Shifting from mercantile to cash basis of accounting

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Is it possible to change your accounting to cash basis and revert to mercantile basis in later years?What are the situations where an assessee can change his basis of accounting?
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An assessee is free to adopt an accounting method -mercantile or cash – or even a method of accounting which is regularly employed by it . The basic thing is that the accounting system adopted should be fair and should be followed regularly. This is what section 145 of the I T Act provides

 

So If you consitently followed Mercantile System for income tax you have to follow that only


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