Income Tax : Clause 43 in Tax Audit Form No. 26 requires auditors to verify remittances reported in Part-D of Form 145. Incorrect classificatio...
CA, CS, CMA : The FAQs explain how the 60 Tax Audit assignment ceiling will operate through the UDIN system from 1 April 2026. ICAI clarified wh...
Income Tax : Explains when professionals must undergo tax audit based on Sections 44ADA, 44AD, and 44AB. Key takeaway: audit depends on profess...
Income Tax : The new law introduces audit requirements for businesses declaring profits below presumptive rates. It removes the earlier flexibi...
Income Tax : The issue concerns applicability of tax audit based on turnover thresholds. The ruling highlights that exceeding prescribed limits...
CA, CS, CMA : The UDIN portal will now validate turnover, gross receipts, and presumptive tax conditions before allowing UDIN generation for tax...
CA, CS, CMA : UDIN generation now requires disclosure of preceding year audit details for specific audit categories. The update strengthens audi...
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...
Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...
Income Tax : The Pune Chartered Accountants' Society has requested an extension for tax audit and ITR filing deadlines for FY 2024-25, citing t...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that audit under section 44AB depends on turnover, not taxability of income. Exempt entities must still comply i...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi allows Henna Industries' appeal, deleting a Rs. 9.30 lakh disallowance made by the CPC under Section 143(1), confirming...
Income Tax : HC directed CBDT to issue a circular extending due date for filing income tax returns to 30th November 2025, especially for taxpay...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Union of India, demanding an explanation for not extending the Income Tax Return (...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata ruled that the assessee’s double addition in the tax audit was a genuine error, dismissing Revenue’s appeal for A...
Income Tax : CBDT Circular 15/2025 extends the AY 2025-26 ITR filing deadline for audited accounts from Oct 31 to Dec 10, 2025. Audit reports a...
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...
Company Law : NFRA issues order penalizing CA Pawan Jain and Mis Kumar Jain & Associates for lapses in issuing reports under Income Tax Act for ...
Income Tax : Read Circular 18/2023 from the Government of India Ministry of Finance. Learn about the extension of the filing deadline for Incom...
How to Compute 5% Cash Limit of Receipts & Payments for Section 44AB? This article explains how to compute the Cash limit of 5% of the aggregate of all the amounts received as well as payments during the year, for the purpose of checking the applicability of Section 44AB (clause a), as amended by Finance […]
According to income tax law, for the financial year 2015-16, the businessmen whose annual turnover exceeds Rs.1 Crore and the professionals for example; doctors, engineers, advocates, etc. whose annual income exceeds Rs.25 lakhs will have to get their books audited.
A situation arose in which a company could not call its board meeting due to NCLT embargo and other reasons. The auditor was appointed, but balance sheet and financial statements could not be signed as requirement of sec 134 of companies act 2013 was not fulfilled. Section 134 requires a board meeting to take place and approve the accounts which shall be forwarded to auditor.
Critical Analysis of interrelation between Provisions of Section 44AD & Section 44AB along with other ancillary aspects of Income Tax Act, 1961 The provisions of Section 44AD was introduced in the Chapter of Profits & Gains from Business or profession with an objective to reduce the compliance burden of resident small Tax payers. Undoubtedly throughout, […]
Justification of provisions relating to tax audit in certain cases As per Section 44AB of the Act, every person carrying on business is required to get his accounts audited, if his total sales, turnover or gross receipts, in business exceeds one crore rupees in any previous year. In case of a person carrying on profession, […]
The provisions of Section 44AB have been amended by the Finance Act, 2020 giving rise to major confusion in the minds of businessmen and professionals alike. A third threshold limit of Rs 5 crores has been added in order to reduce compliance burden on small retailers, traders, shopkeepers who comprise the MSME sector. In this […]
APPLICABILITY OF Section 44AB Every person carrying on: > Business having turnover > 1 Crore rupees > Profession having gross receipts > 50 lakh rupees > Profit as per 44AE OR 44BB OR 44BBB OR 44ADA > Actual profit > Business to which sub-sec (4) of Sec 44AD applicable and income exceeds maximum amount not […]
Section 44AB, contains provisions of the ‘TAX AUDIT’ under the Income Tax Act 1961. ‘TAX AUDIT’ is an examination of books of accounts of the assessee. The examination is conducted to ensure that the assessee has properly maintained the books of accounts and other records and the tax liability has been computed properly. Tax Auditor, while […]
Article contains Draft Format of Engagement letter on Tax Audit and Draft Format of Management Representation letter related to Tax Audit –
Question: If there are 10 partners in a firm of Chartered Accountants, then how many tax audits reports can each partner sign in a financial year? Answer: As per amended Chapter VI of Council General Guidelines, 2008 (Tax Audit Assignments under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961), a member of the Institute in […]
