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AGFTC, ITBC and CAA has made a Request for further extension of due dates of furnishing Tax Audit Reports/ITR for A.Y. 2020-21 due to spike in Covid cases and consequential delay in notification/amendment of ITR forms/e-filing platform to Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister of India. Text of the Representation is as follows:-

To,
Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister of India
15, Safdarjung Road,
New Delhi – 110029
E-mail id: [email protected]

Respected Madam,

Sub: Request for further extension of due dates of furnishing Tax Audit Reports/ITR for A.Y. 2020-21 due to spike in Covid cases and consequential delay in notification/amendment of ITR forms/e-filing platform

Refer: Our earlier representation dt. 12.10.2020 for extension of due date of furnishing Tax Audit Reports and relevant Income Tax Return up to 31st January 2021

1. We appreciate the emergent steps taken by Government to provide the relief to the people and making all possible efforts for their well being to tackle the challenges faced by the country due to the unprecedented outbreak of Covid-19 Pandemic.

2. To mitigate the hardship faced by the tax payers due to unprecedented situation, government remained proactive by introducing The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act extending various due dates of statutory compliances. We hereby convey our grateful thanks for partially responding to the representations of our associations, due date for furnishing of various audit reports under the Income Tax Act, including Tax Audit Report and report in respect of international/specified domestic transaction has also been extended to 31st December,2020. The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the taxpayers (Including their partners) who are required to get their accounts audited has also been extended to 31st January, 2021.

Earlier Representation of our associations for extension of due dates

3. Your kind attention is invited to representation dated 12.10.2020 by our associations requesting your office to direct CBDT [a] To exercise the discretionary power vested in it under section 119 of the Act, by extending the due date of 31st October, 2020 at least for three months up to 31st Janurary,2021 both for filing Income Tax Return and Tax Audit Reports in case of taxpayers whose accounts are required to be audited, to ameliorate the difficulties faced by whole business community and professional fraternity due Covid-19 Pandemic situation and due to delay in notifying return forms/utilities [b] To release the ITR Forms/other Forms, ITR preparation utilities well in advance ordinarily on 1st April of assessment year and not to make changes in forms/utilities after beginning of the relevant assessment year in order to provide seamless period of filing for ITR as provided in Income Tax Law, to avoid hardship to the tax payers and stake holders considering the repeated directives of Hon. Gujarat High Court in [SCA No.12656 of 2014 & SPL No. 15075 of 2015]. In continuation of our earlier representations, we hereby once again encroach upon you precious time, with a request to further extend the due dates of filing Tax audit report/other reports and filing of ITR up to 31st March, 2021 considering following circumstances;

Sudden Spike in cases of Covid-19 Post Diwali Festival

4. In the second wave of the pandemic after Diwali, there has been sudden increase in the number of Covid cases in last few weeks. City of Ahmedabad became the ninth district in India to have crossed 2000 deaths of Covid-19 patients. Complete curfew was imposed in City from 20thNovember, 2020, 9:00 pm to 23rdNovermber, 2020, Monday up to 6:00 am due to spike in Covid-19 cases. All the major districts of the Gujarat are under night curfew from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am till date. There are about 100 containment zone notified by the Police Commissioner of Ahmedabad which will be under complete lockdown till 31st December, 2020. The major share of cases & deaths are contributed by 8 municipal Corporations of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Gandhinagar. Daily covid case growth rate in state is 0.81%-up from 0.75%, a week ago. [Times of India, Abad dt. 13.12.2020]. Hon. Gujarat High Court in its order dated 2.12. 2020 in R/Writ Petition [PIL No. 108 of 2020], expressing concern, observed that, considering the irresponsible behavior of the public at large during Diwali festival resulted is sudden spike in the cases of Covid 19 positive case. The pandemic of Covid-19 continues to spread its tentacles and the number of peoples being affected by it continue to grow each day.

Other states Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh have also imposed nigh curfew. Local train service, life line of Mumbai is not running fully till date. There are restrictions on interstate movement to certain extent. Due to fear of getting infected people prefer to avoid outside movement.

Impact on audit and statutory compliance work due to Covid Restrictions

5. Due to the risk of Pandemic, restrictions are imposed by the Government /Local Authorities about staggering of work/business hours in offices, work places, shops, markets and industrial & commercial establishment; frequent sanitization of entire workplaces, common facilities and all points which come into human contact. All persons in charge of work places are expected to ensure adequate distance between workers, adequate gaps between shifts, staggering the lunch breaks of staff, etc. Persons aged 65 year or above are not allowed to move outside. All these restrictions coupled with the mandatory quarantine for period of 14 days of family members/other contact persons have placed several limitations on working efficiency/productivity of businesses and professional firms. Several Tax Professionals & Chartered Accountants themselves, their staff, family members, are either bereaved of their beloved ones or infected. Details, information, accounts required for completing audits and filing of I.T. returns are not being received promptly. Audit staff/assistants, who are back bone of doing the tax audit work, preparation of Tax Audit Reports/I.T. returns are feeling low and not able to regularly attend office of Tax professionals. Even clients are facing the similar limitations/restrictions. Till date we are not sure about, when these days will be over and we will be able to function normally.

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic is visible from Income Tax Returns filing data available on website of I.Tax dept. sourced from e-filing website of I.Tax dept. [Filing Count] is produced hereunder for your kind reference.

Month/Year 2018 2019 2020
April 427535 404902 107292
May 1300439 1401093 240441
June 5997009 5348476 2108368
July 26531425 19509272 4789758
August 19964970 29844440 6032960
September 2412890 2229337 8664255
October 3361314 3783966 6570893
November 793096 1142376 6587041
Total 60788678 63663862 35101008

From the perusal of monthly data and cumulative total of of I.Tax returns e-filed up to November, 2020, impact of Covid restrictions/limitations on the process of I. Tax returns filing can be clearly gathered. During the year 2020 there is substantial decline in the number of I.Tax returns e-filed up to Nov., 2020, as compared to corresponding data of preceding two years of 2018 and 2019 Only 351.01 Lakhs returns are e-filed up to November, 2020 as against 607.89 & 636.64 lakhs respectively, during the years 2018 and 2019.

6. Monthly Statistics of ITR [Form nos 3, 5, 6 & 7] wise receipt of e-returns relevant to the Tax Audit Cases (Source: e-filing website of I. Tax Dept.- Statistics-Filing Counts)

Month/
F. Y.
2019-2020 2020-2021
ITR-3
(From
A.Y. 2017-
18)
ITR-5 ITR-6 ITR-7 ITR-3 (From
A.Y. 2017-
18)
ITR-5 ITR-6 ITR-7
April 26899 7464 13051 2805 21893 2734 1887 1371
May 117857 4972 4629 1900 56540 8092 5436 3543
June 652694 31176 5034 2433 175660 22378 12077 9884
July 1960622 141565 5136 11044 236676 30304 16626 9427
August 4586535 398458 25109 47090 623920 10673 4883 3174
September 779294 240482 255063 60471 1154410 128305 21633 14441
October 2029779 522327 484424 83673 970999 156087 78903 27283
November 340167 44539 52797 6356 955514 151083 88631 27384
Total 10493847 1390983 845243 215772 4195612 509656 230076 96507
Grand
Total
12945845 5031851

The above comparative data of ITR filed by tax payers who are required to get their accounts audited, shows that only about 39% of assessees are able to file their returns in the year 2020 till 30th, November 2020, as compared to preceding year of 2019, when the due date of filing was 31st October, 2019. This data is without considering the increase in number of registered users during the year 2020, actual percentage of filers may be lower than 39%.

Further as per the statistic available on e-filing website of dept., during the year 2019 about 50­55% of returns are filed outside the office hours. Which is not possible during this year, due to night curfew restrictions imposed by several states.

The data clearly warrants the extension of due dates of compliances to save the tax payers from unintended penal consequences of not filling Income Tax returns/Tax Audit Report, due to prevailing precarious situation.

Major reforms on Transparent Taxation-Honoring the Honest, announced by Hon. Prime Minister on dt. 13.08.2020 to make tax processes seamless and painless

7. To reassure the tax payers who contribute to the development of nation, recently Hon. Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi announced the major reforms in administration of Tax System by launching the platform for Transparent Taxation-Honoring The Honest on 13.08.2020,

to provide ease of doing business. Hon. PM assured the nation, to make the processes people centric & public friendly by sensitizing the government machinery to make it pro-people & policy driven. Hon. PM categorically provided the assurance to make tax system and processes as seamless, painless & faceless.

To reassure the citizens that government remains committed to the taxpayers rights and to make them free from harassment of any kind, series of efforts are taken by Finance Ministry to promote digital revolution to usher in transparent taxation system to achieve seamless delivery of service to taxpayer, by enhancing efficiency of tax administration.

Tax Payers’ Charter-Bridge of trust between tax payer and administration

8. To foster the trust between tax payer and the administration, and with the objective of enhancing the efficiency of delivery system of Income Tax dept., Finance Act 2020 enshrined new section 119A in the Act, to empower the Board to adopt & declare a Taxpayers’ Charter to clearly enumerate the

Taxpayers’ rights & duties. Relevant extracts of your Honor’s Budget Speech [2020-2021 presented on dt. 01.02.2020] relating to tax administration are reproduced as under;

Para 81 of Budget Speech – Governance

“Hon’ble Speaker, Sir, all the while I have explained the colour and composition of the bouquet of flowers – schemes and programmes. They were grouped under Aspirational India, Economic Development and Caring India. Now I speak about the two hands that will hold them. One such hand is Governance – clean, corruption-free, policy driven and good in intent and importantly trusting in faith. Trusting every citizen, the aspirational youth, the hard-working women, the risk-taking entrepreneur, the ever hopeful and untiring farmer or the wise and old senior citizen. Many among them are taxpayers. Others may not be taxpayers today. Our Prime Minister has laid before us Ease of Living as a goal to be achieved on behalf of all citizens. An important aspect of both ease of living and ease of doing business is fairness and efficiency of tax administration. We wish to enshrine in the statutes a “taxpayer charter” through this budget. Our government would like to reassure taxpayers that we remain committed to taking measures so that our citizens are free from harassment of any kind.” [emphasis is supplied]

Para 127 of Budget Speech – Taxpayers’ Charter

“Any tax system requires trust between taxpayers and the administration. This will be possible only when taxpayer’s rights are clearly enumerated. Towards this end, and with the objective of enhancing the efficiency of the delivery system of the Income Tax Department, I propose to amend the provisions of the Income Tax Act to mandate the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to adopt a Taxpayers’ Charter. The details of the contents of the charter shall be notified soon.”

Delay in issue of forms/utilities by CBDT is not in synchronization of Government’s stated Policy on Tax administration

9. The past experience of taxpayers show that due to delay in notification of ITR/release of utilities/Form 3CD/amendments in rules in mid of the year by DGIT [SYSTEMS]/CBDT, tax payers have to face lot of harassment and after lot of representations by various Professional Associations including Institute of C. A. of India [Dept. of Ministry of Corporate Affairs] and/or after knocking the doors of High Courts, CBDT extended the due date for filing TAR/ITR.

Following table displays the repeated extensions of due dates granted by CBDT after lot of persuasions/representations by tax payers/professional associations or after intervention by Hon. High Courts:

A.Y. Due dates of filing return of    income  (whose accounts are required to be audited) Due  date for filing Tax Audit Report Remark
Original Extended Original Extended
2014-15 30.09.2014 31.03.2015 30.09.2014 30.11.2014 At the instance of Writ by Hon. Gujarat High court
2015-16 30.09.2015 31.10.2015 30.09.2015 31.10.2015 -DO
20c16- 17 30.09.2016 17.10.2016 30.09.2016 17.10.2016
2017-18 30.09.2017 07.11.2017 30.09.2017 7.11.2017
2018-19 30.09.2018 31.10.2018 30.09.2018 31.10.2018 Writ petition filed    before Hon. Guj. High Court and Hon. Court was pleased to issue the notice to Dept., then extension         was announced.
2019-20 30.09.2019 31.10.2019 30.09.2019 31.10.2019
2020-21 31.10.2020 31.01.2021 31.10.2020 31.12.2020 Extension announced subsequent to filing of
Writ Petitions before Hon. Gujarat, Bombay and Rajasthan High courts.

10. Delay in Release of the utility to e-file the ITR forms/3CA/3CB/3CD forms for the Ass. Year 2020-21

ITR/
Form
Due date of filing

[original]

Date of availability of e-filing utility Schema
updation
date
Utility updation date
ITR 1 31.07.2020 02.06.2020 22.09.2020 01.12.2020
ITR 2 31.07.2020 26.06.2020 04.11.2020 10.12.2020
ITR 3 31.10.2020 31.07.2020 09.11.2020 01.12.2020
ITR 4 31.07.2020 05.06.2020 15.10.2020 01.12.2020
ITR 5 31.10.2020 25.08.2020 18.11.2020 10.12.2020
ITR 6 31.10.2020 22.09.2020 22.11.2020 03.12.2020
ITR 7 31.10.2020 03.09.2020 08.12.2020 08.12.2020

Form Due Date of filing [original] Date on which rules are amended Date of updation of utility
3CA,
3CB,3CD
30.09.2020 01.10.2020 25.08.2020/04.11.2020

11. It is submitted that in past, due to delay on the part of CBDT in notifying forms/release of utilities/subsequent amendments in rules and consequential delay in providing E-filing platforms, effective the time limit prescribed/provided by substantive law to tax payer, has been curtailed by the executive. Again for A.Y. 2020-21, due to pandemic effect there has been delay of about 4 months on average in release of ITR Forms/Schema/validation rules and relevant utilities, followed by subsequent updations. Last updation was made on 8.12.2020. About seven hundred paged plus, instructions were released in October followed by revision on 22.11.2020.

Hon. Gujarat High Court in the case of All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants V. CBDT [SCA No.12656 of 2014] while extending the due date for filing Tax Audit Report in relation to A.Y. 2014-15, observed that any introduction of new utility/software with additional requirement in the middle of the year, ordinarily is not desirable. Any change unless inevitable, can be planned well in advance. Again Hon. Gujarat High Court in the case of All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants V. CBDT [SPL No. 15075 of 2015] issuing directions observed that Board should not create a situation whereby the assessees are required to knock the doors of the court year after year, more so, when on account of the delay on the part of the respondents, it is the assessees who would have to face the consequences of not filing the returns in time. [emphasis supplied]

we submit as under:

12. In view of present times of covid crisis, unrelenting change & uncertainty in operation and administration of businesses, we submit as under;

To provide Ease of Living

i) The Government shall direct that CBDT shall exercise the discretionary power vested in it under section 119 of the Act by extending the due date of 31st December, 2020 at least for three months, up to 31st March, 2021 both for filing ITR and Tax Audit Reports/Other Reports in case of assessees, whose accounts are required to be audited, to provide ease of living to whole business community and professional fraternity in this unpredictable Covid-19 Pandemic situation and on account of delay in notifying the amended rules/forms/return preparation utilities by CBDT, otherwise it would be assessee who would have to face the penal consequences of non filing the Tax Audit Report/ITR in time.

E-filing platform shall be kept ready at the beginning of Ass. Year without waiting for the representations from Tax payers/Associations

ii) Though CBDT has given extension in due dates of filing in past years, after repeated representations from tax payers & persuasion by professional associations, we feel that permanent & principal relief is not given. The Principal and Permanent relief would be when CBDT is directed to strictly follow the Stated Policy & Resolve of Government and abide by assurance given to nation by Hon. Prime Minister, to provide for pain less service to the

Tax Payer. E-filing platform/Utilities shall be kept ready at the commencement of the Ass. Year, without waiting for the representations from tax payer & professional associations, and there shall be no amendment in rules/forms and compliance requirements in mid of the year to make E-filing process Painless and Tax Payer friendly.

iii) At the association level, tax professionals will highly appreciate if the due date for filing of tax audit report & filing of income tax returns in case of assesses whose accounts are required to be audited is extended to 31st March, 2021, which will allow them to focus on filing of income tax returns in case of assesses whose accounts are not required to be audited, filing of declarations under The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, due date for which expires on 31.12.2020 & pursue the assesses to deposit 3rd installment of advance tax for current year.

13. We assure all our support & co-operation in guiding the taxpayers in fulfilling their compliance obligations required by Law.

Thanks & Regards,
Yours Truly,

Bharat L. Sheth President-AGFTC Adv. Ashutosh R. Thakkar President-ITBA Ketan Mistry
President-CAA
Adv. Dhiresh T. Shah Chairman Rep Comm.-AGFTC CA. Bakul Shah Chairman Rep Comm.-ITBA CA. Ajit C. Shah

Convenor-L/R Com of CAA

  CA. S. K. Sadhwani Chairman-Legal & Rep. Committee [Direct Taxes] of CAA Co-Chairman-Rep. Committee [AGFTC & ITBA]

Ahmedabad
Dated: 14th December, 2020

Copies To: (Respected Sirs, with a request to do needful in the matter)

1. Hon. Minister of State for Finance, North Block, Parliament Street. New Delhi – 110001 E-mail: [email protected] 2. Hon. Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, North Block, Parliament Street. New Delhi – 110001 Email: [email protected]
3. Joint Secretary, Tax Policy and Legislation Ministry of Finance, North Block,Parliament Street. New Delhi – 110001 E-mail: [email protected] [Sir, with a request to provide ITR Forms//utilities/platform at beginning of Ass. yr. as directed by Hon. Guj. High Court, Vide para 11 above] 4 .Directorate General Income Tax (Systems) ARA Centre, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi-110055

[email protected]

5. Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Gujarat (CCA)
Aayakar Bhavan,
Ashram Road,
Ahmedabad-380009
Email ID: [email protected]

ALL GUJARAT FEDERATION OF TAX CONSULTANTS
303, B wing, Pratyaksh Kar Bhavan,
Nr. Panjrapole, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad-380 015.
Ph.: +91 9825 5652 82
Email: [email protected]

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3 12 Dec 2020 Chamber of Tax Consultants Extend due dates for Tax/Transfer Pricing Audit & ITR for AY 2020-21
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5 14 Dec 2020 AGFTC, ITBC and CAA Extend due dates of Tax Audit Reports/ITR for A.Y. 2020-21
6 15 Dec 2020 BCAS, CAA (Ahmedabad), CAA (Surat), KSCAA & LCAS Request to Extend Due dates under GST & Income Tax
7 15 Dec 2020 Tax Bar Association, Bhilwara Request to extend Due Date of filing of Tax Audit & ITR
8 15 Dec 2020 Direct Taxes Professionals’ Association, Kolkata Extend due date of ITR & Tax Audit for AY 2020-21
9 16 Dec 2020 Lucknow CA Tax Practioners’ Association Extend Due date for filing Tax Audit Report & ITR
10 16 Dec 2020 Jamshedpur Chartered Accountants Extend Due Date of filing Tax Audit & ITR to 31.03.2021
11 13 Dec 2020 Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI ICAI requests for extension of various Income-tax due dates
12 10 Dec 2020 Udaipur Tax Bar Association Further extend due dates of ITR & Tax Audit Reports for FY 2019-20
13 15 Dec 2020 CA Social Affiliation (CASA) Extend Tax/TP Audit Report & ITR filing due date for AY 2020-21
14 19 Dec 2020 Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar Extend Due Dates for Tax Audit and Income Tax Return Filing
15 19 Dec 2020 All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (CZ) Request for extension of due dates of Tax Audit Reports/ITR
16 19 Dec 2020 Vyyapaar Mandal Association, Nagore & AIMTPA Extended Income Tax & GST Audit/Return/Compliance dates
17 17 Dec 2020 Emerging Businesses Chamber Of Commerce Extend due dates for Income Tax Audit & Returns for AY 2020-21
18 Dec 2020 The Uttar Pradesh Tax Bar Association Representation for Extension of time for Tax Audit & Return
19 19 Dec 2020 Tax Bar Association, Guwahati Extend Tax Audit/ITR due dates for AY 2020-21
20 21 Dec 2020 Tax Bar Association, Guwahati Extend due dates of GSTR-9/ GSTR-9C for FY 2018-19 & 2019-20
21 17 Dec 2020 Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association Waive Late Fees for Delayed Filing of GST Returns
22 15 Dec 2020 Direct Taxes Professionals’ Association Extend Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme due date to 15.03.2021
23 15 Dec 2020 Direct Taxes Professionals’ Association Extend due date of AGM to 31st March 2021
24 15 Dec 2020 Association of Tax payers & Professional, Agra Extend due of GSTR-9, GSTR-9A & GSTR-9C
25 08 Dec 2020 Tax Bar Association (Regd), Allahabad Extend due date of ITR/Tax Audit/GSTR-9/GSTR-9C
26 08 Dec 2020 Tax Consultant & Practitioners Association of Kerala Extend due of ITR, GSTR 9, 9A & 9C for FY 2018-19 & 2019-20
27 21 Dec 2020 Tax Bar Association, Guwahati Extend CFSS 2020 & LLP Settlement Scheme 2020 to 31.03.2021
28 22 Dec 2020 Income Tax Bar Association, Lucknow Extend Time for filing ITR & Audit Report for A.Y 2020-21
28 22 Dec 2020 53 GST and Trade Associations 53 Associations requests Extension for GSTR 9, 9A & 9C
29 16 Dec 2020 Chandigarh Chartered Accountants Taxation Association Extend Income Tax & GST Return & Audit due dates
30 22 Dec 2020 Bhayander CA Social Group Request to extend Due date of Annual GST Return & Audit
31 22 Dec 2020 Luminaires Accessories Components Manufacturers Association Extend due dates for Tax Audit & Income Tax Return filing for AY 2020-21
32 22 Dec 2020 All Professionals, Tax Payers and Stakeholders Open letter for extension of Due dates under Income Tax and GST
33 22 Dec 2020 Punjab Accountants Association Extend due date for filing ITR & Tax Audit Report- AY 2020-21
34 22 Dec 2020 Bhayander CA Social Group Extend Income Tax Audit & ITR Due dates for AY 2020-21
35 23 Dec 2020 The Tax Bar Association, Odisha Extend due dates of Audit Reports, ITRs, GST Returns, VSV Scheme
36 21 Dec 2020 Sales Tax Bar Association, Delhi Extend Tax/TP Audit & ITR Due dates for AY 2020-21
37 23 Dec 2020 Direct Taxes Professionals’ Association Extend Income Tax, Companies & CGST Act compliance due dates
38 24 Dec 2020 ICSI Extend due dates of CFSS, LLPSS, Charge Forms, Meetings
39 24 Dec 2020 All Odisha Tax Advocates Association Extend due date for filing TAR/ITR/GSTR9/9A/9C
40 25 Dec 2020 BJP Economic Cell, Rajasthan Extend Income Tax, GST, LLP, Company Law due dates
41 23 Dec 2020 Hyderabad Chartered Accountants’ Society Extend Due date under GST and Income Tax
42 22 Dec 2020 A. P. Tax Bar Association, Vijayawada Extend date of filing of GSTR 9, GSTR 9C and IT returns
43 03 Jan 2021 National Company Law Tribunal Bar Association Representation for further extension of CFSS 2020
44 25 Nov 2020 Merchants Chamber of Uttar Pradesh Request for extension of Company Fresh Start Scheme 2020
45 04 Jan 2021 Adv. Anuj Bhatt Request to President to take Suo-Moto cognizance of GST Issues
46 03 Jan 2021 The Chamber of Tax Consultants Extend Income-tax due dates with humane approach
47 01 Jan 2021 WMTPA Highly Disappointing GST Audit Due Date Extension
48 01 Jan 2021 The A.P. Tax Bar Association, Vijayawada Extend due date of Form GSTR 9 and 9C for year 2018-19

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21 Comments

  1. adesh agnihotri.advocate tarn taran punjab indias says:

    it is necessary to increase the date as the site is very much slow from the last some days.it is request to finance minster to extend the date for some days.
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  2. snehal says:

    OUR C.A.IS COVID POSITIVE MY CLIENT ALL FAMILY MEMBERS POSITIVE HOW CAN WE WORK ? SO KINDLY EXTEND DATE OF ALL THINGS TILL MARCH IS SO NECESSARY FOR PRESENT TIME

  3. VIJAY AGGARWAL says:

    KINDLY CONSIDER DELHI STATE OF AFFAIRS ATTRIBUTABLE TO KISSAN AANDOLAN. MOVEMENTS ARE RESTRICTED. IF WE ARE TO GO TO DELHI FOR TAX AUDIT HOW CAN WE GO THERE COMFORTABLY? HOW STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF DELHI WILL BE ABLE TO COOPERATE TAX AUDITOR SMOOTHLY WITHOUT ANY SORT OF FEAR ARISING OUT OF KISSAN MOVEMENT. TAX AUDIT DUE DATE DESERVES TO BE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST 29.02.21 AUDIT CASES AND TO 31.3.21 ;NON AUDIT CASES. THIS IS CERTAINLY A GENUINE DEMAND OF PROFESSIONALS AND NO LOSS OF REVENUE IS THERE. RATHER ITR WILL CONTAIN MINIMUM ERRORS AS THIS WILL ENABLE PROFESSIONALS TO DEVOTE TIME TO PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN A RELAXED MANNER AND THIS WILL BE ULTIMATELY IN NATIONAL INTEREST. HENCE EXTENDING DUE DATE BY GOVT. WILL PROVE PRACTICALLY THAT GOVT GIVES RECOGNITION TO THE FACT THAT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT FRATERNITY IS A PARTNER IN NATION BUILDING

  4. SP says:

    Thanks to AGFTC, ITBC & CAA for the in-depth written representation. Humble request to consider the facts and extend all the due dates for at least 2 months. The work is still not normal, COVID Positive Cases increasing in the winters.Due to the pandemic, Courts/ Educational Institutes/ Travel Modes are not working. Even Parliament sessions have been postponed. Employees are working from home just to finish the minimum required activities.
    CA Articles Staff have not resumed as they are staying at their home towns. Therefore, kindly consider the genuine demand of extension of all the due dates of Tax Audit, ITR, ROC, GST etc at the earliest.

  5. azhar says:

    SIR SINCE FROM LAST ONE WEEK WE ARE UNABLE TO GET LEGAL HEIR CERTIFICATE FOR DECEASED WHO DIES IN PANDAMIC , COURT PEOPLE ARE NOT CO OPERATING, LAST WEEK IN BANGALORE BUSES STOPPED DUE TO STRICK, STILL PEOPLE IS NOT COMING OUT FULLY,FEAR OF PANDAMIC . HUMBLE REQUEST YOU TO KINDLY EXTEND THE DATE. DO THE NEEDFUL AND OBLIGE

  6. Rajesh popli says:

    December is a very crucial month for all of us, as all the due dates have come in a line to comply with. All over the world, where recovery from the pandemic has just found its path, the burden of compliances, else heavy penalties falls in the taxpayer’s court. The government should consider the practical issues and difficulties faced by taxpayers and provide some relief in compliances, where impracticability has opened its doors

  7. VIJAY AGGARWAL says:

    SIR IN ONE LINE I WOULD LOVE, LIKE AND RESPECT TO REQUEST FOR TAX AUDIT DUE DATE EXTENTION FROM 31.12.2020 TO AT LEAST 29.02.2021. THIS WOULD BE FAR MUCH BETTER FOR NATION BECAUSE IN THIS WAY ONLY CA PROFESSIONALS WOULD BE BEST TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE TO NATION AS WELL AS CLIENTS. THIS IS REAL URGENT NEED OF THE HOUR. THANKS A LOT

  8. Dattaram M. Porobo says:

    Today I visited to the SBI, Ponda, Goa to pay the IT with challan-280. However, the staff told that the system does not accept the challan amt. What I should do to pay the amt . for the AY 2020-21. Kindly advise. 15.12 .2020.

  9. NARENDRA says:

    EXTEND DATES FOR I TAX-GST-ROC ETC FROM 31-12-20 TO 31-3-21 -EVERYDAY IS PAINFUL-TENSION–ANXIETY-MORE THAN CARONA FEAR–NO TRAINS IN MUMBAI-6HRS TIRESOME TRAVEL OF WE-STAFF -ACCTS-CLIENTS-NO LOSS OF REVENUE-STILL EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION -PL PL IMM ANNOUNCEMENT NEEDED

  10. Pranav Jain says:

    To add further, the Legal heir certificate for deceased is also a tedious task to obtain due to pandemic and there is harsh implication . The due date must be extended

  11. NIRAV MEHTA says:

    GOOD DETAILED WORK DONE.

    Following Points to be Considered by
    CBDT &
    Finanace Ministry.

    Dates should be extended till March 2021.
    They do not understand problems facing by CA’s and Tax Practitioners.
    Lack of Staff in our office as well as in client office,
    Fear of Corona,
    Passbook Printing Machines are not working in many banks,
    New ITR3 Version is not opening without Office13,
    Details they want in Returns are much more than Last Year,
    3CB, 3CD are Complicated than Last Year,
    Routine GST Returns are changing,
    Notices from GST Department.
    Lack of facility of Transportation

  12. Narendra Gordhandas Shah says:

    GOOD MORNING SIR, GOOD EFFORTS MADE & COVER ALL POINTS.
    AS A PROFESSIONAL, NO DETAILS GETTING FROM THE CLINETS, & STAFF ARE NOT RESUMING BACK

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