2 years, 10 months ago

Violation of RBI Notification Prohibiting Deposit Of Demonetized Notes Does not attract Addition On Account of Unexplained Cash Credits: ITAT

The Bangalore bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of B.R. Baskaran held that violation of the RBI notification prohibiting deposit of demonetized notes does not attract addition on account of unexplained cash credits. 36,16,262 as an unexplained cash deposit under section 68 of the Income Tax Act. The assessee submitted that the provisions of Section 5 of the, 2017 specify that "on and from the appointed day, no person shall knowingly or voluntarily hold, transfer, or receive any specified bank note". The ITAT relied on the decision of the ITAT in the case of Bhageeratha Pattina Sahakara Sangha Niyamitha vs. ITO in which it was ruled that the deposit of demonetized notes collected by the assessee from its members would not be hit by the provisions of section 68.

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