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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 2529 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 4401 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 2853 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 678 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 13371 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 1284 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 681 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 1068 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 540 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 4461 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 13941 Views 1 comment Print


Fine Tuning required for Presumptive Taxation- 44AD, 44ADA & 44AE

August 12, 2018 5694 Views 2 comments Print

Once a taxpayer opts for this Scheme and files the returns of income for a  year and in the subsequent year if he declares lower income than the prescribed percentage then he shall not be eligible to claim the benefit of this section for the next five years and in addition if his total income […]

Presumptive Taxation Scheme Section 44AD, 44ADA & 44AE

August 12, 2018 50031 Views 26 comments Print

The presumptive taxation scheme is framed under Three sections- Section 44AD and Section 44ADA & Section 44AE of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Person adopting presumptive taxation schemes are exempt from getting their books of account audited.

Tax Audits and e-filing of Report

August 10, 2018 76711 Views 29 comments Print

As per section 44AB of the Income tax act, certain persons are required to get their accounts audited till 30th September by the CA and furnish a report of such audit in the prescribed form duly verified and signed by the CA.

Presumptive Taxation under Section 44AD and 44ADA

August 8, 2018 7656 Views 0 comment Print

How to Pay Less Tax for Professionals and Small Businesses under Income Tax Act, Presumptive Taxation under Section 44AD and 44ADA Presumptive Taxation under 44AD There are small businessmen who are unable to keep and maintain books of accounts for various reasons, can opt for presumptive taxation and declare profits at 8% under section 44AD […]

No penalty for failure to get books audited for Bonafide belief of non-applicability of Audit

November 15, 2017 3921 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty u/s. 271B is attracted for failure to get accounts audited u/s. 44AB. Even though the law prescribes the levy of penalty, in case of default, the same is not automatic as provisions of Section 273B gives relief, when there is a reasonable cause.

Advance Tax Provisions relaxed for professionals availing presumptive taxation benefit and for Tax on Dividend

February 3, 2017 6270 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2017 – It is proposed that the assessee who declares profits and gains in accordance with presumptive taxation regime provided under section 44ADA shall also be liable to pay advance tax in one instalment on or before the 15th of March.

Section 44ADA a Provision to tax more than Actual Income

March 7, 2016 47887 Views 19 comments Print

The professionals have been brought under the ambit of Presumptive Taxation for the first time in history of Indian Taxation by virtue of Section 44ADA proposed in the Union Budget 2016. It would be a welcome step provided that the proposed Net Profit (NP) rate would be rational. The Presumptive NP rate of 50% on […]

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