IT Dept Releases Updated Offline Utility for Form 3CA-3CD and 3CB-3CD Forms for AY 2023-24



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The Income Tax Department has released an updated offline utility for Forms 3CA-3CD and 3CB-3CD, specifically for the Assessment Year 2023-24. This tool allows taxpayers and their chartered accountants to complete and submit these crucial audit report forms offline. The latest version, 1.2.5, significantly enhances the capacity for clause 18, now supporting up to 200,000 rows compared to the previous 10,000.

Income Tax Department (ITD) has issued an updated common offline utility for Form 3CA-3CD and 3CB-3CD for the Assessment Year 2023-24. This utility can be used by taxpayers and their chartered accountants to file these forms offline.

Form 3CA-3CD: Audit report under section 44AB of the Income -tax Act, 1961, in a case where the accounts of the business or profession of a person have been audited under any other law and Statement of Particulars required to be furnished under Section 44AB of the Income-tax Act, 1961

IT Dept Updates Offline Utility for Tax Forms AY 2023-24

Form 3CB-3CD: Audit report under section 44AB of the Income -tax Act 1961, in the case of a person referred to in clause (b) of sub - rule (1) of rule 6G and Statement of Particulars required to be furnished under Section 44AB of the Income-tax Act, 1961

Edge browser installation is required before installing the utility.

Note: Version 1.2.5 is deployed to extend the facility to allow 2 lakh rows in clause 18- currently 10,000 rows were allowed.

Form Utility zip(Version 1.2.5) (112 MB)

  • Date of first release of Form Utility: 10-Sep-2021
  • Date of Latest release of Form Utility: 15-Sep-2023

Document: Form Schema zip(79 KB)

  • Date of first release of Form Schema: 26-Oct-2021
  • Date of latest release of Form Schema: 12-Jul-2023

Document: Schema Change Document  pdf(443 KB)

FAQ :

The updated offline utility is for taxpayers and chartered accountants to file Form 3CA-3CD and Form 3CB-3CD for the Assessment Year 2023-24.

This common offline utility covers Form 3CA-3CD and Form 3CB-3CD.

The utility is for the Assessment Year 2023-24.

Version 1.2.5 extends the facility to allow 200,000 rows in clause 18, a significant increase from the previous limit of 10,000 rows.

Yes, Edge browser installation is required before installing the utility.

The latest release of the Form Utility (Version 1.2.5) was on 15-Sep-2023.




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