Every Company irrespective of its structure registered under the Companies Act 2013 or earlier under the Companies Act, 1956, shall file Income Tax Return through form ITR-6. However, those companies whose income is from the charitable or religious organization are not required to file Form ITR-6 (exempt under Section 11).
The taxpayer liable to file Form ITR-6 must obtain an audit report under Section 44-AB. As per section 44-AB, an entity whose sales, turnover, or gross receipt exceed INR 1 Crore in the preceding financial year must compulsorily get its accounts audited from a Chartered Accountant.
The following is a convenient sequence for filing Form ITR-6:
This income tax return is a complete online form and has to be furnished electronically by affixing the DSC of the assessee. While filling ITR-6, no document is required to be attached with return. It is advisable for the taxpayers to tally the data with their Tax Credit Statement Form 26 AS about tax deducted, collected, and paid by them.
| Schedules | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Bank account details | |
| Schedule –HP | For computing incomes under the head Income from House Property |
| Schedule –BP | For computing incomes under the head “profit and gains from business and profession |
| Schedule –DPM | For calculating depreciation on plant & machinery |
| Schedule –DOA | For a summary of depreciation on all assets |
| Schedule –DCG | For calculating the deemed capital gain on sale of depreciable assets |
| Schedule –ESR | Deductions u/s 35, i.e. expenditure on scientific research |
| Schedule –CG | For calculating income under the head “Capital gains” |
| Schedule –OS | For calculating income from other sources |
| Schedule –CYLA | Calculating the income after setting off the current year's loss |
| Schedule –BFLA | Calculation of income after setting off the unabsorbed loss of the previous year |
| Schedule –CFL | Statement of loss for carrying forward to a further year |
| Schedule –UD | Statements of unabsorbed depreciation and allowance |
| Schedule –ICDS | Income computation disclosure standards on profit |
| Schedule –10AA | Deductions u/s 10AA |
| Schedule –80G | Details of deduction u/s 80G relating to donations |
| Schedule –80 GGA | Statement of donations for scientific research and rural development |
| Schedule –VIA | Statement of deductions from total income under chapter VI-A |
| Schedules | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Schedule –SI | Details of income chargeable at special tax rates |
| Schedule –PTI | Details relating to passing through income from business trust or investment fund |
| Schedule –EI | Statement of exempted incomes |
| Schedule –MAT | Details of tax payable u/s 115JB (Minimum Alternate Tax) |
| Schedule –DDT | statement of tax paid on dividend, i.e. “dividend distribution tax” |
| Schedule –BBS | Details of tax distributed income on buyback of shares |
| Schedule –ESI | Statement of foreign incomes and tax relief thereto |
| Schedule –IT | Details on advance-tax paid and self-assessment tax |
| Schedule –TDS | Details of TDS on incomes other than salaries |
| Schedule –TCS | Statement of TCS (Tax collected at source) |
| Schedule –FSI | Statement of income accruing outside India |
| Schedule –TR | Details of tax relief claimed for foreign tax paid |
| Schedule –FA | Complete details of foreign assets and foreign income |
| Schedule –SH1 | Details of shareholding of an unlisted company |
| Schedule –SH2 | Details of shareholding of start-ups |
| Schedule –AL1 | Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year |
| Schedule –GST | Statement of turnover reported for GST |
| Schedule –FD | Details of payment/receipt made in foreign currency |
ITR-6 is a completely online form and can be downloaded online through the official website of Income Tax. The income tax department has not yet provided any offline tools for filing ITR-6.
General due date for filing income tax return by the assessee requiring tax audit is 30th September of the relevant financial year. However due to COVID-19, the date for filling ITR-6 for the financial year 2019-20 has been extended to 31st October 2020.
ITR-6 must be filed by companies that are not claiming exemption under section 11 (Income from property held for charitable or religious purposes)
ITR-6 cannot be filed by Taxpayers who fall under the below category :
