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FAQs on Statement of Financial Transactions & Reportable Accounts

Income Tax : Know about Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) or Reportable Account under Section 285BA — entities liable to file, reporta...

November 5, 2025 119063 Views 16 comments Print

Section 194IA: TDS on purchase and sale of immovable property

Income Tax : Understand TDS on immovable property transactions. Section 194-IA mandates TDS deduction at 1% for sale consideration exceeding Rs...

May 10, 2024 8286 Views 0 comment Print

AIR – meaning, provisions, Applicability & FAQs

Income Tax : Annual Information Return (AIR) – meaning, provisions, Applicability & FAQs Annual Information Return (AIR) of ‘hi...

October 7, 2020 130616 Views 0 comment Print

Scope of scrutiny assessment in AIR cases under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : Income Tax Department nowadays selects almost all cases for scrutiny assessment under section 143(2) of Income Tax Act 1961 based ...

September 9, 2020 15578 Views 0 comment Print

SFT Report Generation Utility Quick Reference Guide

Income Tax : Downloading the utility 1. Go to e-filing portal at https:iincometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ 2. Click on the Forms (other than ITR) ta...

September 1, 2020 47883 Views 0 comment Print


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Email on Statement of Financial transactions (SFT) filing by IT Dept.

Income Tax : Statement of Financial transactions (SFT) should be filed by all reporting persons covered under Rule 114E of Income-tax Rules, 19...

May 19, 2017 26229 Views 2 comments Print

Companies to furnish Statement of Financial Transactions to Income Tax Department

Company Law : As per Rule 114E of the Income Tax Rules 1962, for and from 2016-­17, all companies have to be furnish SFT in respect of certain ...

January 12, 2017 6373 Views 1 comment Print

Bank to obtain and link PAN or Form No. 60

Income Tax : Income-tax Rules amended to provide that bank shall obtain and link PAN or Form No. 60 (where PAN is not available) in all existin...

January 9, 2017 5446 Views 0 comment Print

Reporting of Cash Transactions under Rule 114E: Clarification

Income Tax : Cash transactions did not require aggregation and the reporting requirement under SFT for this purpose is on receipt of cash payme...

December 23, 2016 6337 Views 1 comment Print

Guidance Note on FATCA and CRS updated till 30.11.2016

Income Tax : This Guidance Note is for providing guidance to the Financial Institutions, Regulators and officers of the Income Tax Department f...

December 4, 2016 17398 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Deletes Addition Based on AIR Property Data as Assessee’s Evidence Remains Unrebutted

Income Tax : The case involved an addition based on AIR information regarding a property transaction. The Tribunal deleted the addition after f...

March 21, 2026 375 Views 0 comment Print

AIR Additions Without Disclosure Invalid; Assessment Remanded for Fresh Hearing

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai quashed ex-parte assessment based solely on AIR entries, directing AO to provide full details so assessee can respond ...

November 23, 2025 324 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court Upholds Penalty for Delayed Submission of AIR

Income Tax : The Kerala High Court rules in favor of Director of Income Tax in Sub Registrar vs Director of Income Tax, asserting that the bona...

July 23, 2023 600 Views 0 comment Print

Addition cannot be made merely based on AIR Information

Income Tax : Since AO had not carried out any exercise to rebut the contention of assessee that they have not received any sum higher than what...

January 16, 2020 2499 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271FA penalty not leviable in absence of reportable transaction

Income Tax : Penalty under 271FA was unjustified as there was no requirement to file the AIR in absence of reportable transaction during the fi...

January 25, 2019 4821 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Report cash deposit in Bank & Post Office A/cs between 01.04.2016 to 09.11.2016

Income Tax : Cash deposits during the period 1st April, 2016 to 9th November, 2016 in respect of accounts that are reportable to be reported by...

January 6, 2017 50179 Views 1 comment Print

'Letter Template' for linking of AIR transaction(s) to a valid PAN

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has received information about large value transactions relating to you under the Annual Information Ret...

July 25, 2016 22808 Views 0 comment Print

FATCA Rules for registration, due diligence & information maintenance

Income Tax : Central Government with respect to registration of persons, due diligence and maintenance of information, and the Central Board of...

June 20, 2016 4234 Views 0 comment Print

Clarifications for implementation of FATCA and CRS

Income Tax : Financial institutions are in the process of carrying out the due diligence of financial accounts and obtaining self-certification...

May 26, 2016 3097 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Procedure for registration & submission of report of reporting financial institution

Income Tax : Submission of Form 61B: Every reporting financial institution is required to submit the Statement of Reportable Account in Form 61...

April 4, 2016 3688 Views 1 comment Print


Financial Accounts & Reportable Financial Accounts under FATCA & CRS

December 7, 2016 10699 Views 1 comment Print

A Financial Account is an account maintained by a Financial Institution and includes specific categories of accounts as discussed in paragraph 3.2. Rule 1 14F(1) defines Financial Accounts.

Reporting Financial Institutions under FATCA and CRS

December 7, 2016 20596 Views 0 comment Print

The reporting obligation applies to entities which may be legal persons or legal arrangements, such as a corporation, a trust, or a partnership etc. To determine whether an entity has a potential reporting obligation in India, it must be determined whether the entity is a Reporting Financial Institution (RFI).

Basic Introduction to FATCA and CRS

December 7, 2016 5266 Views 0 comment Print

In 2010, USA enacted a law known as Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the objective of tackling tax evasion through obtaining information in respect of offshore financial accounts maintained by USA residents and citizens. The provisions of FATCA essentially provide for 30% withholding tax on US source payments made to Foreign Financial Institutions unless they enter

Guidance Note on FATCA and CRS updated till 30.11.2016

December 4, 2016 17398 Views 0 comment Print

This Guidance Note is for providing guidance to the Financial Institutions, Regulators and officers of the Income Tax Department for ensuring compliance with the reporting requirements provided in Rules 114F to 114H and Form 61B of the Income-tax Rules, 1962

Demonetisation: Cash Deposits Regulatory & Reporting Rules

November 17, 2016 16429 Views 5 comments Print

CBDT amended Rule 114B (mandatory quoting of PAN) and Rule 114E (reporting in AIR) casting regulatory and reporting obligations on banks and post offices for accepting and reporting of cash deposits in the bank and post office accounts.

'Letter Template' for linking of AIR transaction(s) to a valid PAN

July 25, 2016 22808 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department has received information about large value transactions relating to you under the Annual Information Return (AIR) without a valid PAN. The list of such transactions is provided. You are requested to submit the on-line response as under:

No addition for mere non-reconciliation of Professional fees with AIR details

June 26, 2016 7327 Views 0 comment Print

It has categorically been explained by the assessee that it is not practically possible to give detailed party wise breakup of fees receipts since the assessee received his fees either directly from the clients or from the instructing advocates or CAs, if they have collected the amounts from the clients.

In case of AIR based scrutiny AO’s scope is limited to AIR transactions only

June 26, 2016 5701 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that the scrutiny of cases selected on the basis of information received through Annual Information Return (AIR) would be limited only to the aspects of information received through AIR.

FATCA Rules for registration, due diligence & information maintenance

June 20, 2016 4234 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government with respect to registration of persons, due diligence and maintenance of information, and the Central Board of Direct Taxes for matters relating to statement of reportable accounts, hereby make the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

Revised Filing fees of e-TDS/TCS, Form 24G & AIR wef 01.06.2016

June 15, 2016 7918 Views 0 comment Print

W. e. f. June 1, 2016, the e-TDS/TCS, Form 24G and Annual Information (AIR) acceptance fees have been revised as under: 1. Statements having up to 100 records:- Rs. 44.00 (inclusive of service tax) 2. Statements having 101 to 1000 records:- Rs. 205.00 (inclusive of service tax) 3. Statements having more than 1000 records:- Rs. […]

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