FTS- 1275045/2019

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi, dated 18 October 2019

NOTICE

Prescribing of certain electronic modes of payment under Section 269SU of the Income      tax Act, 1961-lnvitation for application

In furtherance to the declared policy objective of the Government to encourage digital economy and move towards a less-cash economy, a new provision namely Section 269SU was inserted in the Income-tax Act 1961, vide the Finance (No. 2) Act 2019, which provides that every person having a business turnover of more than ₹ 50 Crore shall mandatorily provide facilities for accepting payments through prescribed electronic modes.

2.  Further, a new provision namely Section 10A was also inserted in the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007, which provides that no Bank or system provider shall impose any charge on a payer making payment, or a beneficiary receiving payment, through electronic modes prescribed under Section 269SU of the Income-tax Act 1961.

3.  These provisions shall come into force with effect from 1^st November, 2019. The Central Government proposes to prescribe certain electronic modes of payment for the purposes of Section 269SU.

4.  Accordingly, applications are hereby invited from the Banks and Payment System Providers, operating an authorised payment system under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007, who are willing that their payment system may be taken into consideration for being prescribed as an eligible electronic payment mode under Section 269SU of the Income-tax Act 1961.

5.  The application shall be made in the format given below, and shall be duly signed by the authorised signatory.

Name of the Bank/payment system provider	Complete address	PAN	Details of license/ registration number to operate the payment system	Brief note/description on the payment system proposed to be prescribed u/s 269SU

The expression of intent may be sent by e-mail at [email protected]  by 28th October 2019. Any query or clarification in this regard may be made at 011-2309 2964.

Ankur Goyal

Under Secretary (TPL-IV)

Mandatory digital payment acceptance under Section 269SU: invitation for banks and payment providers to apply for prescribed modes. Section 269SU requires businesses above the turnover threshold to enable acceptance of payments via prescribed electronic modes; the Government will prescribe eligible modes and invites authorised banks and payment system providers to apply for consideration by submitting specified identity, licensing and system descriptions in the prescribed format within the stated timeline.