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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 14379 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 2106 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 29535 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

Various Threshold Limits under Income Tax Act

Income Tax : This report provides a consolidated overview of the critical monetary threshold limits stipulated under various sections of the In...

October 28, 2025 368255 Views 44 comments Print


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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 24190 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Penalty U/s 271DA & 271E Invalid When Original Assessment Set Aside – ITAT Deletes Penalties

Income Tax : The tribunal examined whether penalties could continue when the fresh assessment order did not record satisfaction for initiating ...

March 14, 2026 501 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad Deletes U/s 271D & 271E Penalty; Cash Loans for Son’s Education Genuine, Reasonable Cause U/s 273B Proven

Income Tax : ITAT held that cash loans taken for son’s education were bona fide and supported by evidence. Reasonable cause under Section 273...

February 24, 2026 723 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty U/s 271D & 271E Deleted – Partner Capital Cash Not Covered U/s 269SS/269T: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that cash introduced by partners as capital contribution in an LLP does not attract Section 269SS and theref...

February 21, 2026 2346 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad Deletes Sec 271D Penalty; Property Sale Cash Not Hit by Sec 269SS

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash received at the time of executing a registered sale deed does not fall within the definition of “spe...

February 17, 2026 1212 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Oversteps Powers by Ordering Penalty Without Assessment Finding

Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that absence of recorded satisfaction in the assessment order bars initiation of penalty under Section 271E. Superv...

January 21, 2026 366 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 14142 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT relaxes PAN requirement for Section 269T reporting in 3CD

Income Tax : G.S.R. 841(E).—In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Dire...

July 6, 2017 6372 Views 1 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 130821 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 23658 Views 0 comment Print


Penalty u/s 271E may not be imposed where circumstances compels assessee to make repayment in cash

December 9, 2015 1367 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held In the case of Jayantilal Vaishnav HUF vs. JCIT that the reasonable cause u/s 273B need to be seen from the context of the situation where a person is reasonably and under bonafide belief of taking a action beyond his control i.e. cause which prevent a reasonable person in ordinary

No Penalty on Return of loan by cash to sister concern under a bonafide belief

November 14, 2015 2306 Views 0 comment Print

Global Realty Heritage Venture (Cochin) (P.) Ltd., vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) In the absence of any such evidence the plea of bonafide belief in the peculiar circumstances cannot be discarded. It is seen that the assessee has consistently canvassed that there was a bonafide belief that the amount taken

No penalty u/s 271D on cash loan taken more than Rs. 20,000 if it is routed through Bank

October 3, 2015 4134 Views 0 comment Print

In a landmark judgement of Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in the case of CIT- V. Smt. Dimpal Yadav, it was held that where even through assesee had taken a loan in cash, since loan was routed through bank account of the assessee for the payment to Government for converting land into free

Penalty u/s 271D & 271E for raising & repayment of loans in cash cannot be imposed if sufficient reasonable cause exist

September 6, 2015 2888 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held in Envogue Wood Working Pvt Ltd Vs ACIT that if the assessee had taken and repaid the loan in cash and provided the sufficient reasonable cause of doing such then penalty u/s 271D & 271E would not be imposed.

Taxability of Transactions in Real Estate Sector

June 28, 2015 41093 Views 5 comments Print

Taxation whether direct or indirect in real estate sector always been a very critical issue due to different nature of this sector. In the recent past, there has been made lots of various provisions in the different tax laws to bring various activities, income, charges or fee etc. under tax regime.

Penalty proceedings can’t be initiated when there is reasonable cause of not complying with section 269S

June 17, 2015 1448 Views 0 comment Print

During the course of the assessment proceedings, it was noticed that the assessee had received a loan of Rs.30.00 lakhs in cash on 10.05.2009 thereby violating the provisions of section 269S of the I.T. Act. Accordingly, penalty notice u/s 271D of the I.T. Act was issued to the assessee on 25.04.2013 which was duly served on the assessee.

Penalty u/s 271D & 271E cannot be levied on transaction entered through journal voucher

June 15, 2015 7516 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Triumph International Finance (I) Ltd., 345 ITR 270, held that settling claims by making journal entries in the respective books is also one of the recognized modes of repaying loan or deposit. In the absence of any finding recorded in the assessment order or in the penalty order to the effect that the repayment of loan or deposit was not a bona fide transaction and was made with a view to evade tax, the cause shown by the assessee was a reasonable cause and in view of section 273B of the Act, no penalty under section 271 E could be imposed for contravening the provisions of section 269T of the Act.

Advance in cash for Property Covered by Section 269SS & 269T wef 01.06.2015

June 4, 2015 183831 Views 30 comments Print

Mode of taking or accepting certain loans, deposits and specified sums and mode of repayment of loans or deposits and specified advances The earlier provisions contained in section 269SS of the Income-tax Act provide that no person shall take from any person any loan or deposit otherwise than by an account payee cheque or account […]

Changes In Direct Tax Provisions Effective from 01-06-2015 along with PPT

May 31, 2015 28002 Views 0 comment Print

As per Section 269SS if specified sum (any sum of money receivable, whether as advance or otherwise, in relation to transfer of an immovable property, whether or not the transfer takes place) taken or accepted in cash is Rs. 20,000 or more , penalty equal to amount taken shall be imposed under S. 271D.

Harsh Penalty for Property Transaction in Cash of Rs. 20,000 or more w.e.f. 1st June, 2015

May 26, 2015 364707 Views 47 comments Print

According to section 269SS of Income Tax Act, while transacting Immovable Property, 100% penalty will be levied if seller has accepted an amount of Rs. 20,000 or more in cash from the buyer. e.g. if for selling an immovable property ‘A’ has received an amount of Rs.1 lakh in cash from ‘B’ then ‘A’ has to pay 100% penalty of Rs. 1 lakh.

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