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

Income Tax : Summary of Section 40A disallowances, including payments to related parties, cash payments, gratuity provisions, non-statutory fun...

November 17, 2025 15624 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 30072 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 9792 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 8247 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 1791 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 24202 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Deletes Section 40A(3) Disallowance as No Single Cash Payment Exceeded Rs. 10,000

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi upheld deletion of disallowance under Section 40A(3) after finding that payments were made to multiple labourers and no...

May 10, 2026 936 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat Deleted Interest Disallowance as Loans Given from Interest-Free Funds

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that no disallowance under section 36(1)(iii) can be made where loans are advanced from interest-free funds. It ...

March 28, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Payment for Land Purchase Cannot Be Disallowed Under Section 40A(3): ITAT Nagpur

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash payments for land purchase cannot be disallowed under Section 40A(3) if not claimed as expenditure. Si...

March 21, 2026 756 Views 0 comment Print

Year-End Provisions Attract TDS – Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) Does Not Bar Action u/s 201 – Matter Restored for Limited Verification – ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that year-end expense provisions can attract TDS under the IT Act. The matter was restored for limited verific...

March 4, 2026 567 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Raipur Remands Cash Purchase Disallowance for Rule 46A Breach; Late TDS Interest Held Disallowable

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that admission of fresh evidence without AOs examination violated procedural rules. The deletion of ₹2 crore ...

February 18, 2026 393 Views 0 comment Print


Genuineness irrelevant while disallowing expenses – Section 40A(3)

October 11, 2020 1929 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue is right in contending that the genuinity of the transaction is hardly a matter, which should weigh in the minds of the Assessing officer while examining as to the whether the assessees had violated Section 40A(3) of the Act.

No Section 40A(3) disallowance if Bank Account was Not Operational due to Attachment

October 2, 2020 1845 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance under Section 40A(3) of the Act as made by the Assessing Officer is sustainable under Income Tax Act when banking facility was available but the bank account could not be operated by the very bank themselves because of an order of attachment passed by the ESI Department.

Cash expense disallowable U/s. 40A(3) if no sufficient cause

September 7, 2020 2295 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee couldn’t demonstrate with cogent evidences that there was business expediency or sufficient cause for such cash payment. Assessee failed to prove that the case was covered in the exception clause as provided under section 40A(3) read with Rule 6DD.

Disallowance of depreciation & capital expenditure on cash payment

August 28, 2020 182349 Views 4 comments Print

Under the existing provisions of the Act, revenue expenditure incurred in cash exceeding certain monetary threshold is not allowable as per sub-section (3) of section 40A of the Act except in specified circumstances as referred to in Rule 6DD of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.

No Addition u/s 40A(3) for Advance Returned Back to Customer in Cash

July 31, 2020 1749 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition u/s 40A(3) for advance which is returned back to the customer in cash is justified in law?

No addition for Cash payments in excess of prescribed limit as Assesse given undertaking for not claiming that expenditure

July 30, 2020 2493 Views 0 comment Print

whether the disallowance u/s 40A(3) of the Act for the alleged payment in cash in excess of the limit prescribed u/s 40A(3) of the Act for making payment for purchase of land is justified in law?

Income Tax Law Relating To Cash Transactions

July 9, 2020 22161 Views 3 comments Print

A number of new provisions have been introduced in the Income Tax Act from time to time to put restrictions on cash transactions as well as to incentivise the non-cash transactions. Cash transactions have always played a major role in the Indian Economy and consistently were responsible for generation and accumulation of Black Money. The […]

E-Book- Know When to Say No to Cash Transactions -Income Tax Act

June 14, 2020 77538 Views 10 comments Print

E-BOOK: KNOW WHEN TO SAY NO TO CASH TRANSACTIONS Article explain Restrictions on Cash Expenditure (Capital & Revenue),  Incentives to encourage cashless business transactions, Restrictions on Cash Loans, Deposits & Advances, Restrictions on Cash Transactions in Real Estate, Restrictions on Income Tax Deductions, Restrictions on Cash Transactions of Rs. 2 Lacs or more, Mandating Acceptance […]

Restrictions on Cash Transactions under Income Tax Act, 1961

May 5, 2020 23610 Views 1 comment Print

In order to restrict cash transactions, the government has come out with several provisions and related rules to prohibit various types of cash payments in the Finance Acts. The effects of restrictions under provisions of income tax act are as follows: Restrict cash transactions by disallowances of expenses or deduction under chapter VIA of income […]

Cash Sale Limit under GST / Income Tax Act

April 20, 2020 450291 Views 39 comments Print

CGST Act 2017 has no provision restricting cash transactions, but In order to, curb black money ,the government has imposed various restrictions on cash receipts /payments and cash withdrawal  from time to time through Income Tax Act 1961. The Government has amended clause 84 of Section 194N vide Finance Act 2020 . Accordingly TDS @ […]

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