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For the FY 24-25 tax return, traders now have exclusive business codes to report income – 21009 and 21010. The growing number of traders has finally been recognised as a category, and they must now disclose income under these codes. Here’s a Varsity explainer (with inputs from Quicko) on what traders need to know about ITR filing this year ?? 1??First, there’s no change in which ITR form to choose. Income from F&O = Business Income Income from Intraday Trading = Speculative Business Income For both, you must use ITR-3 (fill under "Income from Business or Profession"). 2??So far, trading income was shown under a generic ‘Other’ category. From this year, you must pick the codes under 'Nature of Business' while filing: 21009 – Speculative Trading (incl. intraday) 21010 – Futures & Options Trading 3??Apart from these codes, there are not many changes in reporting. If you have both intraday & F&O income, you need to show them as two different businesses in ITR-3 (under "Income from Business or Profession"). 4??Book-keeping & audit thresholds remain the same, too: - Books of accounts* would have been maintained if profit > ?2.5L in any of the last 3 yrs OR turnover > ?25L. - Audit applies if turnover crosses ?10 crore. 5??Presumptive taxation has always been a bit confusing for traders, and this year is no different. Presumptive tax lets you declare a fixed % of turnover as profit (no books needed). But ITR-4 (live online) doesn’t yet show the new business codes (21009/21010) that ITR-3 has. So, we’ll need to wait for updates. .... Note, the ITR filing deadline for FY24-25 is Sep 15, 2025. For tax audit cases, the deadline is Oct 31, 2025. By the way, we have a comprehensive module on 'Markets & Taxation' on Varsity, where we’ve talked extensively about how trading income is classified, how revenue (turnover) is calculated, presumptive taxation, audit requirements, and more. ?? in the comments.