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High-Value Cash Receipt Limit: Section 269ST Compliance & 100% Penalty

Income Tax : This clarifies how cash receipts are tested on daily, transaction, and occasion-based thresholds. It explains why breaking payment...

January 14, 2026 1818 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of Gifts from Family

Income Tax : SEO Description: Explains which gifts qualify for exemption based on the statutory definition of “relative” and why not all fa...

December 21, 2025 14001 Views 0 comment 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 1542 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 29595 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Disallowance of cash expenses or limit on cash transactions

Income Tax : Indian tax law restricts cash transactions to promote digital payments. Limits apply to expense payments (Sec 40A(3): ₹10k/day),...

October 30, 2025 4149 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 1746 Views 0 comment Print

Section 269ST Restriction on cash transactions– Certain concerns

Income Tax : In order to achieve the mission of the Government to move towards a less cash economy to reduce generation and circulation of blac...

January 27, 2018 22212 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI President’s Message – May 2017 on GST, Tax Changes etc.

CA, CS, CMA : The Finance Bill, 2017 proposed an insertion of Section 271J in the Income-tax Act, 1961. Considering the undue hardships to be ca...

April 29, 2017 3810 Views 0 comment Print

Cash withdrawals from bank do not attract Section 269ST Penalty

Income Tax : It has also been decided that the restriction on cash transaction under section 269ST shall not apply to withdrawal of cash from ...

April 5, 2017 57555 Views 10 comments Print

Section 269ST- Restriction on cash transactions -Certain concerns to be addressed

Income Tax : In order to achieve the mission of the Government to move towards a less cash economy to reduce generation and circulation of blac...

March 6, 2017 39681 Views 4 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 269ST Penalty Deleted as Seized Excel Sheets Did Not Prove Single Cash Transaction Above ₹2 Lakh

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that consolidated Excel entries showing aggregate cash sales were insufficient to establish receipt of ₹2 lakh...

April 29, 2026 702 Views 0 comment Print

No 269ST Violation Where Each Medical Bill Is Below ₹2 Lakh: ITAT Lucknow

Income Tax : The issue was whether multiple medical bills constituted a single transaction under Section 269ST. The Tribunal held that separate...

April 4, 2026 1188 Views 0 comment Print

Cash Received at Time of Property Registration Not Hit by Sec.269SS – Penalty u/s 271D Deleted

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that Section 269SS does not apply when cash is received as part of final sale consideration at the time of prope...

March 14, 2026 4350 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad HC Seeks Reply as Alleged ₹20 Lakh Cash Payment Raised Tax Law Issue

Income Tax : The Court issued notice in a plea to quash criminal proceedings where the applicant argued that alleged cash payments exceeding ...

March 9, 2026 7302 Views 0 comment Print

Court Must Inform Income Tax Dept of Large Cash Claims, But Cannot Compel PAN Disclosure

Income Tax : The High Court held that courts must intimate the Income Tax Department when suits involve cash transactions exceeding Rs.2 lakh. ...

February 12, 2026 6837 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Cash receipt by ‘Co-op. Society’ from dealer across multiple days not to be aggregated for Section 269ST

Income Tax : Cash receipt by ‘Co-op. Society’ from dealer across multiple days not to be aggregated for Sec. 269ST purpose: CBDT Reference ...

December 30, 2022 1998 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT issues corrigendum to notification related to Cash payment to hospital

Income Tax : CBDT issues Corrigendum to Notification No. 56/2021-Income Tax Dated: 7th May, 2021 and  stated that word ‘payee ‘to ...

May 10, 2021 1995 Views 0 comment Print

Section 269ST relaxation on cash payment to hospitals

Income Tax : Hospitals / medical facilities providing #COVID19 treatment to patients can now receive cash payments even higher than ₹ 2 lakh....

May 7, 2021 36225 Views 1 comment Print

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 14142 Views 0 comment Print

Clarification on Cash sale of agricultural produce by cultivators/agriculturist

Income Tax : Representations have been received from the stakeholders regarding applicability of income-tax provision to cash sale of agricultu...

November 3, 2017 13410 Views 2 comments Print


Penalty u/s. 271D deleted as cash payment made at one go before sub-registrar: ITAT Amritsar

March 10, 2025 14187 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that there is no violation of provisions of section 269SS of the Income Tax Act when cash payment was made at one go before sub-registrar at the time of registration of sale deed. Accordingly, penalty under section 271D deleted.

Delhi HC Rejects Plea for Income Tax Probe Into Wife’s Family Over Dowry Claims

March 8, 2025 801 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC rejects Ateesh Agarwal’s plea for an IT probe into his wife’s family over alleged dowry payments, citing lack of legal basis and jurisdiction under Article 226.

Penalty Proceedings Initiate from Date of Reference Receipt by Additional CIT: Delhi HC

February 18, 2025 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court sets aside ₹14.63 crore penalty on Property Plus Realtors, ruling the order was issued beyond the statutory limitation period under Section 275(1)(c).

Section 269SS non-compliance due to bonafide belief: Section 271D Penalty deleted

January 21, 2025 1779 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that penalty under section 271D of the Income Tax Act not imposable for acceptance of cash on transfer of agricultural land as non-compliance with section 269SS of the Income Tax Act was due to bonafide belief.

Revisionary jurisdiction not sustained as AO took plausible and legally valid view: ITAT Ahmedabad

October 28, 2024 435 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that revisionary jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act cannot be invoked as AO exercised a plausible and legally valid view and revisionary jurisdiction cannot be invoked merely because PCIT holds a different view.

Summary of Section 269SS, 269ST and 269T & reporting in Tax Audit Form 3CD

August 26, 2024 8556 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the provisions of Sections 269SS, 269ST, and 269T under Indian tax law, their implications, and reporting requirements in Form 3CD for tax audits.

ITAT Can Holistically Evaluate Disclosures and Make Additions to Taxpayers’ Declared Income

July 16, 2024 543 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) had authority to make additions to the declared income of taxpayers as ITSC’s role was not confined to regular assessments but extended to holistic evaluations of the disclosures and additional income brought to its notice through settlement proceedings.

Transforming Tax Compliance: The Impact of Digital Transactions in India

June 1, 2024 1653 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains implications of digital transactions on income tax compliance, focusing on Section 269ST, Rule 6ABBA, Section 269SU, and Rule 119AA of Income Tax Act, 1961.

ITAT Deletes Section 271DA Penalty: Bonafide Mistake in New Legislation

May 27, 2024 2319 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules no penalty for All Fresh Supply Management Pvt. Ltd. under Section 271DA, acknowledging no intent to evade tax. Read the full judgment here.

Reasoned order of settlement commission cannot be interfered: Delhi HC

April 30, 2024 1077 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that acceptance of settlement and order passed by the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) based on full and true disclosure not to be interfered under Article 226 of the Constitution.

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