1. Add every brand deal and payoutPaid collabs, products you kept, affiliate commissions, YouTube and other platform payouts.
2. See the cheapest legal way to report it44AD, 44ADA or regular books, in the new and old regime, side by side.
3. Check TDS, GST and your ITR formSpot brands that should have deducted TDS, see if you need GST, and know where each number goes.
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About you
Salary and other income change your tax rate. Leave them empty if creating is your only income.
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Creator income
One row per payment or per brand, for 1-Apr-2025 to 31-Mar-2026. Enter amounts before GST, and the TDS the brand deducted.
What counts, and where to find it
- Brand deals: the fee agreed, before GST. Your bank statement and brand invoices show it.
- Barter: products or services you kept, at their market value. Products you returned are not income. Brands deduct TDS on barter above ₹20,000 a year (section 194R).
- Affiliate commission: Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Wishlink and similar. Usually 2% TDS under section 194H.
- Foreign platforms: YouTube AdSense, Meta and others paid from abroad. Enter any US tax withheld from your AdSense payments report.
- TDS: Form 26AS and AIS on the e-filing portal list every TDS a brand deducted with your PAN. Form 16A from the brand shows the same.
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Expenses and equipment (for the regular books method)
Only used when you keep books instead of the presumptive scheme. Count only the business share of anything you also use personally.
Cameras, laptops, lights and other equipment
Claimed as depreciation, not as an expense. For something bought before April 2025, enter its written-down value on 1-Apr-2025 as the cost.