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Income Tax Audit under Section 44AB: Rules, Forms Penalties & Due Dates

Income Tax : The issue concerns applicability of tax audit based on turnover thresholds. The ruling highlights that exceeding prescribed limits...

April 5, 2026 24021 Views 0 comment Print

Audit Exemption: Alarming Risk Signals for CA Profession

Company Law : The proposal to remove statutory audits for small companies risks eliminating independent financial scrutiny, potentially weakenin...

March 23, 2026 6144 Views 1 comment Print

Staggered ITR Filing Deadlines in India: A Legal & Policy Analysis of Revised Compliance Framework

Income Tax : India has moved from a uniform ITR deadline to a category-based system linked to audits and income complexity. The reform improves...

February 10, 2026 807 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty Deleted as Audited Books Existed Despite Rejection for Defects

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that penalty under Section 271A cannot be levied merely because books were rejected and income was estimated. S...

December 26, 2025 906 Views 0 comment Print

Period of limitation prescribed under Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for filings, applications, approvals, and settlement processes under the Income-tax Act, incl...

November 20, 2025 5289 Views 1 comment Print


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ICAI Introduces Field-Level Validation for UDIN Under Section 44AB

CA, CS, CMA : The UDIN portal will now validate turnover, gross receipts, and presumptive tax conditions before allowing UDIN generation for tax...

February 14, 2026 2304 Views 0 comment Print

BREAKING: Gujarat HC Orders CBDT to Ensure 1-Month Gap Between ITR & Tax Audit Dates

Income Tax : Gujarat HC has directed CBDT to ensure that there is a mandatory one-month gap between date for furnishing tax audit reports (unde...

October 13, 2025 20955 Views 1 comment Print

Rajasthan HC Extends Tax Audit Filing Deadline to 31 October 2025

Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...

September 25, 2025 921 Views 0 comment Print

CAAS Files writ challenging persistent technical failures in Income Tax portal

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court is hearing a petition from the Chartered Accountants Association regarding persistent glitches on the new I...

September 25, 2025 7911 Views 1 comment Print

Requests for Extension of Due Dates for Tax Audit, ITR, Form 10B/1OBB, 12A/80G, AOC-4

Income Tax : The Pune Chartered Accountants' Society has requested an extension for tax audit and ITR filing deadlines for FY 2024-25, citing t...

September 24, 2025 29736 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Commission Disallowance Remanded – 133(6) Non-Response Not Sufficient; Ad-hoc Expenses Cut to 10%

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded ₹95.81 lakh commission disallowance, holding that non-response to Section 133(6) notices alone cannot justi...

April 18, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad: AO Cannot Exceed Limited Scrutiny Scope – Entire Assessment Held Invalid

Income Tax : The issue revolved around expansion of scrutiny from cash deposits to entire bank credits. The Tribunal ruled that such expansion ...

April 15, 2026 369 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: No Ad-hoc Disallowance Without Rejecting Books; Section 40(a)(ia) Relief If TDS Paid Before Return Due Date

Income Tax : The case examines whether estimated expense disallowances can be made without rejecting books of account. ITAT held such additions...

April 13, 2026 207 Views 0 comment Print

₹9.32 Cr Cash Deposit Addition remanded Due to Lack of Verification by Tax Authorities

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that addition of entire cash deposits without proper verification was not justified. The matter was remanded for...

April 10, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print

Demonetisation Cash Sales Accepted: No U/s 68 Addition Without Proof of Bogus Sales

Income Tax : The Tribunal examined whether demonetisation cash deposits linked to recorded business sales could be taxed as unexplained income....

April 3, 2026 252 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


ICAI Caps Tax Audit Limits at 60 per partner from 1st April 2026

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI sets limit of 60 tax audit assignments per CA or partner annually, effective from 1 April 2026, replacing earlier 2008 guidel...

July 25, 2025 13854 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extends Due Date for Filing Form 56F for AY 2024-25

Income Tax : CBDT extends the due date for filing Form 56F under Section 10AA(8) and 10A(5) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, to March 31, 2025, for...

February 18, 2025 10593 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT revises Form 3CD Tax Audit Report Format, Form 3CEB & Form No. 65

Income Tax : Stay updated with CBDT's Form 3CD Tax Audit Report Format, Form 3CEB & Form No. 65 revision. Learn about changes in tax audit rep...

March 5, 2024 38190 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extends due date of Filing Audit report- Section 10AA(8)

Income Tax : Read Circular 18/2023 from the Government of India Ministry of Finance. Learn about the extension of the filing deadline for Incom...

October 20, 2023 40110 Views 0 comment Print

New reporting requirements in Form 3CD & Revision

Income Tax : CBDT has vide Notification No. 28/2021-Income Tax inserted new clauses in Form 3CD (Tax Audit Report) and also notified that Tax A...

April 1, 2021 40965 Views 1 comment Print


Assessment Quashed: ITAT Finds Notice u/s 143(2) by Non-Jurisdictional AO After Transfer u/s 127 Invalid

October 8, 2025 702 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai quashes assessment because the notice u/s 143(2) was issued by a non-jurisdictional AO after jurisdiction transfer u/s 127 was effective. Jurisdictional error is fatal; entire assessment declared void ab initio.

Quarterly Compliance Calendar For October 2025 to December 2025

October 3, 2025 2727 Views 0 comment Print

Key regulatory deadlines for October-December 2025 across GST, Income Tax (TDS/TCS, Advance Tax), ESI/PF, Companies Act (MCA), SEBI, and FEMA compliances.

Gujarat HC Questions CBDT on Extension of Tax Audit Date Without Extending ITR Due Date

October 3, 2025 8412 Views 3 comments Print

The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Union of India, demanding an explanation for not extending the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing due date under Section after extending the Tax Audit Report deadline under Section to October . The court relied on its previous ruling in the All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants case, which established that the two dates are inextricably linked and must be the same.

Ready Reckoner of the Criteria for Tax Audit For AY 2025-26

September 29, 2025 43737 Views 2 comments Print

Summary of Section 44AB, 44AD, and 44ADA tax audit provisions, detailing turnover thresholds (₹1 Cr to ₹10 Cr), presumptive income rates (6%/8%/50%), and the impact of digital transactions (95% rule).

ITAT Chennai Deletes Bonus Disallowance Wrongly Reported in Tax Audit Report

September 28, 2025 270 Views 0 comment Print

Chennai ITAT rules in favor of a taxpayer, deleting a ₹2.26 lakh bonus disallowance after a new CA certificate confirmed an error in the original audit report.

CBDT’s Circular on Tax Audit Due Date: Ultra Vires or Valid?

September 28, 2025 2184 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extended the Section 44AB tax audit specified date to Oct 31, 2025, without extending the Section 139 return filing due date. Is this extension ultra vires?

The Puzzle of Tax Audit and ITR Due Dates

September 27, 2025 48792 Views 2 comments Print

A summary of how the CBDT’s decision to extend the Tax Audit Report due date without extending the ITR date has eliminated the traditional one-month gap, causing compliance issues.

CBDT Circular 14/2025 Sparks Confusion on Audit Report & ITR Due Dates

September 27, 2025 122202 Views 3 comments Print

CBDT’s Circular 14/2025 extended the audit report date for AY 2025-26 to October 31, 2025. This move contradicts the IT Act’s design, which links the audit date to the return filing deadline, causing taxpayer uncertainty.

Income Tax Audit Updates: Due Date, New Clauses & CA Limit

September 27, 2025 3642 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extended the Tax Audit due date to October 31, 2025 (AY 2025-26). Forms 3CA/3CB-3CD were updated with 71 changes, including mandatory reporting of MSME payment interest disallowance, legal contraventions, and ‘Amount Received’ (Clause 36B).

Rajasthan HC Extends Tax Audit Filing Deadline to 31 October 2025

September 25, 2025 921 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility release and systemic e-filing portal glitches causing widespread hardship.

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