Taxmann's flagship publication for Students on Income Tax has been designed to bridge the gap between theory and application. This book is written in simple language, explaining the provision of the law in a step-by-step manner – with the help of suitable illustrations, without resorting to paraphrasing of sections and legal jargons.

This book is an authentic, up-to-date & amended textbook on Income Tax for students of B.Com., M.Com., MBA and other Professional Examinations

The Present Publication is the 69^th Edition, amended by the Finance Act 2023 & updated till 1^st August 2023. This book is authored by Dr Vinod K. Singhania & Dr Monica Singhania, with the following noteworthy features:

• [Student-Oriented Book] This book has been developed keeping in mind the following factors:
• Interaction of the author/teacher with their students in the classroom
• Shaped by the author/teacher's experience of teaching the subject matter at different levels
• Reactions and responses of students have also been incorporated at different places in the book
• [Self-Learning/Practice Book] Features teach yourself technique enabling students to learn faster
• [Analytical Discussions] Each para starts with analytical discussions
• [Well-Thought-out-Original-Problems] A unique style of illustrating all complex provisions has been adopted throughout this book
• [E-Filing of Income-tax Return] Case studies have been prepared for students to generate E-Income-tax Return
• [Zero-Error] Follows Six-Sigma Approach to achieve the benchmark of 'Zero-Error'

The contents of the book are as follows:

• Basic concepts that one must know
• Residential status and its effect on tax incidence
• Income that is exempt from tax
• Income under the head 'Salaries' and its computation
• Income under the head 'Income from house property' and its computation
• Income under the head 'Profits and gains of business or profession' and its computation
• Income under the head 'Capital gains' and its computation
• Income under the head 'Income from other sources' and its computation
• Clubbing of income
• Set off and carry forward of losses
• Permissible deductions from gross total income
• Meaning of agriculture income and its tax treatment
• Individuals – Computation of taxable income
• Hindu undivided families – Computation of taxable income
• Firms and association of persons – Computation of taxable income
• Return of income
• Advance payment of tax
• Deduction and collection of tax at the source
• Interest payable by assessee/Government
• Personal Tax Planning
• e-Filing of Income-tax Return