The Income Tax Act, 1961, levies tax on income of entities earned in a specific financial year. The person liable to pay income tax hereinafter referred to as “assessee” could be an individual, partnership, Hindu Undivided Family, or any other business entity.
Taxpayers have been categorized in the Act to make tax compliances easy for everyone. Taxpayers shall compute income tax liability based on methods and conditions laid down in Income Tax Act, 1961. Apart from the category of taxpayer and methods for filling ITR, forms used for filing income tax return also vary as per the assessee filing the ITR. This article covers comprehensive information on Form ITR-7.