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The Tax Audit Mistakes ICAI's Review Board Keeps Finding: Ten Form 3CD Clauses, and What Each One Actually Asks For

Harsh Vyas CA · 1d

Income Tax

The "mistakes identified by TAQRB" list doing the rounds is genuine: ICAI printed it clause by clause in its Revised 2026 Guidance Note on tax audit. What the list leaves out is the rule behind each point. Clauses 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25 and 40, and how to report each one right.

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Five Ways Turnover Gets Computed Wrong for Tax Audit — and Why This Is the One Mistake You Cannot Fix in Form 3CD

Sachin Mohite · Sep 18

Income Tax

Every tax audit question starts with one number, and it is the number most likely to be wrong. Get the turnover figure wrong and you do not make a reporting error — you conclude that no audit was needed at all. Five ways it happens, from the statute.

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Five Form 3CD Entries That Come Back as a Notice — and Why the Dangerous Mismatch Is With Your Own Return

Vijay R S · Sep 18

Income Tax

Most people worry that Form 3CD will not match the department's data. The provision that actually bites is Section 143(1)(a)(iv), which lets a disallowance your own auditor reported be added back because your computation never picked it up.

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Tax Audit Due Date Extension AY 2026-27: Latest Update as at 17 September 2026 (No CBDT Circular Yet, 30 September Stands)

Harsh Vyas CA · Sep 17

Income Tax

Status as at 17 September 2026: the AY 2026-27 tax audit report is still due 30 September. No CBDT circular under Section 119 has issued. Dated update log, the 2022-2025 extension record with circular numbers, who has asked for what, where a circular appears first, and what a late report costs.

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Declared Profit Below 8% or 6%? You May Need a Tax Audit Even Under Rs 1 Crore: The Section 44AD(4) Trap, and Who It Does Not Catch

Vijay R S · Sep 11

Income Tax

Turnover under Rs 1 crore does not settle the tax-audit question. If you used Section 44AD in any of the last five years and now declare below 8% (6% on digital receipts), Section 44AD(4) applies, and Section 44AB(e) requires an audit when your total income exceeds the basic exemption limit (Rs 4 lakh, new regime). A first-time low-profit declarant who never opted in is NOT caught.

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Tax Audit Due Date 30 September 2026: The Section 271B Penalty If You Miss It (0.5% of Turnover, up to Rs 1.5 Lakh), and the Fee That Replaces It Next Year

Vijay R S · Sep 11

Income Tax

Miss the 30 September 2026 tax-audit date for AY 2026-27 and Section 271B lets the Assessing Officer levy 0.5% of turnover or gross receipts, capped at Rs 1.5 lakh. It is discretionary, and Section 273B waives it for reasonable cause. From tax year 2026-27 the Income-tax Act, 2025 replaces it with a fixed fee: Rs 75,000 for up to a month, Rs 1.5 lakh after.

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The Finance Act 2026 Cut the Tax Audit Window From 61 Days to 30: Why 30 September Must Move to 31 October, and How to Fix the Law

Harsh Vyas CA · Sep 7

Income Tax

The Finance Act 2026 moved the non-audit business ITR date to 31 August but left the tax audit report at 30 September. The working audit window fell from 61 to 30 days. The September calendar, what CBDT did in 2024 and 2025, and a two-part fix: extend to 31 October now, then re-link the law.

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Tax Audit AY 2026-27: Form 3CD Changes, the 30 September Due Date and a Working Checklist for FY 2025-26

Vijay R S · Sep 7

Income Tax

Tax audit for FY 2025-26 (AY 2026-27) stays under the 1961 Act on Forms 3CA/3CB with 3CD, due 30 September 2026. Notification 23/2025 rewrote Clause 22 (MSME), added Clause 31 codes and Clause 36B (buyback), dropped Clauses 28-29. What changed, why Form 26 does not apply, and a checklist.

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F&O and Intraday Trading Taxation for AY 2026-27: ITR-3, Audit Threshold, 44AD Presumptive Scheme, ICAI Turnover Rule, and the 2026 STT Hike

TaxSocial Editorial Team · May 3

Personal Finance

F&O = non-spec business; intraday = spec business. File ITR-3. Audit at Rs 10 cr turnover (95% digital). 44AD: 6% digital up to Rs 3 cr. ICAI 8th edition: turnover = absolute P&L. F&O loss carries 8 yrs (Sec 72); intraday loss only against spec gains, 4 yrs (Sec 73).

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Tax Audit Limit AY 2026-27: Section 44AB, 44AD, 44ADA Thresholds, Cash-Receipts Test & Basic Exemption Limit Decoded

TaxSocial Editorial Team · Apr 24

Income Tax

Tax audit applicability AY 2026-27: Section 44AB (Rs. 1 Cr / Rs. 10 Cr under 5% cash test), 44AB profession Rs. 50 L, 44AD presumptive Rs. 2 / 3 Cr, 44ADA Rs. 50 / 75 L, new-regime BEL Rs. 4 lakh per FA 2025, plus the 44AD(4) five-year lock-in rule and flowchart corrections.

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Freelancer and Gig Worker ITR for AY 2026-27 — Section 44ADA Presumptive Scheme, ITR-3 vs ITR-4 (Sugam), Advance Tax, and Tax Audit Triggers

TaxSocial Editorial Team · Apr 18

Personal Finance

Freelancers and gig workers, AY 2026-27. Sec 44ADA presumptive: 50% deemed profit on receipts up to Rs 50L (Rs 75L if cash receipts ≤ 5%). Specified professions only (Sec 44AA(1)) — IT, legal, medical, accountancy etc. ITR-4 (Sugam) for presumptive (total income ≤ Rs 50L); ITR-3 otherwise. Advance tax in one shot by 15 March. Sec 44AB audit if you declare lower than 50% AND income exceeds basic exemption.

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ICAI Tightens UDIN for Tax Audits: What Field-Level Validation Under Section 44AB Means From 1 April 2026

TaxSocial Editorial Team · Apr 5

Audit

From 1 April 2026, the ICAI UDIN portal enforces field-level validation across all sub-clauses of Section 44AB, requires PAN as a mandatory input, and caps tax audit UDINs at 60 per partner. A practical walk-through of what has changed, why, and how the tax audit workflow needs to adjust.

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Section 44AB Tax Audit: Who Needs It and What Are the Turnover Limits

TaxSocial Editorial Team · Mar 5

Audit

Section 44AB tax audit applies if your business turnover exceeds Rs 1 crore or professional receipts cross Rs 50 lakh. Here are the limits and penalties.

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The Tax Audit Mistakes ICAI's Review Board Keeps Finding: Ten Form 3CD Clauses, and What Each One Actually Asks For

Five Ways Turnover Gets Computed Wrong for Tax Audit — and Why This Is the One Mistake You Cannot Fix in Form 3CD

Five Form 3CD Entries That Come Back as a Notice — and Why the Dangerous Mismatch Is With Your Own Return

Tax Audit Due Date Extension AY 2026-27: Latest Update as at 17 September 2026 (No CBDT Circular Yet, 30 September Stands)

Declared Profit Below 8% or 6%? You May Need a Tax Audit Even Under Rs 1 Crore: The Section 44AD(4) Trap, and Who It Does Not Catch

Tax Audit Due Date 30 September 2026: The Section 271B Penalty If You Miss It (0.5% of Turnover, up to Rs 1.5 Lakh), and the Fee That Replaces It Next Year

The Finance Act 2026 Cut the Tax Audit Window From 61 Days to 30: Why 30 September Must Move to 31 October, and How to Fix the Law

Tax Audit AY 2026-27: Form 3CD Changes, the 30 September Due Date and a Working Checklist for FY 2025-26

F&O and Intraday Trading Taxation for AY 2026-27: ITR-3, Audit Threshold, 44AD Presumptive Scheme, ICAI Turnover Rule, and the 2026 STT Hike

Tax Audit Limit AY 2026-27: Section 44AB, 44AD, 44ADA Thresholds, Cash-Receipts Test & Basic Exemption Limit Decoded

Freelancer and Gig Worker ITR for AY 2026-27 — Section 44ADA Presumptive Scheme, ITR-3 vs ITR-4 (Sugam), Advance Tax, and Tax Audit Triggers

ICAI Tightens UDIN for Tax Audits: What Field-Level Validation Under Section 44AB Means From 1 April 2026

Section 44AB Tax Audit: Who Needs It and What Are the Turnover Limits

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