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Income Tax : Explains how Draft Form 26 fundamentally reshapes tax audit reporting by expanding it beyond book-to-tax reconciliation. The key t...
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Income Tax : Laghu Udyog Bharati seeks extension of due date for filing Tax Audit Reports and ITR for AY 2025-26, citing portal issues, delays,...
Income Tax : Taxpayers and CAs request an extension of the September 30 tax audit deadline and a waiver of advance tax interest, citing portal ...
Income Tax : ICAI requests CBDT to extend tax audit and ITR filing deadlines due to delayed ITR utilities and seeks auto-renewal of registratio...
Income Tax : The CA Association Jalandhar has requested extension of TAR and 12A renewal deadlines to 30 Nov 2025 citing ITR delays, portal iss...
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Income Tax : Allahabad High Court in the case of CIT vs. U P Hotels Pvt. Ltd. has held that in case assessee has not claimed any deduction in r...
Income Tax : Karnataka High Court grants another opportunity to C.T. Raghu to submit documents after his Tax Audit Report was rejected for unsi...
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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...
Income Tax : CBDT amends Income Tax Rules, effective April 1, 2025, revising Form 3CD, MSME interest provisions, buyback reporting, and loan/de...
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...
Income Tax : CBDT extends the due date for filing of various reports of audit for Assessment Year 2022-23 from 30th September, 2022 to 7th Octo...
Income Tax : The due date of furnishing of Return of Income for the Assessment Year 2021-22, which is 31st July 2021 under sub-section (1) of s...
Your attention has been drawn for seeking extension of the Tax Audit date of 30th September 2015 on a ground of totally unjustified expectations from the fraternity of Chartered Accountants to complete their job within 23 days against statutory availability of 183 days.
1. DUE DATES OF FILING OF ITR AND TAX AUDIT REPORTS We all know that the due date of filing of the returns and audit reports are as follows- 31st July – filing of return of income for the people other than whom tax audit under income tax act applies and companies. 30th September – filing of tax audit report, Income tax return of the person to whom tax audit under income tax is applicable and companies registered in India.
No Extension of Date for Filing of Returns due by 30th September for Assessment Year 2015-16 for Certain Categories of Assessees Including Companies, and Firms and, Individuals Engaged in Proprietary Business/Profession etc whose Accounts are required to be Audited; Taxpayers are Advised to file their Returns Well in Time to Avoid Last Minute Rush
In this article we have summarised the status of Writ Petition filed against non extension of Due date of Tax Audit and Income Tax Return (ITR) filing for cases covered under Tax Audit Provisions, filed in various High Courts All over India. Till Date as per our information Writs been filed in Gujarat, Delhi, Jodhpur, Karnataka, Orrisa, Mumbai, Calcutta, Madras, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana and in Punjab & Haryana High Court.
ICAI vide representation made to CBDT has requested to to grant extension for filing of Income Tax Return for A.Y. 2015-16 up to 30th September in case of Individual and HUF and up to 31st December in case of Companies. It also requested to consequential extension in due date of filing Tax Audit Report to 31.12.2015.
The Tax Audits u/s 44AB for the assessment 2015-16 pertaining to the financial year 2014-15 are under progress and in some cases audit report are complete and ready for uploading. Generally we are accustomed to file TAR and ITR simultaneously but since the law makers are still not able to introduce the formats of most of the ITRs and further the utility to E-file the ITRs is still not issued and it is not certain when these forms and their utilities will be made available .
Certain accountants not to give reports/certificates The Act contains several provisions (e.g. section 44AB, section 80-IA, section 92E, section 115JB, etc.) which mandate the taxpayers to furnish audit reports and certificates issued by an ‘accountant’ for ensuring correct reporting/computation of taxable income by the tax payers. Explanation below section 288(2) of the Act defines an […]
Audit of accounts of certain persons carrying on business or profession The purpose of Tax Audit is to ensure that books of Accounts have been maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Tax Audit also ensures that the Accounts are properly being presented to the Assessing Officers when called for. However […]
All the auditors cannot be placed on an equal footing and an assumption cannot be made that an auditor would be able to fulfil his obligations only up to 30 tax audit assignments under section 44AB of the Income-tax Act, per financial year.
The Comptroller and Auditor General Report no. 32 of 2014 has taken the list of Chartered Accountants who have signed tax Audit cases under Income tax Act of more than 400 during FY 2012-13 and there are 22 people in the list.
