Audit Reports

This Report discusses important issues in direct taxes using data from Finance Accounts, departmental accounts, departmental MIS, Economic Survey and findings of compliance audits.Share of direct taxes in gross tax receipts increased from 38.42 per...

The Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act) proposes imposition of penalty on an assessee, if the Assessing Officer (AO)/Commissioner of Income Tax-Appeals/Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) is satisfied that there has been non-compliance with or violation of law...

Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act) provides various tax exemptions to charitable trusts & institutions (Trusts) to fulfill their objectives. Income Tax Department (ITD) has the responsibility to oversee that the provisions of Act are duly complied by...

Strengthening the tax base is arguably one of the most important aspects of the direct tax management. The Income Tax Department (ITD) uses 'pieces of information' arising from different sources to strengthen the tax database, in addition to the...

The main objectives of the IT Applications in Income Tax Department (ITD) were to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the tax administration and provide management with reliable and timely information towards effective planning as also...

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India conducts the audit of revenues from direct taxes of the Union Government under section 16 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service] Act, 1971.Direct taxes...

Direct tax collections, amounting to RS 4.35 lakh crore accounted for three-fourth of revenue receipts of the Government of India in 2009-10. At the same time the uncollected portion of tax demand was RS 2.29 lakh crore in March 2010 equivalent to...

The construction industry has emerged as an important driver of India's economic growth - both in terms of its share of GDP and its contribution towards employment generation. A number of tax concessions are given to entities in this sector. An...

Direct tax collections increased from RS 1,65,216 crore in 2005-06 to RS 3,78,063 crore in 2009-10 at an average annual rate of growth of 32.2 per cent. The rate of growth of tax collection has decelerated in 2008-09 and has since marginally...

India, producing more than 1,000 feature films per year, is the largest film producing country in the world. During the period 2005-2009, film production registered a growth of 5 per cent per annum. The film industry registered growth of 9.7 per...