Income Tax : The issue concerns applicability of tax audit based on turnover thresholds. The ruling highlights that exceeding prescribed limits...
Company Law : The proposal to remove statutory audits for small companies risks eliminating independent financial scrutiny, potentially weakenin...
Income Tax : India has moved from a uniform ITR deadline to a category-based system linked to audits and income complexity. The reform improves...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that penalty under Section 271A cannot be levied merely because books were rejected and income was estimated. S...
Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for filings, applications, approvals, and settlement processes under the Income-tax Act, incl...
CA, CS, CMA : The UDIN portal will now validate turnover, gross receipts, and presumptive tax conditions before allowing UDIN generation for tax...
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...
Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court is hearing a petition from the Chartered Accountants Association regarding persistent glitches on the new I...
Income Tax : The Pune Chartered Accountants' Society has requested an extension for tax audit and ITR filing deadlines for FY 2024-25, citing t...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded ₹95.81 lakh commission disallowance, holding that non-response to Section 133(6) notices alone cannot justi...
Income Tax : The issue revolved around expansion of scrutiny from cash deposits to entire bank credits. The Tribunal ruled that such expansion ...
Income Tax : The case examines whether estimated expense disallowances can be made without rejecting books of account. ITAT held such additions...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that addition of entire cash deposits without proper verification was not justified. The matter was remanded for...
Income Tax : The Tribunal examined whether demonetisation cash deposits linked to recorded business sales could be taxed as unexplained income....
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...
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...
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...
Income Tax : Read Circular 18/2023 from the Government of India Ministry of Finance. Learn about the extension of the filing deadline for Incom...
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...
ITAT Bangalore rules against adhoc expense disallowance without rejecting books of accounts, citing Karnataka HC’s stance in Konkan Marine Agencies case.
Explore how seizure of documents can impact audit deadlines under Section 44AB and defenses against Section 271B penalties for audit delays.
We’ve just wrapped up the non-audit tax filing season, and now we’re entering the critical and often confusing period of Tax Audits. Why do I call it confusing? Despite over several years of writing about Tax Audits, including numerous articles and full-length books, I still receive the queries around the applicability of tax audit in […]
ITAT Chennai confirmed penalty imposed under section 271B of the Income Tax Act for non-furnishing audit report, in absence of any reasonable or sufficient cause for not complying with legal provisions of section 44AB of the Income Tax Act.
In the case of Anil Champalal Jain vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai), learn why Mumbai ITAT ruled that cash deposits during demonetization alone cannot justify income addition without clear evidence of accounting errors. Read the full text of the order for detailed insights.
Read the detailed ITAT Chennai order on Rameshlal Kailash Vs ITO for AY 2017-18. Money lending business income added, upheld as business income despite challenges. Full text of the order included.
Learn how to calculate turnover for derivatives, speculative transactions, and multiple businesses as per ICAI’s revised 2023 guidance on tax audit under Section 44AB.
Read the full text of the ITAT Delhi order in Durga Fire Work Vs ITO case for AY 2017-18. Learn why Delhi ITAT ruled cash deposits during demonetization as non-taxable.
Detailed analysis of Dharam Singh Vs PCIT (ITAT Delhi) case where ITAT Delhi ruled that revisionary power can’t be invoked solely on improper inquiry allegations by AO.
Decode tax intricacies on derivatives transactions, understand income classification, tax audit applicability, and potential legislative changes for effective tax planning.