{"product_id":"income-tax-act-2025-pocket-edition-book-by-taxmann","title":"Income-Tax Act 2025 (Pocket Edition) Book By Taxmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncome-Tax Act 2025 (Pocket Edition) Book By Taxmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncome-Tax Act 2025 – Pocket Edition is the definitive compact statutory reference for the Income-tax Act 2025 (ITA 2025), incorporating all amendments brought in by the Finance Act 2026. Now in its 33\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e Edition, this title continues a decades-long publishing legacy of delivering the complete statutory text of India's principal direct tax legislation in a format designed for everyday professional use. At its core, the publication presents the annotated text of the ITA 2025 alongside the full text of the Finance Act 2026—giving readers a single, self-contained statutory compendium that is both authoritative in its coverage and practical in its portability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe defining editorial contribution of this Edition is its annotation architecture: beneath each section, the reader finds cross-references to the applicable Income-tax Rules 2026 (including prescribed forms), relevant CBDT Circulars and Notifications, judicially noticed words and phrases, and allied statutory provisions—all marshalled in a structured, footnote-driven format. To ease the transition from the repealed Income-tax Act 1961 to the newly codified ITA 2025, corresponding provisions of the 1961 Act are cited at every point, making this Edition indispensable during the transitional period when both regimes continue to carry interpretive and precedential relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Edition is designed for readers who need the statute at arm's reach at all times:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChartered Accountants and Tax Practitioners\u003c\/strong\u003e requiring an annotated, always-current version of the Act for filing, advisory, and compliance work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCorporate Tax and Finance Teams \u003c\/strong\u003eneeding a reliable desk reference during assessment, audit, and advance ruling proceedings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdvocates and Tax Counsels\u003c\/strong\u003e appearing before Income Tax Authorities, CIT(A), DRP, ITAT, and High Courts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLaw Students and CA\/CS\/CMA Candidates\u003c\/strong\u003e requiring an authoritative statutory text for examinations and academic study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGovernment Officers and Tax Administrators (IRS\/IRAS)\u003c\/strong\u003e working within the new statutory framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLegal Researchers and Academicians\u003c\/strong\u003e conducting comparative or doctrinal work across the 1961 and 2025 regimes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe pocket form factor makes it equally suitable for courtroom and chamber reference, client meetings, and field work—wherever a full-form volume would be impractical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Present Publication is the 33\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e Edition | 2026, amended by the Finance Act 2026 and edited by Taxmann's Editorial Board, with the following noteworthy features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003eComplete Annotated Statutory Text\u003c\/strong\u003e] The full text of the Income-tax Act 2025, as amended by the Finance Act 2026, with no sections abridged or omitted. Every amendment enacted by the Finance Act 2026, is incorporated directly into the text of the section, with a clear footnote indicating the substitution, insertion, or omission and its effective date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003eFour-Tier Annotation System\u003c\/strong\u003e] Below each section, annotations systematically cross-reference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrescribed Rules and Forms under the Income-tax Rules 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelevant CBDT Circulars and Notifications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJudicially interpreted words and phrases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllied statutory provisions referred to within the section—making the Act not merely a bare text but a structured research anchor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003eCorresponding 1961 Act Provisions at Every Point\u003c\/strong\u003e] Given that the ITA 2025 represents a wholesale recodification rather than an amendment of the 1961 Act, practitioners must routinely cross-refer. This Edition places the corresponding section number(s) of the Income-tax Act 1961 in square brackets immediately alongside each section heading, eliminating the need for a separate concordance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003eText of Finance Act 2026 in Full\u003c\/strong\u003e] Division Two reproduces the complete Finance Act 2026, including the First Schedule (rate structure) covering all taxpayer categories—individuals (general, senior citizens, super senior citizens), Hindu Undivided Families, firms, co-operative societies, domestic companies, and foreign companies—as well as surcharge and Health and Education Cess provisions applicable for Tax Year 2026–27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix—Allied Acts, Circulars, and Regulations\u003c\/strong\u003e] The Appendix first lists all allied enactments and regulatory instruments cross-referenced within the ITA 2025, then reproduces the precise provisions (sections, clauses, or regulations) of those instruments that are referenced. This spans legislation including the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956; the Sick Industrial Companies Act 1985 (as repealed); SEBI Regulations; and other statutes, making the volume self-sufficient for most statutory look-ups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003eDetailed Subject Index\u003c\/strong\u003e] A granular subject index spanning the entire Volume 1 content (ITA 2025 and Appendix) enables rapid location of specific topics, provisions, and concepts without requiring knowledge of the section number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e[\u003cstrong\u003ePocket Format Without Compromise on Coverage\u003c\/strong\u003e] Despite its compact dimensions, the Edition makes no sacrifice in statutory completeness. All 500+ sections of the ITA 2025, spanning 16 chapters, are reproduced in full with their sub-sections, provisos, explanations, and schedules intact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is organised into two Divisions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDivision One — Income-tax Act 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the complete annotated text of the ITA 2025 across all 16 Chapters, including Preliminary and Definitions; Basis of Charge and Residence; Exempt Incomes; Computation of Total Income across all five heads (Salaries, House Property, Business or Profession, Capital Gains, and Other Sources); special regimes for Venture Capital Undertakings, Business Trusts, Investment Funds, and the Tonnage Tax Scheme for shipping companies; Tax Administration (authorities, jurisdiction, search and seizure, survey, Faceless proceedings); Return of Income (PAN, filing, self-assessment, updated return); and Assessment Procedure (regular, best judgment, Faceless Assessment, DRP, escaped income)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Division also includes an Arrangement of Sections, an Appendix reproducing allied statutory provisions and CBDT instruments referenced in the Act, and a Subject Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDivision Two — Finance Act, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe complete text of the Finance Act 2026, covering income-tax rates for Tax Year 2026–27 across all taxpayer categories (individuals, HUFs, firms, co-operatives, domestic and foreign companies) under both the ITA 2025 and the ITA 1961, along with applicable surcharge slabs and the Health and Education Cess at 4%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editorial architecture of the volume is built around three layers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLayer 1 | Statutory Text \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eEach section reproduces the verbatim legislative text of the ITA 2025 as amended, with all sub-sections, clauses, provisos, and explanations. Amendments made by the Finance Act 2026 are incorporated directly into the text and identified in footnotes with the phrase 'Substituted\/Inserted\/Omitted by the Finance Act, 2026, w.e.f. 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