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Cash Transaction Limits Under Income Tax Law

Income Tax : The provisions regulate acceptance, payment, and receipt of cash beyond specified limits. They impose strict penalties to discoura...

April 5, 2026 16806 Views 0 comment Print

Avoid 100% Penalty on Cash Loans and Deposits Because ₹20,000 Is the Limit

Income Tax : Covers the latest cash withdrawal, deposit, and loan limits. Takeaway: exceeding thresholds can trigger TDS, penalties, and blocke...

December 31, 2025 2301 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of Section 269SS of Income Tax Act, 1961 to Director’s Current Account Transactions

Income Tax : Explains when director cash infusions qualify as current account transactions and why genuine business support may fall outside Se...

December 15, 2025 8193 Views 2 comments Print

ITAT Delhi Strikes Down 271DA Penalty for Missing Satisfaction in Assessment Order

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under Section 271DA cannot be imposed when the assessment order lacks recorded satisfaction of a 26...

November 20, 2025 1659 Views 0 comment Print

Prohibited transaction in cash/limit on cash transactions

Income Tax : Summary of income-tax rules on cash limits, including disallowance of cash expenditure, restrictions on loans, deposits, receipts,...

November 15, 2025 30453 Views 0 comment Print


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Clean Transactions, Cleaner Economy, Go Cashless, Go Clean

Income Tax : DON’T √ Accept cash of Rs.  2,00,000 or more in aggregate from a single person in a day or for one or more transactions r...

March 1, 2019 1785 Views 0 comment Print

SIT report: Restrict Cash Transaction/Holding to curb black money

Income Tax : It is suggested that there should be a positive provision under the I.T. Act that any transaction involving more than Rs.3,00,000/...

July 14, 2016 24214 Views 0 comment Print


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Cash Loan Transaction Enforceable as Violation Of Section 269SS Does Not Void Debt

Corporate Law : High Court upheld conviction under Section 138 NI Act, holding that contradictory defence evidence failed to rebut statutory presu...

June 9, 2026 444 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 271D Penalty if No Assessment Was Made & No Satisfaction Was Recorded: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi quashed a ₹65 lakh penalty under Section 271D after finding that no assessment was made for the relevant year and no ...

June 8, 2026 267 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 263 Revision Because PCIT Raised New Issues Beyond SCN

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that the PCIT exceeded jurisdiction by introducing issues not mentioned in the Section 263 show-cause notice. The ...

May 30, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT Quashes Penalty as WhatsApp Chats & Hawala Tokens Failed Section 65B Evidence Test

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi deleted penalties imposed for alleged cash transactions after holding that the electronic evidence relied upon by the R...

May 26, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271D Penalty Cannot Survive After Reassessment Itself is Quashed: Mumbai ITAT

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai ruled that once reassessment proceedings are quashed as void ab initio, the satisfaction recorded therein for initiati...

May 25, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT notifies more modes of e-payments; 6DD limit reduced to ₹ 10000

Income Tax : Notification No. 8/2020-Income-Tax- CBDT has notified Other electronic modes by inserting New Income TAx Rule 6ABBA. It also amend...

January 29, 2020 14220 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT amends form 3CD to revise reporting U/s. 269SS & 269T

Income Tax : In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in Appendix II, in Form No. 3CD, for serial number 31 and the entries relating thereto the followin...

July 3, 2017 130893 Views 9 comments Print

Section 269SS and 269T applicable to NBFC: RBI

Fema / RBI : Section 269SS and 269T of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the requirements under the Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended from time to time,...

March 9, 2017 23796 Views 0 comment Print


No Penalty for cash above Rs. 20000 from relatives due to Business Exigencies

June 1, 2018 3870 Views 0 comment Print

The ld. counsel vehemently stated that the legislative intent in prohibiting the acceptance and repayment of money in cash over and above Rs. 20,000/- is to check the unaccounted money and not to hit the genuine business need.

Money Recovery suit cannot be dismissed merely for violation of sections 269SS & 269T

May 16, 2018 13674 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Shyam Sunder Vs. Sohan Singh @ Shoban Singh (Delhi High Court) The Trial court has held that in view of the provisions of the Income Tax Act, no loan above Rs. 20,000/- could have been given in cash, so the loan transaction is not liable to be recognized. In so far as this is […]

Capital contribution by partner in cash- No violation of section 269SS

May 15, 2018 27984 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee received capital from the partner in cash, it did not tentamount to loan or deposit and therefore, penalty under section 271D was not to be levied for violation of section 269SS.

All you need to know about various provisions in relation to Cash transactions under Income tax Act

April 3, 2018 118569 Views 12 comments Print

The Government of India with an intention to evade black money and to discourage the cash transactions time and again taking various steps. Specially the Income tax Act is amended and provided with disallowances and stringent penal provisions for various types of cash transactions. Let us briefly understand some of such provisions here.

HC upheld penalty U/s. 271D for Accepting Deposits from Staff Members in Cash as Assessee fails to prove reasonable cause

March 13, 2018 1686 Views 0 comment Print

The Revenue is in appeal against the common order of the Tribunal for the assessment years 2005-06 and 2006-07. The issue relates to acceptance of loans and deposits other than by way of Cheque or Draft, in violation of Section 269SS of the Income Tax Act, 1961 [for brevity the Act] and the resultant penalty levied under Section 271D, totaling the amounts so accepted.

S. 269SS: Cash Transactions with Sister-in-Law & Nephew not amounts to Loan

January 10, 2018 8616 Views 0 comment Print

Sri Jagmohan Sharma Vs. JCIT (ITAT Kolkata) The transactions between these family members are neither loans nor deposit and purely a family system and purely a family requirement to help each other in the needy hours, for example medical help, education help and expenses to run the family. That is, one member of the family […]

Section 269SS not applies to Cash Transaction between Close Family Members for giving support & help

January 10, 2018 19839 Views 1 comment Print

To support the family members, the money has been given by the assessee to his son/wife. This is simply a transfer of money from one family member to another family member to support day to day expenses, educational expenses and other family expenses

Penalty U/s. 271D cannot be imposed in absence of payment in cash

December 23, 2017 3846 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs. Apex Finlease Ltd. & Ors. (Allahabad High Court) Section 269SS does not include in its ambit where there is a transaction of loan or deposit by way of entries in the books of account by crediting or debiting the account of the other person. In other words, the provisions of section 269SS of […]

Penalty not justified for loan received in cash and immediately refunded

December 2, 2017 4329 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held penalty under section 271D not leviable where cash loan was deposited without control and promptly refunded, citing absence of satisfaction and reasonable cause.

Section 271D Penalty applicable on Loan from Sister Concerns in Cash

September 23, 2017 3087 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee’s contention was that the entries were not in the nature of the loan or deposit on the face of it was not acceptable, as once any amount had been received by the assessee and the same was shown as received in its books of account, then it had partaken the nature of deposit and penal provision of section 271D was attracted.

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