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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


Can Tax Audit Report be Revised?

October 2, 2015 222672 Views 6 comments Print

The system and manner of conducting of Tax Audit u/s 44AB have changed drastically in recent time. We now in electronic age, thus have to file the Tax audit Reports by e filing. The journey of tax audit report started with manual filing, proceeded towards to No filing and now the present going on procedure […]

Why this foolishness to extend due date for filing of ITR

October 2, 2015 2138 Views 0 comment Print

WILL CBDT and its sycophants introspect and explain to their own consciences that why this foolishness to extend due date for filing of ITR/TAR after ending of statutory due date. What purpose it has served for them. Those who put the CBDT and MoF in this ignominious state of back track should be shunted out of their present regime.

Some soul searching on the extension of tax audit/return filing

October 2, 2015 7808 Views 0 comment Print

After much hullabaloo the CBDT has issued the circular of extending due date to 31/10/15. What would have happened if the order was not issued in the first place? 1. Contempt of court petition can be filed for states who have got a writ to their favour. What is the penalty? Imprisonment or fine? Who will be imprisoned? Some scapegoat bureaucrat or say chairman of CBDT.

CBDT finally extended due date all over India to 31.10.2015

October 1, 2015 31018 Views 0 comment Print

The issue of extension of last date for e-filing returns of income and audit reports u/s 44AB due by 30th September, 2015 has been the subject matter of litigation in various High Courts across the country. While some High Courts have ruled in favour of the extension of due date, some others have ruled otherwise.

Extension of due Date to 31.10.2015- Who can take benefit and FAQs

October 1, 2015 26948 Views 0 comment Print

From Last Few days I was updating the status of Writs filed in various High Courts in India for extension of Due date of Income tax Return and tax Audit Report, which were falling due on 30th September 2015. In all these appeal, some high courts has ruled in favour of Assessee, Some has ruled against the Assessee, Some are yet to decide and some left the issue at the wisdom of CBDT. So the final status of all high courts in which appeals been filed on the issue as per my knowledge is as follows:-

Bombay HC instructs CBDT to extend ITR Due Date to 31.10.2015

September 30, 2015 42591 Views 0 comment Print

The Chamber of Tax Consultants Vs. Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court), WP 2764/2015, Filed on 22.09.2015. Bombay High Court Instructed CBDT to extend due date to 31.10.2015. We will upload copy of order and analysis soon.

Gujarat HC directs CBDT to extend ITR due date to 31.10.2015

September 30, 2015 2689 Views 0 comment Print

By this petition under article 226 of Constitution of India petitioners sought relief by way of writ and prayed before court that due date of filing ITR should be extended upto 30.11.2015. Following relief were sought in this instant writ petition

CBDT rejects KSCAA representation on Extension of ITR/Tax Audit Due Date

September 30, 2015 11980 Views 0 comment Print

The Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association (‘KSCAA’) has Fled a representation dated 15.09.2015 in Central board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) seeking extension of date for filing returns from 30th, September. 2015. Subsequently KSCAA flied a PIL In Honble Karnataka High Court seeking intervention of Court in this matter.

CBDT extends date only in Punjab, Haryana, UT of Chandigarh and Gujarat

September 30, 2015 24002 Views 0 comment Print

Vide its order dated 30.09.2015 CBDT has extended due date only for the state of Haryana, Punjab , Union Territory of Chandigarh and Gujarat. Download Official Copy of the orders in PDF Format F.No.225/207/2016/ITA.II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North-Block, TA.II Division New Delhi dated the […]

Orissa HC Instructed CBDT to extend due date of ITR to 31.10.2015

September 30, 2015 18736 Views 0 comment Print

Jagdish Prasad Mittal Vs. Union of India (Orissa High Court), Writ Petition No. WP(C)-17178/2015, Date- 21/09/2015 In this case writ is been filed on 21.09.2015 for Non extension of due date of ITR and Tax Audit for Assessment Year 2015-16 by CBDT. The writ is scheduled for Hearing on 23rd September 2015.

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