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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


Restriction and Incentives under Income Tax Act to promote cashless economy

December 7, 2019 3867 Views 0 comment Print

Introduction As we all aware now a day’s Modi government has significantly encourage digital and cashless economy through: 1.1 Providing a online platform for various government services; 1.2 Demonetization, which extremely turns our economy towards cashless; 1.3 By giving incentives and disincentives under various laws for digital transaction; 1.4 By reducing the bank charges of […]

No section 40A(3) disallowance if test of genuineness of transactions satisfied

December 5, 2019 8265 Views 0 comment Print

K.K. Construction Co. Vs. ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) Conclusion: Dis allowance under section 40A(3) could not be made as identity of persons from whom purchases had been made was established; source of cash payments was clearly identifiable in form of withdrawals from assessee’s bank accounts and the said details were submitted before AO, thus, the genuineness […]

Budget 2019: Prescription of other electronic mode of payments

July 6, 2019 5487 Views 0 comment Print

There are various provisions in the Act which prohibit cash transactions and allow/encourage payment or receipt only through account payee cheque, account payee draft or electronic clearing system through a bank account. Section 13A of the Act requires a political party to receive donation exceeding rupees two thousand only through an account payee cheque or […]

Cash payment in excess of prescribed limit on bank/public holidays

June 11, 2019 8937 Views 0 comment Print

Cash payments in excess of Rs. 20,000 made on bank/public holidays towards purchase of construction materials in the activity of real estate development could not be subjected to disallowance under section 40A(3) in view of rule 6DD(J).

Cash gifts & presents against section 40A(3) provisions not allowable

June 7, 2019 6309 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was not entitled to claim gifts and presents given to the customers by way of cash as business expenditure as the same was against the provisions contained u/s 40A(3)

Disallowance of cash purchase of jewellery u/s 40A(3) justified in case assessee failed to give explanation

April 6, 2019 4842 Views 0 comment Print

Since assessee failed to demonstrate that the conditions of the bid for purchase of gold jewellery required assessee to effect payments in cash and there was no explanation as to what stopped assessee from effecting payments through banking channel, therefore, AO was justified in disallowing the cash purchase of jewellery under section 40A(3).

No Section 40A(3) disallowance, if cash payment for purchase of agricultural land was due to commercial expediency

February 21, 2019 10944 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance under section 40A(3) with respect to cash payment made by assessee to farmers on Sunday for purchase of agricultural land could not be disallowed as Sunday was bank holiday and rule 6D(J)  was clearly attracted in assessees case as payment was made due to commercial expediency.

No disallowance U/s. 40A(3) on Payment by debtor directly to creditor of assessee through banking channel

February 10, 2019 7914 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee’s debtor directly made payment through banking channel to assessee’s creditor to square up their account, provisions of section 40A(3) would not be attracted.

Cash payment cannot be disallowed if not claimed as business expense or capitalized

February 7, 2019 6681 Views 0 comment Print

Kalyan Constructions Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) Where assessee had not claimed cash payment of Rs. 1.50 crores for purchase of land as business expenditure or treated as stock or capitalized the same in order to claim depreciation in the future, disallowance under section 40A(3) could not be made. FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGMENT This […]

Precaution to be Taken While Cash Transaction

January 4, 2019 8316 Views 3 comments Print

I would like to highlight on a very important topics CASH TRANSACTION in business as well as other contexts. CASH Payment is common practice in business. Either in small or large business, CASH is very important part of business. Hence it is very important to understand and take precaution while making the payment to someone […]

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