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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 7917 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


ICDS Master Disclosures – Clause 13 (f) of Form 3CD

September 12, 2017 74538 Views 7 comments Print

a. Inventories are valued at lower of Cost and Net Realizable Value. The cost has been measured at FIFO / Weighted average basis and includes cost of purchase, cost of services, cost of conversation and other costs incurred in bringing them into their present location and condition. Also refer clause 14 (b) to Form 3CD

Revised Form 3CD for A.Y. 2017-18 in Excel format with Annexures

September 8, 2017 73299 Views 1 comment Print

Are you worried about the recent changes in Tax Audit Report and disclosure requirements as per ICDS for Assessment Year 2017-18 in Form 3CD? No problem! I ve put together in this attached excel sheet all 41 clauses along with necessary enclosure of Form 3CD after considering

No Tax audit for Turnover less than 1 crore & net profit less than 8%

September 7, 2017 503778 Views 61 comments Print

Due to amendment in Finance Act, 2016, applicability of Tax audit in cases where turnover is less than 1 crore and net profit less than 8%, tax audit will not be required to be conducted.

Changes in Tax Audit Report – Form 3CD (AY 2017-18)

August 17, 2017 76791 Views 1 comment Print

I. Changes in Tax Audit Report – Form 3CD for AY 2017-18 relating to ICDS Reporting Adjustments CBDT Notification No.88/2016 dt. 29 Sept. 2016 – ICDS Rules 2016 The CBDT has amended/ revised Form 3CD, applicable from AY 2017-18 (i.e. corresponding to Financial/ Previous Year 2016-17) to facilitate changes relating to ICDS Reporting Adjustments thru […]

Comparison of Changes in section 44AB and 44AD

August 15, 2017 36033 Views 3 comments Print

Sudiesh K S The Finance Act 2016 made some changes in section 44AB and 44AD let’s discuss it in detail. Section 44AB Clause AY 2016-17 AY 2017-18 a (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 […]

No Penalty for mere Non enclosure of audit report to return of income

May 26, 2017 8778 Views 1 comment Print

In a recent ruling, the Hyderabad ITAT ruled that non- enclosure of audit report to the return of income would not attract penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act.

Revised Form No. 3CD Tax Audit Report as applicable from 01.04.2017

April 16, 2017 92286 Views 1 comment Print

Nowadays on Social Media a Revised Format of Form 3D is circulating which is applicable from 01.04.2017 and few raised the query that when the same was released as there is no recent notification on the same. In this respect we would like to brought to your notice that the from 3D  as applicable from […]

Budget 2017: Increase 2 crore Turnover limit for section 194A/ 194H/ 194I & 194J

February 28, 2017 21564 Views 6 comments Print

Section 44AB – Increased threshold for presumptive tax cases under section 44AD – Consequential amendments required in section 194A/ 194H/ 194I & 194J

Opted for Presumptive Taxation- Tax Audit Limit Rs. 2 Crore

February 2, 2017 19317 Views 2 comments Print

It is proposed to amend the section 44AB to exclude the eligible person, who declares profits for the previous year in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 44AD and his total sales, total turnover or gross receipts, as the case may be, in business does not exceed two crore rupees in such previous year, from requirement of audit of books of accounts under section 44AB.

More than one Business & Filing of Tax Audit Report with Return

October 19, 2016 16744 Views 1 comment Print

While filling the required details in Form No. 3 CD for assessees, who are subject to Compulsory Audit under various sections, the correct details could not be furnished if the assessee has got income from more than one business and separate books are maintained for such businesses.

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