Engineering and forging MSMEs
Section 44AD presumptive filing where the conditions are met, which keeps small and medium units out of statutory audit cost. Turnover reconciled against GST returns so a defective notice does not follow.
Rajkot runs on engineering, forging and heavy machinery, and that shapes the returns. Capital expenditure is lumpy, a lot of business is done through partnership firms, and the questions that matter are about depreciation, partner remuneration and whether an audit is actually required — which, more often than owners assume, it is not.
We regularly file from Metoda GIDC, Shapar, Aji GIDC, Kalawad Road and Yagnik Road.
Section 44AD presumptive filing where the conditions are met, which keeps small and medium units out of statutory audit cost. Turnover reconciled against GST returns so a defective notice does not follow.
A firm is taxed at a flat rate, so partner remuneration allowable under section 40(b) and interest on partner capital are what move profit into the partners’ own slabs. Machinery depreciation and asset block mapping are handled at the same time.
Form 16 analysis, HRA, old regime against new regime worked both ways, and the TDS refund pushed through without a query.
A manufacturing unit with turnover above ₹2 crore assumed it was compulsorily into tax audit and had budgeted for the cost.
We examined the banking records and found that almost all receipts and payments went through RTGS and NEFT, which brought the higher turnover threshold into play. We filed on a presumptive basis instead.
The audit was not required in his circumstances, and roughly ₹40,000 of expected audit cost was not spent.
Anonymised, and described as it happened. Outcomes depend on your own facts — we will tell you what yours allow before we start.
A fixed ₹499, inclusive of GST, for a salaried or presumptive-business return. Nothing added afterwards. Roughly half what a Gujarat tax consultant commonly charges for a salaried return.
You can file your own return free of charge on the Income Tax Department portal at incometax.gov.in, with pre-filled data and free offline utilities. If your return is simple and you are comfortable doing it yourself, that route costs you nothing and we will say so plainly. People come to us when they want someone to check the figures and be accountable for getting it right.
A firm pays tax at a flat rate on its profits, with no slab benefit. Remuneration to working partners allowable under section 40(b), and interest on partner capital up to the permitted rate, are deductible to the firm and taxable to the partners — who often sit in lower slabs. Getting the deed and the computation right is what makes that available.
Yes. Depreciation is allowable on machinery bought second-hand and put to use for the business. What matters is that it enters the correct block of assets at the correct value, which we map when preparing the return.
It applies to a salaried return on ITR-1 and a presumptive business return on ITR-4, inclusive of GST. A partnership firm on ITR-5, or an ITR-3 with detailed accounts, is quoted as a single fixed figure before we begin.