Tax Audit 2026 Crisis Reaches Parliament & High Court: Extension Demands Peak & ITAT Delhi Delivers Vital Foreign Tax Credit Relief By CA Shivam Gupta | Published: September 26, 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the statutory September 30 deadline for Tax Audit Reports under Section 44AB and Trust Audits under Section 12A/10(23C) less than 96 hours away, the professional accounting community across India is facing acute operational pressure. The escalating compliance strain has transcended tax bar memorandums to become a matter of formal parliamentary advocacy, with Members of Parliament directly petitioning Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and a writ petition being instituted before the Madhya Pradesh High Court for judicial intervention. Meanwhile, in international taxation, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi Bench has delivered a crucial taxpayer-friendly decision, holding that late filing of Form 67 cannot extinguish an assessee's statut...
Budget 2026: Important Tax Proposals 1. Failure to furnish audit report shall now invite mandatory fee of ₹75000/- for delay up to one month and Rs. 1.5 lacs thereafter. It has been replaced by penalty provisions. 2. No exemption on transfer of sovereign gold bonds where gold bond is not subscribed at the time of original issue and is held. 3. TDS limit for Interest to senior citizens increased from ₹50,000 to ₹1,00,000. 4. TDS limit for rent increased from ₹2.40 lakh to 6 lakh 5. TDS rate on supply of manpower services has been clarified to be covered by TDS on works being 1% when payment is made to individual /HUF and 2% in other cases. 6. TCS limit on remittance outside India being increased from 7 lakh to 10 lakh. Hence no TCS on remittance outside India up to Rs. 10 lacs 7. TCS on remittance for education on loan taken from specified financial institutions being exempted. General rate of TCS on remittance for education or medical treatment has been reduced from...