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Presumptive Taxation Simplified as Income Tax Act 2025 Merges 44AD, 44ADA & 44AE

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 replaces Sections 44AD, 44ADA, and 44AE with a unified Section 58 framework. While the structure has been...

May 6, 2026 2514 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Presumptive Taxation under Section 58 of Income Tax Act, 2025 

Income Tax : The issue addresses the consolidation of multiple presumptive taxation provisions into a single section. The framework simplifies ...

May 5, 2026 4389 Views 0 comment Print

Presumptive Taxation under Section 58 of Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 introduces Section 58, consolidating earlier presumptive taxation schemes into one unified framework. It ...

April 6, 2026 2838 Views 4 comments Print

AO Cannot Apply 50% Presumptive Tax Rate Without Proof of Professional Income

Income Tax : The tribunal ruled that business income under section 44AD cannot be taxed using section 44ADA provisions. Presumptive schemes mus...

April 2, 2026 672 Views 0 comment Print

Compliance Calendar For The Financial Year 2026-27

CA, CS, CMA : The calendar lists all major statutory deadlines across laws. It helps businesses track filings and avoid penalties through timely...

April 1, 2026 13242 Views 0 comment Print


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MEF empanelment date extended – Firms under Presumptive Taxation not to submit Financial Statements

CA, CS, CMA : There is no requirement for submitting the Financial Statements i.e. Balance Sheets and Income & Expenditure Account for the appli...

October 9, 2020 1275 Views 0 comment Print

Audit U/s. 44ADA not to be counted for Tax Audit Limit Calculation: ICAI

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI decided to exclude audit conducted under section 44ADA of Income-tax Act, 1961 for reckoning the specified number of tax audi...

August 23, 2018 5697 Views 2 comments Print


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GST Not Income Under Section 44B; Statutory Levy Excluded from Presumptive Taxation

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that GST collected is not part of income for presumptive taxation under section 44B. It ruled that GST is a stat...

March 28, 2026 678 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: AO Cannot Apply 50% Presumptive Rate U/s 44ADA to Business Income Declared U/s 44AD – Addition Deleted

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that section 44ADA applies only to specified professions and cannot be invoked for business income covered unde...

March 23, 2026 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Husband-to-Wife Property Gift Exempt, ₹1.78 Cr Addition Deleted

Income Tax : The AO questioned genuineness and love and affection behind the gift. The ITAT held that once relationship and capacity are proved...

January 6, 2026 531 Views 0 comment Print

Presumptive Taxation Allowed as Partner’s Remuneration Is Professional Income: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The tribunal held that remuneration received by a professional partner qualifies as professional income. The key takeaway is that ...

December 28, 2025 4458 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Cannot Apply to Household Support from Husband: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : The ₹8.49 lakh credited for household expenditure from husband was deleted as non-taxable. The unexplained ₹17.80 lakh in the ...

November 22, 2025 4368 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT amends rules pertaining to registration, approval & activities of Institutions, trusts & funds

Income Tax : The amendments brought about by Notification No. 45/2023 – Income-Tax (Income-tax (Eleventh Amendment) Rules, 2023) encompas...

June 23, 2023 13935 Views 1 comment Print


Section 44ADA: Compute profits of profession on presumptive basis

January 9, 2020 7323 Views 5 comments Print

As the Finance Act, 2016 introduced new section 44ADA for computation of profit of Profession on Presumptive basis. As I have seen many people who are unaware of this section and they are declaring their profit below the presumptive basis and their income exceeds the maximum amount not chargeable to tax. As per Section 44AB Audit of Accounts is mandatory if following conditions are satisfied

Advance tax – Precaution is better than Cure!

December 25, 2019 14403 Views 2 comments Print

Arjuna, If the income tax liability of any taxpayer is more than Rs 10000 in a financial year, then he is liable to pay such tax in installments during the year itself rather than paying this tax at the end of the year. This tax which is payable during the year is called as Advance Tax.

Presumptive taxation for small businesses & professions

December 21, 2019 13101 Views 9 comments Print

To reduce the burden of various compliances, Govt. has introduced a scheme of Presumptive Taxation under section 44AD, 44ADA and 44AE of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Tax Audit Under Income Tax Laws

September 28, 2019 16167 Views 4 comments Print

As per the combined readings of provisions of sections 44AB, 44AD and 44ADA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, every person carrying a business whose turnover exceeds Rs.1Cr./ 2 Cr. (as the case may be), or carrying on a profession whose gross receipts exceed Rs. 50 Lakh in the relevant assessment year, must get his/her accounts audited.

Section 44AD & 44ADA: Compulsory to maintain books of accounts U/s. 44AB?

September 10, 2019 77082 Views 11 comments Print

There is general opinion that if an eligible assessee is opting for section 44AD and section 44ADA, he is not required to maintain books of accounts. The requirement to maintain books of accounts is governed by section 44AA of the Income Tax Act. As per section 44AD(1): Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sections […]

Dear FM, Make Presumptive Income Tax Scheme & Dividend Taxation more Taxpayer friendly

June 18, 2019 2811 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee cannot opt for ‘Presumptive Tax’ for six years (including the year in which he has come out of the scheme) , if he has not offered income under this scheme for consecutively for six years including the first year in which  he has opted for the scheme. Does it mean that if has opted for the scheme for six years consecutively, afterwards he is free to opt for the scheme, whenever he likes?

Section 44AB vs 44ADA of Income Tax Act, 1961

June 14, 2019 20256 Views 3 comments Print

As Section 44AD is applicable on business (click here to read in detail), Section 44ADA applies on professionals. It says that if an eligible assessee (professional) who declares 50% or more than that of his gross receipts as profit, then he is not required to get his accounts audited under the Income Tax Act, 1961. […]

Quick Insight on sec 44AA, 44AB, 44AD – Presumptive Taxation

October 20, 2018 96724 Views 4 comments Print

CA Tarannum Khatri Section 44AA: Maintenance of Books of Accounts WHO SHOULD MAINTAIN: Person  carrying on business / profession whose total income exceeds INR 1,20,000 in any one of the three years immediately preceding the previous year; In case of in case of individual or HUF provisions are applicable in case total income exceeds INR […]

PPT on Presumptive Taxation under Income Tax Act

October 19, 2018 11871 Views 0 comment Print

PRESUMPTIVE TAX INTRODUCTION Sections 44AD, 44ADA & 44AE Introduced to help small business men, Traders and Professionals i. Section 44AD – Small Business/Traders for Turnover up to Rs. 2 Crores ii. Section 44ADA – Professionals – Gross receipts up to Rs. 50 Lakhs iii. Section 44AE – Truck owners owning not more than 10 trucks […]

Audit U/s. 44ADA not to be counted for Tax Audit Limit Calculation: ICAI

August 23, 2018 5697 Views 2 comments Print

ICAI decided to exclude audit conducted under section 44ADA of Income-tax Act, 1961 for reckoning the specified number of tax audit assignments

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