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This practical guide will help tax auditors to identify material defects and distortions in accounts prepared with the willful intention of avoiding the proper taxation of income. Those tax auditors who are not well-versed in accounting methods, procedures and principles will also find this a useful guide to enhancing their general understanding of accounting practices, enabling more effective scrutiny of business accounts.
List of contents
Foreword 1. Scrutiny of business accounts for tax audits 2. How to make a pre-audit analysis 3. How are final accounts generally prepared? 4. Profit and loss account 5. The manufacturing account 6. The balance sheet 7. Important points regarding the balance sheet 8. Checking the method of accounting 9. How to examine some critical aspects of accounts 10. Methods of reducing income to avoid taxation 11. How to read a balance sheet 12. What factors to consider outside the balance sheet 13. How to detect bogus cash credits and loans 14. How to detect inflated overheads? 15. Revenue expenditure admissible as a deduction 16. How to determine admissibility of expenditure 17. How the courts have disallowed expenditures 18. How business income is diverted to avoid tax 19. How to check the under-reporting of project investments 20. How to calculate ratios for financial analysis 21. Approved accounting standards 22. Checklist for review and practice
