The income tax department has mandated high-income earners to disclose certain assets in their Income Tax Return (ITR). This is done to detect cases that have a disproportionate increase in assets compared to the reported income source to the government.
The Income Tax Act mandates the taxpayers’ disclosure of assets and liabilities having taxable income of more than Rs.50 lakh in a particular financial year. This condition is only applicable to high-income earners, and hence the small taxpayers are relieved from this compliance. Forms ITR-1 and ITR-4 are applicable only when the total taxable income is less than Rs.50 lakh; the taxpayers filing these forms are not required to report their assets and liabilities in their ITR.
Forms ITR-2 and ITR-3 have a schedule AL (Asset and liability statement), which is similar in both these forms except that ITR-3 requires an additional detail of interest in partnership firms if the taxpayers hold a share in the assets of the firm.
Under this schedule, the details of assets held on 31 March are to be disclosed, and the details of assets disposed of during the year are also required to be disclosed.
Immovable Assets reporting
Movable property reporting
If the taxpayer has any liability outstanding concerning any assets reported, then the liability is also required to be disclosed under the head liabilities. For instance, outstanding home loans as of 31 March 2021 are required to be reported in liabilities.
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