Tax audit report due date for e-filing extended to 31.10.2013​​

Tax audit report due date for e-filing extended to 31.10.2013

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F.No. 225/117/2013/ITA.II

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

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Central Board of Direct Taxes

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Dated- 26th September, 2013

Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act. 1961.

CBDT in exercise of power under sec 119(2)(a) of the IT Act, 1961 read with Sec 139 and Rule 12, has decided to relax the requirement of furnishing the Report of Audit electronically as prescribed under the proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 12 of the IT Rules for the Assessment Year 2013-14 as under

(a) The assesses, who are presently finding it difficult to upload the prescribed Reports of Audit (as referred to above) in the

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system electronically may also furnish the same manually before the jurisdictional Assessing Officer within the prescribed

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ue date.​

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(b) The said Report of Audit should however be furnished electronically on or before 31.10.2013.

Rohit Garg

Deputy-Secretary to Government of India

Official link to the Notification :-  http://incometaxindia.gov.in/archive/BreakingNews_Order119_ITAct_26092013.pdf​