Compliances for a Business Entity Registered in India
For a business, whatever be its mode or constitution has to adhere with certain guidelines and tax laws as applicable to sustain and develop in India. We shall be discussing this from very scratch, i.e Incorporation and Confusion regarding the type of business entity to start with.
Compliance is not an event, it's a practice to be carried out round the clock, throughout the year & If you think Compliance is Costly, try Non-Compliance.
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Maintenance of Books of Accounts Under Income Tax Act
Books of accounts including vouchers and receipts are required to be maintained under different statutory laws – Income Tax Act, Companies Act 2013 and GST Act. Books to be maintained, retention period and compulsion requirements are different under all the 3 laws. While running a business, maintaining books of accounts is essential. The Tax Department needs them, the bank or your investor might ask for them. Outsource your book keeping function and let professionals manage your business financial reporting.
Under Income Tax Act
- Legal
- Medical
- Engineering
- Architectural
- Accountancy
- Technical consultancy
- Interior decoration
- Authorised Representative (one who charges fees for representing someone before tribunal or any authority)
- Film artist (producer, editor, actor, director, music director, art director, dance director, cameraman, singer, lyricist, story writer, screenplay or dialogue writer and costume designers.
Under Companies Act
Every company has to maintain books of accounts, at the registered office or any office that board of directors may decide. If the company is maintaining books at an office other than the registered office, it has to intimate the same to RoC. The company can maintain the accounts electronically also.
- Cash flow statement
- Records of sales and purchases,
- Records of assets and liabilities
- Items of cost
- Deeds, vouchers, writing, documents, minutes, and registers whether in physical or electronic mode
Books should be maintained for a period of 8 years from the end of the relevant financial year.