Chartered Accountant in Burdwan, West Bengal

Income from cultivating your own land is agricultural income — exempt, though it still affects the rate on your other income (partial integration). Trading in paddy or rice you bought from others is ordinary business income, fully taxable. Rice milling sits in between with its own case law. Separating the streams correctly in the books is exactly the work; done right, it is also fully defensible in scrutiny.

Most do — turnover in these businesses crosses the tax-audit threshold quickly, and company-form mills need statutory audits regardless. GST adds its own layer: milling for others is job work, storage is a service with specific exemptions for agricultural produce. An auditor who knows the agri chain saves real money here.

Scheduled visits and online work. Burdwan is under two hours by train from the office's side of the river (Bandel–Burdwan line), so audit and year-end work happens on-site in planned trips, while monthly GST and routine filings run over WhatsApp and the portals. Several clients in the district have worked this way for years.

Partly. Unprocessed cereals and pulses are largely exempt or nil-rated — but branded and packaged goods attract GST, and so do milling, drying, and warehousing services in many cases. Commission agents in mandis have their own rules. 'Agriculture is exempt' is a half-truth that causes full-size penalties; the actual position depends on what exactly you sell and how.