Circular No. 33-Income Tax Section 40A(3) requires that if any payment in a sum exceeding Rs. 2,500 in respect of an expenditure incurred after March 31, 1969 is made otherwise than by a crossed cheque drawn on a bank or by a crossed bank draft, such expenditure shall not be allowed as a deduction.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely.