Clearing the confusion over honouring cheques with corrections, the Reserve Bank of India said this will be applicable only for cheques cleared under the image-based cheque truncation system (CTS). According to a RBI notification, this has been introduced to curtail cheque frauds on account of alterations in cheques and protect customers as well as banks.

# has been formulated on the basis of recommendations of a working group constituted for examining the need for standardisation of cheque forms and enhancement of security features therein and after consultations with banks;# has been introduced to curtail cheque frauds on account of alterations in the various fields of cheques and to give protection to customers as well as banks;

The cheque writing will not be so easy and casual again. All of us do write cheques and issue the same to our creditors, suppliers or to those whom we owe some money – loan to friends, investment in shares, payment of salary, payment of hotel bills or even medical bills or tax payment, cheque comes as a handy tool to pay the money.

Paper-based cheque clearing continues to be one of the popular modes of initiating payment transactions in the country. During the period April-December 2009, clearing houses in the country have processed on an average around 4.5 million cheques every day. Several measures have been initiated by Reserve Bank of India to ensure that this retail payment product functions in a safe and efficient manner.

To file I-T returns, the choice for salaried individuals will be between the Indian Income Tax Return – 1 (ITR-1) and ITR-2 forms. If your earnings for the year are through salary income and interest earned on bank deposits, then ITR-1 is the form you should fill up. If you are a salaried individual and [...]

Individual and small corporate taxpayers will get income or corporate tax refunds in four months, with the refund banker scheme spreading across the country soon. The refunds, arising out of tax payments and TDS collections, usually take more than a year to reach the average taxpayer. “Tax and TDS refunds will now reach the individual and [...]

The Ahmedabad Income-Tax Tribunal has held that where charges are incurred towards MICR facilities regarding identifying, reading and clearing cheques through special kind of machines, the same would be in the nature of fees for technical services (FTS) and would accordingly be liable to deduct tax at source (TDS) under section 194J. In the relevant case, the assessee was engaged in the business of banking activities/services. During verification of the TDS return, the AO observed that the assessee had made payment towards MICR charges to MICR centre managed by State Bank of India without deducting TDS.

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