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Legal services to non-business person: exempt. To business person: 18% (with reverse charge for advocate-to-firm). Senior advocate fees: exempt for non-business clients. Section 44ADA available.
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Why this matters for lawyers & advocates
Lawyers and senior advocates have unique tax treatment — most legal services are exempt from GST (Notification 12/2017), but business advisory, IP filing, retainership are taxable at 18%. Section 44ADA presumptive taxation up to ₹50 lakh receipts. FilingLab handles lawyer-specific tax — ITR-3 / 4, exempted vs taxable income split, Bar Council fees deduction, and chamber rent / books expense.
Audience-specific note
Legal services to non-business person: exempt. To business person: 18% (with reverse charge for advocate-to-firm). Senior advocate fees: exempt for non-business clients. Section 44ADA available.
Form 24Q (Q1-Q4) for salary
Form 26Q for vendor payments
Form 27Q for NRI / foreign payments
Form 16 (employees) and Form 16A (vendors) generation
TDS challan (281) verification
Default and short-payment correction
Forms 24Q, 26Q, 27Q filed every quarter — Form 16 generated automatically.
You
FilingLab
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You
Quarterly data
You share salary register, vendor invoices, rent bills.
1 day
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FilingLab
TDS verification
We verify TDS rates by section and PAN of every deductee.
1 day
03
FilingLab
Return preparation
Forms 24Q / 26Q / 27Q drafted with all challan details.
1 day
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FilingLab
Filing with NSDL
Quarterly return filed on the NSDL portal.
By due date
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FilingLab
Form 16 generation
Within 15 days of filing, we issue Form 16 to employees and 16A to vendors.
15 days
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You
· 1 day
Quarterly data
You share salary register, vendor invoices, rent bills.
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FilingLab
· 1 day
TDS verification
We verify TDS rates by section and PAN of every deductee.
03
FilingLab
· 1 day
Return preparation
Forms 24Q / 26Q / 27Q drafted with all challan details.
04
FilingLab
· By due date
Filing with NSDL
Quarterly return filed on the NSDL portal.
05
FilingLab
· 15 days
Form 16 generation
Within 15 days of filing, we issue Form 16 to employees and 16A to vendors.
Services to individuals/non-business: exempt. Services to business clients: 18% (or reverse charge if you bill to GST-registered firm). Senior advocate to non-business: exempt.
Yes if receipts ≤ ₹50 lakh. Pay tax on 50% of receipts, no books, no audit.
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