Budget 2026-27: FICCI pushes for faster dispute resolution and procedural reformsBudget 2026-27: Industry body FICCI has urged the Union Budget 2026-27 to prioritise reducing tax litigation and streamlining compliance fo...
19 Dec, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
GST's 8th Anniversary: With disputes piling up, India pushes for faster, fairer resolution frameworkIndia's GST system, despite simplifying taxation, grapples with escalating disputes and adjudication delays. Pending cases have surged, blo...
01 Jul, 2025, 01.06 PM IST
Income tax appeal resolution typical time 15-20 years: Steps to cut appeal pendency urged in Budget 2025India has an extensive tax appeals system that starts from the Commissioner of Income Tax Appeals to the Supreme Court. However, India's ta...
30 Jan, 2025, 11.53 AM IST
Budget 2025: Faceless tax appeal needs a faceliftTaxpayers are repeatedly asked to submit written support for their appeal, even if filed. Despite this, no notice is issued for the appeal ...
15 Jan, 2025, 11.18 PM IST
Virtual hearings must for CESTAT appealsExceptions to physical hearings will be allowed only upon specific requests from the party concerned, with the adjudicating authority docum...
05 Nov, 2024, 11.31 PM IST
CBIC raises threshold for filing appeals before CESTAT and courtsThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has increased the threshold for filing appeals before the Customs, Excise and Servic...
21 Nov, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
CBDT notifies e appeals scheme 2023The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in India has launched an "e-appeal" scheme designed to reduce the pendency of appeals relating to ...
30 May, 2023, 04.29 PM IST
80,000 cases pending before CESTAT; Govt to set up committee to suggest steps to reduce litigation"What we will do in the government and we will seek support from CESTAT and CBIC is with us, we will set up a group and see how we can redu...
18 Mar, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
CBDT to clear high-value tax disputes by December-endThe CBDT also intends to prioritise speedy disposal during the year of such cases, which account for about 90% of all appeals filed before ...
20 Jul, 2018, 11.10 AM IST
Indirect tax department installs TV counters to cut down case backlogIt’s part of a move to clear up the massive backlog of indirect tax disputes in the next two-three years as India adopts GST, which will su...
31 Mar, 2017, 01.55 AM IST
Budget 2016: Proposals related to tax simplification, certainty and minimizing litigation, says Naveen Aggarwal, KPMGThe statement also added that the Finance Minister has accepted several recommendations of Justice Easwar Committee, including extension of...
29 Feb, 2016, 06.34 PM IST
File appeal in court based on merit of case: CBDT to Income-Tax departmentThe CBDT said the new set of guidelines have been issued as there have been "several instances wherein department has had to face criticism.
10 Jul, 2014, 08.58 PM IST
Drive for revenue should not ride roughshod over natural justiceThe need is to bring a cultural change in the way taxes and arrears are collected.
09 Jan, 2013, 08.05 AM IST
- ITAT: Four new e-courts to be launched, hearing through video-conferences
The tribunal, a quasi-judicial body, has set up webcast facilities at Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur and Ahmedabad, a first in the history of tax ju...
23 Nov, 2012, 05.15 AM IST
- AAR should give its findings fast, government should have right to appeal
SC will reportedly clear the air on whether taxpayers and the government can appeal against the findings of the quasi-judicial AAR.
19 Apr, 2012, 05.28 AM IST
- With Rs 75K crore stuck in disputes, tax department proposes e-solutions
The income-tax department has proposed a national e-management system for quick disposal of tax disputes.
30 Aug, 2010, 03.38 AM IST
- Welcome move
Finding ways to reduce litigations in direct and indirect taxes is welcome.
09 Aug, 2010, 08.04 AM IST