Income Tax Return Form 5

Income Tax Return Form- 5 needs to be filled by entities such as LLPs, Firms, AOPs, Body of Individuals and Artificial judicial persons. Apart from these, a Cooperative society or local authority can also do filing of Income Tax Return using ITR-5 Form.

Who is not eligible to file ITR-5?

  • The Assessee who are filing ITR under Section 139(4A), 139(4B), 139(4C) or 139(4D) are not required to submit ITR-5.
  • Individuals or HUF are not eligible to file ITR Form 5

What is the Structure of ITR Form- 5?

Part A: General Information

Part A – BS: Balance Sheet information of the tax assessee

Part A – P&L: Profit and Loss statement of the income tax assessee for the fiscal

Part A – OI: Other information about the IT assessee

Part A – QD: This section contains quantitative details regarding stock held/turnover details for the fiscal.

Part B – TI: This section contains details of computation of total income

Part B – TTI: Details of tax computation on net income chargeable for income tax

Verification: This section includes tax payments, TDS on income and TCS on income.

Apart from the various sections mentioned above, there are a few schedules in the ITR Form 5 that includes key information regarding key aspects of the business. Some of the most important schedules in ITR 5 Form are as follows:

Schedule HP: This includes details of income from house property.

Schedule BP: Includes details of computation of income from business/profession

Schedule DPM: Mentions details of depreciation on plant and machinery

Schedule DOA:  Information on the depreciation of other assets (i.e. assets on which complete exemption on capital expenditure is not allowed).

Schedule DCG: Details of deemed capital gains on sale of depreciable assets.

Process to download ITR- 5 Form 

You can easily download ITR-5 form for free from the official website of the Income Tax Department. Please click on the following link to download the ITR-5 form online from the official website.

https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/forms/income-tax%20rules/2018/itr5_english.pdf

How to file ITR-5 Form online?

Taxpayer entities that are eligible to file ITR-3 form can file duly filled form online at the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department. You can file ITR electronically and verify it using digital signatures. Otherwise, you can verify the ITR through ITR-7 or using the Electronic Verification Code (EVC), or Aadhaar/bank account.

Please note that accounts which are audited under section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 are mandated to file the ITR electronically using digital signatures. 

Further, ITR-5 is an annexure free form. There is no need for any document attachment with the same. However, to file the ITR, you need to get registered at the e-filing portal. Taxpayers are advised to match the taxes deducted/collected/paid by or on behalf of them with their Tax Credit Statement Form 26AS.