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Tax Audit Date Extension: Rajasthan and Karnataka high courts have directed the Central Board of Direct Taxes to extend the due date to submit tax audit reports till October 31.<\/h2>\n
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Tax Audit Due Date: Though the HC orders are applicable in Karnataka and Rajasthan, any nationwide deadline extension will depend upon the CBDT’s official notification.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Tax Audit Date Extension Latest News:<\/strong> Even as income tax professionals are urging the central government to extend the tax audit deadline beyond September 30, the Rajasthan High Court and the Karnataka High Court have directed the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to extend the due date to submit tax audit reports (TARs) till October 31, 2025. The income tax department is expected to come out with a notification soon.<\/p>\n

Though the HC orders are applicable in Karnataka and Rajasthan, any nationwide deadline extension will depend upon the CBDT\u2019s official notification.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the CBDT is expected to come out with a notification soon, after the HCs\u2019 directives.<\/p>\n

What High Courts Say<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rajasthan High Court\u2019s Jodhpur bench issued an interim order on September 24, directing India\u2019 apex direct tax body CBDT to extend the last date for filing tax audit reports to October 31. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Jodhpur Tax Bar Association regarding the flaws in the Income Tax portal on Wednesday, a division bench of Justice PS Bhati and Justice Bipin Gupta directed the CBDT to issue a notification intimating the extension and listed the matter for next hearing on October 27.<\/p>\n

The counsel for the petitioner association submitted to the court that large firms, trusts, companies, and traders are required to complete their annual audits by September 30, and now only a few days are left.<\/p>\n

Every year, around 40 lakh audit reports are filed across the country before the deadline. As of September 23, only about 4 lakh audit reports have been submitted nationwide, which means that filing 36 lakh audit reports in less than a week is impossible.<\/p>\n

Apart from tax professionals, business owners across the country have also been continuously demanding an extension of the deadline, the petitioner association said, while citing similar petitions in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Separately, the Karnataka HC order followed a writ petition filed by the Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association (KSCAA) seeking additional time for filing tax audits. A division bench of Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Bipin Gupta observed that the CBDT has allowed similar relaxations in past years. The interim order came after a petition from the Tax Bar Association, Jodhpur, and multiple High Courts across India are currently hearing similar requests.<\/p>\n

What Tax Professionals Say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tax professionals say that the delayed release of income tax forms this year has increased the workload for auditors and accounting professionals. They add that technical glitches on the income tax portal, including slow performance, login issues, and problems like the annual information statement (AIS), add to the woes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNon-audit ITRs, whose extended deadline was September 16, took so much of our time. After tax, we have less than 15 days to submit tax audit reports, which is a cumbersome and time-consuming process, failing which there is a penalty of Rs 1.5 lakh. We expect the CBDT to extend the deadline,” said Mohd Shoaib, a tax professional based out of Delhi.<\/p>\n

Who Must Submit the Tax Audit Report?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, certain categories of taxpayers are required to get their accounts audited by a chartered accountant and submit the audit report along with their income tax return. These include:<\/p>\n