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A presumptive taxation scheme covered under section 44AD of the Income-tax Act allows you to calculate your tax on an estimated income or profit. Any business with a revenue of less than Rs. 2 crores can select to be taxed presumptively. They must declare earnings of 8% for non-digital transactions or 6% for digital transactions, whichever one is applicable. According to the Income-tax Act, an individual involved in any business or profession is needed to maintain regular books of account, and the individual has to get his accounts audited. To give small taxpayers relaxation from this ongoing work, the Income-tax Act has enclosed the presumptive taxation scheme under sections 44AD, 44ADA, and 44AE.
A person following the presumptive taxation scheme can declare income at a recommended rate. In return, it is alleviated from the endless job of maintaining books of account and obtaining the statements audited.
The following persons can acquire the presumptive taxation scheme under section 44AD:
In other words, the scheme cannot be acquired by a non-resident and by any person other than an individual, a HUF, or a partnership firm (not a limited liability partnership firm). This scheme cannot be acquired by a person who has declared deductions under section 10A/10AA/10B/10BA or under sections 80HH to 80RRB in the suitable year.
Businesses not included under presumptive taxation scheme
The scheme of section 44AD is formed to give relaxation to small taxpayers engaged in any business, except the following companies:
Apart from the above-discussed businesses, a person carrying on profession as referred to in section 44AA (1) is not eligible for a presumptive taxation scheme.
Characteristics of the scheme
Payment of advance tax under Section 44AD
An assessee is accountable to pay his or her advance tax in a single deferred payment on or before the 15th of March every fiscal year if he or she chooses presumptive taxation under Section 44AD. For any non-payment in paying the advance tax, the assessee will be imposed interest under Section 234C.
Taxable profits and gains
According to section 44AD, an assessee who chose for presumptive taxation will calculate his income as 8% of the total turnover or gross receipts of the last year. An amount higher than the earlier estimated amount as presumptive income asserted by an assessee shall be entitled as gains and profits of the business that is imputable to tax under the head “Profits and gains of business or profession”. An assessee can assert lower profits or gains if he has continued proper books of account, gets his accounts audited, and furnishes the audit report mentioning lower yields.
The presumptive taxation scheme under Section 44AD benefits small or medium-sized taxpayers; the reason is that they do not have to do the endless job of maintaining books of account and getting it audited for taxation under the Income-tax act 1961. This helps in consuming time as well as protects the assessee from a high probability of errors.
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