CA, CS, CMA : Explore the latest developments as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India adopts an end-to-end digital framework, delving in...
CA, CS, CMA : भारतीय सीए संस्थान ने २ नवंबर २०२२ को वर्ष २०२१-२२...
CA, CS, CMA : A CA firm who applied for empanelment with CAG for Financial Year 2012-13 can check the status of his Empanelment & Audit work all...
Goods and Services Tax : CAG is one of the pivotal offices in the Government of India who controls the entire financial system of the country. The appointm...
Goods and Services Tax : In this series, one of the important areas covered is CAG Reports. There is a general tendency to look at CAG Report as an additio...
Income Tax : The audit found widespread incorrect claims of deductions for bad debts and reserves. It highlights the need for stricter verifica...
CA, CS, CMA : The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has invited Expressions of Willingness from empaneled CA firms with minimum 15 points...
CA, CS, CMA : CAG opens 2026–27 empanelment under Sec 139(5)&(7). Online form, acknowledgement & hard copy by 10 March mandatory or applicati...
CA, CS, CMA : Firms facing advisories, misconduct findings, or debarment face point reductions or outright ineligibility. The policy reinforces ...
CA, CS, CMA : The draft policy proposes a detailed scoring framework to empanel CA firms and LLPs for government audits based on capacity, exper...
CA, CS, CMA : The court examined whether disciplinary findings based on impersonation and unauthorised audits could be reopened. It upheld dismi...
Goods and Services Tax : Punjab & Haryana HC stays SCN issued to Abbott Healthcare, questioning CAG's authority for private audits and procedural irregular...
Income Tax : It seems CAs are under attack from all parts of the world for good or not so good reasons. Recently CAG in its report Criticised C...
Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court has dismissed two writ petitions filed by N.Gopalaswami (Former CEC) & others and Manohar Lal Sharma, Advocat...
Finance : The Delhi High Court has delivered a judgement in the case of Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India Versus Uni...
Custom Duty : The audit found widespread control gaps, delayed processing, and weak automation in duty drawback administration. These deficienci...
Goods and Services Tax : The audit uncovered large-scale mismatches and non-compliance in GST filings and payments. It highlights risks from ineligible ITC...
Income Tax : A CAG audit report on direct taxes for FY 2022-23 reveals over ₹7,929 crore in tax effect from 481 observations, highlighting as...
Company Law : The CAG has issued revised directions for statutory auditors of government companies, effective May 23, 2025, covering investment ...
Income Tax : The CAG's 2024 report on direct taxes highlights tax issues, recovery, and errors in corporate and income tax assessments, with co...
CAG is one of the pivotal offices in the Government of India who controls the entire financial system of the country. The appointment of CAG is done by President of India under Article 148. President of India is the Executive head of the Union of India. Audit is conducted by CAG under section 18 of the Comptroller & Auditor General’s (DPC) Act 1971 and the fees are being charged to the service recipient.
Report No.11 of 2019 – Compliance Audit of Union Government, Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes – Goods and Services Tax) This is the first Audit Report of CAG on Goods and Services Tax (GST), prepared on the basis of audits conducted during the year 2018-19. The Report acknowledges the magnitude of the tax reform that […]
In this series, one of the important areas covered is CAG Reports. There is a general tendency to look at CAG Report as an additional burden but we have to understand that the CAG Report gives lots of insights in the functioning of the department and gives pointers to improve the system.
During FY 2015-16, the ITD had completed 2.57 lakh scrutiny assessments in the units audited as per the audit plan of FY 2016-17, out of which we checked 2.39 lakh cases. Apart from this, we have also audited 0.30 lakh cases completed in the earlier financial years, during FY 2016-17.
Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into the Consolidated Fund of India and to satisfy that the rules and procedures are designed to secure an effective check on the assessment
During the financial year 2016-17 the Customs receipts grew by seven percent over the previous financial year and stood at 2,25,370 crore. The ratio of Customs duty collected to GDP was 1.48 percent. Duty foregone on account of export promotion schemes and on commodities was 3,87,539 crore in the financial year 2016-17.
Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that the rules and procedures are designed to secure an effective check on the assessment, collection and proper allocation of revenue and are being duly observed.
We conducted a Performance Audit on levy & collection of Service Tax on Entertainment Sector, to seek an assurance regarding adequacy of Service Tax rules and regulations relating to entertainment sector and systems in place to ensure compliance to the same. The. audit was conducted in 17 selected. Commissionerates, including one division and one range in each. Commissionerates and examination of records relating to 307 assessees. The audit covered the three years period from 2013-14. to 2015-16.
Several companies that were having large profit from business and distributing substantial portion of the income to their shareholders as dividend, were reducing their tax liability by availing various deductions and exemptions available in the Act.
We recommend CBDT to consider prescribing measurable parameters for assessment of charitable activities undertaken by private hospital trusts as a pre-condition for granting exemptions under the Income Tax Act, and amend the Act for this purpose if necessary.
