Hi Colleagues,
I wanted to flag a backend coding error I encountered on the live Income Tax e-filing portal for AY 2026-27 while filing ITR-4 for a Partnership Firm engaged in the goods carriage business.
As per the proviso to Section 44AE(3), a partnership firm can claim a deduction for partner salary and interest subject to the limits of Section 40(b).
However, the "File Online" web utility has a mapping bug:
Field E5 auto-calculates the Gross Presumptive Income under 44AE.
Field E6 allows the entry for salary and interest paid to partners.
Field E7 correctly calculates the net amount (E5 minus E6).
The Error: At Field E8 (Income chargeable under Business or Profession), the portal completely ignores the net E7 figure. Instead, it forcefully pulls the unadjusted gross amount directly from E5.
Because the system locks Field E8, you cannot manually override it. The live web schema is essentially treating the firm like an Individual/HUF and disallowing the Section 40(b) deduction in the final computation.
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I have already submitted a grievance ticket on the portal regarding this schema error. Has anyone else faced this exact issue with ITR-4 online this season? Let me know if anyone found a workaround within the live portal itself!

Thanks,
Srikanth

On uploading correct information, I am getting error - Acknowledgement Number is invalid. How to resolver it. Please guide.

An assessee's total income for the financial year 2025-26 is 2882000 other than income from foreign sources) He not satisfy the basic conditions of prsence in india during the year 182 days and 60days during the previous year and 365 days during the preceeding the 4 years from the previous year. So he will be treated as non-resident. But there is amendment in fy 2020-2021 that his income from indian sources if exceeds 15 Lakhs then he will be treated as resident but not ordinarily resident. But there is exception to this given in section6(1)(A) read with section 6(6)(d) that he is a indian citizen , his income during the fy exceeds 15 Lakhs and he is not liable to tax in any other country or territory by reason of his domicile or residence etc., I want to know if he pays tax for the foreign earnings taxed in foreign is enough to satisfy this condition or for this indian income also if he pays tax in foreign , then only he will be treated as Non-resident?

Sir,
An assessee earning income in the nature of commission (on which tax is deducted under section 194D or section 194H) is generally required to maintain books of account and file the Income-tax Return accordingly.
However, in practice, returns are also being filed without preparing books of account in certain cases, particularly where the assessee also has income from salary, bank interest (including fixed deposit interest), or other non-business sources.

Kindly clarify:
Is there any provision under the Income-tax Act, 1961, or the Income-tax Rules that permits filing the return without maintaining books of account where the assessee has commission income along with salary and interest income?
Is there any monetary threshold of commission income up to which books of account are not required to be maintained?
If yes, kindly specify the relevant section, rule, CBDT circular, or notification governing the same.

I am traveling from flight from kolkata to Coimbatore and vice versa . I have booked flight by giving my gst no . Can I claim input tax credit of gst charged by airlines and airlines showed that in gstr returns.please clarify with examples now.

Dear Sir,
I have initiated online EPF transfer using UAN portal from EPFO to my company trust. Claim was settled on 23 April but Trust is showing the credit on 8 May. EPFO has paid interest till 31st Mar and on raising grievance to EPFO, they said, Trust should interest from 1st April onwards. But Trust is showing credit date on 8th May, although transfer actually happened in 23 April. As transfer in amount contains my entire service life's EPF amount of 25 years, I'll lose out approximately 59,000/- per month in interest at present interest rate of 8.25%.
In these circumstances, who is responsible for paying interest for the month of April?
Also, raising grievance on EPFO, they point to connect with company Trust and company trust does bother to respond. Please advise what can be done under this situation.
Warm Regards,
Sujit Dey

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Builder has deducted TDS on rent paid on reallocation on account of redevelopment of building u/s 194IC as joint development agreement resulting in capital gains income.
However this is not capital gain and this rent is not taxable under income tax act.

My question is how to claim tds as prepaid tax and show this rent income as exempt u/s 10 because there is no specific sub clause u/s 10 to show this.

Hi,

I was a partner in a partnership firm and rendered my resignation on 31/03/2026. The firm has incurred business income in FY 25-26 but tax audit does not apply to it.
What will be due date for the firm and for me as an individual for ITR Filling FY 25-26?

Thanks

I am planning to incorporate an LLP in Gujarat to operate three distinct, non-related business verticals: a Travel Agency, a Cloud Kitchen, and an E-commerce business (Selling products on Amazon/Flipkart). All three will be managed by the same partners under a single parent entity.
My accounting firm has advised that it is not legally possible to run such non-related businesses under one LLP and recommends incorporating three separate LLPs instead.
I need clarification on the following:
1. Is there any specific provision in the LLP Act, 2008 that prohibits a single LLP from carrying out multiple unrelated business activities if they are all explicitly mentioned in the Object Clause of the LLP Agreement? [1, 2]
2. If I include all three activities in the 'Main Objects,' will the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) typically reject the incorporation for lack of interrelation? [1]
3. Operationally, can I use a single PAN to obtain multiple GST registrations (different vertical-based GSTINs) for these distinct activities under one LLP? [1]