Persons Required To Maintain Books Of Accounts ( Section 44AA)
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Every person carrying on the Legal, Medical, Engineering, Accountancy or Interior Decoration or any other profession as notified by CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES (CBDT) are required to maintain such books of accounts & other documents as may enable the Assessing Officer to compute Assessee’s total income.
Following are the persons who are required to maintain books of accounts:-
Person carrying on business or profession if his total income exceeds Rs.1,20,000 or his total Turnover or Gross Receipts in the business or profession exceeds Rs.10,00,000 in any of the 3 years immediately preceding the previous year.Ø
Where the business is newly setup, if his total income is likely to exceed Rs.1,20,000 or his total Turnover, Gross Receipts likely to exceed Rs.10,00,000.Ø
Where the profits and gains are deemed to be the profits and gains of the assessee u/s 44AE or 44AD or 44BB or 44BBB and assessee has claimed his income to be lower than the profits and gains so deemed to be the profits and gains of his business.Ø
As per rule 6F
Every person carrying on Legal, Medical, Engineering or Architectural Profession or Profession of Accountancy or Interior Decoration or Film Artist or Authorised Representative if his Gross Receipts exceeds Rs.1,50,000 in all the three years immediately preceding the previous year orv
Where the profession has been newly set up in the previous year his gross receipts are likely to exceed Rs.1,50,000 in that year.v
BOOKS TO BE MAINTAINED
The following books of accounts and documents are required to be maintained:-
• Cash book;
• Journal;
• Ledger;
• Carbon copies of the bills and receipts issued by the person in relation to sums exceeding Rs.25;
• Original bills and receipts issued to the person in respect of the expenditure incurred.
PERIOD FOR WHICH THE BOOKS & OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE MAINTAINED
The above books of accounts and other documents shall be kept and maintained for a minimum period of 6 years from the end of relevant assessment year. If an assessment in relation to any assessment year has been reopened u/s 147 all the books of accounts and other documents shall continue to be kept and maintained till the assessment so reopened has been completed.
PLACE WHERE BOOKS TO BE MAINTAINED
The books and documents shall be kept and maintained at the place where the person is carrying on the profession or where there is more than one place at the principal place of business.
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