Restricting Cash Transaction Regime : Clause 185 of Income Tax Bill, 2025 Vs. Section 269SS of Income Tax Act, 1961

Cash transaction restriction: acceptance of loans, deposits and advances must be made only through traceable banking or electronic modes.

Clause 185 prohibits accepting loans, deposits or specified sums in cash when the current transaction, the unpaid balance of prior transactions with the same person, or their aggregate reaches the prescribed threshold, and permits receipt only by account-payee cheque, account-payee bank draft, electronic clearing through a bank account or other prescribed electronic modes; exceptions cover the Government, specified banking and statutory entities, notified bodies, a rural higher threshold for primary agricultural credit societies and a narrow agricultural income exception.