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Special provisions for computing profits and gains under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Explore special provisions for computing profits and gains under the Income Tax Act, 1961, covering diverse areas such as mineral ...

May 26, 2026 3888 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Planning while setting up of a business with reference to Nature of business

Income Tax : The revised content expands tax planning guidance for business setup by extending deduction analysis up to AY 2026-27 and Tax Year...

May 22, 2026 34947 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Tax Audit Applicability for Specified and Non-Specified profession

Income Tax : Explains when professionals must undergo tax audit based on Sections 44ADA, 44AD, and 44AB. Key takeaway: audit depends on profess...

May 4, 2026 2496 Views 0 comment Print

Silent Shift in Tax Audit Triggers: Section 63 vs Section 44AB

Income Tax : The new law introduces audit requirements for businesses declaring profits below presumptive rates. It removes the earlier flexibi...

April 25, 2026 5445 Views 0 comment Print

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 25455 Views 0 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 2622 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 21180 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 1002 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 8127 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 29985 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No Section 271(1)(c) Penalty if Full Disclosure Made in Return & Audit Report: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty was not justified where all relevant facts were disclosed in the return of income, audit report, an...

June 7, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

APMC Cess Does Not Prove Unaccounted Turnover: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT found that the Assessing Officer incorrectly treated consignment transactions as the assessees turnover based solely on cess ...

June 6, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Allows Interest Deduction as Borrowed Funds Were Used for Business Purposes

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the deduction of interest expenditure after finding that the loan was utilized wholly for business activities....

June 5, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

CPC had jurisdiction for audit-based adjustments, but double disallowance u/s 14A without hearing assessee was legally impermissible

Income Tax : Adjustment under section 143(1)(a)(iv) based on disallowance reported in Form 3CD was held to be within CPC's jurisdiction. Howeve...

June 5, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT: No 40A(3) Disallowance on Mere Assumptions- Profit Estimation Without Rejecting Books Quashed

Income Tax : The Bangalore ITAT held that a Section 40A(3) disallowance cannot be made on the assumption that cash payments might have exceeded...

June 4, 2026 72 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 14706 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 10716 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 38433 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 40221 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 41103 Views 1 comment Print


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

October 3, 2025 8502 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 46533 Views 3 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 312 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 2313 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 48933 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 122439 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 4218 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 1002 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.

ITAT Kolkata Deletes Penalty u/s 271B Where No Books Were Maintained

September 25, 2025 609 Views 0 comment Print

ribunal held that penalty under section 271B cannot be levied without books of account. Only penalty u/s 271A for non-maintenance applies, reduced from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹25,000.

Rajasthan HC Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to 31st October 2025 (Read Order)

September 25, 2025 4854 Views 0 comment Print

The Rajasthan High Court ordered the CBDT to extend the Tax Audit Report (TAR) due date to October 31, 2025, citing widespread technical glitches on the e-filing portal and a substantial filing shortfall.

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