Taxmann’s GST Law & Practice by Arpit Haldia
Stop hunting through multiple volumes and scattered circulars to understand a single provision. Taxmann's GST Law & Practice (8th Edition, 2026) by Dr. Arpit Haldia is the ultimate single-volume, provision-centric compendium of Indian Goods and Services Tax.
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✔ The Three-Layer Treatment: Every operative section of the CGST and IGST Acts is presented with its Statutory text, Regulatory rules (and circulars), and Judicial precedents—all on the same page.
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✔ Fully Updated for 2026: Integrates every amendment from the Finance Act 2026 and tracks CBIC circulars through late 2025 (up to Circular 254/11/2025-GST).
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✔ Litigation Ready: Features the complete text of the new GSTAT Procedure Rules 2025 and preserves the historical amendment trail of every section for arguing past tax periods.
Taxmann’s Guide to Tax Audit by Srinivasan Anand G
Written from the tax auditor's chair, not the commentator's desk. Taxmann's Guide to Tax Audit (19th Edition, August 2026) is the definitive, clause-by-clause workflow manual for Section 44AB audits.
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✔ Tax Audit Time Savers: The signature feature of this edition. Discover exactly what you can safely skip, auto-populate, or dispose of with a single Yes/No, saving hours of audit time per file.
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✔ Clause-by-Clause Form 3CD Mastery: 48 dedicated chapters for every single clause, featuring numbered checklists, audit documentation requirements, and cross-clause linkages to prevent internally inconsistent reports.
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✔ The Transition to Form 26: Prepare for the future with a dedicated chapter on the merged Form No. 26 (replacing 3CA, 3CB, and 3CD under the Income Tax Act 2025).
Taxmann’s Accounting Standards [AS]
Stop relying on fragmented PDFs and downloaded notifications. Taxmann's Accounting Standards [AS] (Edition August 2026) is the complete, self-contained desk reference governing financial reporting for every Indian company outside the Ind AS framework.
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✔ The Authentic Bare Law: Reproduces the entire Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules 2021 exactly as notified, including the August 2026 amendments.
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✔ SMC Exemptions Covered Twice: Features a dedicated analytical prologue on Small and Medium-Sized Company (SMC) relaxations, plus provisos printed inside the exact paragraphs they modify.
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✔ All Illustrations Retained: Unlike abridged reprints, this volume prints every official worked example, model cash flow statement, decision tree, and EPS computation in full.
Taxmann’s Direct Taxes Law & Practice – Professional Edition
The most significant revision in this book's four-decade history. Taxmann's Direct Taxes Law & Practice (Professional Edition, August 2026) is the flagship treatise by Dr. Vinod K. Singhania, entirely reconstructed around the new Income-tax Act 2025.
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✔ The 1961-to-2025 Transition: Features a groundbreaking Section-wise Cross-Referencer that maps every old provision (1961) to its new 2025 counterpart, ensuring you never lose your legal footing.
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✔ Actionable Case Studies: Moving beyond theoretical discussion, the book features over 600+ worked case studies with full computation tables to solve complex, real-world tax scenarios.
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✔ Total Compliance Update: Fully amended up to August 10, 2026, incorporating the Finance Act 2026, the Foreign Assets Disclosure Scheme 2026, and CBDT clarifications on straddling proceedings.
Taxmann’s Customs Law & Practice by Kishore Harjani
Stop jumping between bare acts, scattered circulars, and disconnected case laws. Taxmann's Customs Law & Practice (1st Edition, August 2026) by former PwC expert Kishore Harjani is the ultimate single-volume commentary integrating the entire Indian customs ecosystem.
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✔ The Statute-to-Rule Bridge: Consolidates the Customs Act 1962 and the Customs Tariff Act 1975, placing statutory provisions directly alongside their enabling Rules, Regulations, and CBIC Circulars.
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✔ Finance Act 2026 Ready: Fully updated till August 1, 2026, featuring a dedicated guide to the latest customs amendments.
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✔ Highly Operational: Includes 18 separate Rules of Origin frameworks (up to the India–UK CETA Rules 2026) and 138 practical worked illustrations for duty computation and pre-deposits.
Taxmann’s Law & Practice Relating to Code on Wages by Sunil Kumar Tripathi
Navigate the massive overhaul of India's wage laws without losing your jurisprudential anchor. Taxmann's Law & Practice Relating to Code on Wages (1st Edition, August 2026) is the flagship commentary by Senior Advocate Sunil Kumar Tripathi, drawing on nearly five decades at the labor bar.
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✔ The Comparative Matrix: Features a groundbreaking side-by-side comparative table linking the new Code to the 4 repealed Acts (Payment of Wages, Minimum Wages, Bonus, Equal Remuneration).
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✔ The Earliest 2026 Jurisprudence: The only commentary to examine the very first transition rulings from four High Courts and the Supreme Court, handed down after the Code's enforcement on November 21, 2025.
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✔ Highly Operational: Includes the allied Wages (Central) Rules 2026 printed directly beneath their parent sections, making it the ultimate transition tool for HR heads and litigators.
Taxmann’s Cyber Laws by Nagarathna Annappa
Master the convergence of technology and law. Taxmann’s Cyber Laws, authored by leading academic Dr. Nagarathna Annappa, is the most comprehensive, interdisciplinary textbook on India's evolving digital landscape.
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✔ The New Legislative Era: Fully integrates the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023, the Online Gaming Act 2025, and the cyber-provisions of the new criminal codes (BNS, BNSS, BSA).
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✔ A Techno-Legal Approach: Explains complex underlying technologies—from IP addresses and malware to agentic AI and deepfakes—before mapping them onto statutory provisions.
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✔ Substantive & Procedural Mastery: Covers not just what constitutes a cybercrime, but how digital evidence must be handled, how jurisdiction is invoked, and how investigations proceed.
R.K. Jain’s India-UK CETA by Kishore Harjani
Stop guessing on preferential duty claims. R.K. Jain's India-UK CETA, authored by Big 4 veteran Kishore Harjani, is the first comprehensive, practice-oriented treatise on the landmark trade agreement, updated till 20th July 2026.
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✔ Computational Reckoner: Includes an 11,098-line schedule mapping every HSN code (Ch 1 to 97). See the exact variance in landed duty liability (including SWS and IGST) with and without CETA.
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✔ Rules of Origin Demystified: Explains the complex product-specific rules, value-addition formulae (ex-works vs. FOB), and the roll-up principle, supported by 47 worked illustrations.
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✔ Procedural Clarity: A complete guide to the Trade Connect ePlatform, the new self-certification regime, URN generation, and navigating Automobile Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ).
Taxmann’s Dividends & Deemed Dividend Taxation Framework by Nitin Bhuta
A dividend looks like the simplest transaction in corporate finance—until it hits the tax code. Dividends, Deemed Dividend—Declaration, Distribution and Conceptual Taxation Framework by CA. Nitin Bhuta compresses a subject that ordinarily sprawls across four volumes into a single, masterful, 142-page guide.
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✔ The ITA 2025 Transition: Maps the newly enacted Income-tax Act 2025 against the 1961 Act, analyzing whether 70 years of judicial precedent still hold weight.
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✔ Multi-disciplinary Approach: Reads Company Law (Sec 123), Tax Law (Sec 2(40)), FEMA, and Audit (Rule 11(f)) as one interconnected system.
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✔ Positions, Not Hedges: Tackles highly contested controversies (e.g., deemed dividends on capital reduction, buy-backs, and intra-group loans) with candid risk ratings and reasoned views.