I am a freelancer and work with an international client, getting paid in USD but the amount comes in my account from an EOR platform called Deel after conversion to INR (they charge conversion fee). I provide consultancy services in the field of legal compliance in relation to employment laws, income tax laws, social security laws, and such. I develop content for my client in the form of a summary of these laws, which is put in a country profile on the client’s website. I work on their proprietary tool. I am not a lawyer. Last year (FY 2021-22, AY 2022-23), I filed an ITR-3 to take benefit of presumptive taxation u/s 44ADA (under the code 16013-Business and management consultancy Activities) as advised by a CA on Taxfull, I showed 70% of my income as presumptive income rather than 50%. I do not maintain account books, my income is less than 20lacs p.a. I had paid around 2.30 lacs as advance tax for the year. So, my return came out to be around Rs. 1 lac after filing ITR. I also had capital gains from selling equity and mutual funds. I filed my ITR in July 2022, but my ITR has not been processed yet as of June 2023. Upon filing a grievance, I got the response that my ITR has been caught under Seek for Clarification and a notice for the same will be sent on my email ID. However, it has been more than 15 days since the response and I have not received any email. I checked on the online income tax portal under the e-proceedings also, there is nothing. So now I have two questions – 1. What should I do further with my last year’s ITR to get it processed? 2. How should I file my current ITR – with presumptive income or not? I am confused as to why the previous ITR got caught and if it will be repeated if I file the same this year as well?
Asked 1 year ago in Income Tax
My receipts are less than 20 lac, and I showed an income of 70% of receipts under presumptive taxation (44ADA). Am I supposed to keep books and undergo an audit? Also, I did not know of presumptive taxation before this so I had paid a lot of advance tax, hence the return is a bit high.
Asked 1 year ago
Hi - I received this intimation notice today - Adjustment of Income araising u/s sec 143 (1)(a)(ii): Claim of CYLA not taken into account while computing the total income as original return of income filed after the due date/no information or insufficient information provided in Sch: CFL. Do I need to file a revised return for this?
Asked 1 year ago
Under the e-proceedings tab, see only Agree and Do Not Agree Options. If I click on any of them, a message opens up that says - "I Solemnly declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief the information given is correct and is in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961" and only Submit button is there. There is no option for giving a response or filing a revised return. How do I proceed with this?
Asked 1 year ago