Restriction on cash payments: non banked payments above the prescribed limit are nondeductible and may be taxable.

Amendment lowers the cash payment threshold for deductibility from twenty thousand rupees to ten thousand rupees per person per day and requires payments above that limit to be made by account payee cheque, account payee bank draft, or electronic clearing through a bank account; amounts paid otherwise will be disallowed as deductions or deemed to be profits and gains of business or profession. Consequential changes to related sub provisions are also proposed, effective 1 April 2018 for the relevant assessment year.

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