Applicability of section 44ad of the income tax act, 1961

The presumptive taxation scheme under these provisions can be opted for by the eligible assessee who is engaged in any business (except the business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages referred to in section 44AE), whose turnover or gross receipts from such business do not exceed the limit of audit prescribed under section 44AB. Further, these provisions can be adopted by the assessee only if he has not claimed deduction under section 10A/10AA/10B/10BA or under sections 80HH to 80RRB in the relevant year. Moreover, the provisions of section 44AD cannot be adopted by an assessee who is engaged in any profession as prescribed under section 44AA or is carrying on an agency business or is earning income in the nature of commission or brokerage. The important criteria of the scheme is the turnover or gross receipts from the eligible business. To opt for the scheme the turnover should not exceed Rs. 1,00,00,000.