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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 1833 Views 4 comments Print

Income Tax audit under section 44AB​: FAQs

Income Tax : Understand the provisions of tax audit under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, including its objectives, applicability, prescrib...

November 5, 2025 1272809 Views 54 comments Print

Presumptive Taxation Scheme: Meaning, Eligibility & Implications

Income Tax : Overview of presumptive taxation under the Income Tax Act covering sections 44AD, 44ADA, and 44AE—eligibility, ineligible busine...

November 3, 2025 164808 Views 19 comments Print

FAQs on Maintenance of books of accounts under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Section 44AA mandates books for professionals and businesses exceeding income thresholds. Details presumptive tax rules, required ...

October 31, 2025 5202 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Income from Salary in Brief

Income Tax : This guide breaks down the complete taxation of salary income in India—covering allowances, perquisites, retirement benefits, an...

October 18, 2025 342614 Views 42 comments Print


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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 5682 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 351 Views 0 comment Print

Transport income to be estimated using U/s 44AE as guiding yardstick: ITAT Chennai

Income Tax : The Tribunal clarified that even where the assessee owns more than ten trucks, Section 44AE can be used as a fair yardstick for in...

February 14, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

Section 144 Assessment Upheld, Cash Addition Slashed Section 115BBE Disallowed – Partial Relief to Transporter

Income Tax : The assessee challenged jurisdiction for lack of notice under Section 143(2). The Tribunal held that once the belated return was i...

February 7, 2026 396 Views 0 comment Print

State or Central Legislature doesn’t have power to levy tax on sale of goods beyond territorial waters of India

Income Tax : Andhra Pradesh held that neither the State Legislature nor the Central Legislature would have power, to levy tax on the sale of go...

January 2, 2026 357 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Upholds Estimated Disallowance for Inadequate Evidence, Arbitrary Addition reduced to 50%

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that while arbitrary disallowances are not sustainable, inadequate substantiation justifies estimation. Disallow...

December 23, 2025 369 Views 0 comment Print


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Clarification on amendment in Section 44AE of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Which of the following has to be considered while calculating the presumptive income under section 44AE of the Income-tax Act.1961...

August 14, 2019 40536 Views 3 comments Print


Interesting issues under Section 44AD, 44ADA and 44AE

May 2, 2020 81147 Views 17 comments Print

To provide relief to small taxpayers from this tedious work, lawmakers framed Special provisions for computing profit and gains on presumptive basis under sections 44AD, 44ADA and 44AE. The taxpayer can declare his income at prescribed rates or higher than that.

Applicability of Tax Audit under Income Tax for Assessment Year 2020-21

March 6, 2020 233679 Views 12 comments Print

​In this article we tried to clear confusion for TAX AUDIT APPLICABILITY from AY 2020-21. Hope you all find it useful, Please give your valuable feedback. & do lt me know if any error. Thanks in advance. The finance Bill, 2020 has brought a major amendment to section 44AB of Income Tax Act, 1961. Moreover, […]

Practical issues in Presumptive Taxation – 44AD, 44ADA & 44AE

February 20, 2020 67617 Views 30 comments Print

Under section 44AD from if the Turnover of an assessee being resident individual, HUF, Partnership Firm (not being a LLP) and who is not claiming deduction under section 10A, 10AA, 10B &10BA or deduction under Chapter VI A under the heading ‘C -Deductions in respect of certain Incomes and derives income from any business except

Defective return notice to file B/S & P/L in Presumptive Income Cases

January 9, 2020 148503 Views 6 comments Print

There are various sections in the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act) e.g., 44AD, 44AE, 44ADA etc., (popularly known as Presumptive Income sections) according to which, the profits and gains from eligible / prescribed businesses / professions carried by the prescribed categories of assessee (known as eligible assessee) are required to be computed for taxation, at least at the minimum rates prescribed in these sections.

Presumptive taxation for small businesses & professions

December 21, 2019 13044 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.

Clarification on amendment in Section 44AE of Income Tax Act, 1961

August 14, 2019 40536 Views 3 comments Print

Which of the following has to be considered while calculating the presumptive income under section 44AE of the Income-tax Act.1961 (Act) in the context of amendment made in sub-section (2) of section 44AE of the Act vide Finance Act, 2018 w.e.f. 01.04.2019.

Section 44AE: Income computation as per ‘Gross Vehicle Weight’ or ‘Unladen Weight’?

July 22, 2019 112836 Views 15 comments Print

Recently, the provisions of Section 44AE of the Income Tax Act have been amended w.e.f. 01.04.2019 (i.e., from Assessment Year 2019-20) by the Finance Act, 2018. According to the amendment, in respect of heavy goods vehicle, the minimum income per vehicle shall be deemed to be rupees one thousand per ton of gross vehicle weight or unladen weight, as the case may be, for every month or part thereof.

Section 44AE of The Income Tax Act, 1961

June 23, 2019 110778 Views 7 comments Print

Section 44AE of The Income Tax Act, 1961 Special provision for computing profits and gains of business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages This section applies specifically on assessees carrying on business of plying, hiring or leasing good carriages. This section states that if an assessee is carrying on the above mentioned business then […]

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

June 18, 2019 2781 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?

Maintenance of Books of Accounts? who has? Where? Up to when?

June 11, 2019 34389 Views 4 comments Print

Section 44AA, talks about the various provisions related to maintenance of books of accounts, which books are required to maintain and the period for which such books to maintained. So we will analyse the provisions of section 44AA, in details – Sub-section (1) of section 44AA, says, all persons, which are carrying on specified profession […]

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