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Understanding Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT)

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act mandates specified entities to report prescribed high-value transactions through SFT to help authorities monito...

June 10, 2026 19473 Views 0 comment Print

Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) under Income-tax framework

Income Tax : The issue concerns mandatory reporting of specified financial transactions under tax law. The key takeaway is that entities must r...

April 5, 2026 13458 Views 0 comment Print

Fixed Deposit Tax Rules Explained Because SFT Reporting and TDS Limits Differ

Income Tax : This explains why FD reporting to tax authorities and TDS on interest follow different thresholds. The key takeaway is understandi...

December 31, 2025 2859 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Statement of Financial Transactions & Reportable Accounts

Income Tax : Know about Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) or Reportable Account under Section 285BA — entities liable to file, reporta...

November 5, 2025 122189 Views 16 comments Print

Save Yourself from Tax Summer Heat by Filing TDS and SFT returns before 31st May

Income Tax : Understand critical tax deadlines by May 31, 2025, for TDS and SFT reporting. Learn about compliance requirements, applicable form...

May 27, 2025 8640 Views 0 comment Print


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Investigation of Reporting Entities by Income-Tax Department

Income Tax : A detailed examination of the Income-Tax Department's investigation into Reporting Entities, with a specific focus on a prominent ...

July 1, 2023 1302 Views 0 comment Print

Notice to SFT Filers: Extended Filing Period and Helpdesk Support

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has issued a notice informing all Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) filers about the challenges f...

June 1, 2023 11052 Views 0 comment Print

5.56 lakh new persons in 2nd phase of Operation Clean Money identified

Income Tax : Income Tax Department has used information received under Statement of Financial Transactions to identify 5.56 lakh new persons i...

July 15, 2017 2280 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT clarifies on SFT & SFT Preliminary Response Filing

Income Tax : Section 285BA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 requires furnishing of a statement of financial transaction (SFT) for transactions presc...

May 26, 2017 122100 Views 17 comments Print

Email on Statement of Financial transactions (SFT) filing by IT Dept.

Income Tax : Statement of Financial transactions (SFT) should be filed by all reporting persons covered under Rule 114E of Income-tax Rules, 19...

May 19, 2017 26364 Views 2 comments Print


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ITAT Bangalore Deletes Section 271FAA Penalty for SFT Delay

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that penalty under Section 271FAA cannot be imposed mechanically where delay in filing the correction stat...

February 20, 2026 822 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in SFT-005 Filing: Excuse of Server Issue Rejected by ITAT

Income Tax : Read about the case of Waghodia Urban Co. Op. Bank Limited vs. Director of Income Tax regarding a penalty levied under Section 271...

June 9, 2024 858 Views 0 comment Print

Non-filing of SFT Return Not Grounds for Penalty: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : Read about Durgapur Steel Peoples’ Cooperative Bank Ltd vs Director of Income Tax case. ITAT Kolkata rules that non-filing of SF...

March 16, 2024 1005 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 271FA Penalty if there was a reasonable cause for failure

Income Tax : Explore the detailed analysis of Kesar Alloys & Metals Pvt. Ltd. vs. Director of Income Tax (ITAT Indore) case, focusing on penalt...

March 16, 2024 2496 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 271FA penalty for delay in filing SFT return for genuine reasons

Income Tax : Explore the detailed analysis of the penalty imposed on Jhalawar Kendriya Sahakari Bank Ltd. by ITAT Jaipur in the case against AD...

March 14, 2024 2226 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Revised SFT Submission Process for Mutual Fund Transactions

Income Tax : Revised Format, Procedure and Guidelines for submission of Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) for Mutual Fund Transactions b...

November 15, 2023 6996 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Procedure for submission of SFT for Depository Transactions

Income Tax : Understand revised format, procedure & guidelines for submission of Statement of Financial Transactions for Depository Transaction...

November 15, 2023 6735 Views 0 comment Print

Addendum to Notification: Format, Procedure & Guidelines for submission of SFT for Interest income

Income Tax : Addendum to Notification 2 of 2021: Format, Procedure and Guidelines for submission of Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) f...

January 5, 2023 4551 Views 0 comment Print

Submission of Statement of Financial Transactions for Interest Income-Reg.

Finance : In continuation to the SB Order No. 01/2017 dated 29.03.2017, the undersigned is directed to inform that Government of India, Mini...

July 5, 2021 2925 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Return, Tax Audit due date & Other dates extended

Income Tax : The due date of furnishing of Return of Income for the Assessment Year 2021-22, which is 31st July 2021 under sub-section (1) of s...

May 20, 2021 166467 Views 24 comments Print


Income Tax (26th Amendment) Rules, 2016

October 8, 2016 5899 Views 0 comment Print

The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall specify the procedures, data structures, and standards for ensuring secure capture and transmission of data, evolving and implementing appropriate security, archival and retrieval policies in relation to the statement referred to in sub-clause (i) of sub-rule (1).

CBDT amends financial transaction reporting Rule wef FY 2015-16

March 18, 2016 9373 Views 0 comment Print

In rule 114E (i) in the marginal heading, after the words Information Return, the words or Statement of Financial Transactions shall be inserted. Rule 114E of the Rules, as amended by this rule shall be applicable for the specified financial transactions carried out during the period from 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2016.

Furnishing of PAN and its Reporting to I.T. Department by Assessee

January 28, 2016 6509 Views 3 comments Print

Requirement of PAN to be obtained from parties and responsibility of furnishing of correct PAN is also lies with Your company, so verify the PAN from available sources. Moreover details to be obtained under form 60 are required to be filled truly and correctly, further all the particulars of the same are required to be verified to the satisfaction of the concerned person accepting the same (principal officer).

Furnishing PAN & AIR Information w.e.f 01-01-2016

January 1, 2016 21642 Views 0 comment Print

CA Vinamar Gupta Comprehensive Analysis of New Requirements of furnishing PAN and AIR Information w.e.f 01-01-2016 CBDT vide Notification No. 95/2015 dated 30-12-2015 has amended Rules for PAN and AIR Information. While the press release dated 15-12-2015, broadly discussed the likely changes in PAN requirements, the notification contains lot many creases required to ironed out […]

Revised rules & Forms related to Quoting of PAN wef 01.01.2016

December 30, 2015 63051 Views 14 comments Print

Notification No. 95/2015 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139A, section 271FAA and section 285BA, read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

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