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...
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has released Report No. 3 of 2016 (Direct Taxes). This Report for the year ended March 2015 has been prepared for submission to the President under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. The Report contains significant results of the compliance audit of the Department of Revenue-Direct Taxes of […]
CAG has releases it Report No. 1 of 2016 (Indirect Taxes – Service Tax) for the Financial Year 2014-15 on compliance audit of the Central Board of Excise and Customs under Department of Revenue – Indirect Taxes (Service Tax) of the Union Government. The Service Tax collection was Rs 1, 67,969 crore during financial year 2014-15 […]
Chartered Accountant firms based in Haryana who could not apply for Empanelment with O/o C&AG due to local rampant disturbances may give the required details regarding the firms/partners in hard copy by last date of submission of documents i.e. 15th March, 2016 for empanelment for the year 2016-17.
The last date for submission of online application form for Empanelment with O/o C&AG for the year 2016-17 for audit of PSUs is extended to 22nd February, 2016 as a one time relief. Online application can be filled at http://cagofindia.delhi.nic.in/caregistration/ at the earliest to avoid the last minute rush as no further extension would be made.
The empanelment process of Chartered Accountant firms (firm) and Limited Liability Partnership firm (LLP) for allotment of audit of Public Sector Undertakings/Statutory Corporations for the year 2016-17. The desired firms were allowed to fill the online forms till 15th February 2016.
We conducted the Performance Audit to seek an assurance whether the objectives of Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) framed by the department have been achieved. We also examined the extent of utilisation of ACES in the field formations of the Board. The Performance Audit was conducted in 40 selected Commissionerates apart from the office of the Directorate General of Systems and Data Management.
Availment of Exemptions Under section 93 of Finance Act, 1994, the Government is empowered to exempt generally or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, taxable service of any specified description from the whole or any part of the service tax leviable thereon. During the course of this performance audit we […]
Availment/Utilisation of Cenvat Credit A provider of taxable services can, in terms of rule 4 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 avail credit of excise duty paid on inputs and capital goods and service tax paid on any input service. The credit can be utilised towards payment of service tax subject to the fulfilment of […]
Section 67 of the Finance Act, 1994, envisages that where the provision of service is for a consideration in money, value of taxable service shall be the gross amount charged for such service. During the course of this performance audit we observed 145 cases of non/short-payment of service tax of Rs. 44.74 crore. Out of […]
Stating that there is a significant difference between the audit environment in India and in the international institutions the CAG advised to use appropriate language while drafting the management letters. He further advised the Audit fraternity to maintain professional scepticism and strike a fine balance; be open‐minded and carefully consider the views of the management.
