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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 2127 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 8613 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 2841 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 54 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


Section 44AB vs Section 44AD

October 24, 2020 8892 Views 0 comment Print

Section 44AD versus Section 44AB: What to choose ? As per recent amendments in Finance Act, 2020 where one of major amendment was made in Section 44AB by inserting a proviso to clause (a), which reads as follows:- Audit of accounts of certain persons carrying on business or profession. 44AB. Every person,— (a)  carrying on […]

Applicability of Tax Audit as per Finance Act, 2020 w.e.f. 01.04.2020

October 24, 2020 10644 Views 1 comment Print

Pursuant to clause (a) of Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the IT Act’), Tax Audit is mandatory if business is having total sales, turnover or gross receipts more than Rs. 1 crore in any Previous Year (‘PY’). Clause (a) of Section 44AB of the IT Act read as under- ‘(a) carrying on […]

Compulsion of Tax audit under clause (d) & (e) of section 44AB r.w. 44AD & 44ADA

October 19, 2020 229692 Views 1 comment Print

Whether audit of accounts under clause (d) & (e) of section 44AB read with section 44AD & 44ADA of the IT Act is compulsory for an assessee? It is pertinent to mention that out of the total 5 (Five) conditions of compulsory audit of accounts of certain persons carrying on business or profession, under section […]

Business Loss? – Audit u/s 44AD or 44ADA Applicable or Not?

October 16, 2020 501025 Views 71 comments Print

The recent CBDT circular on extension of due date for assessees required to get their accounts audited u/s 44AB has brought to light many things. Once such thing is the implication for assessees having having turnover less than Rs. 1 crore and having Net loss from business.

Matrix for Tax Audit Under Section 44AB for A.Y.2020-21

October 11, 2020 32184 Views 2 comments Print

Article contains Matrix for Tax Audit Requirement Under Section 44AB for A.Y.2020-21. Matrix has been prepared after considering provisions of section 44AB and 44AD for A.Y.2020-21

Key Issues In Presumptive Taxation under Income Tax

October 7, 2020 24906 Views 7 comments Print

Presumptive taxation is being followed by the huge number of the small taxpayers throughout the country. However ironically they are of the opinion that the government has relieved them with all the provisions of the income tax act and therefore does not take into the consideration the relevant provisions of the income tax act and […]

Section 44AD Presumptive Scheme to be opted for at least 5 years?

October 2, 2020 84018 Views 1 comment Print

Whether Presumptive Scheme under Section 44AD of IT Act, 1961 to be opted for at least 5 years? It is notable that a new condition has been added to Presumptive Income by Finance Act, 2016, w.e.f. 01.04.2017 by substituting sub-section (4) of Section 44AD of Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the IT Act’). Sub Section (4) […]

Compulsory Maintenance of books of account under Income Tax

September 23, 2020 513439 Views 29 comments Print

Maintenance of books of accounts by Professionals: Section 44AA of Income Tax Act and rule 6F of Income Tax rules deal with the provisions regarding maintenance of books of accounts under Income tax Act. As per section 44AA(1) read with rule 6F the persons carrying on any of the profession as mentioned below are required to maintain books of accounts and other documents as may enable the assessing officer to compute his total income, if yearly gross receipts of the profession exceeded Rs 150000.

Section 44AD not obligates assessee to maintain books of account

September 19, 2020 8961 Views 0 comment Print

Nand Lal Popli Vs DCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) Assessing Officer, for making the impugned addition has started with the presumption that an amount to the extent of 92% of the gross receipts is the expenditure incurred by the assessee, which is a totally wrong premise. If the income component is estimated, how the expenditure component on […]

Additions towards undisclosed purchases/ expense etc. goes against spirit of section 44AD

September 19, 2020 9951 Views 1 comment Print

Shri Thomas Eapen Vs ITO (ITAT Cochin) The assessee offered income u/s. 44AD, the assessee being a small trader in medicine. There is no dispute that the assessee falls under the provision of sec. 44AD since the turnover of the assessee is less than Rs. 1 crore from eligible business. The Assessing Officer also accepted […]

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