Section 63 — Tax audit

(1) Every person, carrying on the business or profession fulfilling any of the
conditions specified in column B of the Table below, shall get his accounts
of the tax year audited by an accountant, before the specified date.
TABLE
Sl.
No.
Conditions for getting books of account audited
A B
1. Every person—
( a) carrying on business shall, if his total sales, turnover or gross
receipts, as the case may be, in business exceed or exceeds one
crore rupees in any tax year, subject to the provisions of clause
(b);
( b) in case of a person whose—
( i) aggregate of all amounts received including amount
received for sales, turnover or gross receipts during the tax
year, in cash, does not exceed 5% of the said amount; and
( ii) aggregate of all payments made including amount incurred
for expenditure, in cash, during the tax year does not exceed
5% of the said payment,
clause (a) shall have effect as if for the words “one crore rupees”,
the words “ten crore rupees” had been substituted;
( c) carrying on profession shall, if his gross receipts in profession
exceed fifty lakh rupees in any tax year.
Sl.
No.
Conditions for getting books of account audited
A B
2. If the person is carrying on business or profession, referred to in section
58(2) or 61(2) (Table: Sl. Nos. 4 and 5) and the profits and gains from such
business or profession are claimed to be lower than the deemed profits as
referred to in the said sections.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply where profits and gains of business
or profession, declared by the assessee are as per section 58(2) or 61(2).
(3) The assessee shall furnish by the specified date, the report of such audit in such
form, duly signed and verified by the accountant and setting forth such particulars,
as may be prescribed.
(4) Where a person is required, by or under any other law, to get his accounts audited,
then it shall be sufficient compliance of this section, if such person—
( a) gets the accounts of such business or profession audited under such law
before the specified date; and
( b) furnishes by that specified date the report of such audit along with the
report of the accountant in the form as may be prescribed.
(5) For the purposes of this section,—
( a) “specified date” in relation to the accounts of the assessee of the tax year,
means the date one month prior to the due date for furnishing the return
of income under section 263(1);
( b) the payment or receipt, as the case may be, by a cheque drawn on a bank
or by a bank draft, which is not account payee, shall be deemed to be
the payment or receipt, as the case may be, in cash.