Presumptive Income 44AE

The Income-Tax Act has introduced the presumptive taxation scheme under sections 44AD, 44ADA, and 44AE to provide relief to the small and medium taxpayers from tedious task of maintaining books of account and having the accounts audited. Section 44AE of the Income Tax Act of 1961 is introduced to provide relief to small assessees engaged in the business of goods carriage. The goal is to simplify tax compliances, relieve the burden of maintaining books of accounts, and give a common income calculation technique. Assesses who choose this presumptive taxation plan are not required to keep books of accounts or have them audited.

The income under section 44AE will be computed on an estimated basis. Two types of goods carriage vehicles are there, and they are heavy goods vehicles and light goods trucks. Profits and gains from each shipment of products shall be computed in accordance with the following conditions on an estimate basis:

A sum equivalent to Rs 1000 per tonne of gross vehicle weight or unladen weight for each month or part of a month in the preceding year when the assessee possessed the heavy goods vehicle.

The actual amount earned by the assessee from such heavy goods truck during the fiscal year

Whichever is higher.

In case of vehicles other than heavy goods vehicles, the income will be calculated at a payment of Rs 7500 for each month or part of a month in which the assessee owned the carriage of the goods.

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The Presumptive Taxation Scheme can opt when the assessee is engaged in the business of plying, hiring, or leasing goods carriages, and also the assessee should not own more than 10 goods vehicles at any time during the previous year. As a result, there are just two key eligibility criteria:

• Adopted by the assessee who is engaged in hiring, plying, and leasing goods conveyance, and if an assessee is selling passenger automobiles or providing passenger transportation,.then such an assessee cannot adopt these provisions
• It also applies to businesses with a maximum of 10 goods vehicles. It follows that an assessee who owns more than ten. goods vehicles during the year, such assessee cannot adopt these provisions.