ITR 6 Filing Form

ITR 6 Form is to be furnished by the Companies to e-file the income tax returns if they are not claiming exemption under Section 11 of the Income Tax Act 1961. Under the Income-tax Rules, the Companies that can claim an exemption under section 11 are those that have income from the property that is held for the charitable or religious person.

Hence, ITR 6 is to be filed by the companies that do not claim an exemption under section 11.

Efiling audit reports

If in case the assessee is liable for the audit u/s 44AB and the accountant has audited the accounts, then the details of the audit report, the auditor along with the date of furnishing is to be sent to the department electronically.

Who is eligible to file ITR 6 Form?

• ITR 6 Form is to be filed by every company irrespective of its structure registered under the Companies Act 2013 or the earlier Companies Act 1956. However, the companies whose source of income comes from the property that is held for religious or charitable purposes are not required to file ITR 6 Form.
• If the sales, turnover, or gross receipts are more than Rs.1 crore in the preceding financial year the entity must get the accounts audited from a certified Chartered Accountant.

Who is not eligible to file ITR 6 Form?

The companies who have sources of income from religious or charitable organizations can seek exemption under Section 11. In simpler words, an entity that is seeking exemption under Section 11 should not file ITR 6 Form.

Structure of ITR 6 Form

ITR 6 is divided into Part A and Part B ( along with the sub-sections) with multiple schedules that include information relevant to the income and tax of the taxpayer. Let us have a detailed look at this.

Part A (and its subsections)

General information: This Sub-section should be filed with the basic details of the entity such as the Name, PAN number, address, CIN, Incorporation date, etc.

Trading Account: This sub-section requires the details that are relevant to the income and the expenditure of the company.

Balance sheet: This subsection should consist of the details of the balance sheet of the company such as the liabilities, current liabilities, share capital, and more.

Manufacturing account: This Sub-section required the figures of manufacturing the accounts relating to the inventory such as opening stock, closing stock, and cost of the goods that are produced.

Profit and Loss Account: This subsection should be filed with the details of the company's profit or the loss that is incurred during the relevant financial year.

Part B (and its subsections)

Part B-TI: Computation of Total Income

Part B-TTI: Computation of Tax liability of the Total Income.

How to file ITR 6 Form?

The Income-tax department advises to fill the Income-tax returns in the following sequence:

• Part A ( and its subsection) All the Schedules
• Part B ( its subsection) Verification

This income tax return has to be filed online and is to be furnished electronically by affixing the DSC of the assessee. While filing the ITR 6 Form no document is required to be attached with return. ITR 6 Form is an annexure-less form.

The taxpayer is required to tally the data with the tax credit statement Form 26 AS regarding the tax deduction, collection, and payment.