App and gig workers
If you are paid per job and not a monthly salary, your income is usually business or professional income, not salary. That changes the form, the dates and what you can claim.
In short
Delivery, driving and content income: business or salary, presumptive tax and refunds.
Who this is for
A fixed monthly salary with a Form 16 is salary. Payouts per order, trip or piece of content are generally business or professional income.
A small business can declare income under section 44AD, as 6% of turnover when it is received digitally, with turnover up to ₹3,00,00,000 if cash is within 5%. A creator or other professional can use section 44ADA at 50% of receipts within ₹50,00,000.
A platform may deduct tax before it pays you. That amount shows in your records as a credit against your PAN.
If tax was deducted and your total income is low, the only way to get that tax back is to file a return.
Gig income belongs under business or profession, and TaxCare picks the form from your records.
Platform statements and bank credits are your proof of what you earned.
Going above the turnover or receipts limit means books of account and a different route.
A return with business income is due by 31-Aug-2026.
Business receipts that no rule classifies, such as some platform payouts, go to a verified TaxCare Tax Expert, with the price shown before you book.
See Tax Expert servicesOpen the filing guide that matches the way you earn.
Consultants, doctors, designers, developers — presumptive income under section 44ADA.
Shops, traders and small businesses — presumptive income under section 44AD.
Presumptive business or professional income under 44AD, 44ADA or 44AE, up to ₹50,00,000.
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If tax was deducted from your payouts, filing is how you get it back.
TaxCare picks it from your records. Presumptive business or professional income is usually ITR-4.
Under the presumptive scheme the percentage already stands in for expenses. Claiming actual expenses means keeping books.
Several employers in a year, stock-based pay, assets abroad and a choice of regime.
Site and transfer allowances, several Form 16s and consulting income on the side.
Capital gains on shares and funds, F&O and intraday, dividends and losses.
Salary, pension, perquisites and retirement benefits for public-sector staff.
Salary with perquisites such as concessional loans, commission income and interest.
Sign in with your mobile number. TaxCare fetches your records from the Income Tax portal and shows what it finds before you file anything.