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Section 40A: Expenses or payments not deductible in certain circumstances

Income Tax : Section 40A of the Income-tax Act restricts the deduction of specified business expenses where statutory conditions are not fulfil...

June 10, 2026 16668 Views 0 comment Print

Prohibited transaction in cash/limit on cash transactions

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act contains strict provisions under Sections 40A(3), 269SS, 269ST, 269SU, and 269T to regulate cash transactions, ...

June 10, 2026 33360 Views 0 comment Print

Electricity bill payment in cash: Allowed or not?

Income Tax : Learn if cash payments over ₹10,000 for electricity bills are allowed under Section 40A(3) of Income Tax Act. Understand exempti...

September 30, 2024 10236 Views 0 comment Print

Restrictions on Cash Payments Under Income Tax Act on certain transactions

Income Tax : Section 40A(3) restricts cash payments exceeding ₹10,000 in business transactions. Exceptions apply for specific cases like tran...

September 10, 2024 8523 Views 0 comment Print

Navigating Cash Clarity: Ensuring Tax Compliance in Real Estate Deals

Income Tax : Explore the rules and regulations governing cash transactions in real estate deals to ensure tax compliance. Learn about permissib...

May 13, 2024 1926 Views 0 comment 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 24229 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Deletes ₹18.24 Crore Addition as Corrupted Computer Records cannot Override Audited Books

Income Tax : The Hyderabad ITAT held that incomplete data retrieved from an inoperative computer could not prevail over audited books of accoun...

June 20, 2026 306 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40A(3) Addition Quashed as Department Failed to Prove Single-Day Violation

Income Tax : The Tribunal deleted the disallowance after finding no evidence that cash rent payments exceeded ₹10,000 on any single day. The ...

June 17, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

No addition regarding commission income earned by PSPL as it was not an undisclosed income

Income Tax : Additions made by attributing the commission income earned by PSPL as undisclosed income of the Assessees were held unsustainable ...

June 12, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Cash Payments for Paddy Purchase Allowed as Transactions Fell Under Rule 6DD Exceptions

Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that cash payments made through agents for procuring paddy from farmers were covered by Rule 6DD exceptions....

June 7, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT: No 40A(3) Disallowance on Mere Assumptions- Profit Estimation Without Rejecting Books Quashed

Income Tax : The Bangalore ITAT held that a Section 40A(3) disallowance cannot be made on the assumption that cash payments might have exceeded...

June 4, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print


Addition merely based on presumptions and assumptions is unsustainable

September 19, 2023 4173 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that addition based merely on presumptions and assumptions and without allowing cross-examination is unsustainable in law and liable to be set aside.

Treatment of cash deposited out of sales as income u/s 68 unjustified as sales not disputed

September 15, 2023 4191 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the cash deposited out of sales cannot be treated as income u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act once the sales are not disputed by the revenue.

Profit estimation of 10% instead of 8% adopted under presumptive taxation scheme justified

September 12, 2023 4338 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that estimation of profit at 10%, instead of 8% as adopted under presumptive scheme of taxation provided u/s. 44AD, justified as the same is guided by the principles of objectivity, fairness and consideration of justice.

Beware of Cash Transaction under Income Tax Act

September 11, 2023 8223 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the legal constraints around cash transactions under India’s Income Tax Act. Learn about the various sections that impose limits and penalties on cash dealings.

Section 40A(3) Terms Not Absolute; Rule 6DD Circumstances Not Exhaustive

September 9, 2023 2550 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the legal battle in Smt. Shashikala Ram Kumar vs ACIT case, analyzing additions under 40(a)(ia) & 40A(3). Understand key arguments, judicial opinions, and the Tribunal decision.

Cash Payment exceeding prescribed limit towards purchase of land disallowed as per section 40A(3)

September 4, 2023 2592 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that payment of cash towards purchase of land exceeding the prescribed limit is duly disallowed under section 40A(3) of the Income Tax Act.

Existence of business exigency needs to be proved for payments in cash to avoid addition u/s 40A(3)

September 1, 2023 1515 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore remanded the matter back to AO for fresh consideration as assessee didn’t proved existence of business exigency in making payment in cash and AO didn’t carried necessary enquiry before making addition u/s 40A(3) of the Income Tax Act.

Implication of Cash transactions under Income Tax Act, 1961

September 1, 2023 9168 Views 0 comment Print

Through Income tax Act, 1961 cash transaction has been limited, restricted in certain cases. In this article you will get insights about how much you are allowed to transact in cash.

ITAT deletes Addition under Section 69 for Gold Loan Recorded in Books

July 26, 2023 933 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata allows the appeal in H.K. Dutta & Co. Vs. ACIT, deleting the addition made under Section 69 of the Income Tax Act for a gold loan obtained from a partner and recorded in the books.

Addition for under valuation of closing stock without corresponding adjustment in opening stock is unsustainable

July 21, 2023 2817 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that making the addition for under valuation of closing stock for not adding making charges specifically for the year under appeal cannot be held to be justified unless and until corresponding adjustment is made for the opening stock. Accordingly, addition deleted.

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