Do you need to maintain books of accounts for Income Tax purpose ?

 Are you maintaining Books of accounts to disclose proper Income for Income Tax purpose?

you are filing your income tax return and declaring a certain amount as income , just think that you have received a notice from income tax department to prove your income, how will you prove that you have declared your true income? are you maintaining books of accounts and keeping record of the income and expenditure, if yes , very good but what if you are not maintaining,can Income tax department force you to maintain books of accounts or can department may penalize you for not keeping record? 

Just join me here to know what is required and what is not required , I am going to discuss the provisions relating to maintenance of books of Accounts.

GST taxpayers get relief in implementation of e-invoice

 As per twitter handle of CBIC , One time relaxation has been given in implementation of E-Invoice Provisions for the month of October, 2020. Read  full press release below:-

Tax collected at Source on sale of Goods effective from 01^st October 2020

Due date for filing Annual return and audit report under GST has been extended, tax payer got some relaxation however new compliance requirement has been introduced which is applicable from 01^st October 2020 i.e. tax to be collected at source on sale of goods.

Vide Finance Bill, 2020 sub-section (1H) of section 206C of the Income Tax Act has been introduced which has proposed for tax collection at source (‘TCS’ ,will use it in remaining part of post), originally it was scheduled to be effective from 01.04.2020 but later has been provided that section will be effective from 01.10.2020.

I am just trying to explain it in frequently asked question (FAQ) format, hope that it will make easy to understand and comply with Law:- 

The last date for furnishing of Annual Return in the FORM GSTR-9 and Reconciliation Statement in FORM GSTR-9C for F.Y. 2018-19

Govt. has further extended the time limit to furnish Annual Return (Form GSTR-9/9A) and Reconciliation Statement (Form GSTR-9C) for the financial year 2018-19 from September 30, 2020 to October 31, 2020.

Notification No. 69/2020 – Central Tax, dated 30-9-2020

 Do you need to file ITR even your total income did not exceed the basic exemption limits? 

Yes, From Assessment Year 2020-21 it mandatory to file ITR for an assessee  who is not a company or a firm but who otherwise is not liable to file Income Tax Return of Income, if he or she satisfy any of the condition during the previous year:-