Business or professional income return, ITR-3 (including F&O and intraday)

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Business or professional income return, ITR-3 (including F&O and intraday)

What this means, checked by a CA

If you run a business or practice and keep accounts, or trade in F&O, you file ITR-3. We prepare or check your profit and loss account and balance sheet, test whether a tax audit applies, choose the cheaper tax regime within the rules, and file and verify the return.

₹4,999

a year, + 18% GST

  • Delivered in 5 working days after books or bank statements; audit cases as agreed
  • Due: AY 2026-27: non-audit business and professional returns were due 31 August 2026 (passed). Audit cases: tax audit report by 21 October 2026 and ITR by 21 November 2026 under CBDT Circular 7/2026 of 28 September 2026. Belated return up to 31 December 2026.

How we do it: IDFD

Every case runs through the same four steps: Information, Discussion, Forms, Deliverables. You see each one ticked as it happens.

InformationWhat we need from you · 10 items
  1. Profit and loss account and balance sheet

    Business schedules of ITR-3

  2. Bank statements of business accounts

    Receipts, payments, cash share

  3. GST returns and turnover, if registeredOptional

    Matches AIS GST turnover

  4. Broker tax P&L and contract notesOptional

    F&O and intraday figures

  5. Form 16, if also salariedOptional

    Salary head

  6. Form 26AS and AIS

    TDS, TCS and reported sales

  7. Tax audit report, if applicableOptional

    Uploaded before the ITR

  8. Form 10-IEA acknowledgementOptional

    Needed for old regime

  9. Advance tax challans

    Credit and interest

  10. Last year's ITR and loss scheduleOptional

    Brought forward losses

DiscussionWhat we discuss · 6 items
  1. Presumptive (ITR-4) or regular books (ITR-3): which is allowed and cheaper?

    Decides the form and audit

  2. What is your turnover, and how much was received or paid in cash?

    ₹1 crore or ₹10 crore audit limit

  3. Did you use presumptive taxation in any of the last five years and now show lower profit?

    Can trigger audit

  4. Old or new regime, and was Form 10-IEA filed before the due date?

    Regime choice is time-bound

  5. Any losses from earlier years or this year?

    Carry forward needs timely filing

  6. Partner in a firm, director, or holder of foreign assets?

    Extra schedules

FormsForms we file · 6 items
  1. Confirm ITR-3 is right and test tax audit

    Turnover against ₹1 crore or ₹10 crore; presumptive opt-out check

    Where: Internal. Due: Before preparing accounts

  2. Prepare or review profit and loss account, balance sheet and business income computation

    Net profit adjusted for disallowances and depreciation

    Where: Internal. Due: Before filing

  3. If audit applies: CA uploads tax audit report in Form 3CA or 3CB with 3CD (now Form 26) and you accept it

    Where: https://www.incometax.gov.in. Due: 21 October 2026 for AY 2026-27 (passed); normally one month before the ITR due date

  4. File Form 10-IEA if choosing the old regime

    Where: https://www.incometax.gov.in. Due: On or before the Sec 139(1) due date

  5. Compute tax and pay self-assessment tax with interest

    Tax less TDS, TCS and advance tax; Sec 234A, 234B, 234C interest

    Where: https://www.incometax.gov.in (e-Pay Tax). Due: Before submitting

  6. Submit ITR-3 and e-verify

    Where: https://www.incometax.gov.in. Due: AY 2026-27 audit cases 21 November 2026; belated by 31 December 2026; verify within 30 days

DeliverablesWhat you get · 4 items
  1. ITR-3 acknowledgement

    When: Same day

  2. Computation of income and financial statements

    When: With filing

  3. Tax audit report acknowledgement, if applicable

    When: Before the ITR

  4. Sec 143(1) (now Sec 270(1)) intimation

    When: Weeks after verification

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