11/03/2020
AWARENESS ABOUT CASH TRANSACTIONS:-
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Cash Transactions under GST :-
Many have confusion regarding the amount of cash sale or purchase permissible under GST. Good News is that there is no such provision in GST regarding cash transactions. Therefore under GST there is no any cash limit and no penalty will be levied on cash sale or purchase.
However, the Income tax Act put restrictions on the cash transactions.
Cash transactions under Income Tax Act :-
1. Business Payments Limit– Cash Payment exceeding 10,000 are disallowed (Section 40A(3))
The assessee has incurred any expenditure and the payment or aggregate of payments made in a single day to single person in respect of such expenditure exceeds Rs 10,000 (in case of payment made for plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages the limit shall be replaced by Rs 35,000) shall be disallowed if the payment has been made otherwise then by way of account payee cheque or account payee draft or use of electronic clearing systems through a bank account.
2. Business Accepting Limit: Cash Receipt of Rs 2 lakh or more (Section 269ST)
No person shall receive an amount of Rs 2 Lakh or more;
in aggregate from a person in a day, or
in respect of a single transaction,
or, in respect of transactions relating to one event or occasion from a person,
Otherwise by an account payee cheque or an account payee bank draft or use of electronic clearing system through a bank account.
The amount of penalty will be sum equal to amount received by a recipient (271D)
3. Deposit Receiving Limit (Section 269 SS)
As per the section of 269SS of Income Tax Act, any person shall not take or accept any loan or deposit or any specified sum from any other person in cash exceeding Rs 20,000. If any person violate the rule then the person will be liable to pay the penalty of sum equal to the loan amount.
4. Amount Repaying Limit (Section 269 T)
As per the section of 269T of Income Tax Act, any person shall not repay or deposit any loan or advance in cash exceeding Rs 20,000. If any person violate the rule then the person will be liable to pay the penalty of sum equal to the loan amount