Is audit u/s 44ab required

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26 June 2013 Dear all,

There is a newly established partnership firm on 31-1-2013 for doing retail medical business and its business started from 15-2-2013. In the year 2012-13 it has only Rs.26,000 sales and it has nearly Rs.20000 loss(after depreciation and no remuneration or interest receiving by the partners) as on 31-3-2013 from that business.


As per section 44AD each business income having assessees who are not liable for tax audit u/s 44AB as per the act must and should be offer minimum of 8% taxable income on gross sales for the tax purpose. As well as it giving another exemption those who didn't want to offer such minimum income as per section 44AD has required to maintain regular books of accounts must and should and if their total income exceeds basic exemption limit then required to do tax audit u/s44AB.

So in our case basic exemption limit is zero and the firm has maintaining regular books of accounts and its total income is below exemption limit(i.e it has net loss).

So my query is, is that firm required to do tax audit u/s44AB or just it can file its return of income with loss and carry forward for future years.

Thanking you,

26 June 2013 If book profit is less than 8% of turnover, then the firm should get its books audited.
However, remuneration paid to praters is allowed as deduction from such profit.

so get books audited and carry forward the loss.

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26 June 2013 But recent amendment to Section 44AD w.e.f from A.Y 2011-12 is saying if the taxable income doesn't exceeded basic exemption limit need not to require to make tax audit eventhough such offering income is less than 8% on gross sales or receipts.

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27 June 2013 There is no basic exemption limit for the partnership firm.

so if partnership firm claims profit below 8% of gross turnover, it has to get books of accounts audited.

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27 June 2013 The basic exemption limit for Partnership firm Zero(0). But firm income is -20000 so income doesn't exceeded basic exemption limit.

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27 June 2013 So please give your opinion as per your knowledge and experience according to the above view.

OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI

28 June 2013 As per the definition of income, income includes loss also and there no basic exemption limit for partnership firm, so as per my understanding tax audit should be done.


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