Options trading and itr-4

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I did extnesive search in this forum and outside but couldn't get the desired info., hence this posting. I have started trading in Options through ICICI Direct portal. For AY 2013-14, the audit is required for a turnover above 1.0 Cr and Ledger and P&L books are to be maintained. In my case these two things are maintained on the portal of ICIC Direct itself and can be downloaded/printed anytime.

the pages available on ICIC Direct portal are -

a) NSE FO Ledger- gives info. about the turnover.

b) FO P&L - gives info. about P&L but STT, Transaction charges, Stamp duty and Turnover charges are included.

                   They will   seperate out in Expenses.

c) Sauda Summary Report - gives open positions of Options(aka stock in hand).

My query is, do I still need to maintain the books of account seperately in physical form or the ones available at the trading portal is permissible?

Looking forward to valuable inputs.

thanks & regards.

Replies (4)

Dear Sir,

 

 U need to Maintain sepreate Books of Accounts . Plus You will be having other exp to book also.

ICICI Direct only maintains records of your transactions and the fees charged by them and the taxes collected from you.  They do not consititute books of account.  If you read Section 44AA, it says that an assessee is required to maintain (above threshold limits of course) such books as would enable the Assessing Officer to compute your taxable income.  This means that such books will have to be maintained by you.  In any case, you may have other expenses on trading outside what is charged by ICICI DIrect which can be inferred only from the books you maintain.

thankyou for both the answers.

I am posting this link for info. to users who are in share business and would like to maintain certain things inhouse if possible. I am in the process of evaluating this software which can maintain my books of account and track of share/options trading business.

Link is - https://www.directshares.in/faq.php

Its free for 15 days trial. Hope other users can share their experiences regarding this software for mutual benefit.

regards.


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