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Income tax: These 5 cash transactions may attract I-T notice. Details here

Income tax department has created an Annual Information Return (AIR) statement of financial transactions to trace high-value cash transactions of taxpayers Income tax department has become highly vigilant against cash transactions these days. In the last few years, Income Tax Department and various investment platforms like bank, mutual fund houses, broker platforms, etc. have tightened the cash transactions rules for public in general. Now, these investment and lending institutions allow cash transaction to a certain limit only. In the case of little violation, the Income Tax Department may send notice to the offender. Advising taxpayers to report high value cash transaction in one’s income tax return (ITR); Amit Gupta, MD at SAG Infotech said, “If an individual makes high-value cash transactions, there are chances that he or she might get a notice from Income Tax Department. The different cash-related transactions include banks, mutual fund houses, brokerages and property registrars....

Income tax return filing, other tasks you need to complete by December 31

Failure to comply with the deadline may create inconvenience for the defaulters. The year 2021 is about to end. However, before the new year dawns, there are some important things that one needs to complete, pending which, defaulters may face inconvenience and, may also have to pay hefty fines. Here are some important tasks the deadline to finish which is December 31, 2021: (1.) Income tax return filing: The deadline to file income tax returns (ITR) has already been extended several times due to issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and technical glitches on the new income tax portal. Now, one final date to file returns is December 31. If not done by the said date, defaulters will have to pay penalty of up to ₹5000. (2.) Aadhaar-PF linking: The linking of Aadhaar card to the Universal Account Number (UAN) by December 31, as mandated by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), is applicable only to the seven northeastern states and certain class of establishments. In the r...

Tax saving plans

Article Contents Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) 2. ELSS Mutual Funds 3. Public Provident Fund (PPF) 4. Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (SSY) 5. National Savings Certificate 6. Tax-savings fixed deposit 7. Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 8. School Tuition Fees: 9. National Pension Scheme ( NPS ) 10. Health Insurance premium under section 80D: 11. Repayment of an education loan 12. Rent paid and no HRA received: 13. Interest paid on home loan 14. Savings bank account interest: 15. Medical expenses towards disabled dependent: 16. Treatment of specified diseases u/s 80DDB 17. Donations made to charitable institutions: