List of expenses a trader can claim

Dear team,

I want to start a new business of managing my and my relatives stocks portfolios from respective accounts. I will be the only one who will be doing stock trading (intraday) on behalf of other 2 clients. For this planning to buy following assets. can I claim the depreciation of the same in ITR?

Assets -

  • laptop - for all the trading activities
  • 2 monitors - for trading
  • rented office - room at parents House.
  • Car - for visiting clients place almost 2 times a week.
  • Office setup - Furniture setup

Please let me know if I can claim all these assets for my business. Also Please help me understand what is the best type of company (business) I should go for.

  • sole proprietorship
  • One Person Company
  • LLC
  • PVT. LTD
  • Partnership - Where I can ask my brother to help me out with the same.

Also is there any minimum balance I have to maintain for this business (like account turnover) ?
Is there any minimum tax bracket I should have so that I can claim all the above expenses.

Thanks a lot in Advance.

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