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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


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

June 7, 2019 6339 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 4869 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 10986 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 7965 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 6729 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 8409 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 […]

Disallowance U/S 40A(3) not Possible if transaction genuine & cash payment done on Seller’s Insistence

December 28, 2018 5751 Views 0 comment Print

When cash payment was done on insistence of the seller, amount was duly recorded in the sale deed and no doubt was raised with regard to the genuineness of the transaction, disallowance u/s 40A(3) not justifiable.

Section 40A(3) additions not justified when demand draft amount credited to bank account although not crossed

November 29, 2018 2841 Views 2 comments Print

M. K. Agrotech Private Ltd. Vs ACIT (Karnataka High Court) The main purpose of crossing a demand draft is to ensure that the payment is cleared by means of an account, i.e., the payment is deposited in the Bank Account i.e the person in whose favour the demand draft has been drawn. It ensures the […]

Provisions of Section 68 Cannot be applied to Sundry Creditor

November 16, 2018 9294 Views 0 comment Print

The provisions of section 68 cannot be applied to sundry creditors and the assessee cannot be applied to sundry creditors and the assessee cannot be asked to prove the 3 ingredients of cash credits in respect of sundry creditors.

S. 40A(3) Validity of Cash payments exceeding limit to Electricity Board

September 4, 2018 2844 Views 0 comment Print

Ayub Ali Vs ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) The assessee has entered into an agreement with a Government Hospital in Bikaner whereby it operates the MRI and CT Scan machines. The nature of such activities therefore demand a continuous supply of electricity and the assessee cannot risk the life of the patients especially those admitted in emergency […]

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