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Sec 44AD of The Income Tax Act,1961 PDF

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Section 44AD  of the Income Tax Act,1961 Special provision for computing profits and gains of  business on presumptive basis By: CA Agarwal Sanjay ‘Voice of CA’ Team Voice of CA www.taxguru.in Applicability (cid:131) The  amended  provisions  of  this  section  are  applicable with effect from 1st April, 2011 and  will accordingly apply in relation to assessment  year  2011‐12  and subsequent  assessment  years. Reason for introducing new scheme  for presumptive taxation (cid:131) There  has  been  a  substantial  increase  in  small  businesses  with the  growth  of  transport  and  communication and general growth of the economy. A  large number  of  businesses  and  service  providers  in  rural and urban areas who earn substantial income are  outside the tax‐net.  (cid:131) Introduction of presumptive tax provisions in respect of  small  businesses  would  help  a  number  of  small  businesses  to  comply  with  the  taxation provisions  without consuming their time and resources. (cid:131) To  lowers  the  compliance  cost  for  small  taxpayers  &  also  reduces  the administrative  burden  on  the  tax  machinery.  (cid:131) To  expand  the  scope  of presumptive  taxation  to  all  businesses. www.taxguru.in Difference Between Earlier provisions and Amended provisions- At Glance S.N. Basis Upto the A.Y.2010-11 From the A.Y.2011-12 1 Eligible Individual, HUF, AOP, BOI, Individuals, HUFs & partnerships assessee firm, Co., Co-operative firms (not being a LLP). society or any othe r person. 2 Eligible Civil construction or supply Any business except the business of labour for civil business covered unde r construction. Sec.44AE. Howeve r professionals and commission agents specifically excluded by FA 2012 3 Gross should not exceed 40 lakhs should not exceed Rs 60 lakhs. Receipts 4 provision Required to pay advance No requirement of payment of of tax advance tax advance tax 5 Applicabil To declare lower than To declare lower than deemed ity of deemed income. income Sec. and 44AA & his total income is chargeable to 44AB tax. Provisions of  the section  44AD…… (cid:131) Sub‐Section (1) : Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in  sections 28 to 43C, (cid:131) In the case of an eligible assessee engaged in an eligible  business, (cid:131) a sum equal to eight per cent of the total turnover or  gross receipts of the assessee in the previous year on  account of such business, (cid:131) or a sum higher than the aforesaid sum claimed to have  been earned by the eligible assessee, (cid:131) shall be deemed to be the income under the head “Profits  and gains of business or profession”. www.taxguru.in Eligible Assessee  (cid:131) “eligible assessee” means,— (i)an individual, Hindu undivided family or a partnership  firm,  who  is  a  resident,  but  not  a  limited  liability  partnership firm.  (ii) who  has  not  claimed  deduction  under  any  of  the  sections  10A,  10AA,  10B,  10BA,  80HH  to  80RRB  in  the  relevant assessment year. Eligible Business (cid:131) “eligible business” means,— (i) any business except the business of plying, hiring or  leasing goods carriages referred to in section 44AE. (ii) whose total turnover or gross receipts in the  previous year does not exceed an amount of 60 lakhs. NOTE: Any Business also includes Speculative business but   profession is not covered. www.taxguru.in Total sales/Turnover or Gross  Receipts Gross Receipts” is not defined in the Act  “ • It includes all the receipts in cash or kind. • Arising from carrying on of the business. • Which is assessable as business income under the act. (cid:131) U/s  145(1)  “Sales”,  “Turnover” or  ”Gross  Receipts” computes either on cash or mercantile system. (cid:131) As  per  the  Guidance  Note  on  Tax  Audit:  “Sales  Turnover” means‐ “The  aggregate  amount  for  which  sales are effected. The ‘gross turnover’ & ‘net turnover’ ( or ‘gross sales’ and ‘net sales’) are sometimes used to  distinguish  the  sales  aggregate  before  and  after  deduction of returns and trade discounts.” Contd: (cid:131) In case of Share brokers • Transaction entered on his personal a/c also  included in the sale value for purpose of  Sec 44AB. • Sub‐broker is not different from a share broker. (cid:131) Turnover or Gross receipts:‐ In case of shares,  securities & derivatives: (a) Speculative Transaction:‐Positive or negative  difference amt arises on settlement of contracts is  to be considered as Turnover. www.taxguru.in (b) Difference of total  favorable &   unfavorable • Premium received on sale of option • Difference of any reverse trade  e ntered (c) Delivery based Transactions:‐ Total  value of sales.

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Assessee filed return of income as per section 44AD declaring net .. Arihant Builders,Developers & Investors (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT. [2007] 106 ITD 10
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