Manual - Introduction - Income computation and disclosure standards (ICDS)

Circular No. 10/2017 - Dated: 23-3-2017 - Clarifications on Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) notified under section 145(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961

The ICDS have been notified after due deliberation and after examining judicial views for bringing certainty on the issues covered by it. Certain judicial pronouncements were pronounced in the absence of authoritative guidance on these issues under the Act for computing Income under the head “PGBP” or Income from other sources.

Since certainty is now provided by notifying ICDS u/s 145(2),the provisions of ICDS shall be applicable to the transactional issues dealt therein in relation to assessment year 2017-18 and subsequent assessment years.