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Business · effective 1 April 2026

Section 44AA under the
Income-tax Act, 2025

Maintenance of books of account

Income-tax Act, 1961
44AA
Income-tax Act, 2025
62
ConfirmedTaken from the ICAI Direct Taxes Committee concordance and independently checked against the bare statutory text of the Income-tax Act, 2025.

Topic

Maintenance of books of account — Business provisions under the Income-tax Act, 2025 (Act 30 of 2025).

What carried over

The substance of this provision was not changed by the re-write. What moved is the citation.

'Specified profession' is now defined in s.62(4), which is cross-referenced by the presumptive-taxation provision s.58(2) Table Sl. No. 3 (old 44ADA).

Source

ICAI concordance row '62 | Maintenance of books of account | 44AA'; verified against bare text of s.62(1).

Open the source document →

CBDT publishes its own correspondence utility on incometaxindia.gov.in and that is the authority. Spot-check anything high-stakes there before you rely on it.

Still cite section 44AA for
Income earned up to 31 March 2026 — that is FY 2025-26, Assessment Year 2026-27, governed by the Income-tax Act, 1961 even though you file it during 2026.
Cite 62 for
Income earned from 1 April 2026 — Tax Year 2026-27 onwards, governed by the Income-tax Act, 2025. Tax deducted on payments made on or after 1 April 2026 must be reported under the new section 393 table references and new challan/return codes. Quoting a legacy section such as 194C or 194J triggers validation failure.
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