Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...
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...
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...
Income Tax : Demonetisation, inter alia, led to detection of black money, increase in tax collection and widening of tax base: Union MoS for Fi...
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 : ITAT Delhi held that cash deposits recorded in audited books and linked to disclosed business transactions could not be taxed unde...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore sustained a ₹47.07 lakh addition under Section 68 after the assessee failed to substantiate cash deposits with do...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits linked to recorded cash sales could not be taxed again under Section 68, as doing so would am...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash received from members and credited to their accounts could not be treated as unexplained income of the...
Income Tax : The Agra ITAT held that an independent addition under Section 69A was unsustainable when the AO had accepted the assessee's declar...
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...
Now as the deadline of 50 days is over, through this new write up, an effort has been made to highlight the gains and losses(both monetary and non monetary) on the so called surgical strike of Government on black money, as well as reasons of not getting desired results & some suggestions to take some effective steps if Govt is indeed serious to curb this menace of black money from our economy .
Cash deposits during the period 1st April, 2016 to 9th November, 2016 in respect of accounts that are reportable to be reported by Banks and Post Office.
With demonetisation, business optimism in India has seen a new high. As per latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) survey, Indian businesses are most optimistic about economic recovery in 2017.
Govt’s measures to eliminate shadow economy and tax evasion are expected to have a positive impact on GDP and fiscal consolidation in long run
Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance takes various initiatives to promote use of mobile banking/e-banking technology for cashless transactions and e-payments in Central Government Ministries/Departments; Redresses 4475 out of 4508 grievances successfully under CPGRAMS;
We would like to clarify that the periodical SBN figures released by us were based on aggregation of accounting entries done at the large no of Currency Chests all over the country. Now that the Scheme has come to an end on December 30, 2016, these figures would need to be reconciled with the physical cash balances to eliminate accounting errors/ possible double counts etc.
Demonetization has affected the seniors adversely. The stated objectives of it are laudable but will they be effective in the long run is any body’s guess. But enough has been written on that. Here I will deal with the problems seniors faced during the last weeks and what they will be facing in coming years.
Permitting foreign citizens to exchange foreign exchange for Indian currency notes up to a limit of ₹ 5000/- per week to continue till 31.01.2017.
With a view to ensure that at least 40% bank notes are supplied to rural areas and to mitigate the issue in a more enduring manner, banks maintaining currency chests are advised to take following steps
It is now almost two months that a very bold decision was taken by dynamic Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. After initial shock within few days the opinion was divided vertically.