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CA, CS, CMA : ICAI reaffirms 60-audit cap per CA from April 2026, reigniting calls for reform amid changing business dynamics, tech growth and m...
Income Tax : Explore our analysis on including Company Secretaries as Accountants under the Income-Tax Bill 2025. Benefits include improved com...
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Income Tax : Explore details of Clause 44 in Tax Audit Report (Form 3CD) and its GST reporting requirements. Learn how to fill out this crucial...
Income Tax : Read CAASs recommendations for fair tax audit allocation, ensuring auditor independence and quality. They suggested automated allo...
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CA, CS, CMA : Proposing the inclusion of Cost and Management Accountants under Section 288(2) of the Income Tax Act to enhance tax audits and pr...
Income Tax : Exposure Draft of Revised ‘Guidance Note on Tax Audit under section 44AB of Income-tax Act, 1961’ is issued by ICAI Direct Tax...
CA, CS, CMA : Representation to CBDT on information sought from Tax Auditors under Clause 44 of Form 3CD and request to abolish this requirement...
Income Tax : Lucknow CA Tax Practitioners Association VS. UOI (Allahabad High Court) As far as prayer no.1 of the petitioner-association for is...
Income Tax : Appellant Foundation of Tax and Accounting Professionals (FTAPs) has withdrawn the writ in view of Further extension of Tax Audit ...
Income Tax : Gauhati High Court has instructed CBDT to Consider Representation filed by Tax Bar Association on or before 25.10.2018 by which th...
Income Tax : All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) 11.10.2018– It is an agreed position that...
Income Tax : Plywood and Allied Products Dealers Association of India Vs. UOI & Ors (Kerala High Court) The Petitioner is an association o...
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...
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Income Tax : CBDT further extends the ‘due-date’ for filing of Income-tax Returns/Tax Audit Reports for the Assessment year 2019-20 as spec...
Karniti -Dear Vighnaharta .., what should be first…, Income tax return or Tax Audit report? Please remove the Vighna (Complications). Arjuna (Fictional Character): Krishna, the festival of Lord of Wisdom Shri Ganesha is being celebrated with Joy all over India, but the Income Tax payers under Tax audit are facing the obstacles in their Joy. As per Income Tax Departments recent circular, the due date of income tax return is 30th September 2014, but the extended due date of Tax Audit report filing is 30th November 2014. What mess is going on? Please explain in detail.
As you are aware CBDT vide order no. F.No. 133/24/2014-TPL dt. 20.08.2014 issued order thereby exercising power conferred u/s 119 of the Income Tax Act for extending the due date for obtaining and furnishing of report of audit u/s 44AB of the Act for the Assessment Year 2014-15. In the absence of any reference to section 139 of the Act in that order, a vacuum was created which in turn leads to ambiguity and confusion among the assesses and professionals with respect to the due date for filing of return of income.
CA Rekha Dhamankar We all know that the CBDT unexpectedly changed the formats of the tax audit report U/S 44AB of Income-tax Act by its Notification No.33 dated 25/07/2014 and to everyone’s surprise these new formats were made applicable from Financial Year 2013-14, for which the date of filing tax audit reports is 30/09/2014. Few questions […]
Whether CBDT have any power to extend due date Under section 44AB of the Income Tax Act,1961 without extending due date for filing return of income u/s 139(1)?
We are attaching detailed comparative analysis of Revised Tax Audit Report in the excel format with updated table formats as per the schema of the Forms 3CA/3CB-3CD on the Income Tax website. The file also contains the Screenshots of the updated schema for the clauses where the changes in table formats took place.
CBDT hereby extends the due date for obtaining and furnishing of the report of audit under section 44AB of the Act for Assessment Year 2014-15 in case of assessees who are not required to furnish report under section 92E of the Act from 30th day of September, 2014 to 30th November, 2014.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has through, Income-tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2014, notified new Forms of tax audit reports namely Form No. 3CA, 3CB and 3CD.The said notification can be downloaded from the link below: https://taxguru.in/income-tax/cbdt-notifies-form-3ca-3cb-3cd-format-tax-audit-report-revised.html With regard to the same, ICAI invites suggestions on the said new tax audit report formats, from the […]
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.
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.
The requirements of Form 3CA/Form 3CB require the auditor to give a true and fair view on the accounts of the assessee which can be given only by persons having a high degree of training and competence in accounting. This level of knowledge in accounting is possessed only by chartered accountants acquired by virtue of […]
