CBDT has warned that fake order for extension of due date for filing
of Audit report and return of Income for Assessment Year 2015-16 has
been circulated- However, no such order was issued by Govt
Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued a press release dated
28.09.2015, to warn about fake order for extension of due date for
filing of Audit report and return of Income for Assessment Year 2015-16
that is being circulated.
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi, 28th September, 2015
Sub: Circulation of Fake order for extension of
due date for filing of Audit report and return of Income for Assessment
Year 2015-16- regarding
It has been brought to the notice of the Government that
a fake order dated 26th September 2015 supposedly under section 119 of
the Income-tax Act 1961 under the signature of one Upmanyu Reddy, Under
Secretary to the Government of India is in circulation. The fake order
extends the due date for filing of audit report under section 119 of the
Income-tax Act to 15 October 2015.
It is clarified the order is fraudulent. The Government
has not extended the due date for filing of returns and audit report due
by 30th September 2015. Tax payer and practitioners are advised not to
give any credence to the fraudulent order purportedly signed by one
Upmanyu Reddy.
(Shefali Shah)
Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD)
Official Spokesperson, CBDT