation of provisional attachment in money-laundering proceedings requires a prima facie showing of involvement; final criminal liability remains for trial. Communications, statements, cash-delivery arrangements, overseas transactions and recovered material may establish active receipt and layering of proceeds of crime, without reliance solely on a co-accused's statement. A person asserting that funds were a loan must substantiate that claim where the reverse burden applies. Where proceeds of crime are unavailable because they have vanished or been laundered, other property representing their value may be attached, including property acquired before the crime period. The provisional attachment was sustained and the appeal dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Service-tax education exemptions depend on statutory conditions: PMKVY intermediary services remain taxable, while recognised degree-course education qualifies.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Service-tax exemption for NSDC skill-development programmes requires the provider itself to meet the notification's specified approval condition. An associate learning centre serving an NSDC-approved training partner did not qualify, so the normal-period demand relating to PMKVY services remained. Education connected with university degree courses qualified for the Negative List exemption where it formed part of a curriculum leading to a qualification recognised by law; direct provision by a university was not required, and that demand was set aside. Extended limitation was unavailable because wilful suppression with intent to evade was not established, resulting in deletion of the extended-period demand.]]></description>
<category>Service Tax</category>
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<title>Free home delivery of ready-to-eat food constituted taxable catering service, but extended limitation and penalty failed without suppression.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Free home delivery of ready-to-eat food, involving preparation at the supplier's premises and delivery at a customer-specified time and place, was treated as a taxable service with a significant service element. From July 2012, supplying food for human consumption in this manner fell within declared services and also within the earlier concept of outdoor catering. Service tax was consequently sustainable for the normal limitation period. The extended limitation period and related penalty were not sustainable because the supplier was registered, filed ST-3 returns, paid service tax, and the allegations arose from its own records, with no evidence of suppression intended to evade tax.]]></description>
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<title>Rule 41 implementation directions remain outside appellate review, while mistaken service-tax payments attract compensatory interest from the original refund claim.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Appealability of Tribunal directions under Rule 41 is limited: a procedural or implementation direction intended to give effect to a final order is not an order passed in appeal and falls outside Section 35G appellate jurisdiction. Rule 41 permits consequential directions, including compensatory interest, where necessary to implement a final refund order. Service tax paid for laying potable-water pipelines for a State agency's public-welfare project was treated as paid under a mistake of law rather than as duty, displacing duty-refund limitation requirements. Interest runs from three months after the original refund application, not later supporting documents; statutory delayed-duty refund rate limits do not govern compensatory interest.]]></description>
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<title>Portable rechargeable lamp classification under Heading 8513 prevails, while disclosed tariff disputes bar extended limitation and penalties.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rechargeable lanterns, emergency lamps and study lamps with built-in rechargeable batteries fall under CETH 8513 1090 as portable electric lamps with a self-contained electricity source. Connection to AC mains solely to recharge the batteries does not convert them into lamps operating from an external fixed power source under CETH 9405 2010. Where the revised classification was disclosed to the Department through intimation and monthly ER-1 returns, and the dispute arose from tariff interpretation following audit, suppression is not established. The extended limitation period and penalties therefore do not apply; differential duty and interest remain sustainable only for the non-time-barred period, subject to the portion already set aside.]]></description>
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<title>Sole Proprietorship Liability: Cheque-dishonour complaints may proceed against proprietors without separately arraigning their trade concerns.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Separate arraignment of a sole proprietary concern is unnecessary for a cheque-dishonour complaint against its proprietor. Statutory vicarious criminal liability applies where the drawer is a juristic entity distinct from the individuals sought to be held responsible for its affairs. A sole proprietorship has no legal existence separate from its proprietor; use of a trade name or maintenance of a bank account in that name does not create a separate legal person. Accordingly, proceedings may continue against the proprietor in that capacity without impleading the proprietary concern separately, while questions concerning the underlying liability and defences remain for trial.]]></description>
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<title>US banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United States trade measures prohibit Canadian dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles, and exclude Canadian products from large, long-term government contracts until full and fair reciprocity is available for American products. Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American goods, maintaining that countermeasures are necessary where Canadian businesses face United States tariffs. The dispute has prompted Canada to pursue domestic investment, infrastructure development and trade diversification, including exploration of closer European Union cooperation.]]></description>
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<title>Trump moves to bar Canadian products from US contracts as Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Government procurement reciprocity has been invoked to make Canadian products ineligible for large, long-term United States government contracts until "full and fair reciprocity" is afforded to American products. Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products to prevent tariff-free entry of those goods while Canadian businesses remain subject to United States tariffs. Canada also identifies trade diversification, domestic investment, infrastructure development and deeper European Union cooperation as measures to reduce economic dependence and preserve policy autonomy.]]></description>
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<title>CSR Funds utilizations and Its Tax Implication</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CSR funds received by a Section 8 charitable institution are generally permissible where the recipient is an eligible implementing agency and directly applies them to an approved project within permissible CSR activities and its charitable objects. Proper approvals, project arrangements, expenditure records, beneficiary details and utilisation evidence are required. Onward transfer to another institution requires a documented implementation arrangement, recipient eligibility, authority for transfer, monitoring and proof of actual utilisation; charitable status alone is insufficient. An assessment information notice verifies the payment and utilisation trail and does not itself establish a violation.]]></description>
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<title>sec 44AB requirement for below one crore turnover.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Audit under section 44AB is recommended where a partnership firm proposes to declare actual book profit that is low in relation to the presumptive-tax framework, even though turnover is below Rs. 1 crore. The low-profit trigger under section 44AB(e), read with section 44AD, requires examination beyond turnover alone. The position depends on verification of the firm's section 44AD history and the nature and composition of its receipts.]]></description>
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<title>Form 140 Gross Amount Reporting When Aggregate TDS Threshold Is Crossed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where contractor TDS becomes payable after the aggregate threshold is crossed, the deduction may be calculated on the full cumulative payment amount although Form 140 is described as a quarterly statement. Reporting only the quarter's payments together with a cumulative catch-up deduction creates an apparent rate mismatch. No identified statutory provision, Form 140 instruction, or RPU/FVU/CBDT guidance expressly resolves whether the gross amount should be quarterly or cumulative in this scenario. Current validation requirements or written clarification should be verified before either method is treated as mandated.]]></description>
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<title>Accredited investor mandate for existing Angel Funds receives extended compliance timeline while preserving existing investor holdings and restrictions.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Angel Funds registered on or before September 10, 2025 must implement the Accredited Investor mandate by March 31, 2027, extending the previous compliance deadline. Until that date, they may offer investment opportunities to no more than 200 non-accredited investors. From March 31, 2027, these Angel Funds must not accept non-accredited investor contributions for investments in investee companies. Existing investors may continue to hold investments already made, subject to the fund's PPM and fund documents. All other provisions governing Angel Funds under Chapter 8 of the AIF Master Circular remain unchanged, and the revised timeline applies immediately.]]></description>
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<title>Certificate of Origin API integration enables secure electronic applications, agreement-specific validation, certificate issuance and online authenticity verification for exporters.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Open API integration on the Trade Connect e-Platform enables eligible exporters to connect ERP, accounting and other systems with the Certificate of Origin process for electronic application submission, certificate issuance and verification. DGFT prescribes onboarding credentials, public-IP whitelisting, PBKDF2 password protection, token-based authentication and digital signing of requests and responses using SHA-256 RSA signatures and 2048-bit X.509 certificates. Access tokens may be reused during their 60-minute validity. Exporters must submit prescribed applicant, certificate, invoice, product, shipment, supporting-document and declaration data through the CoO File API, with agreement-specific validation of origin criteria and shipment r.....]]></description>
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<title>Investor group disclosure exemption now covers FPIs investing only in Government Securities across both investment routes.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) investing only in Government Securities are no longer required to furnish investor group details. The exemption, previously limited to investments exclusively in Government Securities under the Fully Accessible Route, now applies to all FPIs investing only in Government Securities, including through the General Route. The change follows withdrawal of the concentration-limit requirement for Government Securities investments through the General Route, making investor-group identification unnecessary. Depositories, custodians and designated depository participants must update their systems accordingly. The revised compliance requirement takes effect immediately.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification No. eCF 703778/234 dated 17th September, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Assam SGST rate schedules are amended to place biris in Schedule II at 9 per cent and specified tobacco-related goods in Schedule III at 20 per cent. The latter category includes pan masala, unmanufactured tobacco, tobacco refuse other than tobacco leaves, cigars, cigarettes, manufactured tobacco other than biris, tobacco substitutes, and specified non-combustible inhalation products. Schedule VII, prescribing a 14 per cent rate, is omitted. The amendments are deemed effective from 1 February 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification eCF No. 703778/234 dated 17.09.2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Assam SGST rate schedules are amended to revise specified tariff classifications in Schedule I at 2.5% and Schedule III at 20%. Schedule I entries are substituted with tariff codes 2202 99 21, 2202 99 29, 2202 99 31 and 2202 99 39. Schedule III entries are substituted with tariff codes 2202 99 90, 2202 99 91 and 2202 99 99. The classification amendments are deemed effective from 1 May 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Bajaj Finance Acquires 5% Stake in TrueFan AI as part of Finserv Intelligence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bajaj Finance acquired a 5% equity stake in TrueFan AI through Finserv Intelligence, an applied research and innovation initiative supporting scalable technology enterprises. The investment follows existing use of TrueFan AI's platform for personalised customer engagement and dealer enablement. The parties intend to expand collaboration in personalised marketing, high-volume video generation, live-avatar assistance, multilingual communication, learning and development, and digital onboarding. The partnership combines equity participation with development of technological capabilities and long-term strategic value.]]></description>
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<title>Comments/views on proposed suspension of 544 Standard Input Output Norms (SIONs) remaining unutilized during the last three financial years.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DGFT proposes suspension of 544 Standard Input Output Norms identified as unutilized under the Advance Authorisation and Duty-Free Import Authorisation schemes during the preceding three financial years. Stakeholders may submit comments, supporting material, reasons for retention, and details of actual or proposed utilization within 15 days. After considering timely submissions, the identified norms may be suspended, while delayed comments may not be considered.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification eCF No. 400555/54 dated the 30th November, 2024</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Retail sale price-based valuation is extended to declared-price supplies of pan masala, specified tobacco products, cigarettes, tobacco substitutes, and specified tobacco or nicotine inhalation products. Retail sale price includes all taxes, duties, surcharges and cesses, with the highest of multiple declared prices applying. Any increased declared price is treated as the retail sale price, while area-specific prices apply to goods intended for sale in the relevant area. Customs Tariff classifications and interpretative rules govern product coverage.]]></description>
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<title>Notifies the 30th day of June, 2026, as the date upto which appeal may be filed before the Appellate Tribunal under Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 in respect of all cases</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Appeals before the Appellate Tribunal are governed by separate filing limits according to the date of communication of the challenged order. Where an order was communicated before 1 April 2026, an appeal may be filed up to 30 June 2026. Where an order is communicated on or after 1 April 2026, the appeal may be filed within three months from the date of communication to the person preferring the appeal.]]></description>
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<title>SC dismisses BDPL's plea, brings one of India's longest-running corporate disputes to end</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal set aside the Tribunal's decision after considering historical corporate records and contemporaneous material, rejecting allegations of financial impropriety concerning the private placement and share transfers. It upheld the relevant corporate decisions and transactions. The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the appellate determination, concluding the prolonged challenge brought by Bhagwati Developers Private Limited.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification No. S.O. No. 228/2025, dated the 17th September, 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jammu and Kashmir SGST rate schedules replace specified tariff-classification entries in Schedule I, attracting 2.5%, and Schedule III, attracting 20%. Schedule I substitutes the entries for serial numbers 150 and 151, while Schedule III substitutes entries for serial numbers 2 and 3. The revised tariff classifications are deemed effective from 1 May 2026.]]></description>
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<title>CMRL case: ED writes to Keralam DGP seeking FIR against ex-CM Vijayan, daughter and son-in-law</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enforcement Directorate used PMLA information-sharing powers to seek a police FIR over alleged bribery, sham consultancy payments, and laundering of funds linked to CMRL and Exalogic Solutions. The allegations concern purported payments for IT consultancy services, use of Exalogic Solutions as a corporate vehicle for routing payments, and alleged transfers of funds to Dubai. The investigation also draws on allegations of fictitious corporate expenditure that generated cash for unlawful payments.]]></description>
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<title>RSP MP Premachandran seeks CPI(M) stand on ED probe into Pinarayi Vijayan, family</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 66(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act permits the Enforcement Directorate to share criminal-investigation findings with law-enforcement agencies for registration of a fresh FIR or complaint. A police case registered on that information can form the basis for a PMLA case. In the reported investigation, FIR registration was sought on evidence gathered during the PMLA probe and searches concerning alleged consultancy payments.]]></description>
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<title>UpTik Strengthens Strategic Advisory Board with Appointment of Mr. Rajaram and Mr. Bala Swaminathan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Strategic Advisory Board appointments add Mr. Rajaram and Mr. Bala Swaminathan to UpTik's advisory leadership for its invoice discounting and alternative credit operations. Their respective experience in structured finance, regulatory compliance, banking operations, treasury and institutional finance is intended to strengthen governance, risk oversight, compliance, credit-management frameworks and institutional partnerships. The appointments support expansion of transparent and responsible alternative credit access for MSMEs.]]></description>
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<title>SC rejects proposal of Parsvnath Developers for homebuyers, asked it to file another</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Proceedings concerning delayed real-estate projects require a fresh comprehensive proposal addressing possession, refunds, delayed-possession compensation, and enforcement-related claims of all homebuyers across the developer's group entities. An inadequate proposal may lead to appointment of a High-Powered Committee to assume relevant responsibilities. Frozen bank accounts remain under restraint, and a request by the Insolvency Resolution Professional to operate an account for company affairs was not entertained. The proceedings also raise concerns over enforcement of real-estate regulatory directions and protection of homebuyers facing prolonged delays.]]></description>
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<title>India faces higher oil import costs as crude prices surge on West Asia supply risks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Elevated crude prices arising from West Asia supply and maritime-transit risks increase India's oil import costs and may pressure the trade balance and currency. Higher international crude prices can feed into domestic inflation through fuel, transport and energy costs, depending on domestic price pass-through and the duration of the increase. Retail fuel-price restraint may compress fuel-retailer margins and increase LPG under-recoveries. Refiners, distributors, airlines, petrochemical businesses and other energy-intensive sectors also face higher costs, particularly where crude, LPG and naphtha supplies depend on regional transit flows.]]></description>
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<title>Swyom Advisors Marks Three Years of Operations at 'Beyond Alpha: Chapter 3' in Mumbai</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alternative Investment Fund units are not offered through public solicitation. Subscriptions, purchases or dealings in units may occur only by private placement to eligible investors and on the terms of the relevant private placement memorandum and constitutive documents. The material is not investment advice or a recommendation concerning securities or companies. Securities-market investments carry market risk, and past performance does not assure future results. Category III fund management is also associated with investment-process assessment, risk governance and institutional infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title>Settled issues under GST. Section 75(7) to be adhered scrupulously.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 75(7) confines an adjudication order to the tax, interest and penalty amounts specified in the show-cause notice and prohibits confirmation on grounds outside that notice. Orders confirming demands exceeding those proposed in the notice are liable to be set aside and remitted for fresh adjudication. Tax officials should invoke the appropriate demand provision, secure responses to notices, and grant personal hearing to ensure natural justice. Taxpayers and tax professionals should examine adjudication orders for compliance with Section 75(7).]]></description>
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<title>CMRL case: ED writes to Kerala DGP seeking FIR against ex-CM Vijayan, daughter Veena, son-in-law</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The requested police case concerns allegations that CMRL made fraudulent payments to Exalogic Solutions, a now-defunct company, by representing them as consideration for IT consultancy services. The investigation also alleged generation of proceeds of crime by CMRL management and persons connected with the recipient company. Searches reportedly resulted in seizure of handwritten notes containing details of certain fund transfers to Dubai.]]></description>
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<title>ED writes to Kerala DGP seeking FIR against ex-CM Vijayan, daughter, son-in-law in CMRL case</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PMLA information-sharing power under section 66(2) permits the Enforcement Directorate to transmit money-laundering investigation findings and material recovered through searches to a law-enforcement agency for consideration of a fresh FIR or complaint. An FIR registered on that basis may also support a PMLA case. Registration was reportedly sought in relation to alleged CMRL-linked bribery involving purported fraudulent consultancy payments and material said to record fund transfers to Dubai.]]></description>
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<title>China's exports pick up in August, jumping 25% as its trade surplus widens</title>
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<description><![CDATA[China's export growth accelerated in August, driven by demand for automobiles and high-technology goods, while imports also rose and the trade surplus widened. Export growth continued to outpace imports, supported by expanded shipments to Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa and by rising exports of electric vehicles, industrial machinery and semiconductors. Reliance on exports amid weak domestic consumption and investment contributed to concerns over global economic imbalances and continuing strategic trade tensions.]]></description>
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<title>International Financial Services Centres Authority (Prohibition of Market Abuse in Securities Markets) Regulations, 2026.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Relaxation in timeline with respect to Accredited Investor mandate for Angel Funds</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The deadline for Angel Funds registered on or before September 10, 2025 to implement the Accredited Investor mandate is extended to March 31, 2027. Until that date, these funds may not offer investment opportunities to more than 200 non-Accredited Investors. From March 31, 2027, they may not accept contributions from non-Accredited Investors for investment in an investee company. Existing investors may continue to hold investments already made under the applicable private placement memorandum or fund documents.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee falls 10 paise to 94.66 against US dollar in early trade</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rupee depreciation in the interbank foreign-exchange market reflected elevated Brent crude prices, Middle East geopolitical tensions and weaker investor confidence. RBI dollar sales and foreign-currency inflows under special schemes supported range-bound currency trading despite external pressures. A softer dollar index, foreign institutional equity purchases, inflation data and the Federal Open Market Committee meeting were identified as relevant indicators for currency-market direction.]]></description>
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<title>Union Finance Minister meets delegation of bank employees representing different Public Sector Banks (PSBs)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Implementation of the Performance Linked Incentive Scheme for Public Sector Bank executives is kept in abeyance for FY 2025-26 following employee concerns about its structure. The scheme will be considered during ongoing Bipartite Settlement and Joint Note discussions. Employee representatives also raised issues concerning ex-gratia benefits and medical facilities for retired employees. The concerns are to be addressed through dialogue, consultation and mutual understanding.]]></description>
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<title>China's exports pick up in August, jumping 25% on strong demand for autos and high tech goods</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[China's customs trade indicators for August record export growth of 25% year-on-year, accelerating from July's 23.9% rate, supported by demand for automobiles and high-technology goods. Imports rose 28.2% year-on-year, up from July's 27.5% growth. Higher import and export values produced a trade surplus of $119.1 billion, widening from $112.5 billion in July.]]></description>
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<title>WRONG INPUT TAX CREDIT IS NOT FRAUD The Santhome Latex Decision and Its Binding Effect By Adv. G. Jayaprakash Former Superintendent of Central Excise</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 74 requires proof not only that input tax credit was inadmissible, but also that it was availed or utilised through fraud, wilful misstatement, or deliberate suppression with intent to evade tax. Disclosure in statutory returns or reconciliation statements, audit detection, and failure to answer an audit report do not automatically establish suppression. Fraud-related allegations and supporting evidence must appear in the show cause notice; appellate proceedings cannot introduce new grounds or cure a defective notice. Where fraud is not established, underlying tax liability may still be determined under the ordinary-demand framework, subject to limitation, natural justice and substantive credit conditions.]]></description>
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<title>What happens to your pre-deposit under section 107 when you get substantial relief and prefer second appeal before GSTAT.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Where a first appellate order substantially reduces a GST demand and the department does not challenge that reduction, the pre-deposit attributable to the extinguished demand may exceed the amount required for the pending second appeal. The excess amount may be claimed as a consequential refund, with applicable interest, without awaiting final disposal before the GST Appellate Tribunal. The first appellate order is binding on the tax authority to the extent of the demand set aside, and continued retention of the excess pre-deposit lacks authority of law.]]></description>
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<title>The Tax Audit Trap: How Your Cash Transactions Turn a Simple ITR Into a Section 44AB</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Presumptive taxation under Section 44AD and the enhanced turnover limit linked to Section 44AB depend on cash receipts and cash payments each remaining within 5% of total receipts and payments. If either exceeds that threshold, the normal audit threshold applies. The audit trigger is based on business turnover rather than the profit percentage declared, while separate commission income does not alter the relevant turnover. Taxpayers should calculate cash percentages, monitor turnover, adopt digital payments where feasible, and arrange an audit when required.]]></description>
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<title>Wrong ITC Is Not Suppression - Section 74 Requires Evidence of Intent to Evade</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 74 requires specific evidence that wrongful ITC arose from fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression of facts with intent to evade tax. Mere inadmissibility of ITC, an incorrect claim, or failure to respond during audit does not by itself establish culpable suppression. The show cause notice must disclose the factual foundation and supporting material for the alleged conduct. Information already reflected in GST returns, reconciliation statements, financial records, or portal disclosures cannot readily be treated as suppressed. A new factual basis for invoking Section 74 cannot be introduced at the appellate stage when it was absent from the original notice.]]></description>
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<title>Casual rather callous manner, in which the application under Section 197 of the Act of 1961 was rejected, that too disregarding binding precedence non application of mind caused displeasure of Courts.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 197 permits lower or nil tax-deduction certificates where the recipient's total income and applicable domestic law or tax treaty justify that treatment. The officer must apply binding precedent on the same issue and cannot refuse relief merely because the revenue may challenge that precedent. Reconsideration in later years may arise only on materially changed facts, such as a permanent establishment or taxable Indian transactions, after notice and recorded findings. Recipients must make full disclosures and cooperate with enquiries. Administrative systems should enable timely implementation of the applicable legal position without unnecessary fresh applications.]]></description>
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<title>Kanban: A Visual System for Controlling Workflow and Inventory.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Kanban applies a pull-based workflow and inventory-control model in which production or service work begins only when demand arises. Visual boards, cards and digital signals track tasks and materials through defined stages, while work-in-progress limits prevent excessive congestion. The system seeks to expose bottlenecks, control inventory, improve material and information flow, reduce waste and support continuous improvement. Effective implementation requires workflow mapping, visual controls, appropriate work-in-progress limits, employee training, performance measurement, accurate data, supplier coordination and periodic review.]]></description>
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<title>GST appeal pre-deposit follows the law when adjudication begins, while factual penalty challenges belong before statutory appellate authorities.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST appeal pre-deposit requirements are governed by the law in force when adjudicatory proceedings commence; consequently, appeals arising from show-cause notices issued before 1 October 2025 remain subject to the earlier Section 107(6) regime despite later Orders-in-Original. A proper officer's authority for penalty proceedings is function-specific, but objections concerning officer competence, evidentiary material, hearing, cross-examination, penalty quantification and individual noticees' roles require record-based examination through the statutory appeal. Writ jurisdiction is not invoked where that appellate remedy is complete and efficacious. Whether Section 122(1) applies to a person who is not a taxable person remains unresolved.]]></description>
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<title>Vicarious liability for cheque dishonour requires proven corporate responsibility, protecting wrongly impleaded officers through pre-summoning verification.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Vicarious liability under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act requires a person's actual role in and responsibility for the company's business when the cheque was dishonoured; a designation asserted in the complaint is insufficient. Uncontroverted Ministry of Corporate Affairs records showing that the impleaded individual was never a director, combined with no pleaded or disclosed role in company affairs, justified quashing the complaint and consequential proceedings against that individual as an abuse of process. For prospective cheque-dishonour complaints against companies, complainants must annex corporate identification details and certified Form DIR-12, unless unavailability despite due diligence is affirmed and the Magistrate records reasons before cognizance.]]></description>
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<title>GST payment representations require record-based, reasoned decisions while substantive entitlement remains open for determination by competent authorities.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pending representations seeking GST payment for road construction and improvement works require examination of tender conditions, individual bills and invoices, payments already made, and applicable GST liability. The asserted inclusion of GST in final bills requires a proper and intelligible breakup of amounts paid. High Court required the competent authorities to independently consider the supporting records and issue reasoned speaking orders within the stipulated period. The claimant's substantive entitlement to GST was left open for determination in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Show cause notice limits bar adjudication from confirming demands beyond those proposed, requiring fresh adjudication without a new notice.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 75(7) of the UPGST Act prohibits confirmation of a tax demand exceeding the amount proposed in the show cause notice. An adjudication order confirming higher demands on both disputed counts therefore contains a fundamental and incurable defect. The order was set aside and the matter remitted for fresh adjudication, without allowing issuance of a fresh notice.]]></description>
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<title>Inverted duty refunds cover higher-taxed packing materials used for packaged tea despite an inapplicable GST rate-reduction circular.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Refund of accumulated input tax credit under the inverted duty structure extends to higher-taxed packing materials used for marketing packaged tea. Section 54(3)(ii) applies where input tax rates exceed the output supply rate, and the plural term "inputs" does not distinguish between principal and ancillary inputs. Packing materials used in the course or furtherance of business therefore qualify as eligible inputs, notwithstanding that bulk tea and packaged tea attract the same GST rate. Circular No. 135/5/2020-GST addresses credit accumulation caused by GST-rate reductions on the same goods over time; it does not cover accumulation arising from higher-taxed packing materials and cannot curtail a refund otherwise available under the Act.]]></description>
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<title>Pure-agent electricity recovery excludes actual, unmarked-up metered and common-area charges from the taxable value of premises maintenance services.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Actual electricity charges separately recovered at the same amount charged by the electricity distribution company, without markup, are treated as pure-agent recoveries under clause 3.3 of Circular No. 206/18/2023-GST. Electricity supplied with premises maintenance is ordinarily ancillary to the maintenance service and forms part of a composite supply despite separate billing. The circular's deeming rule nevertheless applies to separately metered HVAC and non-HVAC consumption and proportionately allocated common-area consumption recovered at actual cost. Those recoveries are excluded from the value of the maintenance service and do not attract GST, even where the independent pure-agent test is not otherwise met.]]></description>
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<title>Prior adjudication bars advance-ruling applications on identical GST classification and rate questions concerning the applicant.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first proviso to section 98(2) bars admission of an advance-ruling application where the question raised is already pending or has been decided in proceedings under the GST Act concerning the applicant. Classification and applicable-rate questions for dried and cured tobacco leaves had already been decided in enforcement proceedings involving the applicant. The application for advance ruling was therefore rejected as inadmissible.]]></description>
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<title>Classification of ruled paper sheets keeps them under Heading 4802; notebook-use exemption depends on actual manufacture.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ruled or lined loose paper sheets produced by cutting uncoated paper remain within Heading 4802, rather than Heading 4820, because loose sheets cut to size are excluded from the finished-stationery heading. Paper is classified under tariff item 48026190 in rolls and 48026290 in sheets. The end-use exemption for paper used in specified notebooks depends on actual use by the manufacturer; supplies through intermediaries remain independently taxable. Recipients of uncoated paper reels have no reverse-charge liability because the goods are not notified for reverse charge, while input tax credit remains subject to statutory conditions. Documentary requirements cannot be imposed where the exemption notification does not prescribe them.]]></description>
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<title>End-use GST exemption for uncoated paper depends on proven manufacture of specified books, while other uses remain taxable.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[End-use-based GST exemption for uncoated paper and paperboard under tariff heading 4802 depends on established actual use in manufacturing exercise books, graph books, laboratory notebooks or notebooks. Classification turns on actual use rather than intended use, paper grade or specifications; supplies used for other purposes remain taxable. Questions on supplier verification, documentary requirements and liability for a purchaser's misuse fall outside an advance ruling on notification applicability where the notification contains no such mechanisms. Revised Central and corresponding State GST rate entries take effect from 22.09.2025, leaving no stated ambiguity on the rate transition date.]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment sanction under extended limitation required approval from the competent specified authority, invalidating proceedings approved by an incorrect authority.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reassessment sanction under the extended limitation regime depended on the date by which the three-year period from the end of the relevant assessment year expired. Where that period expired during the TOLA-covered period, the authority under section 151(i) could grant sanction only until 30 June 2021. Orders under section 148A(d) and consequential reassessment notices issued later required sanction from the competent specified authority under section 151(ii). Approval by the Principal Commissioner under section 151(i) after that date invalidated jurisdiction to revive reassessment proceedings, resulting in the order being quashed.]]></description>
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<title>Director tax liability under Section 179 requires consideration of the director's reply before liability can be determined lawfully.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 179 director-liability proceedings must comply with natural justice before a company's tax dues are fastened on a director. Determining liability without considering the director's reply and supporting documents breaches that requirement. The High Court quashed the liability order because the response and accompanying material had been overlooked, and remanded the matter for a fresh decision in accordance with law and natural justice within 12 weeks.]]></description>
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<title>Capital-gains exemption requires a qualifying asset transfer and reinvestment by the same assessee, not solely by a spouse.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 54F applies only where the transferred long-term capital asset is not a residential house; exemption is therefore unavailable when both the original and replacement assets are residential properties. Section 54 requires the same assessee to sell the original residential property and purchase or construct the new property within the stipulated period. Investment solely in a spouse's name does not satisfy this requirement, as spouses are distinct legal entities and the husband's sale cannot be clubbed with the wife's sole acquisition. Consequently, capital-gains exemption under sections 54F and 54 was denied.]]></description>
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<title>Live sports broadcasting rights exclude live-feed payments from royalty, while non-live rights remain taxable and require withholding.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Live sports broadcasting rights do not transfer copyright in a live telecast capable of generating royalty income; therefore, consideration attributable to the live feed is not royalty. Repeat or other non-live telecast rights remain within royalty treatment. Composite media-rights consideration is apportioned using established viewership data: 93% for live broadcasting and 7% for non-live broadcasting. Tax-disallowance for failure to deduct tax applies only to the payment allocated to non-live rights, requiring consequential recomputation of the disallowance.]]></description>
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<title>Deductee-paid-tax exception requires verification before TDS default and consequential interest apply to External Development Charges payments.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The deductee-paid-tax exception applies to non-deduction of tax on External Development Charges where the payee has filed its return, included the relevant receipt in income, and paid the tax due. Verification of these statutory conditions is required before imposing liability for tax default and consequential interest. Liability for non-deduction and interest does not arise if the prescribed conditions are satisfied. The assessment was set aside and remanded for verification of the payee's compliance with those conditions.]]></description>
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<title>Section 50C valuation date follows crystallised consideration where rehabilitation arrangements precede registration, preventing enhanced capital gains additions.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 50C(1)'s proviso permits stamp-duty valuation on the date consideration was fixed rather than the registration date where the two dates differ. In a rehabilitation-related land transfer, statutory proceedings, resolutions, banking-channel advance receipt and a sanctioned scheme may collectively establish that consideration crystallised before registration, even without a conventional sale agreement. Later increases in guideline value or stamp-authority valuation cannot retrospectively replace that agreed consideration absent independent evidence of higher fair market value. The beneficial proviso operates retrospectively to relieve hardship. Accordingly, valuation applicable when consideration was fixed was adopted and the long-term capital gains addition was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Internal CUP benchmarking for fixed-rate Masala Bonds prevails over floating external comparables, eliminating the related transfer-pricing adjustment.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Internal comparable uncontrolled transactions should be preferred over external comparables for benchmarking fixed-rate Masala Bond interest where they arise in the same period and offer greater comparability. A floating external benchmark is inconsistent with the strict comparability required under the CUP method, resulting in deletion of the related transfer-pricing adjustment. Specialised operational and maintenance services received from an associated enterprise are not shareholder activities; where receipt and need are evidenced, their arm's length price cannot be fixed at nil without comparable uncontrolled transactions. The related adjustment was deleted. TDS credit requires factual verification, while interest for advance-tax deferment is chargeable only on returned income, not assessed income.]]></description>
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<title>Jurisdictional validity of revision notices: incorrect official capacity and mere change of opinion invalidate revision of property income assessments.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Revision proceedings require the designated statutory authority to issue the notice in the correct official capacity. A Chief Commissioner issuing a notice as Principal Commissioner, without an express Board order authorising exercise of that function, lacks jurisdiction and invalidates the resulting revision. Revision for notional annual letting value of professionally used properties also cannot rest on a change of opinion where the Assessing Officer examined ownership, use and house-property treatment and adopted a plausible view. Explanation 2 to section 263 does not apply where genuine inquiry and verification occurred. Properties transferred by gift are not assessable in the transferor's hands. The revisional order was quashed.]]></description>
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<title>MEIS export rewards are revenue income because they offset business costs rather than fund capital investment or expansion.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:37:07 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MEIS duty credit scrips received under the Foreign Trade Policy 2015 are treated as revenue receipts taxable as income from assessment year 2016-17. Applying the purpose test, the rewards offset export-related costs and infrastructure inefficiencies and enable more profitable conduct of export business. Their computation by reference to completed exports, recurring nature, transferability and unrestricted usability support their revenue character; they are not linked to capital investment, establishment or expansion, nor earmarked for a capital purpose. Government assistance "by whatever name called" covers MEIS rewards, including grants or cash incentives, without limitation by ejusdem generis.]]></description>
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<title>TDS credit for trust income remains available despite trustee PAN reporting and absence of Rule 37BA declaration.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 37BA(2) declaration requirements are procedural where a trust has offered interest income to tax and tax was deducted on that income under the trustee's PAN. The absence of the declaration or a corresponding Form 26AS entry in the trust's PAN does not, by itself, defeat substantive entitlement to TDS credit. Credit should be granted where the trust establishes that the income was included in its taxable return and the deducted tax relates to that income.]]></description>
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<title>Stale Reassessment Material Cannot Support Reopening When Earlier Proceedings Already Considered the Same Lender-Credit Information</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reassessment founded solely on investigation material and statements already available during prior search assessment and revision proceedings constitutes reliance on stale material and a change of opinion. Repackaging existing information does not create fresh jurisdiction to reopen assessment. Where lender-company confirmations are obtained before issuing the reassessment notice but their responses are not addressed, the reopening lacks an adequate basis. Approval based on the same pre-existing material is mechanical and does not cure the jurisdictional defect. The reassessment proceedings and consequential additions were therefore deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Block-period computation for non-searched persons rendered out-of-period assessments void for lack of jurisdiction under the search assessment regime.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For a non-searched person, the block period for assessment under section 153C is computed from the date seized material is handed over to, or satisfaction is recorded by, the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction over that person, rather than from the search date. Applying that rule, the relevant assessment years fell outside the permissible period, making the assessments time-barred and depriving the Assessing Officer of valid jurisdiction. ITAT upheld the relief granted to the non-searched person and dismissed the Revenue's appeals, following Supreme Court and High Court precedent.]]></description>
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<title>Sufficient Cause for Delay Requires Bona Fide Diligence, Leaving a Decade-Late Exemption Appeal Unheard on Merits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Condonation of delay requires sufficient cause founded on bona fide diligence and circumstances beyond the litigant's control. Voluntarily offering a receipt to tax, accepting the intimation, and remaining inactive for more than a decade did not meet that standard; awaiting litigation concerning another entity's registration, mistaken belief about registration, later legal developments, difficulty locating records, and professional consultation were insufficient. The inordinate delay in filing the first appeal was therefore not condoned, and the appeal was dismissed without considering the claimed exemption. The taxability of the one-time benefit remained open.]]></description>
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<title>Remand limitation periods require fresh-assessment timelines where Tribunal directions mandate fresh consideration, while unexplained foreign currency remains taxable income.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 153(5) applies where effect can be given without making a fresh assessment or reassessment. Where a Tribunal remand requires the Assessing Officer to undertake fresh consideration, the limitation period for fresh assessment under section 153(3) applies; the proviso to section 153(5) also covers matters requiring verification or an opportunity of hearing. Foreign currency may be treated as unexplained money where the taxpayer provides inconsistent explanations and fails to prove its source through satisfactory evidence, including acquisition from authorised dealers. FEMA confiscation for excess possession does not by itself establish the currency's source for income-tax purposes. The addition as deemed income and the associated tax treatment were sustained.]]></description>
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<title>Return-processing adjustments cannot tax validly applied accumulated charitable income merely because electronic return fields contain reporting mismatches.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 115BBI applies only to income having the statutory character of specified income; an electronic-return reporting or computational mismatch does not create that character. Income validly accumulated for charitable purposes in an earlier year and applied during the relevant year remains outside that provision unless conditions governing the accumulation were breached or the income otherwise became specified income. Where return schedules and a revised audit report disclose the available accumulation and its application, section 143(1) processing cannot selectively rely on an omitted Schedule A entry while disregarding corresponding disclosures. The adjustment treating the applied accumulation as specified income was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Cost of improvement excludes routine repairs and removable flat furnishings, while permanent installations require item-wise verification.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cost of improvement of a residential flat requires capital expenditure that adds to or alters the capital asset. Routine repairs and removable articles, including furnishings and de cor not embedded in the property, merely remain associated with the flat and do not qualify; their disallowance was sustained. The description assigned to an item is not conclusive for alleged permanent installations. Their eligibility depends on whether each item is capital in nature and forms an integral addition or alteration to the flat. As the installation and nature of the remaining items had not been examined item-wise, the claim was restored for verification of supporting material and a reasoned determination after hearing the taxpayer.]]></description>
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<title>Bogus-purchase additions are limited to embedded profit where corresponding sales are accepted, while accommodation-entry information can support reassessment.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where purchases are obtained through accommodation-entry providers but corresponding sales remain undisputed, taxation is confined to the profit element embedded in those purchases rather than the entire purchase value. In comparable bogus-purchase transactions, an addition of 15% of the impugned purchases was sustained. Reassessment based on accommodation-entry information is valid where the Assessing Officer supplies recorded reasons, disposes of objections, and possesses prima facie material with a live link to the belief that income escaped assessment. At the reopening stage, the material need not be conclusive; its sufficiency is not examined.]]></description>
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<title>Section 80G approval accepts section 10(23C) exemption without mandatory section 12AB registration, subject to verifying statutory coverage.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 80G(5)(i) treats non-inclusion of income under sections 11 and 12, or under section 10(23C), as alternative conditions for approval. An educational institution claiming exemption under section 10(23C)(iiiad) need not also hold registration under section 12AB solely to satisfy the approval requirement. The competent authority must examine whether the institution is covered by section 10(23C)(iiiad) and cannot reject its section 80G application only because section 12AB registration is absent. Approval remains subject to verification of the claimed statutory coverage.]]></description>
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<title>TMI Updates - Newsletter dated: September 09, 2026</title>
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