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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 2499 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


Tax Audit Series-2 – Business Vs. Profession

November 11, 2021 9675 Views 0 comment Print

BUSINESS VS PROFESSION Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 defines separate limit for business and profession, so it is essential to understand what is business and what is profession. Business Profession The term “business” is defined in section 2(13) of the Act, as under: “Business” includes any trade, commerce, or manufacture or any […]

ITAT restricts addition to 10% for assessee engaged in business of manpower

October 22, 2021 2472 Views 0 comment Print

If a person adopts the provisions of section 44AD and declares income @ 8% of the turnover, then the assessee is not required to maintain the books of account as provided for under section 44AA in respect of business covered under the presumptive taxation scheme of section 44AD.

What is Income Tax Audit & what does different section indicates

September 27, 2021 2988 Views 0 comment Print

What is Income Tax Audit & what does different section indicates under Income Tax Audit (Section like 44AB OR 44AD OR 44ADA) WHAT IS TAX AUDIT? There are different types of audit under different laws such as company audit, statutory audit, cost audit conducted under Companies Act, 2013, Income Tax Act etc. In Income Tax […]

Turnover below Rs. 10 Crore – Tax Audit Applicability

September 22, 2021 104958 Views 12 comments Print

Clarification on Tax Audit requirement for the persons whose turnover does not exceed 10 Crore Section 44AB Every person carrying on business, whose turnover does not exceed Rs. 10 Crore, is not required to get their books of accounts audited subject to following conditions: a. Aggregate of all amount received including amount received for sales, […]

Section 44AB: Tax Audit under Income Tax

September 15, 2021 462486 Views 8 comments Print

Audit of accounts of certain persons carrying on business or profession. 44AB. Every person – (a) carrying on business shall, > if his total sales, turnover or gross receipts, > as the case may be, > in business exceed or exceeds > one crore rupees in any previous year Following proviso is inserted after clause […]

Income Tax Audit – Section 44AB – Applicability, Penalty & Due Date

September 7, 2021 11211 Views 1 comment Print

What is an income tax audit under section 44AB? In India, various laws govern different types of audits like statutory audit, stock audit, cost audit. The core purpose of these audits is to ensure that the books of accounts are free from any error mentioned in the particular law. Similarly, Income Tax Act provides for […]

Applicability of Tax Audit under section 44AB or 44AD or 44ADA

September 6, 2021 58107 Views 1 comment Print

Audit of accounts of certain persons carrying on business or profession: Section 44AB, first time inserted by the Finance Act, 1984, by the  Finance Minister Shri Pranav Mukharji with effect from 1st April 1985. At that time there was so opposed of this section, by business persons, professional persons and particularly by Tax Advocates and […]

Why increasing Income ‘Tax Audit’ limit is not a good move

September 6, 2021 32385 Views 9 comments Print

In the recent union budget our Honorable Union Finance Minister increased the threshold limit for mandatory audit Under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to Rs 10 Crores in cases where 95% or more transactions are done in digital mode.

Interplay of Sec 44AA, 44AB and 44AD of Income Tax Act,1961

August 16, 2021 46932 Views 3 comments Print

Section 44AB of the income-tax Act, 1961, which provides for tax audit of certain taxpayers, has been amended in the recent past in order to relax the compliance burden on small taxpayers. However, while these amendments are well-intentioned, they have increased confusion amongst taxpayers. We know that there are various monetary limits u/s Sec 44AA , […]

A 360° approach to Presumptive Taxation- Free E-Book

August 8, 2021 33090 Views 17 comments Print

E- book on presumptive Taxation Titled ‘A 360° approach to Presumptive Taxation’. The book is a very well complied guide covering various aspects of the presumptive taxation. The book will certainly benefit the readers about the intricacies of presumptive taxation and will play a pivotal role in shaping and guiding the tax practitioners in their […]

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