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Filing
Missed the ITR deadline? Belated, revised and updated returns
Missed the FY 2025-26 due date? Belated returns, revised returns and ITR-U, with their costs and time limits.
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Planning
Record-keeping for freelancers: a simple monthly system
A one-hour monthly routine for invoices, receipts, TDS and GST, so tax season becomes a short checklist instead of panic.
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Freelancers & Creators
Affiliate commissions, gifted products and section 194R
Affiliate payouts and the products brands send you are both income. Here is how TDS under 194H and 194R works.
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Freelancers & Creators
How YouTube and creator income is taxed in India
AdSense, brand deals and US withholding explained, plus the expenses you can claim and questions for your CA.
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Freelancers & Creators
TDS on freelance payments and how to claim it back
Why clients deduct 10% or 1% from your invoices, how to check it was deposited, and how to recover it.
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GST
Foreign clients, export of services and the LUT
When foreign-client work counts as an export, why it is zero-rated, and how the yearly LUT saves cash.
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GST
Do freelancers need GST registration?
How the ₹20 lakh threshold works for freelancers, what counts towards it, and what registering actually commits you to.
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Filing
Salary plus side income: filing when you have both
How salaried people with freelance or creator income should calculate tax, pay the gap and pick a form.
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Freelancers & Creators
Presumptive taxation under 44AD and 44ADA, simply
How presumptive taxation lets freelancers and small businesses declare a fixed share of receipts as profit.
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Freelancers & Creators
Advance tax for freelancers: dates, amounts and interest
When freelancers must pay advance tax, how to split it across four dates, and what missing one costs.
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Planning
Deductions that still matter under the old regime
A practical checklist of old-regime deductions for FY 2025-26, and how large they must be to win.
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Filing
Reading Form 16, AIS and Form 26AS before you file
What each of the three tax documents shows, how to reconcile them, and what to do when they disagree.
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Filing
Which ITR form is yours? ITR-1 to ITR-4 in plain words
Match your income to the right return form for AY 2026-27, and avoid a defective return notice later.
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Income Tax Basics
The new regime slabs and the ₹12 lakh rebate, explained
How the FY 2025-26 new-regime slabs, the ₹60,000 rebate and marginal relief actually work on your income.
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Income Tax Basics
Old or new tax regime: how to choose for FY 2025-26
A side-by-side way to decide between the old and new regimes, with real numbers for a ₹15 lakh salary.
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