Practising CA at Surat
26263 Points
Joined November 2009
Planning Hints :
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1. The assessee should keep a "SCORECARD" of SALES every month.
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2. The moment sale goes Rs.2 Lacs or above per month; the assessee should take care of 80C deductions. When Sales is Rs.24 Lacs per annum, presumptive profit at 8% is Rs.1,92,000/-
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3. When sale reaches Rs. 40 Lacs, the assessee's presumptive profit will be 3,20,000/- where tax is 14,000/- for current year. He may plan for more deductions u/s 80C.
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4. Assets which are nature of high rate of depreciation involving high amount; should be avoided to take under such firms if it is possible.
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5. Very Important :
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When sale crosses 50 lacs; the assessee should appoint one accountant to maintain books of account to avoid heavy taxation.
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If books of account are not maintained; 8% profit is Rs.4 Lacs hence tax is Rs.22,000/-. Hence it is advisable to small assessees to be aware of such provisions.
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This is important because generally small businessmen will not think to maintain regular books of account.
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But when sale crosses Rs. 50 lacs or 60 lacs; then they are required to get their books of account audited either to save taxes by showing lesser income or when it becomes compulsory to get it audited.
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Assessees who have 3 members in his family ( we can't say it a family if 3 members are not there ) and having sale upto Rs. 1.00 crore can plan to open 3 family firms and avoid unnecessary maintenance of books. Also they would be relieved from various typical provisions of Income-Tax.