What is ITR3 Form and How to File It?

In this article, we hope to provide you the solutions to all your tax queries related to the ITR 3 Form. This post is a part of our series - Income Tax Returns which includes detailed information about all the ITR forms - ITR 1, ITR 2, ITR 4, ITR 5, ITR 6, and ITR 7.

We endeavor to furnish comprehensive information about all the income tax forms through these articles.

Based on which bracket of income you fall in, you need to pay taxes to the government. This post shall throw light on the following topics:

What is the ITR3 form?
Structure of ITR3
Eligibility criteria to file the ITR3
Points indicating ineligibility
Process of filing the ITR3
Important changes in the ITR 3 for the year 2021-22

What is ITR 3 Form?

Individuals and HUFs with profits and gains from their businesses or professions are eligible to file ITR 3.

The persons having income from the following sources are eligible to file ITR 3:

Business or profession (both audited and non-audited cases)
Income from individual properties, pensions, salaries, capital gains, and other sources of income may be included in your tax return.

Important Note:

The outcome of Union Budget 2021:

With effect from AY 2021-22, the threshold limit for tax audits will be raised from Rs. 5 crores to Rs. 10 crores for businesses where digital transactions constitute at least 95 percent of total transactions.

Here are some essential points to note:

As for taxpayers subject to an audit under the AY 2020-21 (FY 2019-20), the deadline to file ITR-3 has been extended from 31 January 2021 to 15 February 2021. The deadline for submitting the tax audit report has been extended to 15th January 2021 from 31st December 2020.
With effect from AY 2020-21 (FY 2019-20), the threshold for a tax audit to be conducted will be raised from Rs 1 crore to Rs 5 crore if the taxpayer's cash receipts are limited to 5% of gross receipts and 5% of the aggregate payments.

Structure of ITR 3 Form- The year 2021-22?

ITR 3 is composed of the following:

Part A:

Part A-GEN: Provide general information about the business and its nature

Part A-BS: Provide a balance sheet of the Proprietary Business or Profession as of March 31, 2020

Part A- Manufacturing Account: Information about the Manufacturing Account for the fiscal year 2020-21

Part A- Trading Account: Information about the Trading Account for the fiscal year 2020-21

Part A-P&L: Information about the Profit and Loss for the fiscal Year 2020-21

Part A-OI: Includes other Information (optional if not auditable under Section 44AB)

Part A-QD: Quantitative Information (optional when not auditable under Section 44AB)

Apart from this, the other schedules included are as mentioned in the following table:

Schedule-S: Calculation of income under the head Salaries.

Schedule-HP: Provide details of calculation of income under the head Income from House Property

Schedule BP: Provide details of calculation of income from business or profession

Schedule-DPM: Provide Calculation of depreciation on plant and machinery in accordance with the Income-tax Act

Schedule DOA: Calculation of depreciation on other assets under the Income-tax Act

Schedule DEP: List of depreciation on all the assets under the Income-tax Act

Schedule DCG: Calculation of deemed capital gains obtained from the sale of depreciable assets

Schedule ESR: List of deductions made under section 35 (these include the expenses done on scientific research)

Schedule-CG: Calculation head Capital gains income.

Schedule 112A: Details of Capital Gains where section 112A is applied

Schedule 115AD(1)(b)(iii)Proviso: For Non-Residents, provide information of Capital Gains in case section 112A is applied

Schedule-OS: Calculation of income under the head Income from other sources.

Schedule-CYLA-BFLA: Information of income statement after set-off of current year’s losses along with income statement of after set-off of unabsorbed loss carried from previous years

Schedule-CYLA: Summary of income statement after set-off of losses in the current year.

Schedule BFLA: Summary of income statement after set-off of unabsorbed loss carried from previous years.

Schedule CFL: Information of the number of losses that will be carried over to future years.

Schedule- UD: An accounting statement of unabsorbed depreciation.

Schedule ICDS: Impact of Income Computation Disclosure Standards on Profitability

Schedule- 10AA: Calculation of the deduction under section 10AA.

Schedule 80G: Deductions under section 80G based on a statement of donations.

Schedule RA: Information of deductible donations to research associations etc. under section 35(1)(ii) or 35(1)(iia) or 35(1)(iii) or 35(2AA)

Schedule- 80IA: Calculation of deduction in accordance with section 80IA.

Schedule- 80IB: Calculation of deduction performed in accordance with section 80IB.

Schedule- 80IC/ 80-IE: Calculation of deduction performed in accordance with section 80IC/ 80-IE.

Schedule VI-A: Information of deductions (from total income) in accordance with Chapter VIA.

Schedule AMT: Calculation of Alternate Minimum Tax Payable in accordance with Section 115JC

Schedule AMTC: Calculation of tax credit in accordance with section 115JD

Schedule SPI: Details of income statement arising to spouse/ minor child/ son’s wife or any other person or association of persons to be included in the income of the assessee in Schedules-HP, BP, CG, and OS.

Schedule SI: A statement of income that is subject to tax at a special rate.

Schedule-IF: Information about assessee's involvement in partnership firms.

Schedule EI: Income not included in total income (exempt income)

Schedule PTI: Income pass-through from business trusts and investment funds based on sections 115UA and 115UB

Schedule TPSA: Provision for a secondary adjustment to the transfer price as per section 92CE(2A)

Schedule FSI: Tax details on income earned outside India and tax relief

Schedule TR: Relief from taxation based on section 90 or section 90A or section 91.

Schedule FA: Income from sources outside India and foreign assets statement.

Schedule 5A: Information on the amount of income divided between spouses is important information in a Portuguese Civil Code marriage.

Schedule AL: Asset and Liability at the year-end, applied when net income is more than 50 Lakhs.

Schedule GST: GST turnover/gross receipts reported

Part B-TI: Total Income Calculation.

Part B-TTI: Calculation of total tax due.

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Eligibility Criteria to File ITR Form 3

ITR form 3 can be used by people who belong to the following categories

An inherited business or profession.
Other sources of income, such as property, salary, or pension.

The income of individuals and Hindu undivided families can be reported with ITR form 3 if it includes:

Property income from a single or multiple properties
Holdings of short- and long-term capital gains
Businesses or professions run by a sole proprietorship owned by the individual or the HUF
Lotteries, races, gambling, and other legal forms of gambling.
An individual's foreign asset income.

Individuals Ineligible to File ITR Form 3

The income of individuals or HUF derived from partnerships, business partnerships, or professions or businesses is not eligible to be reported on Form 3 of the ITR. In such a case, the involved individuals or Hindu Undivided Family should file returns through the ITR 2.

How to File ITR 3 Form?

Online filing of ITR-3 is mandatory for all taxpayers and you can file it in both ways: Online/Electronically as well as Offline.

Online:

If you wish to file an e, you can do so as follows:

By submitting the return online under digital signature
By furnishing data online and then filing the verification of the return in Form ITR-V

When you submit your ITR-3 Form electronically using a digital signature, an acknowledgment will be emailed to the e-mail address you have registered.

Offline:

The income tax website also allows you to download it manually. A signed copy of the document must be submitted to the Income Tax Department's Central Processing Center in Bangalore within 120 days following e-filing.

When sending ITR-3, we must remember that it's an annexure-less form, which means we don't have to attach any documents.

Best way to send your ITR-V to the CPC Office

The ITR-V can only be opened with a password if you've downloaded it from the Income Tax Department's website. The ITR-V, known as acknowledgment, that you receive after e-filing your tax return must be sent to the Central Processing Center, Bangalore, within 120 days.

The Department of Post has assigned PINCODE 560500 to the Centralized Processing Centre (CPC), Income Tax Department, located in Bengaluru. You will now be able to submit ITR-V forms and other documents that require physical transmission to "Centralized Processing Center, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru 560500."

Address of CPC (Centralized Processing Center), Bangalore for Speed Post:

Centralised Processing Center, Income Tax Department, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560500

What are Important Changes in ITR 3 Form- The year 2021-22?

Here is a list of the major changes incorporates in the ITR 3 form for the year 2021-22:

Dividend recipients will have to pay tax from 1st April 2020. A number of relevant sections in the Act have been amended, including 10(34), 10(35), and 115-O. In order to accommodate these changes, ITR forms are amended accordingly.
In the event that the dividend is not received, the taxpayers are relieved from paying advance taxes. As a result, we can compute interest under section 234C for defaults in advance tax payment via the ITR form in which details of dividend income are entered quarterly.
In the ITR form of AY 2021-22, the Schedule DI that was inserted for the AY 2020-21 for purposes of claiming deductions for expenditures made during the extended period (1st April to 30th June 2020) has been removed.
A new column is added in Schedules 112A and 115AD(1)(b)(iii) to indicate the nature of securities transferred for the resultant capital gains tax under sections 112A or 115AD(1)(b)(iii) of the Income Tax Act. To make the schedules more useful to taxpayers, they have been modified to enable the taxpayer to give information about the sale price, fair market value, and cost of acquisition of the security.
The Finance Bill 2021 amends section 44AB to increase the threshold limit of tax audits to Rs.10 crores from Rs.5 crores if cash payments are less than 5 percent of total sales or turnover. ITR form contains the corresponding amendment.
The taxpayer is given an alternative option of a new tax regime under section 115BAC as part of Part-A General Information
The taxpayer who has business or professional income and has opted for an alternative tax regime is needed to mention the date of filing Form no.10-IE and its acknowledgment number.

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Key Takeaways

Here are the key points to learn from this post:

Individuals and HUFs with profits and gains from their businesses or professions are eligible to file ITR 3.
An inherited business or profession or people with other sources of income, such as property, salary, or pension are the ones who need to file the ITR 3 form. The list also includes the individuals and HUFs with certain criteria who need to file the ITR 3.
The income of individuals or HUF derived from partnerships, business partnerships, or professions or businesses is not eligible to be reported on the Form 3 of the ITR. In such a case, individuals or HUF need to file returns through the ITR 2.
You can choose to file ITR 3 through online or offline means.
The ITR-V can only be opened with a password if you've downloaded it from the Income Tax Department's website.
The ITR-V, known as acknowledgment, that you receive after e-filing your tax return must be sent to the Central Processing Center, Bangalore, within 120 days.