ITR filing season AY 2026-27: Received Section 143(2) notice for AY 2025-26? What it means and how to respondAs Section 143(2) scrutiny notices for AY 2025-26 reach taxpayers during the ITR filing season for AY 2026-27, this article explains why ta...
30 Jun, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Income tax dept identifies up to 20,000 cases of individuals who used the ‘swapped provisions’ trick to reduce net tax liability; Know what to do now to fix thisThe Income Tax Department has flagged 15,000-20,000 cases of individuals using a 'swapped provisions' trick to unfairly reduce their tax li...
24 Jun, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
Investing abroad? These 7 costly mistakes could trigger an income tax noticeWealthy Indians are investing more abroad. However, they must understand the rules to avoid trouble. Mistakes like misusing investment rout...
15 Jun, 2026, 11.54 PM IST
Psychology says comparing your timeline to others may be damaging your confidence: Why seeing others succeed makes people question their age, choices and futurePsychology does not suggest that confidence comes from completely avoiding comparisons with others. Instead, self-confidence tends to grow ...
14 Jun, 2026, 09.06 PM IST
Salaried employees beware! These 5 mistakes during ITR filing can trigger unexpected tax demandsWith the ITR filing season for AY 2026-27 now underway, many salaried taxpayers who faced TDS shocks in the last quarter of FY 2025-26 are ...
12 Jun, 2026, 07.11 AM IST
ITR filing 2026: 9 key checks every taxpayer must make for AY 2026–27India's income tax administration has become increasingly data-driven, with information from TDS/TCS reporting, SFT filings and other sourc...
11 Jun, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
CBSE re-evaluation chaos leaves students racing against foreign admission deadlinesDelays in CBSE's re-evaluation and verification process are causing significant uncertainty for students aiming for foreign university admi...
06 Jun, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
"Hopeful CBSE will answer my questions": Class 12 Student Sarthak Siddhant flags OSM tender discrepanciesA Class 12 student, Sarthak Siddhant, has raised concerns over CBSE's On Screen Marking (OSM) tendering process, alleging discrepancies tha...
30 May, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
OSM system backed by secure, robust IT platform, says CBSEThe CBSE has defended its On-Screen Marking System, calling it secure and robust. This comes amid controversy over a contract awarded to a ...
28 May, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
Misleading, erroneous: CBSE response to Rahul Gandhi's allegation OSM contract given to scam-infested firmThe Central Board of Secondary Education has denied claims of irregularities in awarding a contract to Coempt Edutech. Congress leader Rahu...
27 May, 2026, 09.52 PM IST
Telecom sector displays highest discrepancy percentage in employee background verification in Q1 of 2021Overall, discrepancy percentages were marginally higher in Q1 ‘21 at 8.7% as compared to Q4 ‘20 which was 8.6%. Out of these, the highest n...
16 Jun, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Financial services, retail, telecom show high discrepancy in background verification: ReportThe report also states that discrepancy percentages across other sectors like banking, BPO, e-commerce and logistics, engineering and infra...
01 Mar, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Overall discrepancy rates rise to 11 per cent in Q4 2016: ReportA study of the case level quarterly discrepancy analysis for the Q4 shows that the discrepancy percentage has increased to 11 per cent from...
16 Mar, 2017, 04.14 PM IST
Increase in discrepancy rates in BFSI, ITES/BPO, FMCG, Healthcare and Pharma: First AdvantageThe highest number of discrepancy cases was recorded in the BFSI sector at 41% followed by IT at 25%. Likewise in Q3-16, total number of ca...
27 Dec, 2016, 04.08 PM IST
'Significant' decline in job background check discrepancy: ReportThe report looks at discrepancies with respect to four major areas -- employment, education, reference and address. Employment check has th...
19 Dec, 2016, 02.13 PM IST
11 out of 100 resumes have job anomalies in Q4 of 2015The report is based on data collected from background verifications and reference checks conducted by First Advantage across India.
11 Mar, 2016, 06.44 PM IST