I hav one doubt regarding S.40A(3), It is as follows.
Day1 Bill amount 15000 Day2 Bill amount 18000 Day3 Bill amount 13000
on a single day payment made Rs25000
weather disallowance U/s 40A(3)will come or not ? The above illustration given in vinod gupta and as per the author no disallowance will attract. please suggest.
30 March 2014
well one opinion is that no disallowance is attracted. this opinion will hold good where the the bills against which the payment is made are genuinely separate bills. for eg, rent paid for three different months in cash on a single day.
however, where a single transaction is split in multiple invoices or where payments are staggered over a period to circumvent Rs 20000 limit, such transactions can be disallowed
31 March 2014
as such no disallowance is required because there are three separate expenses for which payment has been made. The section takes about an expense. So if you have multiple invoices, so you can make payment against them in cash as long as each invoice is less than Rs 20000
however, there was been instances of splitting payment or splitting the invoices to avoid 40a(3). in such cases disallowances have been made.