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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


Audit Under Income Tax Act 1961

April 9, 2021 23940 Views 1 comment Print

Get insights into the audit requirements under the Income Tax Act 1961. Understand the conditions for tax audits and how they apply to businesses and professionals.

New reporting requirements in Form 3CD & Revision

April 1, 2021 40965 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT has vide Notification No. 28/2021-Income Tax inserted new clauses in Form 3CD (Tax Audit Report) and also notified that Tax Audit Report under Rule 6G can be revised if there is payment by Assessee after furnishing of report which necessitates recalculation of disallowance under section 40 or section 43B. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of […]

CBDT defers reporting in Clause 30C & 44 of Tax Audit Report till 31.03.2022

March 27, 2021 86409 Views 3 comments Print

Tax Audit Report (Form 3CD- Applicability of Clause 30C and Clause 44 by one more year i.e. will be applicable for the Financials year 2022-23 Now. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued Circular No. 05/2021 dated March 25, 2021 by which the CBDT has deferred the applicability of certain Clause of Form 3CD […]

CBDT Defers GST & GAAR reporting till 31.03.2022

March 25, 2021 39291 Views 1 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) deferred the Tax Audit Clause 30C and 44  till 31st Mar 2022 due to COVID-19. F.No. 370142/9/2018-TPL Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes TPL Division New Delhi **** Circular No. 05/2021, Dated 25th March, 2021 Order under section 119 of […]

Do you need to go for Income Tax Audit? – Section 44AB

February 19, 2021 22653 Views 2 comments Print

Before diving into whether you need your books to be audited under Section 44AB, let’s understand the meaning of Tax Audit. Tax audit refers to the examination of a taxpayer’s accounts. This examination of books of accounts is conducted for ensuring that such taxpayer has maintained his books of accounts as well as other records […]

Tax Audit Limit proposed to increase to ten crore rupees

February 3, 2021 11859 Views 1 comment Print

It is proposed to increase the threshold limit for Tax Audit Under section 44AB from five crore rupees to ten crore rupees in cases listed above.

Uttarakhand HC directs CBDT to consider representation on due date extension

January 15, 2021 24924 Views 6 comments Print

The Dehradun Chartered Accountants Society Vs. Union of India (High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital) High Court held that Admittedly, the country continues to suffer and to reel under the COVID-19 pandemic. A large number of assesses still find it difficult to even meet their Chartered Accountants and to file their Income Tax Audit Reports […]

Extension of due date for filing TAR/ITR – HC declined to interfere

January 14, 2021 24873 Views 9 comments Print

High Court (HC) declined to interfere in the matter of extension of the due date for filing Tax Audit Report (TAR) and Income Tax Return (ITR) The Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants v. Union of India [R/Special Civil Application No.  13653 and 660 of 2021, dated January 13, 2021] […]

All India Protest Call against GST/Income Tax Issues by WMTPA

January 13, 2021 99144 Views 85 comments Print

Government is neither listening to representations submitted by various associations, nor listening to court direction in true spirit. In Covid 19 pandemic, all professionals and Trade, ignoring life and death risk, ensured that, India will stand again, paid taxes in lakh crores but it seems government doesn’t recognize us.

Gujarat HC rejects TAR/ITR due date date extension writ applications

January 13, 2021 17454 Views 0 comment Print

At this stage, we may only observe that the CBDT may consider issuing an appropriate circular taking a lenient view as regards the consequences of late filing of the Tax Audit Reports as provided under Section 271B of the Act. We leave it to the better discretion of the CBDT in this regard.

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