House wife earning income from Home Tuition

[Sreenath]

For an house wife who earns Rs.25000 per month by taking Home Tuitions. For filing income tax which ITR should be used. Some people says ITR 1 can be used and few people tells ITR 2 to be used for Income from Other Sources. Some say it is an business/ profession income so to use ITR 3.

Please clarify which ITR has to be used for this tuition class income. Thanks in advance.

[Krishanth Sam]

For income earned from home tuition, it is generally treated as Income from Profession since it involves rendering teaching services using your personal skill and knowledge.

• ITR-1 (Sahaj): Can be filed only for salaried individuals or income from other sources like bank interest. Tuition income does not fall here.

• ITR-2: Applicable for income from salary, house property, capital gains, or other sources — but not for business/professional income.

• ITR-3: Correct form for declaring income from business or profession, which includes tuition classes.

?? Therefore, in your case, since the housewife earns Rs. 25,000 per month through home tuition, she should file ITR-3 under the head “Profits and Gains from Business or Profession.”

If the turnover is below ?50 lakhs, she may also opt for Presumptive Taxation (u/s 44ADA), which simplifies filing by allowing 50% of the income as deemed expenses.

[Sreenath]

Thanks for the detailed clarification 

[Sreenath]

Hi

Can I use ITR 4 instead of ITR 3 as mentioned in the above reply. Please clarify.

[Krishanth Sam]

Hi,

Yes, you can use ITR-4 (Sugam) instead of ITR-3if you opt for the Presumptive Taxation Scheme under Section 44ADA. Since tuition income is considered as professional income, Section 44ADA allows you to declare 50% of your gross receipts as income and pay tax on that, without maintaining detailed books of accounts.

?? Conditions for using ITR-4:

• Total income should be up to ?50 lakhs.
• You must be a resident individual, HUF, or partnership firm (not LLP).
• Income should be from presumptive business or profession under Sections 44AD, 44ADA, or 44AE.

If you don’t want to use the presumptive scheme (say you have higher expenses to claim), then you should stick to ITR-3.

[Rajan Kumar and associates]

Since Teaching Profession is not covered u/s 44AA(1), not eligible to declare u/s 44ADA... ITR 3 is the only option

AI Summary

Household tuition income is professional income - file ITR-3 or use presumptive taxation under Section 44ADA with ITR-4 Household tuition income is generally treated as professional income and should be reported under 'Profits and Gains from Business or Profession.' ITR-1 and ITR-2 are not appropriate for such income. File ITR-3 if you maintain books and compute actual profits; alternatively, if eligible and you opt for the presumptive scheme under Section 44ADA you may use ITR-4 (Sugam) and declare 50% of receipts as taxable income, subject to conditions (gross receipts up to Rs.50 lakh and applicable taxpayer types). A contrary view in the discussion questions whether teaching falls within the relevant provisions for presumptive taxation.