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Final orchestrator skill that assembles the complete India filing package for India-resident self-employed individuals and professionals. Consumes outputs from all India content skills (india-gst for GSTR-3B/GSTR-1, in-income-tax for ITR-3/ITR-4, in-advance-tax for quarterly instalments, in-tds-freelance for TDS reporting) to produce a single unified reviewer package containing every worksheet, every form, every brief section, all cross-skill reconciliations, and the final action list with payment instructions, filing instructions, and next-year planning. This is the capstone skill that runs last and produces the final deliverable. MUST be loaded alongside all India content skills listed above. India full-year residents only. Self-employed individuals and professionals only.
Use this skill whenever asked about Indian professional tax (profession tax). Trigger on phrases like "professional tax India", "profession tax", "state professional tax", "Maharashtra professional tax", "Karnataka professional tax", "West Bengal professional tax", "PT registration", "PT return", "Section 16(iii)", "profession tax deduction", or any question about professional tax obligations, rates, registration, or payment in India. This skill covers state-level professional tax rates and slabs for major states, deductibility under Income Tax Act, registration and filing requirements, and employer obligations. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any Indian professional tax work.
Use this skill whenever asked about Indian TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) on payments to freelancers, contractors, or professionals. Trigger on phrases like "TDS freelance India", "Section 194J", "Section 194C", "Section 194O", "TDS rate professional services", "Form 26Q", "Form 16A", "TDS certificate", "26AS", "AIS reconciliation", "TDS return India", "lower deduction certificate", "Section 197", "Section 206AA", "PAN not provided TDS", or any question about TDS obligations when paying or receiving freelance/contractor payments in India. Covers Section 194J (professional/technical services), 194C (contractor payments), 194O (e-commerce), TDS return filing (Form 26Q), TDS certificates (Form 16A), Form 26AS/AIS reconciliation, higher rate for missing PAN (Section 206AA), and lower deduction certificates (Section 197). ALWAYS read this skill before touching any India TDS work involving freelancers or contractors.
Use this skill whenever asked about Indian advance tax for self-employed individuals, freelancers, or professionals. Trigger on phrases like "advance tax India", "advance tax instalments", "Section 234B", "Section 234C", "Challan 280", "advance tax due dates", "interest on late advance tax", "presumptive tax instalment", "estimated tax India", or any question about advance tax obligations under the Income-tax Act 1961. This skill covers the quarterly instalment schedule, presumptive taxation single instalment, threshold, interest for shortfall under s.234B and s.234C, senior citizen exemption, Challan 280 payment procedure, TDS credit interaction, and edge cases. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any advance tax-related work for India.
ALWAYS USE THIS SKILL when a user asks for help preparing their India tax returns AND mentions freelancing, self-employment, contracting, professional services, or independent practice. Trigger on phrases like "help me do my taxes", "prepare my ITR", "I'm self-employed in India", "I'm a freelancer in India", "do my taxes as a consultant", "prepare my income tax return", or any similar phrasing where the user is an India-resident self-employed individual needing tax return preparation. This is the REQUIRED entry point for the India self-employed tax workflow -- every other skill in the stack (india-gst, in-income-tax, in-advance-tax, in-tds-freelance, in-return-assembly) depends on this skill running first to produce a structured intake package. Uses upload-first workflow -- the user dumps all their documents and the skill infers as much as possible before asking questions. Uses ask_user_input_v0 for structured questions instead of one-at-a-time prose. Built for speed. India full-year residents only; self-employed individuals and professionals only.
Use this skill whenever asked about Indiana individual income tax. Trigger on phrases like "Indiana income tax", "IN income tax", "IT-40", "Indiana county tax", "IC 6-3". Indiana has a flat 2.95% state rate plus mandatory county income taxes (0.5%–3.38%). ALWAYS load us-tax-workflow-base first.