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Clause wise Items reportable in Income Tax Audit Report (Form 3CA/3CB/3CD)

Income Tax : Understand every reporting requirement under Form 3CD as amended by the Finance Act, 2026. This guide explains clause-wise disclos...

June 29, 2026 38877 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax audit under section 44AB​: FAQs

Income Tax : Understand who must undergo a tax audit under Section 44AB, the applicable turnover limits, audit forms, filing procedure, due dat...

June 25, 2026 1275620 Views 54 comments Print

Presumptive Taxation Scheme: Meaning, Eligibility & Implications

Income Tax : This guide explains the presumptive taxation schemes available under the Income-tax Act, including Sections 44AD, 44ADA, and 44AE....

June 24, 2026 167178 Views 19 comments Print

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

Income Tax : This guide explains who is required to maintain books of account under Section 44AA based on business, profession, turnover, and i...

June 23, 2026 6501 Views 0 comment Print

Presumptive taxation- Section 44AD, 44ADA, 44AEAC

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act provides presumptive taxation schemes under Sections 44AD, 44ADA, and 44AE to reduce compliance burdens by allo...

June 17, 2026 2361867 Views 230 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 5733 Views 2 comments Print


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ITAT Remands Reassessment Case Due to Failure to Examine Additional Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi set aside the assessment after finding that the assessees additional evidence had not been properly scrutinized by the ...

June 11, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

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 744 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 270 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 471 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 459 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 40893 Views 3 comments Print


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

July 22, 2019 113958 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 111081 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 2847 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 34863 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 […]

PPT on Presumptive Taxation under Income Tax Act

October 19, 2018 11955 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 5733 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

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

August 12, 2018 5718 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 50190 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.

No addition for cash deposits when Assessee offered Income u/s 44AE

May 23, 2018 4176 Views 0 comment Print

Bijoy Shribastab & Anr. Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) It is not in dispute that the assessee had not maintained books of accounts for his transport business. It is not in dispute that the assessee owns less than 10 vehicles and is accordingly entitled to offer income u/s 44AE of the Act. It is not the […]

Presumptive income U/s. 44AE in case of of heavy goods vehicle

February 2, 2018 58776 Views 16 comments Print

Section 44AE, inter alia provides that, the profits and gains shall be deemed to be an amount equal to seven thousand five hundred rupees per month or part of a month for each goods carriage or the amount claimed to be actually earned by the assessee, whichever is higher.

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