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 : Bangalore ITAT held that cash redeposited during demonetisation could not be treated as unexplained under Section 69A when the ass...
Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that failure to produce confirmations from debtors did not justify additions where sales, ledger accounts, and samp...
Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that cash deposits representing recorded business sales could not be treated as unexplained under Section 68 w...
Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that cash deposits during the demonetization period could not be treated as unexplained where the assessee's ...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained merely because they were made in old denomination notes du...
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...
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.
There is a general sentiment everywhere that India may witness a lower tax regime hence forth. This is the hope of citizens and businessmen as also being realized (off late) by the Government and tax administration.
1. The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016 has been promulgated, in the follow-up of withdrawal of the legal tender character of the existing series of banknotes, as on 8.11.2016, in denominations of Rs. 500 & Rs. 1000 (referred to as Specified Bank Notes or SBNs). The Ordinance has come into effect from […]
Writ been filed in SC requesting to quashing/setting aside penalty, surcharge and also provisions for lock-in/withholding of 25% of disclosed income for 4 years under the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016, (Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna, 2016), i.e. Section 199D(2), 199E and 199F of the Finance Act, 2016, by declaring them illegal and null and void;
After demonetization income tax raid at many places, issues in banks came to notice. Further a big change in the indirect tax laws i.e. GST is coming. So there were big changes are likely to come in the year 2017 in the financial world.
