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HOW MANY TRPES OF INCOME TAX RETURNS WHICH YOU CAN FILED WITH US
ITR-1 OR SAHAJ
- This Return Form is for a Salaried person/ Pensioner person (resident individual) whose total income for the AY 2021-22 exceed 250000 rs.
ITR-2
ITR 2 is for those individual/ Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) whose total income for the AY 2021-22 includes:
- Income from Salary/Pension; or
- Income from House Property; or
- Income from Other Sources likes- interest,Commission,Dividend from the company etc,or
- Income of another person like one’s spouse, child etc and
- Agricultural income more than Rs 5,000.
ITR-3
ITR3 Form is to be used for an individual/Hindu Undivided Family who have income from proprietorship business & profession. The persons having income from the following sources :
- Running a business & profession
- If he is a Director in a company(private/public both)
- If he had investments in unlisted equity shares
- If he have income from House property, Salary/Pension and Income from other sources.
- If he have Income of partnership firm.
ITR-4
ITR 4 filed by individuals/ HUFs/Partnership firms (other than LLPs), which total income include:
- presumptive Business income scheme under section 44AD / 44AE
- presumptive Professional income under section 44ADA
- Income from salary/ pension up to Rs.50 lakh
- Income from one house property, not more than Rs.50 lakh
- Income from other sources having income not more than Rs.50 Lakh.
- Having foreign assets or foreign income .
- If he is a Director in a company(private/ public ,both)
ITR-5
ITR 5 is for thoes who get income from :-
- Firms, LLPs (Limited Liability Partnership),
- AOPs (Association of Persons),
- BOIs (Body of Individuals), Artificial Juridical Person (AJP),
- Estate of deceased, Estate of insolvent,
- Business trust and investment fund.
ITR-6
In itr -6 ,following income are included from :-
- Companies other than companies claiming exemption under section 11
- Income from property held for charitable or religious purposes, this return has to be e-filed only.
ITR-7
This itr filed by the following persons who get income from:-
- Companies required to furnish returns under section
- 139(4A)-charitable or religious purposes
- 139(4B)- filed by a political party
- 139(4C)- Scientific research association,News agency,Association or institution referred to in section 10(23A),or other educational/hospital or other medical institution.
- 139(4D)-filed by every university, college or other institution
- 139(4E)-income or loss under any other provisions of this section.
- 139(4F)-filed by any investment fund referred to in section 115UB.
Some Advantages of Filing ITR:
Loans
- This itr helps to take vehicle loan (two-wheeler or four-wheeler).
- All bank managar can ask for a copy of income tax returns.
- Applying for a housing loan, bank managar ask you for Form 16/ ITR receipts,
To claim refund
- If your tds is deducted than you recived a refund due from the Income Tax Department, firstly you will have to file your returns and claim your tds.
To carry forward losses
- If you are able to carry forward capital losses (short/long-term),than you adjusted against capital gains made in the subsequent years.
- A long-term capital loss in one year can be carried forward for eight consecutive years immediately succeeding the year in which the loss is incurred.
Visa processing
If you wanting traveling , foreign consulates ask you to furnish ITR receipt of the last couple of years at the time of the visa interview, says Rao. Some embassies may ask for ITR receipts of previous three years, while some others may ask for the most recent certificate.
This is especially true if you plan to travel to the US, UK, Canada or Europe, not so stringent for South East Asia or Middle East.
Buying a high life cover
Buying life cover of Rs 50 lakh or Rs 1 crore has become commonplace. However, these covers are available against your ITR documents to verify annual income. “especially LIC, ask for ITR receipts.