Section 87A of the Income Tax Act

Income-tax Act, 2025: s.156

Section 87A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 corresponds to section 156 (Rebate of income-tax in case of certain individuals) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.

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Correspondence checked against the ICAI tabular mapping of the two Acts and the BharatTax.co section commentary.

The decision most relied on for Section 87A is Chamber of Tax Consultants v. Director General of Income-tax (System) (169 Taxmann.com 506), cited in 4 of the 81 judgments on BharatTax that turn on this section.

Leading authorities on Section 87A

Judgments on Section 87A