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...
CBDT has revised in the mid of tax season format of Tax Audit Report to be submitted in Form 3CD vide its Notification No. 33/2014, Dated: July 25, 2014. The revised report has added some new clauses to increase disclosure requirement and as well amended few clauses to further increase/improve disclosure requirements. Revised Tax Audit […]
Notification No. 33/2014-Income Tax S.O. 1902 (E).. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income Tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income Tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force on the date
Finance Act, 1984 introduced Section 44AB under Income-tax Act, 1961 w.e.f Assessment Year 1985-86. Under this section, if the total sales / turnover or gross receipts for previous year exceed the prescribed limits then assessee is required to get his accounts audited by an “Accountant”. This audit is popularly known as Tax Audit.
ANNOUNCEMENT Modification in the Council Guidelines No. 1-CA(7)/02/2008 dated 8th August, 2008 as contained in Appendix No. (34) to the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 The Council of the Institute at its 331st meeting held in February, 2014 decided to increase the specified number of tax audits from 45 to 60 and an Announcement dated 11.2.2014 […]
I am attaching herewith a Presentation on Income Tax Returns for A.Y. 2014-15 and tax Audit Provisions. The presentation covers the following Topics :- 1. Requirements by the Income Tax Authorities from the Filers; 2. Goals of the IT Department; 3. Statistical Information of the goals achieved;
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government vide Section 21 of The Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act 2008 and Rule 42 thereof has already recognized Cost Accountants for the purpose of Auditing of Books of every taxable dealers under the Act. Now The UP Government has issued an amendment to Rules vide Government Notification no. Ka.Ni.-2-684/XI-9(295)/07-U.P.VATRULES-08-order-(114)-2014, […]
Advocate B.S.K.RAO 1. Below are the accounting bodies of various country’s world over on date, In spite of this, they have separate bodies/legislation for regulation of Tax Professionals. Reason being, situation similar to that of latest Supreme Court verdict in the case of Bar Council of India Vs A.K.Balaji about Practice of Law by only […]
In its pre-budget memorandum 2014 Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) has suggested that the provision of Excise/Service tax audit by Chartered Accountant be introduced, similar to the Tax Audit Under Income Tax Act 1961 and VAT audit under various states. ICAI has further suggested that Excise/Service Tax Audit in line with the Income-Tax Audit be […]
ICAI has in its Pre-Budget Memorandum Presented to Ministry of Finance suggested that porposed changes in Definition of the term accountant in the Direct Taxes Code, 2013 are not required and claimed that ICAI is a premier body formed by MCA only to train chartered accountants to gain expertise in accounting and auditing ICAI.
Income Tax Department has releases utility for A.Y. 2014-15 for Filing of Tax Audit Report , Transfer pricing Audit Report, MAT Audit , Trust Audit, Special Audit etc. Details of such Audit reports is as follows :- Form 3CA-3CD – Audit report under section 44AB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in a case where the […]
