AY 2026-27 discount ITR-3

Dhan F&O tax filing.

Dhan is built for active traders, so many users have multiple derivative segments, pledged collateral, APIs, and high option volumes. The tax task is not just downloading P&L — it is reconciling F&O, currency, commodity, charges, interest, and option-sale premium treatment before filing ITR-3.

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Dhan's tax report is generated through Dhan Web / Dhan App. Follow the steps below; this is the canonical source for your ITR-3 filing.

1. Log in to Dhan Web / Dhan App
2. Open the Reports, Backoffice, Statements, or Profile section
3. Choose Tax P&L, Profit & Loss, Ledger, or Tradebook for the relevant financial year
4. Filter for F&O / Equity Derivatives; also export currency or commodity derivatives if traded
5. Download the PDF or Excel report and keep the contract notes for audit backup
6. Active Dhan users should also export ledger, contract notes, and segment-wise reports because API or high-frequency activity can make summary P&L too thin for audit working papers.

Source: https://dhan.co/

Every line in your Dhan Tax P&L corresponds to a specific ITR-3 schedule or working. Use this table when you (or your CA) transcribe numbers from the broker report into the return.

Dhan report line	ITR-3 destination	Notes
F&O Realised P&L	ITR-3 Schedule BP	Non-speculative business income. Report under the business head, not capital gains.
F&O Turnover	ITR-3 audit-applicability check under s.44AB	Use the broker number only after checking whether option-sale premium is already included for AY 2026-27 onward.
Brokerage, STT/CTT, exchange, SEBI, stamp duty, GST	ITR-3 Schedule BP (deductible expenses)	Deduct Dhan brokerage and statutory charges; separately track pledge, margin, API, or interest costs if they relate to trading.
Ledger / fund statement	Books reconciliation and audit working papers	Use the ledger to reconcile report totals against actual debits, credits, interest, reversals, and reimbursements.
Pledge, margin, API, or platform charges	ITR-3 Schedule BP (deductible if business-related)	Claim only where the cost is directly connected to F&O trading and supported by ledger entries or invoices.

Why Dhan needs a separate filing workflow

Dhan is not just a brand label in the return workflow. The account sits with Moneylicious Securities Pvt. Ltd., uses Dhan Web / Dhan App for reports, and can have broker-specific statement labels, charge lines, and export paths. The tax law is still federal and broker-neutral, but the evidence trail is not. Keep the Dhan P&L, ledger, and contract notes together so the ITR-3 number can be traced back to the exact broker export used for that financial year.

How to reconcile Dhan reports before ITR-3

Start with the Dhan F&O or tax P&L, then compare it against the ledger and contract notes for the same FY. The P&L gives the business result; the ledger explains cash debits, credits, charges, reversals, and interest; contract notes prove trade-level execution and statutory levies. Active Dhan users should also export ledger, contract notes, and segment-wise reports because API or high-frequency activity can make summary P&L too thin for audit working papers. If any one of these reports covers a different date range or segment, fix the mismatch before entering Schedule BP numbers.

Expense treatment for Dhan traders

Deduct Dhan brokerage and statutory charges; separately track pledge, margin, API, or interest costs if they relate to trading. These amounts reduce taxable F&O business profit, but they do not reduce F&O turnover. Keep a separate expense schedule for Dhan with brokerage, STT/CTT, exchange charges, SEBI fees, stamp duty, GST, and any business-use platform costs. If the account is also used for delivery investments or personal transactions, allocate mixed charges conservatively instead of claiming the full account-level debit against F&O.

Audit working paper for Dhan

If audit is required, the CA will usually need more than a summary number. For Dhan, keep a broker-wise working paper that lists opening balance, realised F&O P&L, segment-wise turnover, charges, ledger adjustments, and closing balance. Then add a short note explaining how the broker turnover was reconciled to ICAI GN 2025, especially where option-sale premium is not clearly disclosed. This prevents a filing-year shortcut from becoming a scrutiny-year evidence problem.

When Dhan is one of multiple brokers

Do not file a separate return for Dhan. Add the Dhan figures to every other broker used in the year, then test audit on the aggregate derivatives business. The safest workbook has one tab per broker and one summary tab that combines F&O profit/loss, turnover, and expenses. This also avoids duplicate claims for common costs such as market-data subscriptions, advisory fees, internet, or software that support the whole trading business rather than only one broker account.

Dhan does not publish a crawlable, detailed turnover methodology page that confirms GN 2025 treatment. Treat the broker turnover as a starting point and reconcile it against ICAI GN 2025 before using it for s.44AB decisions.

See the F&O turnover hub for the full GN 2025 methodology, and use our turnover calculator to cross-check the number in your Dhan report.

The s.44AB audit test does not vary by broker. It depends on your aggregate F&O business turnover (across all brokers), the 5% cash-receipts/payments rule, and your s.44AD history. A loss alone is not the audit trigger.

Run the audit applicability checker or read the F&O tax audit hub for the full decision tree, including the s.44AD(4) 5-year lock-in trap.

• Same year: F&O loss from Dhan can offset business income, house property, capital gains, or other sources — not salary.
• Carry forward: 8 assessment years, only against future business income.
• Mandatory: file the loss return on or before the s.139(1) due date. Late = no carry forward.

See F&O loss hub and the set-off checker.

• Dhan — Official website
• Income-tax Act, 1961 — Section 43(5)
• Income-tax Act, 1961 — Section 44AB