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Clause wise Items reportable in Income Tax Audit Report (Form 3CA/3CB/3CD)

Income Tax : Understand every reporting requirement under Form 3CD as amended by the Finance Act, 2026. This guide explains clause-wise disclos...

June 29, 2026 38874 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax audit under section 44AB​: FAQs

Income Tax : Understand who must undergo a tax audit under Section 44AB, the applicable turnover limits, audit forms, filing procedure, due dat...

June 25, 2026 1275617 Views 54 comments Print

New Tax Audit Form 26 Expands Stock Reporting Requirements in 2026-27

Income Tax : Tax Audit Form 26 now requires reporting of both quantity and value of principal stock, purchases, and sales. The key takeaway is ...

June 19, 2026 2166 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Audit as a Tool for Lower Profit Declaration Under Income-Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The article analyses whether declaring profits below presumptive rates automatically triggers tax audit under the Income-tax Act, ...

June 15, 2026 4290 Views 0 comment Print

New Tax Audit Rules Mandate Reporting of Accounting Software Details

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 introduces detailed reporting requirements for books maintained in electronic form. Tax auditors must now...

June 4, 2026 1125 Views 0 comment Print


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ICAI Introduces Field-Level Validation for UDIN Under Section 44AB

CA, CS, CMA : The UDIN portal will now validate turnover, gross receipts, and presumptive tax conditions before allowing UDIN generation for tax...

February 14, 2026 2760 Views 0 comment Print

Mandatory Preceding Year Audit Details Introduced for UDIN Generation by ICAI

CA, CS, CMA : UDIN generation now requires disclosure of preceding year audit details for specific audit categories. The update strengthens audi...

December 23, 2025 2178 Views 0 comment Print

BREAKING: Gujarat HC Orders CBDT to Ensure 1-Month Gap Between ITR & Tax Audit Dates

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...

October 13, 2025 21270 Views 1 comment Print

Rajasthan HC Extends Tax Audit Filing Deadline to 31 October 2025

Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...

September 25, 2025 1041 Views 0 comment Print

Requests for Extension of Due Dates for Tax Audit, ITR, Form 10B/1OBB, 12A/80G, AOC-4

Income Tax : The Pune Chartered Accountants' Society has requested an extension for tax audit and ITR filing deadlines for FY 2024-25, citing t...

September 24, 2025 30105 Views 1 comment Print


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ITAT quahes ₹1.5 Lakh Penalty as Failure to Obtain Tax Audit Was Not Deliberate

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that the assessees bona fide belief, based on the Departments consistent acceptance of interest income as Income...

July 3, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Audit Mandatory Even for Exempt Income if Turnover Threshold Crossed: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that audit under section 44AB depends on turnover, not taxability of income. Exempt entities must still comply i...

March 25, 2026 12699 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Disallowance Caused by Clerical Error in Tax Audit Report

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi allows Henna Industries' appeal, deleting a Rs. 9.30 lakh disallowance made by the CPC under Section 143(1), confirming...

October 19, 2025 1287 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC directed CBDT to extend ITR filing due date to 30th November 2025

Income Tax : HC directed CBDT to issue a circular extending due date for filing income tax returns to 30th November 2025, especially for taxpay...

October 14, 2025 1719 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Questions CBDT on Extension of Tax Audit Date Without Extending ITR Due Date

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Union of India, demanding an explanation for not extending the Income Tax Return (...

October 3, 2025 8523 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Notifications


Extension of timelines for filing of various reports of audit & ITR for AY 2025-26

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...

October 29, 2025 18633 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Caps Tax Audit Limits at 60 per partner from 1st April 2026

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...

July 25, 2025 15078 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Amends Form 3CD: Adds Section 44BBC, Removes 32AC, 32AD, 35AC & 35CCB

Income Tax : CBDT amends Income Tax Rules, effective April 1, 2025, revising Form 3CD, MSME interest provisions, buyback reporting, and loan/de...

March 28, 2025 17640 Views 0 comment Print

NFRA Penalizes CA Rs 50 Lakhs for Misconduct in Section 80JJA Report

Company Law : NFRA issues order penalizing CA Pawan Jain and Mis Kumar Jain & Associates for lapses in issuing reports under Income Tax Act for ...

January 3, 2024 54450 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extends due date of Filing Audit report- Section 10AA(8)

Income Tax : Read Circular 18/2023 from the Government of India Ministry of Finance. Learn about the extension of the filing deadline for Incom...

October 20, 2023 40275 Views 0 comment Print


e-Filing of Tax Audit Report by Tax Professional

August 22, 2013 8170 Views 0 comment Print

We are attaching below a Presentation on ‘e-Filing of Tax Audit Report by Tax Professional’ compiled by CA. Sanjay Agarwal, which deals with the following issues :- Registration by Tax Professionals Procedure to add Chartered Accountant by Assessee Steps to be followed by CA to submit Tax Audit Report Other Features Forms to be initiated […]

3CD/ 3CB Utility Still Has Problems

August 8, 2013 33718 Views 23 comments Print

CA Sudhir Halakhandi – The utility of 3CD/3CB, even after correction made in it , is not a user friendly utility and we have already indicated some of the mistakes in it. Some more mistakes were noticed by other experts and chartered accountants and the same were reported at various places in workshops and seminars related to this new feature which has been added to the work of chartered accountants.

Non-Applicability of SA 700 on Tax- Audit Reports

July 31, 2013 2765 Views 0 comment Print

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) – Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements. We were receiving messages seeking clarification regarding applicability of SA 700 on tax-audit reports, i.e. Form No. 3CA/3CB.

FAQs on Practical Issues in Section 44AA, 44AB, 44AD, 44AE

July 28, 2013 170710 Views 46 comments Print

CA. Rajesh Condoor S. 44 AA 1. Who are the persons that are required to compulsorily maintain books of account ?Every person carrying on legal, medical, engineering or architectural profession, or profession of accountancy or technical consultancy or interior decoration or any other profession as is notified by the CBDT are mandatorily required to keep and […]

Highlights of Reporting in Form 3CB & 3CD based upon New Guidance Note

July 27, 2013 11480 Views 0 comment Print

CA Rajesh Condoor Please find a brief presentation on important reporting requirements in Form 3CB and Form 3CD based upon New Guidance Note on Tax Audit u/s 44AB of Income Tax Act, 1961 issued by ICAI. 

2 Mistakes in Form 3CD New Utility

July 14, 2013 8367 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Download Revised Guidance Note on Tax Audit – Free e-Book

July 11, 2013 24094 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

SA 700 on Tax Audit Report U/s. 44AB not applicable for reports filed up to 31st March, 2014

July 6, 2013 6184 Views 0 comment Print

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) […]

Point wise checklist on preparation of form 3CB/CD online format

July 2, 2013 13546 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Is There Any Need to E-File The 44AD Tax Audit Report

June 22, 2013 12631 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

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