Presumptive Taxation Under Section 44AD and 44ADA, Explained
Declare profit at a fixed percentage of turnover, skip full books and a tax audit. Here's exactly who qualifies for Section 44AD and 44ADA, and what it costs you.
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Declare profit at a fixed percentage of turnover, skip full books and a tax audit. Here's exactly who qualifies for Section 44AD and 44ADA, and what it costs you.
Most of a tax audit is routine. Four clauses account for nearly all the late nights, and each one needs data that lives outside the accounting system.
Three audits, three different laws, three different audiences: business owners often assume they're the same exercise done thrice. They rarely are, and mixing them up gets expensive.
Crossing the turnover threshold isn't the only way a Section 44AB tax audit becomes mandatory. Presumptive taxation choices can quietly trigger it too.