Internship Report - Final00
Internship Report - Final00
FIRM’S MISSION
• The firm’s mission is to establish trust, comfort and
convenience as a one stop business solutions
provider.
• To provide simple, effective and progressive
solutions for business’s.
• To be a partner that enables and ensures business
growth.
FIRM’S HELP
To establish Trust, Comfort and Convenience as a one
stop business solutions provider.
FIRM’S SUPPORT
The firm supports to provide simple, effective and
progressive solutions to business’s
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objective of the study under Singh Saurabh & Co.
internship is to provide hands-on experience and training in
the field of accounting and finance. It is an opportunity for me
to apply the concepts and theories learned in the coursework
to real-world situations and gain practical skills that are
valuable in my future careers.
The ultimate aim is to be prepared for a successful career as a
Finance Personnel by providing myself with a comprehensive
understanding of accounting, auditing, and taxation practices.
The objective of a study under the above internship is to:
1.Provide practical experience: The internship provides us
with hands-on experience in the field of accounting, finance,
and taxation, which complements our theoretical knowledge
gained through coursework.
2.Apply theoretical concepts: We can apply the concepts
and theories learned in our coursework to real-world
situations and gain practical skills.
3.Enhance skills and knowledge: The internship helps us to
develop and enhance our technical, analytical, and
communication skills, which are crucial for our future careers
in the field of Finance.
4.Develop professional networks: We can make valuable
connections with industry professionals and gain insights into
the accounting and finance industry.
5.Prepare for the Market Demand as a Finance Personnel:
The ultimate goal of the internship is to prepare us for a
successful career as a finance personnel by providing us with a
comprehensive understanding of accounting, auditing, and
taxation practices.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
I have tried my best to enhance my abilities and apply the
knowledge that I gained during the internship. On my first day
in the office, CA Saurabh Singh gave me training session
about GST and computerized accounting in tally software and
also shared his practical experience with me and gave me
some techniques of this process. He also guided me that how
to prepare GST return and filing data in income tax return
software.
Different task that I performed during my internship:
• GST Registration & GST Return filling
• ITR Filling
• Preparing books of accounts in tally
• Preparing Data in Excel Sheet
• Preparing Partnership Deed
• Preparing Projected Trading Account, Profit & Loss
Account & Balance Sheet
• Theoretical learning of different type of Taxation and
GST - Maintenance of accounts/ book keeping. - MSME
Registration
Softwares used during internship:
• MS office
• Tally software
• My GST Café - Compute Tax
KEY LEARNINGS
INCOME TAX RETURN FILLING
INTRODUCTION:
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities
(taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them
(commonly called taxable income).Income tax generally is
computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income.
Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the
taxpayer and the type of income.
The tax rate may increase as taxable income increases
(referred to as graduated or progressive tax rates). The tax
imposed on companies is usually known as corporate tax and
is commonly levied at a flat rate. Individual income is often
taxed at progressive rates where the tax rate applied to each
additional unit of income increases (e.g., the first RS@10,000
of income taxed at 0%, the next Rs@10,000 taxed at 1%,
etc.).Taxable income of taxpayers resident in the jurisdiction is
generally total income less income producing expenses and
other deductions. Generally, only net gain from the sale of
property, including goods held for sale, is included in income.
The income of a corporation's shareholders usually includes
distributions of profits from the corporation.
Deductions typically include all income-producing or business
expenses including an allowance for recovery of costs of
business assets. Many jurisdictions allow notional deductions
for individuals and may allow deduction of some personal
expenses. Most jurisdictions either do not tax income earned
outside the jurisdiction or allow a credit for taxes paid to other
jurisdictions on such income. Nonresidents are taxed only on
certain types of income from source within the jurisdictions,
with few exceptions.
Most jurisdictions require self-assessment of the tax and
require payers of some types of income to withhold tax from
those payments. Advance payments of tax by taxpayers may be
required. Taxpayers not timely paying tax owed are generally
subject to significant penalties, which may include jail-time for
individuals. Taxable income of taxpayers resident in the
jurisdiction is generally total income less income producing
expenses and other deductions.Generally, only net gain from
the sale of property, including goods held for sale, is included
in income. The income of a corporation’s shareholders usually
includes distributions of profits from the
corporation.Deductions typically include all incomeproducing
BACKGROUND:
The concept of taxing income is a modern innovation and
presupposes several things: a money economy, reasonably
accurate accounts, a common understanding of receipts,
expenses and profits, and an orderly society with reliable
records.
For most of the history of civilization, these preconditions
did not exist, and taxes were based on other factors. Taxes
on wealth, social position, and ownership of the means of
production (typically land and slaves) were all common.
Practices such as tithing, or an offering of first fruits,
existed from ancient times, and can be regarded as a
precursor of the income tax, but they lacked precision and
certainly were not based on a concept of net increase.
Taxes in India are of two types:-
• Direct Tax
• Indirect Tax.
According to Income Tax Act 1961, every person, who is an
assessee and whose total income exceeds the maximum
exemption limit, shall be chargeable to the income tax at the
rate or rates prescribed in the finance act. Such income tax
shall be paid on the total income of the previous year in the
relevant assessment year.
• for 60 days during the year and 365 days during the
preceding four years. Individuals fulfilling neither of these
conditions are nonresidents.
RESIDENT BUT NOT ORDINARY RESIDENT (RNOR)
If a person satisfies any of the basic condition u/s 6(1) but not
the additional condition u/s 6(6) is treated as a RNOR.
Taxability of individuals is summarized in the table below
STATUS INDIAN INCOME FOREIGN INCOME
ROR TAXABLE TAXABLE
RNOR TAXABLE NOT TAXABLE
NON RESIDENT TAXABLE NOT TAXABLE
Know how of Income Tax
• Income tax is levied on the 'total income' of the assessee. •
Income of the 'previous year' is taxed in the 'assessment year.'
• Income is classified into and computed under five
categories called 'heads of income.'
• The basic scheme of income tax is the principle 'pay as you
earn.'
• One must pay his taxes in advance and by the due dates, in
the prescribed percentages.
• Deferment in the payment of advance tax would result in
the payment of interest.
HEADS OF THE INCOME:
Further for the purpose of computation of one’s total income, the
income of any person is divided into five heads, namely:
• Income from Salary
• Income from House property
• Income from Profit and gains of business or profession
• Income from Capital gains
• Income from Other sources
TYPES OF E-FILING
There are three ways to file returns electronically.
Use digital signature, in which case no further
OPTION 1 action is required.
CONCLUSION
Under the umbrella of my project, we the participants of this
project were glad to understand the design and pattern of
income tax e-filing online. My experience was totally different
and gave us an edge adding to my knowledge. Old regime is
better as compared to new regime.
FILING OF GST RETURN
INTRODUCTION:-
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax (or
consumption tax) used in India on the supply of goods
and services. It is a comprehensive, multistage,
destination-based tax: comprehensive because it has
subsumed almost all the indirect taxes except a few state
taxes. Multi-staged as it is, the GST is imposed at every
step in the production process, but is meant to be refunded
to all parties in the various stages of production other than
the final consumer and as a destination-based tax, it is
collected from point of consumption and not point of
origin like previous taxes.
Goods and services are divided into five different tax
slabs for collection of tax: 0%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
However, petroleum products, alcoholic drinks, and
electricity are not taxed under GST and instead are taxed
separately by the individual state governments, as per the
previous tax system. There is a special rate of 0.25% on
rough precious and semiprecious stones and 3% on gold.
In addition, a cess of 22% or other rates on top of 28%
GST applies on few items like aerated drinks, luxury cars
and tobacco products. Pre-GST, the statutory tax rate for
most goods was about 26.5%, PostGST, most goods are
expected to be in the 18% tax range.
The tax came into effect from 1 July 2017 through the
implementation of the One Hundred & First Amendment of
the Constitution of India by the Indian Government. The GST
replaced existing multiple taxes levied by the central and state
governments.
The tax rates, rules and regulations are governed by the GST
Council which consists of the finance ministers of the central
government and all the states. The GST is meant to replace a
slew of indirect taxes with a federated tax and is therefore
expected to reshape the country's $2.4 trillion economy, but its
implementation has received criticism. Positive outcomes of
the GST include the travel time in interstate movement, which
dropped by 20%, because of disbanding of interstate check
posts.
It is charged at the national and state level at similar rates for
the same products and italso replaces almost all the current
indirect taxes that are imposed separately by the Central and
the States. Goods & Services Tax is a destination based tax
which means that the tax is paid at the place of supply.
The following is the list of Indirect Taxes in the pre-GST rule:
• Central Excise Duty
• Duties of Excise
• Additional Duties of Excise
• Additional Duties of Customs
• Special Additional Duty of Customs
• Cess
• State VAT
• Central Sales Tax
• Purchase Tax
• Luxury Tax
• Entertainment Tax
• Entry Tax
• Taxes on advertisements
• Taxes on lotteries, betting, and gambling
CGST, SGST, and IGST has replaced all the above taxes.
However, the chargeability of C G S T for Inter-state purchase
at a concessional rate of 2%, by issue and utilization of cForm
is still prevalent for certain non-GST goods such as:
• Petroleum crude;
• High-speed diesel;
Objectives of GST:
• To concentrate and conform One Country – One Tax.
• To ensure consumption-based tax instead of
Manufacturing.
• To ensure Uniform GST Registration, payment and Input
tax Credit.
• To eliminate the cascading effect of Indirect taxes on
single transaction.
• To ensure the subsume all indirect taxes at Central and
State Level under.
• To reduce tax evasion and corruption.
• To increase productivity.
• To increase Tax to GDP Ratio and Revenue surplus.
• To increase Compliance.
• To reduce economic distortions.
• Boost to exports: If Indian market will be competitive in
pricing, then more and more foreign players will try to
enter
• Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST):
Under GST, CGST is a tax levied on Intra State supplies of
both goods and services by the Central Government and will
be governed by the CGST Act.SGST will also be levied on
the same Intra State supply but will be governed by the
State Government.This implies that both the Central and the
State governments will agree on combining their levies with
an appropriate proportion for revenue sharing between
them. However, it is clearly mentioned in Section 8 of the
GST Act that the taxes be levied on all Intra-State supplies
of goods and/or services but the rate of tax shall not be
exceeding 14%, each.
• State Goods and Services Tax (SGST):
Under GST, SGST is a tax levied on Intra State supplies of
both goods and services by the State Government and will be
governed by the SGST Act. As explained above, CGSTwill
also be levied on the same Intra State supply but will be
governed by the Central Government.
An example for CGST and SGST:
3.Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST):
Under GST, IGST is a tax levied on all Inter-State supplies of
goods and/or services and will be governed by the IGST Act.
IGST will be applicable on any supply of goods and/or
services in both cases of import into India and export from
India.
An example for IGST:
Consider that a businessman Ramesh from Karnataka had sold
goods to Anil from Kerala worth Rs. 1,00,000. The GST rate is
18% comprised of 18% IGST. In such case, the dealer has to
charge Rs. 18,000 as IGST. This IGST will go to the Central.
Advantages of GST:
Advantages for the government
• Harmonization of laws, procedures and rates of tax between
Centre and States and across States
• Improved environment for compliance as all returns are to be
filed online, input credits to be verified online,
encouraging more paper trail of transactions at each level of
supply chain
• Similar uniform SGST and IGST rates will reduce the
incentive for evasion by eliminating rate arbitrage between
neighbouring States and that between intra and inter-state
sales
• Common procedures for registration of taxpayers, refund of
taxes, uniform formats of tax return, common tax base,
common system of classification of goods and services will
lend greater certainty to taxation system;
• Greater use of IT will reduce human interface between the
taxpayer and the tax administration, which will go a long
way in reducing corruption;
• It will boost export and manufacturing activity, generate
Advantages to Trade and Industry
• Increased ease of doing business;
• Reduction in multiplicity of taxes that are at present
governing our indirect tax system leading to simplification
and uniformity;
• Elimination of double taxation on certain sectors like works
contract, software, hospitality sector;
• Will mitigate cascading of taxes as Input Tax Credit will be
available across goods and services at every stage of supply;
• Reduction in compliance costs - No multiple record keeping
for a variety of taxes - so lesser investment of resources and
manpower in maintaining records;
• More efficient neutralization of taxes especially for exports
thereby making our products more competitive in the
international market and give boost to Indian Exports;
• Simplified and automated procedures for various processes
such as registration, returns, refunds, tax payments, etc;
Advantages to Consumers
• Final price of goods is expected to be transparent due to
seamless flow on input tax credit between the manufacturer,
retailer and service supplier;
• Reduction in prices of commodities and goods in long run
due to reduction in cascading impact of taxation;
• Relatively large segment of small retailers will be either
exempted from tax or will suffer very low tax rates under a
compounding scheme - purchases from such entities will
cost less for the consumers.
• Poverty eradication by generating more employment and
more financial resources.
Advantages to States
• Expansion of the tax base as they will be able to tax the
entire supply chain from manufacturing to retail;
• Power to tax services, which was hitherto with the Central
Government only, will boost revenue and give States access
to the fastest growing sector of the economy;
• GST being destination based consumption tax will favour
consuming States;
Goods and Services Tax Council
GST Council has met thirteen times since its constitution and
some important decisions taken in the GST Council meeting
are:-
• Rules for conduct of business in GST Council
• Timetable for implementation of GST;
• The threshold limit for exemption from levy of GST would
be Rs. 20 lakhs for the States except for the Special
Category States, as enumerated in Article 279A of the
Constitution, for which it will be Rs 10 Lakhs);
• The threshold for availing the Composition scheme would
be Rs. 50 lakhs. Service providers and some others would
be kept out of the Composition Scheme;
• To compensate States for 5 years for loss of revenue due to
implementation of GST, the base year for the revenue of the
State would be 2015-16 and a fixed growth rate of 14% will
the approval of the Chairperson, if required, based on suitable
suggestions from the stakeholders or from the Law
Department;
All entities exempted from payment of indirect tax under any
existing tax incentive scheme would pay tax in the GST regime
and the decision to continue with any incentive scheme shall
be with the concerned State or Central government. In case, the
State or Central Government decides to continue with any
existing exemption/incentive scheme; it will be administered
by way of a reimbursement mechanism.
Adoption of four slabs tax rate structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and
28%. In addition, there would be a category of exempt goods
and further a cess would be levied on certain goods such as
luxury cars, aerated drinks, pan masala and tobacco products,
over and above the rate of 28% for payment of compensation
to the states.
GST rates on 1211 items were approved at the 14th GST
Council meeting held at Srinagar on 18th and 19th of May
2017.
The implementation of GST has the following challenges:
• Challenging time frame of rolling out GST by 1st July,
2017;
• Infrastructure and Technology up-gradation of tax system
particularly of the States;
• Up-gradation of IT systems of trade & industry;
Taxes which are not to be subsumed
GST may not subsume the following taxes within its ambit:
1.Basic Custom Duty: These are protective duties levied at the
time of Import of goods into India.
• Export Duty: This duty is imposed at the time of export of
certain goods which are not available in India in abundance.
• Road and Passenger Tax: These are in the nature of fees
and not in the nature of taxes on goods and services.
• Toll tax: these are in the nature of user fees and not in the
nature of taxes on goods and services.
Need and advantages of registration
Registration will confer the following advantages to a
taxpayer:
• He is legally recognized as supplier of goods or services.
• He is legally authorized to collect tax from his customers
and pass on the credit of the taxes paid on the goods or
services supplied to the purchasers/recipients.
• He can claim input tax credit of taxes paid and can utilize
the same for payment of taxes due on supply of goods or
services.
• Seamless flow of Input Tax Credit from suppliers to
recipients at the national level.
Liability to register
GST being a tax on the event of “supply”, every supplier
needs to get registered.However, small businesses having all
India aggregate turnover below Rupees 20 lakh (10lakh if
business is in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Meghalaya,
Nagaland or Tripura) need not register. The small businesses,
having turnover below the threshold limit can, however,
voluntarily opt to register.
The aggregate turnover includes supplies made by him on
behalf of his principals, but excludes the value of job-worked
goods if he is a job worker. But persons who are engaged
exclusively in the business of supplying goods or services or
both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax or an
agriculturist, to the extent of supply of produce out of
cultivation of land are not liable to register under GST.
Also, if all the supplies being made by a supplier are taxable
under reverse charge, there is no requirement for such a
supplier to register in light of Notification No. 5/2017-Central
Tax dated 19.06.2017.
Nature of Registration
The registration in GST is PAN based and State specific.
Supplier has to register in each of such State or Union
territory from where he effects supply. In GST registration, the
supplier is allotted a 15-digit GST identification number
called “GSTIN” and a certificate of registration incorporating
therein this GSTIN is made available to the applicant on the
GSTN common portal. The first 2 digits of the GSTIN is the
State code, next 10 digits are the PAN of the legal entity, the
next two digits are for entity code, and the last digit is check
sum number. Registration under GST is not tax specific which
means that there is single registration for all the taxes i.e.
CGST, SGST/UTGST, IGST and cesses.
A given PAN based legal entity would have one GSTIN per
State, that means a business entity having its branches in
multiple States will have to take separate State wise
registration for the branches in different States. But with in a
State an entity with different branches would have single
registration wherein it can declare one place as principal place
of business and other branches as additional place of business.
However, a business entity having separate business verticals
(as defined in section 2 (18) of the CGSTAct, 2017) in a state
may obtain separate registration for each of its business
verticals. Further a unit in SEZ or a SEZ developer needs to
necessarily obtain separate registration.
GSTR-7
GSTR-7 is a monthly return to be filed by persons required to
deduct TDS(Tax deducted at source) under GST. GSTR 7 will
contain details of TDS deducted, the TDS liability payable and
paid and TDS refund claimed, if any.
GSTR-8
GSTR-8 is a monthly return to be filed by e-commerce
operators registered under the GST who are required to collect
tax at source (TCS). GSTR-8 will contain details of all
supplies made through the E-commerce platform, and the TCS
collected on the same.
The GSTR-8 return is to be filed on a monthly basis.
GSTR-9
GSTR-9 is the annual return to be filed by taxpayers registered
under GST. It will contain details of all outward supplies
made, inward supplies received during the relevant previous
year under different tax heads i.e. CGST, SGST & IGST and
HSN codes, along with details of taxes payable and paid. It is
a consolidation of all the monthly or quarterly returns (GSTR-
1, GSTR-2A,GSTR-3B) filed during that year.
GSTR-9 is required to be filed by all taxpayers registered
GSTR-9A
GSTR-9A is the annual return to be filed by taxpayers who
have registered under the Composition Scheme in a financial
year*. It is a consolidation of all the quarterly returns filed
during that financial year.
*GSTR-9A filing for Composition taxpayers has been waived
off for FY 2017-18 and FY2018-19 as per the decision taken
in the 27th GST Council meeting.
GSTR-9C
GSTR-9C is the reconciliation statement to be filed by all
taxpayers registered under GST whose turnover exceeds Rs.2
crore in a financial year. The registered person has to get their
books of accounts audited by a Chartered/Cost Accountant.
The statement of reconciliation is between these audited
financial statements of the taxpayer and the annual return
GSTR-9 that has been filed. GSTR-9C is to be filed for every
GSTIN, hence, one PAN can have multiple GSTR-9C forms
being filed.
GSTR-10
GSTR-11
GSTR-11 is the return to be filed by persons who have been
issued a Unique Identity Number (UIN) in order to get a
refund under GST for the goods and services purchased by
them in India. UIN is a classification made for foreign
diplomatic missions and embassies not liable to tax in India,
for the purpose of getting a refund of taxes. GSTR-11will
contain details of inward supplies received and refund
claimed.