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Presumptive Taxation under Section 58 of Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 introduces Section 58, consolidating earlier presumptive taxation schemes into one unified framework. It ...

April 6, 2026 2106 Views 4 comments Print

AO Cannot Apply 50% Presumptive Tax Rate Without Proof of Professional Income

Income Tax : The tribunal ruled that business income under section 44AD cannot be taxed using section 44ADA provisions. Presumptive schemes mus...

April 2, 2026 543 Views 0 comment Print

Compliance Calendar For The Financial Year 2026-27

CA, CS, CMA : The calendar lists all major statutory deadlines across laws. It helps businesses track filings and avoid penalties through timely...

April 1, 2026 8610 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Audit for Doctors, Lawyers, CAs & Other Professionals – Section 44ADA

Income Tax : Only specified professionals can opt for presumptive taxation under Section 44ADA. Declaring less than 50% profit may trigger mand...

February 17, 2026 2838 Views 3 comments Print

Comprehensive Guide to Maintenance of Books of Accounts

Income Tax : Section 44AA mandates maintenance of books of accounts by specified professionals and businesses exceeding prescribed limits. Lear...

November 13, 2025 18909 Views 0 comment Print


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ICAI Sets New Annual Tax Audit Limit of 60 per CA

CA, CS, CMA : The ICAI has updated guidelines for tax audit limits, retaining a 60-audit cap per member per financial year. The rule is effectiv...

July 31, 2025 4863 Views 1 comment Print

Join 5-Day Live & Online Income Tax Audit Course with Practical Examples

Income Tax : Join our 5-day live course from Sept 8-12, 2024, for an in-depth understanding of tax audits under Section 44AB, with practical in...

August 23, 2024 2022 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Audit Under Income Tax Act: Detailed Live Course with Practical Insights – Starting Today

Income Tax : Join our live course from Aug 23-25, 2024, to master tax audits, including Form 3CD, financial statements, and GST, with practical...

August 19, 2024 4263 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Revised ‘Guidance Note on Tax Audit under section 44AB

Income Tax : Exposure Draft of Revised ‘Guidance Note on Tax Audit under section 44AB of Income-tax Act, 1961’ is issued by ICAI Direct Tax...

July 22, 2023 104280 Views 0 comment Print

13 Reasons why due date of ITR & Tax Audit should be extended- Representation

Income Tax : Representation for extension of Due date of Income Tax Returns And Audit Report For A.Y. 2021-2022 (F.Y.  2020-2021. It is reques...

December 21, 2021 39723 Views 8 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Charitable Trust as Pass-Through Entity: ITAT Deletes Interest Disallowance Rejects 8% Profit Estimation

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that interest expenses cannot be disallowed when the trust merely facilitates transactions and costs are reimbur...

April 27, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

No Appeal Dismissal u/s 249(4)(b) Without Advance Tax Liability: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad holds that Section 249(4)(b) cannot bar appeal where no income is admitted and no advance tax is payable; sets asid...

April 27, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Deleted Due to Lack of Evidence of Bogus Transactions

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that mere suspicion of bogus transactions without supporting evidence cannot justify addition under section 68. ...

April 21, 2026 279 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 468 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot: Addition Based on ‘Dump Excel Sheet’ Deleted – No Evidence, No Tax

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that unsigned excel sheets without supporting evidence cannot justify additions. It ruled that absence of corrob...

April 14, 2026 882 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT amends rules pertaining to registration, approval & activities of Institutions, trusts & funds

Income Tax : The amendments brought about by Notification No. 45/2023 – Income-Tax (Income-tax (Eleventh Amendment) Rules, 2023) encompas...

June 23, 2023 13830 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT notifies more modes of e-payments; 6DD limit reduced to ₹ 10000

Income Tax : Notification No. 8/2020-Income-Tax- CBDT has notified Other electronic modes by inserting New Income TAx Rule 6ABBA. It also amend...

January 29, 2020 14139 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extends return of Income / ITR Due date to 30.11.2014

Income Tax : In compliance to the judgments of various High Courts and after considering the representations received for extension of the due ...

September 26, 2014 67407 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies new Form 3CA, 3CB & 3CD – Format of Tax Audit Report Revised

Income Tax : Notification No. 33/2014-Income Tax S.O. 1902 (E).. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 44AB of t...

July 25, 2014 59958 Views 0 comment Print


Invocation of Section 69C if Assessee is Opting for Presumptive Taxation

September 9, 2021 9276 Views 0 comment Print

If assessee opts for presumptive taxation it cannot claim any deduction of any expenditure including Depreciation. Since no deduction is allowed the AO is not permitted to add back the income as unexplained expenditure.

Applicability of Tax Audit under section 44AB or 44AD or 44ADA

September 6, 2021 58044 Views 1 comment Print

Audit of accounts of certain persons carrying on business or profession: Section 44AB, first time inserted by the Finance Act, 1984, by the  Finance Minister Shri Pranav Mukharji with effect from 1st April 1985. At that time there was so opposed of this section, by business persons, professional persons and particularly by Tax Advocates and […]

Invocation of Section 68 if Assessee is Opting for Presumptive Taxation

September 5, 2021 24153 Views 4 comments Print

The basic edifice of presumptive scheme u/s 44AD is assessee would not be called to maintain books under the Act and get them audited if profit shown by assessee is otherwise in accordance with prescription of section 44AD of the Act. But maintaining books of account is sine qua non for making addition under section 68. Since […]

Presumptive Taxation does not create a privileged class of taxpayers

August 18, 2021 16137 Views 3 comments Print

There is a misconception in the mind of business as well as professional community that if a person opts the provisions of presumptive taxation, then he is free to enjoy the difference between the actual profits and the presumptive profits. It is to be noted that the provisions of presumptive taxation are enacted to facilitate […]

Interplay of Sec 44AA, 44AB and 44AD of Income Tax Act,1961

August 16, 2021 46725 Views 3 comments Print

Section 44AB of the income-tax Act, 1961, which provides for tax audit of certain taxpayers, has been amended in the recent past in order to relax the compliance burden on small taxpayers. However, while these amendments are well-intentioned, they have increased confusion amongst taxpayers. We know that there are various monetary limits u/s Sec 44AA , […]

A 360° approach to Presumptive Taxation- Free E-Book

August 8, 2021 32934 Views 17 comments Print

E- book on presumptive Taxation Titled ‘A 360° approach to Presumptive Taxation’. The book is a very well complied guide covering various aspects of the presumptive taxation. The book will certainly benefit the readers about the intricacies of presumptive taxation and will play a pivotal role in shaping and guiding the tax practitioners in their […]

Transportation Revenue Vis-A-Vis Sections 44AA, 44AB, 44AD & 44AE

August 5, 2021 20100 Views 0 comment Print

Transportation Revenue Vis-A-Vis Sections 44AA, 44AB, 44AD AND 44AE of The Income Tax Act, 1961- A Critical Analysis In this Article, the Author has made an attempt to analyse the provisions of Section 44AA, Section 44AB, Section 44AD and Section 44AE of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the context of requirements and applicability of […]

Section 44AD – Presumptive Taxation Scheme

August 3, 2021 16143 Views 1 comment Print

In order to reduce the tax burden and to provide relief to the small taxpayers from the tedious job of maintenance of books of account, getting the accounts audited and from tax compliance’s, the government of India incorporated a simplified scheme. The scheme of presumptive taxation under section 44AD of Income Tax Act. The taxpayers […]

F&O Turnover, Taxation, Audit & More

July 20, 2021 256236 Views 29 comments Print

Now a day Derivative Trading i.e. trading in future and options (F&O) on stocks, currencies, and commodities has become a hot topic amongst investors. Data suggest that during last two years during pandemics the trading in shares & derivative increased substantially. Unfortunately, most people have little knowledge about taxation & reposting of the same and […]

Pounding between Tax Audit & Presumptive Taxation provisions

June 25, 2021 16521 Views 0 comment Print

Importance of Tax Audit : Most important functions of chartered Accountants in Practice is discharging of onerous liability of Tax Audit function conferred upon them by Income Tax Act. As we know, Provisions of tax audit is mainly governed by Section 44AB r.w.s. 44AD of the Act. There are various points which generally confused practising […]

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