Whether payment to partner of a firm by cash more than Rs 10000 violates IT law.
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This discussion clarifies whether paying a firm's partner in cash exceeding £10,000 breaches Income Tax law. Section 40A(3) restricts deductions for expenditures over this amount paid in cash to a single person on the same day. However, cash withdrawals for drawings from a partner's capital account are generally permitted and do not fall under this restriction or Section 269ST.
What Is Section 40A(3) of the Income Tax Act ? This section restricts deduction of any expenditure exceeding Rs. 10,000/- if made to any single person on the same day. Thereby if a person wishes to claim deduction of any expenditure then he has to make payment in digitally prescribed mode only.