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Sales tax lawyers can't audit accounts

In a decision that will affect the lawyers specialising in sales tax laws as well as former sales tax officers' who work as sales tax practitioners, Bombay High Court has held only Chartered Accountants (CAs) can audit and certify accounts for traders. Hitherto, traders had to hire only sales tax lawyers or former sales tax officers as advisors in tax matters. It allows lawyers & other sales tax practitioners to represent traders before tax authorities but not audit accounts.