The Income Tax e-filing portal has integrated with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) portal to validate Unique Document Identification Numbers (UDINs) for Tax Audit Reports. This measure aims to prevent fake certifications and ensure that all reports uploaded are properly authenticated by Chartered Accountants. While UDIN has been mandatory for such documents since April 2020, this integration allows for online verification with ICAI.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, in its gazette notification dated 2ndAugust, 2019, had made generation of UDIN from ICAI websitewww.icai.orgmandatory for every kind of certificate/tax audit report and other attests made by their members as required by various regulators. This was introduced to curb fake certifications by non-CAs misrepresenting themselves as Chartered Accountants.
In line with the ongoing initiatives of the Income Tax Department for integrating with other Gov
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FAQ :
UDIN stands for Unique Document Identification Number, generated from the ICAI portal for certificates, tax audit reports, and other attestations made by Chartered Accountants.
UDIN validation is being introduced to curb fake certifications by individuals misrepresenting themselves as Chartered Accountants and to ensure Tax Audit Reports are genuine and properly authenticated by ICAI.
Quoting UDIN became mandatory for documents certified/attested in compliance with the Income-tax Act, 1961 by a Chartered Accountant on the Income-tax e-filing portal from 27th April 2020.
If a Chartered Accountant cannot generate a UDIN before submission, they can still submit the report, but must update the UDIN within 15 calendar days of the submission date on the Income-tax e-filing portal.
If the UDIN is not updated within the 15-day period, the submitted audit report or certificate will be treated as an invalid submission.