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Income-tax Act, 1961

1961 · Ministry of Finance · 298 sections

The principal direct-tax statute in India. Levies income-tax on persons, including individuals, HUFs, firms and companies.

Most-invoked sections
IT Act (Tax) · 14A

Expenditure incurred in relation to income not includible in total income

No deduction shall be allowed in respect of expenditure incurred by the assessee in relation to income which does not form part of total income.

IT Act (Tax) · 148

Issue of notice where income has escaped assessment

Before making the assessment, reassessment or recomputation, the AO shall serve a notice requiring the assessee to furnish a return.

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