Salary drawing by sole proprietor in his business

Can a Sole proprietor draw salary from his sole proprietorship business?
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A sole proprietor cannot draw salary from own business as owner and business are same entity. Withdrawals are treated as drawings, not salary, and are not deductible expenses under tax law.

Proprietorship entity and the owner are treated as same person. So, no one can pay salary to himself. Even the income tax law does not allow deduction of such expense.

no sole proprietor can not draw salary from his own business.

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Rajeev.

No, A sole proprietor cannot draw salary from his sole proprietor business. He has to be a partner of a partnership firm or a director of a company to draw salary. 

If the business is HUF, can karta draw salary in individual status

Status of person can be determined by PAN 

A proprietor can withdraw anything from his business but all that would only be treated as drawings either in cash or in kind.
Originally posted by : kunda
If the business is HUF, can karta draw salary in individual status

Yes.

Since sole proprietorship isn’t a separate business entity, it’s impossible to consider proprietor as an employee and take a deduction for wages or salaries. Hence, no drawing of salary. Even if allowed, tax treatment is same.ie, whether from PGBP or Salary. 

Yes,

But he has to satisfy the conditions of Section 40A(2) of IT act, 1961 Also.

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