23 July 2017
Budget 2017 Update: In order to disincentivise cash transactions, it is proposed to amend the provisions of Section 40A of the Income Tax Act to provide the following: 1. To reduce the existing threshold of cash payments to a person from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 10,000 in a single day i.e. any payment in cash above Rs. 10,000 to any person in a day shall not be allowed as deduction in computation of Income. 2. Deeming a payment as Profits and Gains of Business or Profession if the Expenditure is incurred in a particular year but the Cash Payment is made in any subsequent year of a sum exceeding Rs. 10,000 to a person in a single day.