The common compliance required under the Act:

• Enlistment of firm in Form I with a period point of confinement of 1 year.
• Change in Firm Name or Principal Place or Nature of Business in Form II with a period point of confinement of 90 days.
• Shutting and Opening of Branches in Form III with a period point of confinement of 90 days.compliance
• Change in Name/Address of Partner in Form IV with a period point of confinement of 90 days.
• Change in Constitution or Dissolution in Form V with a period point of confinement of 90 days.
• At the point when a minor ends up plainly major and chooses to end up or not to end up noticeably an accomplice in Form VI with a period farthest point of 90 days.

A partnership firm is a plausible form of business controlled by people acting for all and working under a personal liability. Partnership firms are relatively easy to start and are prominent amongst small and medium-sized establishments in the unorganized sector. With the introduction of Limited Liability Partnerships in 2008 in India, partnership firms are losing their importance due to the added advantages offered by a Limited Liability Partnership.

There are two types of partnership firms, registered and unregistered partnership firms. A firm needs to comply with Section 58 of the Partnership Act, 1932 to be fully registered. It is not compulsory to register the firm, but it is more advantageous to register a firm. Partnership firms are formed by drafting the Partnership Deed by the partners.

Partnership firm must file their annual tax return with the Income Tax Department. Other tax compliances like VAT or service tax filing may be necessary based on the business performed and the nature of the firm. A partnership firm is not obligated to file its annual accounts with the Registrar each year, unlike a Limited Liability Partnership or Company. It is not obligatory for Partnerships to prepare audited financial statements each year. However, a tax audit may be necessary based on the turnover and other criteria.

Partnership firm is viewed as a separate entity for the purpose of taxation. It is not necessary for the partnership to be registered. So partnership firm is taxed under the income tax slab for firms and partners are taxed under the income tax slab for individuals.

Section 2(23) (i) takes the meaning of the “firm” from. Section 4 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 which defines firm as “Persons who have entered into a partnership with one another are called individually “partners” and collectively “a firm”, and the name under which their business is carried on is called the “firm name.”

Obtaining Permanent Account Number and Tax Deduction Account Number registration from the Income Tax Department for a Partnership Firm from the relevant Authorities once the Partnership Firm is registered is necessary.

In the case of every firm, the rate of income tax on the whole of the total income will be 30% percent surcharge on income tax.

The amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Paragraph, or the provisions of section 111A or section 112 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall, in the case of every firm, having a total income exceeding one crore

It is compulsory for each association firm to document the arrival of salary regardless of the measure of income or loss. An organization can record it’s arrival of income in ITR 5. ITR 5 is for people other than:

• Individual,
• HUF,
• Company and
• Person filing Form ITR-7.

It is obligatory for a firm to record an arrival of wage electronically with or without computerized signature. An organization firm may likewise document an arrival of pay under Electronic Confirmation Code. In any case, a firm at risk to get its records inspected under Area 44AB might outfit the arrival electronically under advanced mark.

Return Forms can be filed with the Income Tax Department in any of the following ways,

• By furnishing the return in a paper form;
• By furnishing the return electronically under digital signature;
• By transmitting the data in the return electronically under electronic verification code;
• By transmitting the data in the return electronically and thereafter submitting the verification of the return in Return Form ITR-V]

A firm who is required to get its accounts audited under the Income Tax Act, 1961 or under any other law, the due date will be September 30 of the assessment year.

In any other case, it will be July 31 of the assessment year.