ITR 1 and ITR 4 for AY 2020-21

What is the new features of ITR 1 and ITR4 for Y 2020-21
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The Income Tax Return (ITR) forms 1 and 4 for Assessment Year 2020-21 introduce several new reporting requirements. Taxpayers with a passport must now declare foreign travel expenses. Significant bank deposits (over £1 crore) and electricity expenses (over £1 lakh) also need to be specified. Additionally, individuals owning property jointly cannot file using ITR 1 or 4, and those opting for presumptive taxation schemes (44AD, 44ADA, 44AE) will need to provide detailed opening and closing balances for cash and bank accounts.

The ITR utilities are not yet released. That will at fag end of the year. So please wait for effective changes
Income tax update :
*Some changes in new ITR 4 Sugam etc. for assessment year 2020-21 *:

1. If taxpayer is having Passport, its number is to be given in ITR

2. If incurred aggregate expenses exceeding Rs. 2 lakh on foreign Travel for self or for others, then amount to be specified.

3. If deposited aggregate amount exceeding Rs. 1 crore in one or more current accounts then aggregate of amount deposited in all such accounts to be specified.

4. If spent amount exceeding Rs. 1 lakh on electricity consumption then specify such aggregate amount.

5. If any assessee owns property in coownership then he will not be eligible to file ITR 1 Sahaj or 4 Sugam.

6. n case of 44AD or 44ADA or 44AE now the assessee will be required to give opening balance of cash in hand and opening balance of bank accounts and also will be required to give total amount received in cash during the year total Amount deposited in bank during the year, total amount of cash outflow out of cash balance during the year, total amount of withdrawal from Bank during the year and closing balance of cash in hand and closing balance of banks.

7. Now there will be no need to provide figures of unsecured loans, sundry debtors, sundry creditors, amount of closing stock, etc. as was required in earlier years.

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