An Assessee is liable to get his Tax Audit done by a Chartered Accountant mandatorily, if in the previous year.
An Assessee is liable to get his Tax Audit done by a Chartered Accountant mandatorily, if in the previous year.
- The Person is carrying on business and his Total Sales/Turnover exceeds Rs. 1 Crore or
- The Person is carrying on Profession, and his Gross Receipts exceed Rs. 25 Lakhs or
- The Person is carrying on business or profession and is covered under the provisions of section 44AD, 44AE, 44AF, 44BB or 44BBB and claims that his income from the said business is lower than the deemed profits and gains computed under the relevant section
The Due Date of filing of Income Tax Return of an Assessee liable to get his Tax Audit done under Section 44AB is 30th September. In case of Corporate Assessee’s who are required to furnish a report under Section 92E for International transactions – the due date is 30th November.
In case an Assessee is liable to get his Accounts audited by an Accountant under any other Law for the same accounting period, the assessee is not mandatorily required to get his audit done again and is only required to submit a report in the form mentioned below.
However, if the Accounting Year is different from the Accounting Year for which the Audit was done under any other Act, the Tax Audit would be required to be conducted again as per the Income Tax Act. efiling of Tax Audit report is mandatory from the assessment year 2013-14 onwards.
As per Rule 6G, tax audit report is to be furnished in Form 3CA & Form 3CB and the particulars required to be furnished along with these tax reports should be in Form 3CD.
- Form 3CA & Form 3CD- These Forms are used in case where the Accounts of the business or profession of a person have already been audited under any other Law.
- Form 3CB & Form 3CD– These Forms are used in case where the Accounts of the business or profession have not been audited earlier.