Income tax · Official-source guide

Tax records during the Income Tax Act 2025 transition

The Department’s transition material explains why old and new frameworks can coexist. A working system must make the period and governing context visible instead of assuming one label fits everything.

What to understand

Tag every task with the underlying financial/tax period, event date, and the official portal label. This helps reviewers distinguish return work, payment work, and a later correction.

A simple working method

Keep a live-source link and review date beside any transition mapping. Section, form, and terminology changes are not safe to treat as fixed knowledge.

Keep the control

For each item, record the professional conclusion and the evidence used. This protects the team from mixing records across frameworks.

Educational guide only. Requirements, forms, eligibility, thresholds, dates, and portal processes change. Confirm the current official source and obtain qualified professional review before acting.

Official sources

Reviewed 12 July 2026. These links are included so the underlying authority can be checked directly.

  1. Income Tax Department — objective and scope of the New Act
  2. Income Tax Department — Income Tax Returns
  3. Income Tax Department — Tax Payments
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