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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 24024 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 5292 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 2307 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 20958 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 29739 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 387 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 210 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


Applicability of Section 44AB

October 7, 2020 5715 Views 2 comments Print

There is lots of confusion in mind of professional or accountant that when they have to get their client account audited due to different slab under section 44AB and 44AD? As per section 44 AB every person require to get their account audited from accountant in following condition (a) Total sales or turnover or gross […]

Special Audit – Section 142(2A) – Income Tax Act, 1961

September 21, 2020 49926 Views 0 comment Print

A) The rationale behind the introduction of the provision of Special Audit √ Assessee is liable to get its account audited u/s 44AB only when the situation stated in Section 44AB triggered which are mostly based on the Turnover/Gross receipt Criteria. √ The main objective of the introduction of Section 44AB is to determine whether […]

No filed Tax Audit Report Before Due Date – Need to worry?

September 21, 2020 30513 Views 1 comment Print

Article explains Tax audit under section 44 AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and its due date and implications if not completed within the due date.

Issues in Tax Audit – Difference in ITC in GSTR 2A & GSTR 3B

August 30, 2020 42531 Views 8 comments Print

Certain persons are required to get his books of account audited as per Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The applicability of this audit is mentioned in this section. While conducting audit under section 44AB of the said Act, Auditor has to report certain facts which are required by said Act in Form […]

Income Tax Compliance / Information at A Glance

August 28, 2020 36117 Views 10 comments Print

I have covered only relevant compliances/information useful for Small Manufacturer, Traders only through this article which includes TDS Rate, TDS Return, TDS Certificate and TDS payment due dates, Advance Tax due dates, Income Tax Return Due Dates, Penalty for Late Return Filing, Important Income Tax Deductions, Presumptive Taxation Scheme, Tax Audit and Maintenance of Books.

General Errors noticed in Reporting in Form 3CD

August 25, 2020 29664 Views 1 comment Print

General Errors noticed in Reporting in Form 3CD -Section-44AB of Income Tax Act 1961 (TAX AUDIT U/S-44AB of Income Tax Act 1961) ♦ Legislation for A/Y 2020-21 U/s-44AB -Business:-Sales etc > Rs.1 Cr/5 Cr. -Profession:-Gross Receipt etc > Rs.50 Lacs -Business:- U/s-44AE/BB/BBB, Income<Deemed Profit -Profession:- U/s-44ADA, Income<50% Plus TI >Basic Exemption Limit -Business:- U/s-44AD, Income<8%/6% […]

Tax Audit for A.Y. 2020-21 U/s. 44AB vis-à-vis 44AD / 44ADA

August 14, 2020 50820 Views 11 comments Print

Tax Audit Applicability for A.Y. 2020-21 under Section 44AB vis-à-vis Section 44AD / Section 44ADA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 We have attempted to provide a compendious view of Tax Audit Applicability for A.Y. 2020-21 under Section 44AB vis-à-vis Section 44AD / Section 44ADA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Tax Audit Applicability for […]

Amendment in Section 44AB & applicability for AY 2020/21- Analysis

August 14, 2020 186114 Views 15 comments Print

As per Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961, every person carrying on business is required to get his accounts audited , if his total sales, turnover or gross receipts in business exceeds Rs. 1 crore in the previous year. In case of a person carrying on profession, tax audit is required if his […]

Late Filing of Income Tax return & Misreporting – Beware

August 14, 2020 1998 Views 2 comments Print

Avoid late filing and misreporting of income tax return. Learn about the penalties and fines for missing the deadline and making mistakes.

How to Compute 5% Cash Limit of Receipts & Payments for Section 44AB?

August 9, 2020 239856 Views 13 comments Print

How to Compute 5% Cash Limit of Receipts & Payments for Section 44AB? This article explains how to compute the Cash limit of 5% of the aggregate of all the amounts received as well as payments during the year, for the purpose of checking the applicability of Section 44AB (clause a), as amended by Finance […]

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