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In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in Appendix II , in Form No. 3CD, in Part-B, in clause 13, for sub-clause (d), the following shall be substituted ,namely, —(d) Whether any adjustment is required to be made to the profits or loss for complying with the provisions of income computation and disclosure standards notified under section 145(2)
Section 44AB of the Act, stipulates that the accounts are to be got audited by an accountant and furnished in the prescribed manner before the ‘specified date’. The ‘specified date’ under Explanation (ii) to that section has been defined to be the ‘due date’ for furnishing the return of income under subsection (1) of section 139. Therefore, the extended ‘due date’ as per CBDT order dated 9th September, 2016 would also apply for the purpose of section 44AB of the Act.
Due date for filing return & TAR for assessee whose due date for filing income tax return is 30th Sept (being Company,firms,and other required to get accounts audited under income tax act or other law and working partners of such firm) is extended to 17th October 2016
The Article discusses Legislative History behind enactment of Tax Audit Provisions , Imposition of Restriction on number of Such Audit to be Conducted by Chartered Accountants (CAs) by Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI), Decision of Honorable High Court and Supreme court on the issue, Report of CAG on Violation of ICAI guideline , Disciplinary Proceeding by ICAI against erring members and Stay by Kerala High Court against Such action till disposal of their representation.
Section 44AB of the Income-tax Act (‘the Act’) makes it obligatory for every person carrying on business to get his accounts of any previous year audited if his total sales, turnover or gross receipts exceed one crore rupees. However, if an eligible person opts for presumptive taxation scheme as per section 44AD(1) of the Act, he shall not be required to get his accounts audited if the total turnover or gross receipts of the relevant previous year does not exceed two crore rupees.
Every tax audit assignment involves numerous steps since commencement to its completion. Further, during tax audit season, various tax audit assignments remains in process in our offices at a similar point of time. Similarly, various staff persons remains involved in doing different steps of tax audit work.
1. Revised SA 700, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements. 2. New SA 701, Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor’s Report. 3. Revised SA 705, Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor’s Report. 4. Revised SA 706, Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor’s Report.
This article had been presented before you all with an intention to provide clarity in relation to correct disclosure in Tax Audit regarding Clause number for Provident Fund contribution and Due date to be mentioned in those clauses.
In order to reduce the compliance burden, it is proposed to increase the threshold limit of total gross receipts, specified under section 44AB for getting accounts audited, from twenty five lakh rupees to fifty lakh rupees in the case of persons carrying on profession.
Increase in threshold limit for audit for persons having income from profession Under the existing provisions of section 44AB of the Act every person carrying on a profession is required to get his accounts audited if the total gross receipts in a previous year exceed twenty five lakh rupees. In order to reduce the compliance […]
