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...
CA SUDHIR HALAKHANDI The utility for uploading Audit report under section 44AB in Form 3CB/3CD is changed on the department’s site within a period of less than one month from its first introduction. In this article we are not very critical about this re-introduction of the utility because the utility given by them this time is much better than the earlier one and it includes some important suggestions given by the professional fraternity after using the previous utility.
ICAI has released the Revised Guidance Note on Tax Audit u/s 44AB of the Income-tax Act, 1961- Revised 2013 Edition on 09th July 2013. The last edition of this Guidance Note was brought out in the year 2005. Thereafter, a number of amendments were made in the Income-tax Act, 1961 which had a great bearing […]
Clarification Regarding Applicability of SA 700 on Tax Audit Report under Section 44AB of The Income-Tax Act, 1961. As the members are aware that all audit reports in respect of audits of financial statements for period beginning on or after 1st April 2012 are to be issued in accordance with the requirements of SA 700(Revised) […]
CA Hardik Mehta Point wise checklist on preparation of form 3CB/CD audit report to be filed with Income Tax Department. We are attaching herewith a Form 3CB/3CD Checklist as applicable for A.Y. 2013-14 and onwards. The checklist is useful in preparation of Tax Audit Report. Download Point wise checklist on preparation of form 3CB/CD online […]
Yesterday we wrote an article on my experience of E-filing of Tax audit report and received a very interesting question – Is there any need to file tax audit report u/s 44AD? I have analyzed the case and framed the following opinion:- 1. A proviso is added to rule 12(2) w.e.f. 01/04/2013 and the same […]
In simple words, the assessee who is required to furnish the tax audit report for AY 2013-14 shall submit the tax audit report electronically. The following steps should be followed for filing the tax audit report electronically.
MORE INTERPRETATION OF 2ND PROVISO TO SECTION 44AB OF INCOME-TAX ACT Account books of State Co-Operative Societies are also audited by co-operative auditors of respective State Govt. Similarly, in Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003, accounts of registered dealers are audited by Cost Accountants. 2nd Proviso to Section 44AB of Income-Tax Act takes care of […]
Notification No. 42/2013 – Income Tax Provided that where an assessee is required to furnish a report of audit specified under sub-clauses (iv), (v), (vi) or (via) of clause (23C) of section 10, section 10A, clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 12A, section 44AB, section 80-IA, section 80-IB, section 80-IC, section 80-ID, section 80JJAA, section 80LA, section 92E or section 115JB of the Act, he shall furnish the same electronically
CBDT has notified Income-tax (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2013 vide NOTIFICATION NO. 34/2013 [F.NO.142/5/2013-TPL]/SO 1111(E), DATED 1-5-2013.Under these rules ,various rules regarding Income tax return for assessment year has been amended. It is mandatory to file audit reports u/s 44AB, 92E, 115JB through online facility .once the information is filled with such forms. It would not […]
Guidance Note on Tax Audit After the introduction of provision for tax audit, the Institute has been bringing out a Guidance Note on Tax Audit to help the members in discharging their responsibilities. The ICAI has approved the revised edition of Guidance Note on Tax Audit, which includes significant amendments made in the Income-tax Act, […]
