44AB applicablity

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Do a firm conducting business required to audit if it is maintaining books of accounts and disclosing final income less than 6 or 8 percentage of turnover
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Yes required
Yes as per 44AD(5)
What if it is first year of the firm Will Sec 44AB applicable.
Secondly as per Sec 44AB in case of Sec 44AD(4) audit applies. Thus what if the firm is maintaining books of accounts always and showing income lower than 6 or 8 percentage of reciept.

If doubt then please read both the section and let me know.
Sec 44ab applies only if income exceeds basic exemption limit and maintaining books of accounts and showing profit less than 8% of turnover required audit as per 44ad(5)
Please See Sec 44AD(5) and assume my first question is for the first year of the firm...
Question of auditing books us 44ad will only arise when you not showing 6 or 8% of your total turnover as your income in any five year succeeding the year in which presumptive income have been showned.
Firms cannot choose presumptive taxation ,u/s 44AD !
Firms mandatory to maintain books of account !

44AD is applicable only to Individual / HUF
Firm can opt 44AD
Audit will be required in this case
Sourav in which case is it for last comments of 02 January
Yes for 2nd January
Have you read 44AD(5) along with 44AB please read and I am still confuse....And Read Smit Shah comment

As per Section 44AD(4) amended vide Finance Act , 2017 where an eligible assessee who declares profits of any previous year in accordance with Section 44AD(1) i.e. a sum equal to eight per cent or six percent, as the case may be of the total turnover or gross receipts of the assessee in the previous year on account of such business shall be deemed to be the profits and gains of such business chargeable to tax under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession" then he must have to declare profit of next 5 assessment year succeeding such previous year in accordance with section 44AD(1). If he declares his profits and gains lower than the prescirbed limit then he is required to get his accounts audited under section 44AB(e) provided his total income exceeds the maximum amount not chargeable to tax.

So I don't need to audit if In the first year of business I disclose less than 6% or 8% of Gross reciept or Turnover @ neethiKannanth


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