Finance : Recent reforms in gold, land, and PAN tracking hint at a structured buildup toward another demonetisation. The key takeaway is a t...
Income Tax : Discover the implications of a significant Delhi ITAT ruling on cash sales pre-demonetization. Learn how it affects taxation and f...
Income Tax : Explore the impact of demonetization on cash deposits in India and the key legal insights from Section 69A vs. Section 44AD cases....
Fema / RBI : Public can continue to use ₹2000 banknotes for their transactions and also receive them in payment. However, they are encouraged...
Finance : Understand the implications of depositing the Rs. 2000 note in banks amid its withdrawal from circulation. Explore challenges, inc...
CA, CS, CMA : SFIO, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, arrests CA Nalin Prabhat Panchal in Hyderabad for failure to honor summons related to Nityank...
Income Tax : No study on effect of withdrawal of legal tender character of the Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) on Indian economy has been published...
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Fema / RBI : Value of counterfeit notes detected in banking system reduced from ₹43.47 crores in 2016-17 to ₹8.26 crores in 2021-22 since d...
Income Tax : An analysis of the search cases, conducted by Income Tax Department (ITD), involving cash seizures of more than Rs 5 crores in the...
Income Tax : The case involved cash deposits during demonetization treated as unexplained income. The tribunal accepted the explanation of fore...
Income Tax : The Tribunal deleted the addition after finding that cash deposits were supported by disclosed sale consideration and documentary ...
Income Tax : The issue was whether demonetization cash deposits were unexplained. The Tribunal held that deposits from recorded business sales ...
Income Tax : The judgment reiterates that additions under Section 68 cannot be based on presumptions or suspicion without supporting evidence. ...
Income Tax : The issue involved SBN deposits treated as unexplained despite being part of recorded sales. The Tribunal held that taxing the sam...
Fema / RBI : RBI reported that 98.44% of ₹2000 banknotes in circulation have been returned since the withdrawal announcement in May 2023. How...
Fema / RBI : The RBI announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 notes in May 2023. As of Sept 30, 2025, 98.35% of notes are returned. Notes remain leg...
Fema / RBI : RBI provides an update on the withdrawal status of ₹2000 banknotes, with 98% of notes returned by October 31, 2024....
Fema / RBI : RBI has extended deadline for withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes to October 7, 2023. Learn about new guidelines and arrangements....
Fema / RBI : Reserve Bank of India's decision to withdraw ₹2000 banknotes has been highly effective, with 93% of these notes already returned...
It is seen that the assessee is maintaining regular books of accounts. The first item is of Rs. 20,50,000/- claimed to have been received from farmers out of advances made in the preceding year.
AO observed that the assessee deposited cash of Rs.17.00 lakh in his bank account on different dates during the demonetization period.
No study on effect of withdrawal of legal tender character of the Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) on Indian economy has been published by the Government. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Certain studies on related matter […]
ITAT Chennai held that as cash deposited by assessee received from petty shop owners on account of sale of its product during demonetization period was not examined by AO during assessment. Accordingly, PCIT rightly passed revision order u/s 263 directing AO to carry out necessary verification.
Chandrakant Tatoba Patil Vs PCIT (ITAT Pune) ITAT noted that on an examination of the assessment record, the PCIT found abnormal increase in cash deposits during demonetization period as compared to pre-demonetization period. According to the PCIT, during the period from 09-11-2016 to 31-12-2016, the assessee deposited cash amounting to Rs.1,43,81,225/- which is inclusive of […]
A. Manoharan Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) ITAT observe that the AO has made the addition under Section 69 of the Act of Rs.12,75,802/- for want of proper explanation of cash deposited during demonetisation period. The assessee tried to justify the same by submitted that the assessee had withdrawn cash from his Corporation Bank and Indian […]
Unexplained bank deposits cannot be considered under Section 68 and it falls under Section 69A. However, mentioning a wrong section by AO is not fatal.
R. Raju Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) The assessee has explained cash deposits made during the demonetization period out of amount received from maturity of fixed deposits in SBI and Canara Bank. The assessee had also furnished necessary evidence before the AO and argued that, he had received a sum of Rs. 10,29,337/-towards maturity of insurance […]
Krishna Goyal Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) In course of assessment proceedings, the assessee has explained the source of deposits in the bank account to be out of the withdrawals made from the very same bank account. However, the Assessing Officer as well as learned Commissioner (Appeals) have partly accepted the explanation of the assessee only […]
ITAT Bangalore held that addition under section 68 with regard to deposit of Specified Bank Notes [SBN’s] it was clarified that every deposit during demonetization doesn’t fall under category of unaccounted cash. However, burden is on the assessee to establish the genuineness of the deposit.
