High Court fast-tracks judicial review into inheritance tax relief reforms

The High Court has granted an urgent hearing to a judicial review challenging the Government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax reliefs for farms and family businesses, in a move that significantly raises the legal stakes around reforms currently passing through Parliament. The claim, brought by Collyer Bristow LLP on behalf of professional services firm Alvarez […]

Joint tax filing for couples? ICAI’s Budget vision proposes reshaping home loan, rental tax math

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has proposed introducing a joint taxation system for spouses, under which married couples could file a single income tax return by combining their incomes and applying revised tax slabs. Under such a regime, rental income from property would be taxed at the household level rather than being […]

Tiger Global ‘Flipkart tax’ seen reshaping M&A activity at India Inc.| Business News

Over decades, foreign investors have poured $180 billion into India via the tax haven of Mauritius. Now, an Indian court ruling is spooking investors as it could potentially reshape the M&A and investment landscape by strengthening New Delhi’s hand against tax evasion. India ended the tax-free system under the India-Mauritius treaty in 2017, but Tiger […]

MCD posts its highest-ever property tax collection since unification in 2022, raking in ₹2,700 crore

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) collected over ₹2,700 crore of property tax by December 31 for the 2025-26 financial year, recording the highest-ever collection for this period, officials said on Saturday. MCD property tax: The number of registered property taxpayers has also increased sharply from 1.03 million last year to 1.24 million this year, […]