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What ITR should You Submit? Types of ITR Forms
The Income Tax Return (ITR) is a document on which a taxpayer provides information to the IRS regarding their earnings and the taxes they owe.
To date, the Income Tax department has issued advisories for ITR 1, ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR 4, ITR 5, ITR 6, and ITR 7. Every taxpayer must file their income tax return by the deadline or before it.
The type of income, the taxpayer’s classification (individuals, HUFs, businesses, and so on. ), and the individual’s income will all determine the ITR form that must be filed. If taxpayers select the incorrect form, they must also resubmit their ITR. Let’s take a closer look at the ITR Form for Income Tax Return.
ITR – 1 SAHAJ
It is a form (applicable for residents and ordinarily resident) that a taxpayer has to fill and individuals who are Indian citizens with a total income of up to Rs 50 lakh for the fiscal year 2021–22, and whose total income comprises the following items:
Income from a salary or pension
Income from one house property (except circumstances where a loss from a prior year is carried forward)
Earnings from other sources, such as dividends and interest (excluding gambling, winning lottery and race horse earnings),
Agricultural income up to Rs. 5000
No deductions under section 57 have been claimed by an individual.
There is no overseas income or assets for the individual.
Who can’t use the ITR-1?
Individuals who fall into the following categories are not eligible for ITR-1:
Earnings more than Rs.50 lakh
Agricultural income of more than Rs. 5000
If you have capital gains that are taxable,
If you make money from a business,
Having income from multiple rental properties (more than one house property)
In the event that the individual is a company director,
If you have unlisted equity shares in your portfolio at any point during the fiscal year,
If you are a resident, you may own assets (including financial interests in any company) outside India, as well as signatory authority on any account located outside India.
If you’re a non-resident who happens to be a resident who isn’t ordinarily resident (RNOR),
Possessing overseas assets or receiving foreign income
In the event that the individual is a company director,
If you owe tax on someone else’s income, and that person’s tax has been deducted.
ITR -2
This form is for an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) with the following total income for the fiscal year:
Individuals with an income of more than Rs. 50 lakh are eligible.
Income from a pension or a salary.
Income derived from residential real estate.
Additional sources of income (including winnings from the lottery and income from racing horses).
If the person is a company’s director,
Agricultural income greater than Rs. 5,000
Profits from capital gains
If a person is an RNOR (resident not normally resident) and a non-resident,
If any unlisted equity shares were held by the company during the fiscal year.
Foreign earnings and assets.
In addition, if the taxable income is to be combined with the income of another person, such as a spouse or child, this return form can also be used if that income falls into any of the following categories.
Who can’t use this form?
Anyone whose total income for the fiscal year 2021-22 includes money from a business or profession should not use this return form. You may need to use ITR-3 or ITR-4 to declare these forms of income.
ITR 3
Individuals and Hindu Undivided Families that earn money from a sole proprietorship or profession must use the latest ITR3 Form. Anyone who earns money from the following sources can use ITR 3.
Individuals who support themselves through a profession or a business (this applies to both Tax Audit and Non-Audit cases).
The return may include income from a house, salary/pension, capital gains, and earnings.
The company’s revenue exceeds Rs. 2 crores.
During the fiscal year, if any unlisted equity stock investments were made,
You are a company’s individual director.
If the person is a business partner,
ITR-4 or Sugam
Form ITR-4 is used by taxpayers who are opting for the Presumptive Taxation Scheme under section 44AD, section 44ADA and section 44AE and who have income as per ITR-1.
Resident individuals, HUFs, partnership firms (other than LLPs), and partnership firms (other than LLPs) who are Indian residents and whose total income includes:
Earnings from a business under section 44AD or 44AE’s presumptive income scheme
Section 44ADA’s presumptive income scheme applies to professional income.
Salary or pension income up to Rs. 50 lakh (total income)
Not more than Rs. 50 lakh in income from a single house property (excluding the amount of brought forward loss or loss to be carried forward).
Other sources of income with a total income of less than Rs.50 lakh (excluding income from the lottery and race-horses)
Agriculture Income up to Rs. 5000.
Additional Disclosure:
If a taxpayer is filing a return under section 139(1)’s seventh provision, they must provide additional disclosures. Section 139(1)’s seventh clause applies to taxpayers whose income does not exceed the given threshold but they have:
During the financial year, deposited Rs. 1 crore or more in one or more current accounts, or
Incurred expenses of Rs. 2 lakh or more for travel to a foreign country for self or any other person, or
Spent at least Rs. 1 lakh on the power bill.
Taxpayers must disclose the amount of such transactions in all of the aforementioned circumstances.
Who is unable to utilise the ITR 4 Form?
If your annual gross income exceeds Rs 50 lakh,
If you have revenue from more than one residential property.
If you have any carried forward loss or loss to be carried forward under any head of income,
Possessing any kind of foreign asset
If you have signing authority over an account outside of India,
Having a source of income other than India
If you are a company director,
Being a resident not ordinarily resident (RNOR) and non-resident during the financial year
Possessing overseas assets or receiving foreign income
If you are liable for taxation on the income of another person, yet the other person has deducted the tax.
ITR-5
Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), Associations of Persons (AOPs), Bodies of Individuals (BOIs), Artificial Juridical Persons (AJPs), Properties of the Deceased, Estates of the Insolvent, Business Trusts, and Investment Funds are all covered by ITR 5.
ITR-6
To file an income tax return, all firms must use this form. To file their income tax return with the Income Tax Department of India, only corporations that do not seek exemption under section 11 must submit ITR Form -6.
Businesses that do not claim an exemption under section 11 must file this form online (income from property kept for charity or religious purposes).
ITR–7
Individuals and businesses must use ITR-7 if they have filed returns under Sections 139 (4A), 139 (4B), 139 (4C), 139 (4D), 139 (4E), or 139 (4F). The returns that must be filed under each section are listed below:
Section 139 (4A): Section 139 requires individuals who receive money from a trust or other legal obligations and use the proceeds entirely for religious or charitable purposes to file returns (4A).
Section 139 (4B): If a political party’s total income exceeds the limit amount, it must also file returns under this section.
Section 139 (4C): The following entities must file returns under this section:
The Association for Scientific Research.
Institutions or organizations covered by Section 10 (23A),
Educational institutions include medical institutions, hospitals, colleges, financial institutions, and other educational institutions, to name a few.
News companies
Institutions covered under Section 10 (23B)
Section 139 (4D): This section requires any college, university, or other institution that is not required to furnish a return of income or loss under any other provision of this section.
Section 139 (4E): This section requires business trusts that are not obligated to report their revenue or loss to file their returns.
Section 139 (4F) This section applies to investment funds that are required to file returns under Section 115UB but are not required to report any income or losses.
Important Note:
The following are the tax filing deadlines for FY 2020-21 (AY 2021-22):
Taxpayer classification Last date for Tax Filing
FY 2020-21
Individual / HUFs/ AOP/ BOI 31st December 2021
(Books of accounts are not required to be audited.)
Business (Requiring Audit) 15th February 2022
Business (Requiring Transfer Pricing Report) 28th February 2022
Audit Report Furnishing due dates:
Submission of Audit Report (Section 44AB)
For AY 2021-22 for taxpayers liable for 15th January 2022
Audit under the Income Tax Act 1961.
Submission of Audit Report for AY 2021-22
For taxpayers having transfer pricing and 31st January 2022
Specific domestic transactions
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