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GST Audit-as-a-Service Gains Relevance Due to Limitations of Traditional Annual Audits

Goods and Services Tax : The article highlights that traditional GST audits fail to detect real-time discrepancies. Continuous audit models help businesses...

April 15, 2026 2100 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit By Tax Authorities Under CGST Act, 2017

Goods and Services Tax : Courts held that audits exceeding prescribed timelines under GST law can invalidate subsequent proceedings. The ruling emphasizes ...

April 6, 2026 567 Views 0 comment Print

Section 65 GST Audit: Understanding ‘Commencement’ and 3+6 Month Time Limit

Goods and Services Tax : Courts have clarified that audit limitation begins when records are made available or audit is instituted, whichever is later. Ope...

February 12, 2026 1641 Views 0 comment Print

Table-wise Technical Analysis of GSTR-9 (GST Annual Return)

Goods and Services Tax : This article explains each table of GSTR-9 and why it is crucial during GST audits and scrutiny. The key takeaway is that table-wi...

December 15, 2025 5544 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit Checklist

Goods and Services Tax : GST Audit Checklist Explained: Compliance Failures That Trigger Tax, ITC Reversal & Deemed Supplies; GST Audit Reveals ITC Ris...

December 13, 2025 13083 Views 0 comment Print


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Mandatory Preceding Year Audit Details Introduced for UDIN Generation by ICAI

CA, CS, CMA : UDIN generation now requires disclosure of preceding year audit details for specific audit categories. The update strengthens audi...

December 23, 2025 1677 Views 0 comment Print

Empanelment of CAs/Cost Accountants for GST Audit in Rajasthan

Goods and Services Tax : Expression of Interest for empanelment of Chartered/Cost Accountants for GST special audit under Section 66 of RGST/CGST Act, 2017...

December 13, 2024 12072 Views 0 comment Print

Request to Extend due date of GSTR 9, 9A & 9C for financial year 2022-23

Goods and Services Tax : U.P. Tax Bar Association requests Finance Minister for extension of GST Annual Return filing deadline due to ongoing proceedings a...

December 25, 2023 25782 Views 0 comment Print

Model GST Audit Manual

Goods and Services Tax : This model GST Audit Manual is intended to be developed as a comprehensive document which would  be helpful for the audit officer...

February 4, 2023 11676 Views 0 comment Print

Empanelment for Special Audit with Delhi GST department

Goods and Services Tax : Empanelment of Chartered Accountants/Chartered Accountant firms/Cost Accountants/Cost Accountant firms for Special Audit of GST re...

December 30, 2022 21168 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Gujarat HC Puts Hold on GST Show-Cause Notices Issued After Audit Deadline

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court has issued an interim order restraining final action on GST show-cause notices against Hubergroup India. Th...

September 15, 2025 915 Views 0 comment Print

GST Audit Without Section 65(3) Notice Is Invalid: HP HC

Goods and Services Tax : HP High Court stays a GST audit against Saboo Tor Pvt. Ltd., citing the state's failure to issue the mandatory 15-day pre-audit no...

September 15, 2025 984 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Stops CGST Action as Audit Report Finalized Before Petitioner’s Reply

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi HC intervened in a GST dispute, staying proceedings against Dhruv Medicos Pvt. Ltd. The Court noted that the audit report wa...

September 3, 2025 840 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court Restricts Re-Audits by Central GST Authorities

Goods and Services Tax : The Calcutta High Court has restricted Central GST authorities from re-auditing periods already covered by a prior audit, citing S...

August 5, 2025 15795 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner can Conduct GST Audits Without Restrictions on Frequency or Time

Goods and Services Tax : Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissed Mag Filter's petition challenging CGST audit for FY 2017-22 despite earlier proceedings unde...

January 16, 2025 1641 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


West Bengal GST Audit Deadline Extended to 22nd August 2025

Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal extends the GST audit completion deadline for the 2021-2022 period to August 22, 2025, due to delays in document submi...

July 4, 2025 1167 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of WBGST Audit Deadline in West Bengal

Goods and Services Tax : West Bengal extends WBGST audit completion deadline to October 30, 2024, for cases commenced between July 1 and July 30, 2024....

September 30, 2024 867 Views 0 comment Print

Guideline about conduct of GST Audit-reg

Goods and Services Tax : Detailed guidelines for conducting GST audits in Maharashtra, including desk review, team formation, and audit monitoring for FY 2...

July 9, 2024 2547 Views 0 comment Print

Measures for Effective GST Audit and Revenue Optimization

Goods and Services Tax : Government of Karnataka issued a circular outlining measures for effective GST audit and revenue optimization. The circular highli...

June 13, 2023 1692 Views 0 comment Print

WBGST: Extension of period for completion of GST Audit

Goods and Services Tax : Extension of period for completion of Audit as per the proviso to sub-section (4) of section 65 of the WBGST Act, 2017 for the per...

July 11, 2022 1038 Views 0 comment Print


GST Audit Report 2017-18, lots of load to upload

November 14, 2019 2640 Views 2 comments Print

The professionals have just finished uploading Tax Audits for financial year 2018-19. But the more difficult challenge awaiting for professionals is GST Audit for financial year 2017-18. The extended due date for filing GST Annual Return and GST Audit is 30th November, 2019. So, now the professionals will to timely accomplish this target.

Annual GST return made non-mandatory for small business…Should we file or not?

November 6, 2019 62652 Views 11 comments Print

G.S.T. council after its 37th Meeting recommended that the Annual Return (GSTR 9 and 9A) under the G.S.T. should be made optional considering the fact, it is a new regime and there are problems faced by the tax payers in filling it for those registered persons whose aggregate turnover in a financial year does not […]

GST Assessment and Audit Compliance | Section 73 and 74

November 1, 2019 43050 Views 5 comments Print

As a upcoming tax professionals you must know about the procedure of assessments under GST Scenario and what are the procedures followed by the Assessing officers under GST scenario as per section from 59 to 64 of the CGST Act, 2017 What is the meaning of Assessment under GST Law? As per Section 2(11) of […]

Representation on Annual Return and GST Audit / GSTR 9 & 9C

September 24, 2019 20394 Views 0 comment Print

Suggestions in respect of Form 9: At the outset, we humbly submit that Form GSTR 9 which is the Annual Return is supposed to be the summary of all supplies made by a taxpayer during a financial year and should be simpler in terms of compliance. We humbly submit our point wise suggestions as under:

GST Audit Practical View

September 22, 2019 6090 Views 0 comment Print

To whom GST Audit will be applicable have been already discussed in our previous article, now let’s move ahead towards the workings for GST Audit. As you all know, GST Audit will apply every year for those GST registered business (GSTIN) having turnover more than Rs 2 crores, by the sale of goods or services in the financial […]

Different types of Audits /Reviews under GST

September 19, 2019 3033 Views 0 comment Print

Introduction: In a conventional sense, audit means scrutiny, verification of documents, events and processes in order to verify facts and to draw conclusions regarding the correctness of recording of facts and the efficiency of system under study. Today, the concept of audit in general has under gone change from a transactional audit to a risk […]

Documentation under GST audit

September 1, 2019 9903 Views 3 comments Print

Audit documentation is the written record (including electronic record) prepared during the course of audit which forms foundation for auditor’s in preserving the various observations identified during the audit, acts as a proof of performance of audit and safeguard the auditor at the time of dispute. Besides, documents are keys to determine the trail of […]

GST Audit Questionnaire – Part 1

August 29, 2019 6351 Views 0 comment Print

Again, the due date for filing of GSTR 9 & 9C extended to 30th Nov. 2019 for FY 2017-18.  Meanwhile, for review of GST compliances and all, we draft a GST Audit Questionnaire which will publish in 3 Parts. Now, we are publishing the Part-1 of GST Audit Questionnaire. Hope, this may helpful for conducting […]

ICAI Requests extension of Form GSTR 9 / 9A /9C (Read Representation)

August 29, 2019 1761 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Request for extension of Annual returns in Form GSTR 9 and GSTR 9A along with GST Audit Certificate in GSTR 9C from August 31, 2019 to November 30, 2019

Due date to furnish Form GSTR-9 /9A/9C extended to 30.11.2019

August 26, 2019 51117 Views 20 comments Print

The last date for furnishing of Annual Return in the FORM GSTR-9 / FORM GSTR-9A and Reconciliation Statement in FORM GSTR-9C for the financial year 2017-18 has been extended from 31st August, 2019 to 30th November, 2019. RoD Order No. 07/2019-CT dtd. 26.08.2019. Last date for Annual Returns- Last Date for filing of Annual returns […]

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