Registered Valuers and Income-tax Practitioners: Deadline to Update Registration Extended to 31 March 2027

The CBDT has amended the Income-tax Rules, 2026 through Notification G.S.R. 822(E) dated 17 September 2026. Among other changes, it extends the deadline for existing registered valuers and income-tax practitioners to update their registration under the Income-tax Act, 2025, from 30 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Who is affected

What the rules require

• Valuers: a person already registered as a valuer under the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 continues to be a registered valuer under section 514, but must update their details by filing the application under Rule 246(1), which is made in Form No. 169.
• Income-tax practitioners: a person already registered as an income-tax practitioner under the 1961 Act continues to be registered under section 515, but must update their details by filing the application under Rule 256(1) with the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner of Income-tax in whose jurisdiction they practise.
• In both cases, registration is granted by the concerned authority once a complete application is filed.

Other amendments in the same notification

The notification also makes changes to Rules 160, 176 and 225 and to Forms 169 and 171. For example, in Rule 176(3), the words "by affixing digital signature" are replaced with "by way of an electronic communication". The full text is in the notification linked below.