Income from rice mill

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Nagesh (Querist)
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28 May 2012 I have two question regarding income from business of Rice Mill -

1. whether paddy/rice grinding and polishing amounts to manufacturing and,

2. Can we file the return of income from the above mention business under presumptive income sec 44AD of Income Tax Act

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Soumitra Basu

Soumitra Basu (Expert)
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29 May 2012 If you are taking out Rice from the Paddy then it is a Manufacturing Process otherwise not.
Yes you can opt for deemed income under section 44AD.