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...
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 : 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...
ITAT Delhi rules recorded cash sales are not unexplained income under Section 68, preventing double taxation, even during demonetization, if books are accepted.
In Sicily Paul vs. ITO, the ITAT Cochin ruled that cash deposits made during demonetisation from a son-in-law’s NRE account were sufficiently explained, deleting a ₹12 lakh addition. The ruling rejected the lower authorities’ assumption that the funds had been used elsewhere.
The ITAT Ranchi directed an inquiry into cash deposits of ₹26.60 lakh, telling the Assessing Officer to verify the assessee’s claim of income from a building material business.
ITAT Ahmedabad rules that cash deposits made during demonetisation cannot be singled out and must be treated as business income, allowing an assessee’s appeal and deleting a Rs.26.57 lakh addition.
Read about ITAT Cochin’s decision in Prabheesh Nair vs. ITO, where court set aside a tax appeal dismissal and mandated a new hearing, underscoring legal requirement for appellate authorities to pass reasoned orders.
The Delhi ITAT has ruled that while unexplained demonetization cash deposits are taxable, the 60% rate under Section 115BBE is not applicable for AY 2017-18.
Delhi ITAT rules in favor of a retired railway employee, deleting a Rs15.35 lakh addition under section 69A. The court found the cash deposits were explained by prior withdrawals.
ITAT Bangalore deletes a Section 68 addition on a trader’s demonetisation deposits, ruling that cash from business receipts cannot be taxed again after turnover is accepted.
In a case against an 82-year-old retired LIC officer, the ITAT Bangalore deletes a ₹15.30 lakh addition, accepting past cash withdrawals as a valid source for demonetisation deposits.
ITAT Bangalore rules that unexplained cash deposits in a bank account cannot be taxed without verifying sources like agricultural income and small business sales, remanding the case for re-examination.
