Goods and Services Tax : ICAI clarified that ITC wrongly reversed under Table 4(B)(1) instead of Table 4(B)(2) can still be reclaimed within statutory time...
CA, CS, CMA : The FAQs explain how the 60 Tax Audit assignment ceiling will operate through the UDIN system from 1 April 2026. ICAI clarified wh...
CA, CS, CMA : Banks are asking CAs to issue end-use and KYC certificates without regulatory support. RBI confirms no such requirement exists, hi...
Company Law : The proposal to remove statutory audits for small companies risks eliminating independent financial scrutiny, potentially weakenin...
Corporate Law : The Bar Council of India has officially confirmed that the IGNOU-ICAI B.Com (Accountancy & Finance) degree meets all eligibility c...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI has announced Live Virtual Revisionary Classes for CA Intermediate students appearing in the September 2026 examinations. The...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI's Board of Studies has invited Expressions of Interest from qualified professionals and academicians for empanelment as facul...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI has notified the Information Systems Audit (ISA) Assessment Test for 25 July 2026 in CBT mode. The announcement specifies eli...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI has clarified that members coaching students or having relatives appearing in the examinations are not eligible for Observer ...
CA, CS, CMA : The Sales Tax Bar Association requested reconsideration of Bar Council of India rules prohibiting advocates from entering partners...
CA, CS, CMA : The Delhi High Court held that one of the meetings relied upon for automatic vacation of the petitioner’s seat was convened with...
CA, CS, CMA : The Court examined whether a complaint arising from a family dispute can be entertained in misconduct proceedings. It held that su...
CA, CS, CMA : The High Court held that a direct appellate challenge to the final removal order was not maintainable. The appeal was withdrawn wi...
CA, CS, CMA : The court affirmed disciplinary action where an auditor failed to detect ever-greening of assets and misreporting in audit account...
Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi has deleted a ₹25,000 penalty under Section 271A, ruling that F&O turnover for a trader should be calculated base...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI notifies removal of 12 chartered accountants from membership rolls, with suspension periods, fines, and reprimands in select ...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI Board holds CA not guilty in bribery case, finds no proof of knowledge or intent; mere receipt of packet without mens rea not...
CA, CS, CMA : The issue involved allegations of assisting in bogus accounting entries. The ruling held that without certification or statutory r...
CA, CS, CMA : The issue involved disciplinary action for professional and other misconduct under the Chartered Accountants Act. The authorities ...
Corporate Law : The amended guidelines mandate minimum CPE hours for all practicing members. Non-compliance will lead to discontinuation of the Ce...
ANNOUNCEMENT Modification in the Council Guidelines No. 1-CA(7)/02/2008 dated 8th August, 2008 as contained in Appendix No. (34) to the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 The Council of the Institute at its 331st meeting held in February, 2014 decided to increase the specified number of tax audits from 45 to 60 and an Announcement dated 11.2.2014 […]
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government vide Section 21 of The Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act 2008 and Rule 42 thereof has already recognized Cost Accountants for the purpose of Auditing of Books of every taxable dealers under the Act. Now The UP Government has issued an amendment to Rules vide Government Notification no. Ka.Ni.-2-684/XI-9(295)/07-U.P.VATRULES-08-order-(114)-2014, […]
Clarifying Certain Auditors’ Concerns under Companies Act, 2013 – The Council recently considered the issue of date of applicability of section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act 2013, requiring the Statutory Auditor to report on adequacy and operating effectiveness of internal financial controls in the Statutory Auditor’s report. It also considered section 143(12) of the said Act, envisaging the Statutory Auditor to report Frauds committed or being committed against the Company to the Central Government.
Advocate B.S.K.RAO 1. Below are the accounting bodies of various country’s world over on date, In spite of this, they have separate bodies/legislation for regulation of Tax Professionals. Reason being, situation similar to that of latest Supreme Court verdict in the case of Bar Council of India Vs A.K.Balaji about Practice of Law by only […]
Section 54- Investment in residential house Several disputes are in existence as to whether an assessee can buy more than one house under provisions of section 54 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. In the recent times High Courts and ITAT have taken a consistent view that in order to avail the exemption u/s 54 of […]
In Its Pre-budget Memorandum on Direct Taxes Apex Accounting Institute ICAI has suggested that deduction in respect of interest on housing loan in case of self occupied property should be increased from Rs. 1.5 Lakhs to Rs. 3 Lakhs. ICAI further suggested that Assessee should be allowed deduction equal to 30% from unrealised rent and ground rent shall be allowed as separate deduction while computing income under the head Income from House property.
Certification of deductions claimed under section 54, 54F, 54EC etc a) At present deductions u/s 54, 54F, 54EC etc. are not subject to any audit or certification. The possibility that the assessee claims inaccurate amount of deduction under such provisions cannot be ruled out. In order to reduce such possibility of furnishing of inaccurate particulars […]
Section 54EC-Capital gain not to be charged on investment in certain bonds Section 54EC provides that the capital gains arising from the transfer of a long term capital assets will be exempt, if the whole or part of the capital gain, is invested in the long term specified assets at any time within a period […]
ICAI Suggestion on Disallowance of expenditure incurred in relation to income not includible in total income under section 14A of the Act: As per the existing provisions of section 14A of the Act, no deduction shall be allowed in respect of expenditure incurred by a taxpayer in relation to income which does not form part […]
a) The matters relating to TDS/TCS in a government department is handled by persons with reasonably good education background. Appropriate computer training is also given by the Government to them for day to day functioning of the system. Accordingly, the records are well maintained and seemingly there should be no issues for them in timely […]
