The Income Tax Department on Saturday wrapped up a five-day search operation on the Sri Chaitanya group of educational institutions, spanning Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Bengaluru and Mumbai.
In a significant move to provide clarity on the implementation of tax treaties, the CBDT has issued Circular 01/2025, emphasizing the application of the Principal Purpose Test (PPT) under India's Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs).
The Income Tax (IT) department has launched a major crackdown on suspicious political donations, issuing hundreds of notices to individuals who contributed over ₹5 lakh to lesser-known political parties in the financial year 2020-21.
In yet another case of corruption within the Income Tax Department, a complaint has been filed against an IT officer in Jalgaon for demanding a bribe to process the cancellation of a newly issued PAN card.
In a shocking case of corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) caught an Income Tax officer red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 from a 62-year-old taxpayer.
A select committee of Parliament convened to discuss the provisions of the proposed New Income Tax Bill, a key reform initiative aimed at overhauling India's direct tax structure.
The recently introduced Income-tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha is designed to streamline India's tax framework but is not expected to have an immediate impact on revenue collection, according to Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary.
In a major tax crackdown, the Income Tax (I-T) Department has uncovered discrepancies in agricultural income declarations using satellite imagery.
The top five industrial states of India - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat collectively contributed more than 72% of the direct taxes and 53% of Central GST in FY 2023-24, according to data tabled in Parliament on Monday.
The Finance Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that personal income tax (PIT) collection as a percentage of GDP surged by 140 basis points in the last decade, reaching 3.5% in FY 2023-24, up from 2.1% in FY 2014-15.