FORM NO.
3AE
                                                        [See rule 6AB]
                 Audit Report under section * 35D(4)/35E(6) of the Income-tax Act, 1961
       * I/We have examined the Balance Sheet(s) of M/s                           as at                   and the Profit
      and Loss Account(s) for the year(s) ended on * that/those date(s) which are in agreement with the books of
      account maintained at the head office at             * and branches at
       * I/We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of * my/our knowledge and belief
      were necessary for the purposes of the audit. In * my/our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by
      the head office and the branches of the abovenamed assessee visited by * me/us so far as appears from *
      my/our examination of the books, and proper returns adequate for the purposes of audit have been received from
      branches not visited by * me/us, subject to the comments given below :-
      In * my/our opinion and to the best of * my/our information and according to explanations given to * me/us,
      the said accounts give a true and fair view :-
           (i) in the case of the Balance Sheet(s) of the state of the abovenamed assessee's affairs as at           ; and
            (ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account(s), of the profit or loss of his accounting year(s) ending on
           The statement of particulars required for the purposes of the deduction under section * 35D/35E is annexed
           and in
            * my/our opinion and to the best of * my/our information and according to explanations given to * me/us,
           these are true and correct.
      Place
      Date                                                                                                                   Signed
                                                                                                                        Accountant 
      Notes :
         1. *Delete whichever is not applicable.
         2. This report is to be given by-
             (i) a chartered accountant within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949); or
             (ii) any person who, in relation to any State, is, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section
                  226 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), entitled to be appointed to act as an auditor of
                  companies registered in that State.
         3. Where any of the matters stated in this Report is answered in the negative or with a qualification, the
             Report shall state the reasons for the same.
                                                ANNEXURE TO FORM NO. 3B
                                                          SECTION A
           STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEDUCTION UNDER
                                                        SECTION 35D
          1.         Date of commencement of business
           2.       Where the deduction is claimed with reference to the
                    expenditure incurred in connection with the
                    extension of the industrial undertaking or the setting
                    up of a new industrial unit, the date on which the
                    extension was completed or new industrial unit
                    commenced production or operation
          * 3.        Qualifying amount of expenditure :
                      (a) Expenditure in connection with-
                        (i) preparation of feasibility report         Rs.
                        (ii) preparation of project report            Rs.
                        (iii) conducting market survey or any other Rs.
                        survey necessary for the business of the
                        assessee
                        (iv) engineering services relating to the Rs.
                        business of the assessee
                    (b) Legal charges for drafting any agreement Rs.
                    between the assessee and any other person for
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                       any purpose relating to the setting up or
                       conduct of the business of the assessee
                                                               TOTAL
            4.        Cost of the project, i.e., actual cost of :
                     (i) land and buildings (including expenditure on      Rs.
                     development)
                     (ii) leaseholds                                       Rs.
                     (iii) plant and machinery                             Rs.
                     (iv) furniture and fittings                           Rs.
                     (v) railway sidings                                   Rs.
                                                                   TOTAL
           5.        Deduction claimed under section 35D                   Rs.
         Place
         Date                                                                                                  Signed
                                                                                                           Accountant
                                        SECTION B
         STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED FOR PURPOSES OF DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION
                                            35E
         1.          Name(s) of mineral(s) or group(s) of associated
                     minerals in respect of which operation relating to
                     prospecting or development were undertaken
         2.          Year of commercial production
          3.           Qualifying amount of expenditure :
                Year in which expenditure was incurred                      Amount of expenditure (Give details)
                                                                                           Rs.
      Place
      Date                                                                                                      Signed
                                                                                                            Accountant
      *Where the qualifying expenditure was incurred during more than one year, year-wise details of the expenditure
      should be given.
      Expenditure under this head should be claimed only where the work in connection with the preparation of the
      feasibility report or project report or conducting market survey or any other survey or engineering services has
      been carried out by the assessee himself or by a concern which has been approved in this behalf by the Board.
       In a case where the claim relates to preliminary expenses incurred before the commencement of business, the
      actual cost of the specified assets which are shown in the books of the assessee as on the last day of the previous
      year in which the business was commenced should be given. In a case where the expenses were incurred in
      connection with the extension of the industrial undertaking or the setting up of a new industrial unit, the actual
      cost of the specified assets which are shown in the books of account as on the last day of the previous year in
      which the extension of the industrial undertaking was completed or the new industrial unit commenced
      production or operation (in so far as such assets have been acquired or developed in connection with the
      extension of the industrial undertaking or the setting up of the new industrial unit) should be given.
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