Self Employed Persons Program- Tax and Cash Payment Dilemma

[vs587]

Dear all members, I have some queries regarding mode of payment and tax. please help me to find some way out of it..

Background Info:
I am freelance audio-visual content creator and applied under Self Employed Persons Category. According to regulation, I have fulfilled all requirement but in some area, there is some ambiguity which need to be cleared.

Paying Taxes
I have been working more than 5 years in my field, however, I started paying tax in 2018 and added the receipt in my file.

1. Is it mandatory to pay taxes in order to be eligible under Self Employed Persons?

Annual Earning Requirement
We are three members in family. But I am the only one who is applying for PR

1. How much annual earning is required in order to prove that you are self employed?
2. If I am earning not enough for three person, can I consider my father's passive income as a support?

Payment by Cash
Payment entries of my projects are evident in my bank statement but not all payment done in Bank Transfer or cheque. Majority payment is done via Cash. If requirement arises of proving cash payment

1. How to prove that I received payment in Cash?

My Tax Dilemma:
If I have not been paying taxes in previous years...

1. will I be consider as person who is not earning sufficient, thus leading me to disqualification? OR
2. will I be consider as a person who is not fulfilling the tax obligation?

These are my doubts. If you can clear out.. that will be great support.

Thanks!

 

[scylla]

- It's not mandatory that you file taxes. However it's much more difficult to prove cash income without filing taxes. If you are serious about applying for the self-employed program, I would file taxes for several previous years.
- Even if you are migrating on your own, you still have to demonstrate that you will be able to support your spouse and children. I don't know what the proof of funds requirements are. However, no, your father's passive income cannot be considered. This is not your money.
- Recommend you join the Business Immigration section of the forum. This is where you'll find all discussions on this immigration stream.

 

[Bryanna]

- It's not mandatory that you file taxes. However it's much more difficult to prove cash income without filing taxes. If you are serious about applying for the self-employed program, I would file taxes for several previous years.

The OP will find that filing taxes for the previous years is impossible because the Indian tax authorities have a strict one year time limit for this. One cannot file taxes retrospectively.

@vs587
You first need to register your business. This means getting a Shop Act licence, GST number, bank account, etc even as a 'Sole Proprietor'.... and of course, file GST returns + Income Tax Returns. This would help to prove you have a legit business with legit earnings. You cannot get money under the table per se