India tax deadlines 2026.

Indian profession tax (professional tax, PT): the constitutional yearly ceiling, Telangana's schedule, registration, enrolment, returns, payment dates, interest and penalties, and the income tax deduction for profession tax under the Income-tax Act 2025, including why the default regime removes it. Trigger on "professional tax India", "profession tax", "PT registration", "PT return", "Telangana professional tax", "profession tax deduction", "Section 16(iii) (the 1961 Act term)", "Maharashtra professional tax", "Karnataka professional tax", "West Bengal professional tax". For States other than Telangana it says where to check and gives no slabs.

Becoming a non-resident Indian is a day-count game with three statuses (resident, RNOR, NRI) and one modern trap — deemed residency for high earners in zero-tax countries. What happens to your Indian salary, shares, mutual funds and property when you move to Dubai or Singapore; NRE/NRO accounts and repatriation; the treaty differences between the two destinations; and the RNOR window that makes a return home tax-efficient.

Use this Guide for an Indian employer's provident fund, pension, EDLI and Employees' State Insurance obligations under the Code on Social Security 2020, the Social Security (Central) Rules 2026 and the EPF, Pension and EDLI Schemes 2026. Trigger on "PF contribution India", "EPF employer", "ESI contribution", "provident fund India", "EPS pension share", "EDLI", "ECR filing", "PF return", "PF damages", "PF applicability", "ESI applicability", "employer PF obligation", "International Worker PF", "Labour Codes PF ESI" or any question about computing, depositing or filing EPF or ESI. Covers coverage thresholds, the Code's wages definition and the one-half add-back, contribution rates in the words the law uses, the pension split, rounding, due dates, damages and what is still set by notification. For salary TDS, gratuity and bonus use india-payroll; for professional tax use in-professional-tax.

Use this Guide for India GST work for a regular registered business with one GSTIN: preparing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B, filing the annual return GSTR-9, due dates and late fees, input tax credit and GSTR-2B reconciliation, blocked credits under section 17(5), reverse charge (import of services, advocates, GTA, rent), CGST, SGST and IGST, place of supply, QRMP, e-way bills, HSN codes and GST rates after the 2025 rate rationalisation. Trigger on "GST return", "GSTR-1", "GSTR-3B", "GSTR-9", "GSTR-2B", "file GST", "input tax credit", "ITC", "reverse charge", "late fee", "QRMP", "e-way bill", "HSN code" or "GST rate India". Composition, multi-State, SEZ, e-commerce operator and ISD cases are referred. For e-invoicing detail use india-einvoice; for TDS use in-tds-freelance.

Use this Guide for legal tax planning for Indian residents in tax year 2026-27 under the Income-tax Act, 2025: salaried people, professionals and small business owners. Trigger on "reduce my tax India", "tax planning India", "old vs new regime", "section 202", "80C" or "section 123", "80D" or "section 126", "NPS", "HRA", "home loan interest", "presumptive taxation", "44AD" or "section 58", "capital gains harvesting", "loss set-off", "GAAR", "GST composition" or "GST input credit". Covers regime choice, the deductions each regime allows, presumptive income, depreciation, losses, capital gains timing, advance tax, GST choices, provident fund and pension, and red lines. For computation use in-income-tax, for advance tax in-advance-tax, for GST india-gst, for residence in-tax-residency.

Use this skill for Indian income tax of resident individuals: new and old regimes, the rebate, presumptive income for businesses and professionals, advance tax, TDS credits, residence and return deadlines. Covers Tax Year 2026-27 under the Income-tax Act, 2025 and AY 2026-27 returns under the 1961 Act.

Use this Guide for Indian income tax and TDS on crypto, tokens, NFTs and other virtual digital assets (VDAs) for tax year 2026-27 under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Trigger on "crypto tax India", "Bitcoin India tax", "VDA tax", "virtual digital asset India", "crypto TDS India", "Section 115BBH", "194S TDS crypto", "Section 393 VDA", "Form 141 crypto", "NFT tax India", "mining tax India", "staking tax India", "airdrop tax India", "crypto gift India", "crypto loss India", "ITR crypto", "WazirX tax", "CoinDCX tax" or any question about how crypto gains, losses, TDS, gifts, surcharge, advance tax and return forms work in India. Covers the flat rate on VDA transfers, the cost-only deduction rule, the no set-off and no carry-forward rule, TDS limits and payment, gifts and free receipts, surcharge and cess, return forms and due dates. For the general income-tax computation use in-income-tax; for residence use in-tax-residency.

Use this skill to start any India tax job for a resident freelancer, consultant or professional working as a sole proprietor. It screens residence and structure, collects documents, classifies the work for presumptive income under 44ADA or 44AD, fixes the regime and ITR form, checks advance tax and TDS credits, and flags GST points. Covers Tax Year 2026-27 under the Income-tax Act, 2025 and AY 2026-27 returns under the 1961 Act; computation is in the in-income-tax skill.