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The Income Tax department has added a new window in their I.T. E-Filing Website viz “Account Cash Transactions.” to keep a track of all cash transactions in your account.
The moment Cash is deposited into your Bank a/c , the amount will immediately reflect in this Window of Income of the I.T. Department.
All the Banks Server’s have been linked with the CPU of I.T. Department for Cash transactions.
The Government warned that cash deposits above Rs 2.5 lakh threshold under the 50-day window could attract tax plus a 200 per cent penalty in case of income mismatch.
I.T. Department would be getting reports of all cash deposited during the period of November 10 to December 30, 2016, above a threshold of Rs 2.5 lakh in every account.”
“The (tax) department would do matching of this with income returns filed by the depositors. And suitable action may follow. “This would be treated as a case of tax evasion and the tax amount plus a penalty of 200 per cent of the tax payable would be levied as per the Section 270(A) of the Income Tax Act.
The government has allowed citizens to deposit in their bank accounts old currency of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations, which had been declared invalid in the nation’s biggest crackdown on black money, corruption and counterfeit notes, between November 10 and December 30.
Source: Economics Times
