Tax Consultant Ka Online Journey: ITR Filing Se ₹60,000 Monthly

Short answer: ITR filing service se peak season mein achhi kamai hoti hai par ye kaam bilkul seasonal hai. Mera July ka best mahina ₹60,000 ka tha aur December ka ₹4,200. Simple salaried returns ke liye CA hona zaruri nahi, aur shuruat free government portal pe ho sakti hai. Client referral se aate hain, ads se nahi.

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Ek July ki raat main 2 baje tak baitha tha aur 11 returns file kiye the ek din mein.

Us mahine total ₹60,000 se thoda upar aaya tha. Main us waqt sach mein soch raha tha ki bas, life set hai, ye kaam chalta rahega.

December mein ₹4,200 aaya.

Poore mahine mein. Chaar hazaar do sau. Aur us mahine mujhe samajh aaya ki maine business nahi dekha tha, maine sirf ek mahina dekha tha.

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Shuruat kaise hui

Mere ek dost ne mujhse apni ITR file karwayi thi. Free mein, kyunki dost tha.

Phir usne apne office ke ek banda ko bhej diya. Usne ₹300 diye bina maange. Phir woh do aur log laaya.

Mere pehle 20 clients isi tarah aaye, poori tarah WhatsApp pe. Koi website nahi, koi ad nahi, koi visiting card nahi. Bas ek dost ka reference chain.

Ye baat is kaam mein important hai. Log apne salary slip, bank statement, PAN, ye sab kisi anjaan ko nahi dete. Trust pehle aata hai, skill baad mein.

Mere teesre season tak roughly 70% clients purane clients ke reference se aa rahe the. Aur main ab bhi koi ad nahi chalata.

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Rate ki galti jo maine ki

Maine ₹400 per return se shuru kiya tha.

Logic ye tha ki main naya hoon, sasta rakhunga, log aayenge. Log aaye bhi.

Problem ye thi ki ₹400 mein bhi client wahi expectations rakhta tha jo ₹2,000 wala rakhta. Woh phone karta tha, WhatsApp pe 15 messages bhejta tha, notice aane pe puchta tha, aur agle saal bhi ₹400 hi dena chahta tha.

Ek client ke saath maine calculate kiya tha. Uske case mein documents chase karne, do baar clarification lene aur filing karne mein kul milakar shayad 2 ghante 40 minute gaye. ₹400 mein.

Doosre season mein maine ₹850 kar diya. Mujhe laga tha ki aadhe log chale jayenge.

Teen log gaye. Teen, roughly 60 mein se.

Aur jo teen gaye woh wahi the jo sabse zyada messages bhejte the. Sach batao toh ye upgrade tha, nuksaan nahi.

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Seasonality: is kaam ka sabse bada sach

Ye woh cheez hai jo koi YouTube video nahi batata jab "ITR filing se kamao" wala thumbnail lagta hai.

Mera saal roughly aisa dikhta hai. June ke aakhir se July ke end tak paagalpan. August mein thoda kaam, late filers. September se March tak lagbhag khaali, sirf notices, corrections aur kuch business clients.

Poore saal ka average nikaalo toh number bilkul alag dikhta hai us ek July se.

Maine pehle saal ye galti ki thi ki July ki kamai dekh kar maine apna kharcha badha liya tha. December aate aate mujhe woh sab wapas cut karna pada. Thodi sharmindagi wali baat thi.

Ab main July ki kamai ko poore saal pe divide karke sochta hoon. Number kam dikhta hai par sach dikhta hai.

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Off-season mein kya karta hoon

Ye maine doosre saal se seekha, aur isse December wala ₹4,200 wala scene kaafi improve hua.

Ek: GST wala kaam. Monthly aur quarterly returns saal bhar chalti hain. Ye boring hai par predictable hai. Tally aur GST wala freelancing isi direction mein jaata hai.

Do: TDS returns, jo quarterly hoti hain.

Teen: notices aur responses. Ye October se February ke beech aate hain aur ismein charge bhi zyada hota hai kyunki client tension mein hota hai.

Ab mera saal itna up-down nahi hai. July abhi bhi sabse bada mahina hai, par baaki mahine zero nahi hote.

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Kya main CA nahi hoon toh ye legal hai

Ye sawaal mujhse bahut baar poocha gaya hai.

Simple salaried return file karne ke liye CA hona zaruri nahi hai. Portal koi bhi use kar sakta hai aur client apni return khud bhi file kar sakta hai. Aap basically usse process mein help kar rahe ho.

Par ek line hai jise cross nahi karna chahiye. Audit wale cases, company returns, complicated business structures. Wahan main haath nahi lagata.

Maine aise roughly 6-7 cases ek CA ko refer kiye hain. Aur mazedaar baat ye hai ki usne mujhe wapas kaam bheja, simple salaried cases jo uske liye time waste the.

Ye relationship mere liye kaafi valuable nikla. Do log jinke kaam alag hain, ek doosre ko kaam de rahe hain.

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Sabse mushkil hissa: documents

Technical kaam sabse aasan hissa hai. Sach mein.

Sabse mushkil hai client se documents lena. Ek banda mujhe Form 16 ki photo bhejta hai, tedhi, aadhi kati hui, jisme numbers dikh hi nahi rahe. Main dobara maangta hoon. Woh 4 din baad bhejta hai. Phir usme kuch aur missing hota hai.

Peak season mein ye poora din kha jaata hai.

Doosre season mein maine ek chhota sa fix kiya. Ek WhatsApp message template banaya jisme list thi ki kya kya chahiye, aur ek line: "photo nahi, PDF bhejiye, aur agar screen se kheech rahe hain toh poora page aana chahiye."

Isse mera document chasing time shayad aadha ho gaya. Ek message template. Kuch nahi tha isme.

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Ek galti jo mahengi padi

Ek client ka main ek interest income dalna bhool gaya tha. Chhoti si amount thi, bank ke savings account ka interest.

Notice aayi. Client ka phone aaya, ghabraya hua.

Maine usse theek karwaya, revised return file ki, aur us poore process mein mujhe roughly 3 ghante lage. Client se ek rupaya nahi liya kyunki galti meri thi.

Us din se main har case mein AIS aur 26AS dono check karta hoon, chahe client kitna bhi bole ki "aur kuch nahi hai." Kyunki client ko khud pata nahi hota ki uske naam pe kya report hua hai.

Ye ek galti thi jisne mera poora process badal diya. Aur honestly agar ye pehle saal nahi hota toh shayad baad mein kisi bade case mein hota.

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Aaj kya alag karta

Rate pehle se ₹800 rakhta. Sasta rakhna kabhi kaam nahi aaya.

Aur off-season wala kaam pehle saal se hi shuru karta, July ki kamai dekh kar khush hone ke bajaye.

Freelancers apni ITR kaise file karein wala kaam bhi ek acha entry point hai, kyunki freelancers ki return thodi complicated hoti hai aur woh log aksar confused rehte hain. Mere kaafi clients isi category se aaye.

Toh agar aap ye soch rahe ho ki ITR filing service shuru karein, toh July ka number dekh kar mat sochna. December ka dekhna.