Tax Audit Requirements in India: Clause 63 of the Income Tax Bill, 2025 vs. Section 44AB of Income Tax Act, 1961

Tax audit thresholds updated to emphasise digital transactions, altering audit triggers and filing timing for taxpayers.

Clause 63 updates mandatory tax audit triggers by revising turnover and receipt thresholds and by making the intensity of banking or online transactions decisive for higher audit thresholds; it maintains an audit requirement for professionals, preserves exemptions where declared profits align with deemed profit provisions, requires audit reports signed by an accountant and filed by the defined specified date, and allows reliance on audits under other laws if submitted on time.