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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


Income Tax Compliance / Information at A Glance

August 28, 2020 36291 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 29748 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 50997 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 186249 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 2052 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 240876 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 […]

Ashtavinayaka, what are the Astha Mahima of Tax Audit?

August 4, 2020 24580 Views 1 comment Print

According to income tax law, for the financial year 2015-16, the businessmen whose annual turnover exceeds Rs.1 Crore and the professionals for example; doctors, engineers, advocates, etc. whose annual income exceeds Rs.25 lakhs will have to get their books audited.

Tax Audit Under Section 44AB V/s. Section 44AD 

July 31, 2020 83163 Views 15 comments Print

Article explains provision of Section 44AB and Section 44AD of Income Tax Act, 1961 with reference to Income Tax Audit. While presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, the Finance Minister announced that currently, businesses having turnover of more than one crore rupees are required to get their books of accounts audited by an accountant. In […]

How to File Company Income Tax Return (ITR) Without Company Law Audit

July 26, 2020 19824 Views 1 comment Print

A situation arose in which a company could not call its board meeting due to NCLT embargo and other reasons. The auditor was appointed, but balance sheet and financial statements could not be signed as requirement of sec 134 of companies act 2013 was not fulfilled. Section 134 requires a board meeting to take place and approve the accounts which shall be forwarded to auditor.

Section 44AD Linkage with Tax Audit under section 44AB updated by Finance Act, 2020

July 24, 2020 125235 Views 35 comments Print

Critical Analysis of interrelation between Provisions of Section 44AD & Section 44AB along with other ancillary aspects of Income Tax Act, 1961 The provisions of Section 44AD was introduced in the Chapter of Profits & Gains from Business or profession with an objective to reduce the compliance burden of resident small Tax payers. Undoubtedly throughout, […]

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