The Income Tax Department has categorized the taxpayers into the group to ease the tax compliances this categorization is done based on the income and the sources of the income. ITR 1 Return filing in India is for people with an income of up to Rs.50 lakh.
This article is a comprehensive guide to understand the ITR 1 Sahaj Form. Each category of the taxpayer has to compute the taxable income as it is laid down in the Income Tax Act,1961. Post computation it is necessary for the taxpayer to file the Income Tax Returns.
ITR 2 Form is an Important form income tax return form that is used by the Indian Citizens as well as the NRIs to file the return with the Income-tax department of India. The taxpayers who are not eligible to file ITR 1 can file ITR 1 to file the income tax returns. ITR 2 can be filed by the individuals and Hindu Undivided Families who have their income for the financial year through salary, pension, more than one property, income from capital gains, income from foreign assets, business or income from a profession as a partner and other sources that include lottery, Racehorses, legal gambling.
Also, an individual who is not eligible to file using ITR 1 as the income is exceeding Rs.50 Lakh can file ITR 2 Form.
ITR 3 Form is applicable for the individuals and Hindu Undivided Families that earn profit and gains from business or profession.
If the individual or the Hindu undivided family is having an income as a partner of a partnership firm that is carrying out business then ITR-3 cannot be filed as in such cases the individual is required to file ITR-2.
Form ITR 4 is filed by the taxpayers who have opted for the Presumptive Taxation Scheme under Section 44D, 44DA, 44AE of the Income Tax Act,1961. But this is subject to the business turnover limit i.e in case if the turnover is exceeding Rs.2 crore then the taxpayer is required to file ITR 3 Form.
The taxpayers are supposed to file the Income Tax returns based on the income that is earned by them in the financial year and the kind of entity that it falls under. ITR 5 Form filing is to be done by the Association of Persons, Limited Liability Partnerships, Body of Individuals, Estates of the deceased, Artificial judicial person, business trust, estates of the insolvent, business trust, and investment fund.
This article is a comprehensive guide you can refer to while filing the Income Tax returns in Form 5.
ITR 6 Form is to be furnished by the Companies to e-file the income tax returns if they are not claiming exemption under Section 11 of the Income Tax Act 1961. Under the Income-tax Rules, the Companies that can claim an exemption under section 11 are those that have income from the property that is held for the charitable or religious person.
Hence, ITR 6 is to be filed by the companies that do not claim an exemption under section 11.
ITR 7 Form filing is done by the companies who service the income from the properties that are of charitable or religious purposes. Properties that are held under the trusts or legal obligation in parts or even wholly are included in the category.
ITR taxpayers can fill the ITR 7 Forms by providing the returns through a bard coded form, physical paperback forms, or the digital signature mode, or the submission of return verification through ITR Form V.
ITR 7 Form is a file when the person and the companies fall under section 139(4A) or Section 139 (4B) or Section 139 (4C) or Section 139(4D).
