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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


Advance tax – Precaution is better than Cure!

December 25, 2019 14373 Views 2 comments Print

Arjuna, If the income tax liability of any taxpayer is more than Rs 10000 in a financial year, then he is liable to pay such tax in installments during the year itself rather than paying this tax at the end of the year. This tax which is payable during the year is called as Advance Tax.

Presumptive taxation for small businesses & professions

December 21, 2019 13077 Views 9 comments Print

To reduce the burden of various compliances, Govt. has introduced a scheme of Presumptive Taxation under section 44AD, 44ADA and 44AE of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Applicability of Tax Audit U/s 44AB

December 12, 2019 175074 Views 42 comments Print

As we all know that the finance act 2017 which is applicable for the previous year 2017-18 has made an amendment in Section 44AB (Tax Audit) by inserting a new proviso which has made the applicability of this section completely different.

Presumptive Taxation for Small Tax Payers in Business or Profession

November 30, 2019 492 Views 0 comment Print

Presumptive Taxation of Certain Eligible Businesses Or Professions Under The Income Tax Act 1961 1. What is presumptive Taxation? To give relief to small taxpayers from the tedious job of maintenance of books of account and getting the books of account audited, the Income tax Act has framed the Presumptive Taxation Scheme under sections 44A0, […]

Inconsistency between Section 44AB and Form 3CD Audit Report Utility

October 31, 2019 30174 Views 1 comment Print

This article wishes to bring to the notice of the concerned authorities a major inconsistency that exist between the provisions of section 44 AB and the Audit Report Utility available in the Income Tax E filing website.

Tax Audit Liability with reference to 5 Years restriction- Section 44AD

October 24, 2019 72846 Views 2 comments Print

The section 44AD of the Income Tax Act contains special provisions for computing profits and gains of a business on presumptive basis. It is applicable in respect of eligible business / (es) carried by an eligible assessee.

Tax Audit Under Income Tax Laws

September 28, 2019 16140 Views 4 comments Print

As per the combined readings of provisions of sections 44AB, 44AD and 44ADA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, every person carrying a business whose turnover exceeds Rs.1Cr./ 2 Cr. (as the case may be), or carrying on a profession whose gross receipts exceed Rs. 50 Lakh in the relevant assessment year, must get his/her accounts audited.

Section 44AD: Mere submission of Balance sheet not proves Maintenance of Books of Accounts

September 13, 2019 20436 Views 0 comment Print

Mr. Pradeep Jain Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The assessee has filed the return of income for assessment year under appeal declaring income of Rs.9,63,920/-, out of which, income was declared at Rs.9 lakhs under section 44AD of the I.T. Act, 1961. In subsequent A.Y. 2016-2017 also, assessee declared income under section 44AD of the I.T. […]

Section 44AD & 44ADA: Compulsory to maintain books of accounts U/s. 44AB?

September 10, 2019 76878 Views 11 comments Print

There is general opinion that if an eligible assessee is opting for section 44AD and section 44ADA, he is not required to maintain books of accounts. The requirement to maintain books of accounts is governed by section 44AA of the Income Tax Act. As per section 44AD(1): Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections […]

SECTION 44AD- Whether it is compulsory to get books of accounts audited

September 10, 2019 26109 Views 5 comments Print

It is general opinion regarding section 44AD that if turnover is less than 1 crore/ 50 lakhs, and claimed profit is less than 8%/6%, then one has to get its books of account audited. Before Finance Act, 2016 following conditions was mentioned u/s 44AD(5): “Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this section, an […]

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