Finance/Compliance Consultant
75774 Points
Posted on 08 November 2026
Rs 4.5 lakh sale split into three bills paid in cash:
• Sec 269ST bars receiving Rs 2 lakh or more in cash "in respect of a single transaction". If the Rs 4.5 lakh sale is one transaction split into three bills (Rs 1.5 lakh each) on different days, the department treats it as a single transaction. Receipt in cash totalling Rs 4.5 lakh violates 269ST. Penalty equal to the amount received (Sec 271DA), on the receiver.
• If the three sales are genuinely separate transactions (different goods, different dates, separate orders), each is below Rs 2 lakh, and no violation arises. Facts and documentation matter.