Compliance calendar on a CA firm website: what to include

Clients ask their CA the same question every month: "When is it due?" A compliance calendar on the firm's website answers it before they pick up the phone. It is also one of the few things on a CA firm's website that people come back to, which makes it useful for the firm and for search.

A calendar only helps if it is right. An out-of-date due date on a CA firm's own website does more harm than having no calendar at all.

What a compliance calendar should show

For each due date:

• The date, and the period it relates to (for example, the month or quarter).
• What is due, in plain words, with the form name for those who know it (for example, "TDS return for the July–September quarter, Form 24Q/26Q").
• Who it applies to (all deductors, companies with an AGM on 30 September, taxpayers with tax audit, and so on). Most visitors only care about the dates that apply to them.
• The area of law: income tax, GST, TDS/TCS, company law (ROC), LLP, payroll (PF and ESI), FEMA.
• Whether it has been extended, with a link to the official notice.

The dates most clients look for

• GST: monthly and quarterly returns, annual return and reconciliation statement.
• Income tax: advance tax instalments, return filing for non-audit and audit cases, tax audit report, transfer pricing cases, belated and revised returns.
• TDS and TCS: monthly deposits, quarterly returns, TDS certificates.
• Company law: financial statements and annual return after the AGM, director KYC, MSME return, deposit return.
• LLP: statement of account and solvency, annual return.
• Payroll: PF and ESI payments and returns.

Keeping it current

This is where most calendars fail. Due dates move for three reasons:

1. Extensions. CBDT, CBIC, the GST Council and MCA extend due dates through circulars, notifications and press releases, often a few days before the original date. A calendar that is not updated the same day shows the wrong date when it matters most.
2. Changes in law. New forms, new thresholds and new laws change the dates themselves. The Income-tax Act, 2025, which applies from 1 April 2026, is an example.
3. The year moving on. The calendar must always show the coming months, not last year's dates.

What to look for in a calendar setup:

• Dates kept at least 12 months ahead, added automatically.
• Extensions applied from official notices, each linked to its source, so visitors can check for themselves.
• Past dates removed after a while, so the calendar does not fill up.
• The firm can add its own dates or edit any date, and its changes are kept.

Reminders by email

A due-date reminder a few days before the date is one of the most useful emails a firm can send its clients. Under ICAI's guidelines, information about services reserved for Chartered Accountants should not be circulated by email except on a specific request (Code of Ethics 2026, Vol I, 3.3.4), and members should not send material asking people to visit their website (3.3.5). The safe approach: send reminders only to clients and subscribers who have asked for them, keep them factual (the date, what is due, who it applies to), and give every email an easy way to unsubscribe.

See ICAI website guidelines for CA firms (2026) for what else a CA firm's website may show.

A quick checklist

• Each date shows what is due, for whom and under which law
• Dates kept 12 months ahead
• Extensions updated the same day, with a link to the official notice
• Past dates cleared
• The firm can add or edit dates
• Reminders only to people who asked for them, factual, with unsubscribe

How Facet helps

Facet for CA firms includes a compliance calendar of GST, income tax, TDS, company law, LLP, payroll and FEMA dates, kept 12 months ahead. Extensions are picked up every day from official notices by CBDT, the GST portal, CBIC and MCA and applied to every Facet site, each with a link to the notice; every change is logged and can be reversed. Firms can add their own dates, and can send due-date reminders and a monthly digest to clients who subscribe, as part of the up to 1,000 emails a month included in the yearly fee. See the live demo or request a personalised preview.