Section 10(26AAA) of the Income Tax Act
Income-tax Act, 2025: s.11
Section 10(26AAA) falls under section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, which corresponds to section 11 (Incomes not included in total income) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.
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Correspondence checked against the ICAI tabular mapping of the two Acts and the BharatTax.co section commentary.
The decision most relied on for Section 10(26AAA) is Commissioner of Income Tax v. Triumph International Finance (I) Ltd. (345 ITR 270), cited in 114 of the 60 judgments on BharatTax that turn on this section.
Leading authorities on Section 10(26AAA)
Transactions involving the receipt or repayment of loans or deposits solely through journal entries, without actual cash movement, contravene Sections 269SS and 269T. However, penalties under Sections 271D or 271E for such contraventions are not imposable if the assessee demonstrates a reasonable cause under Section 273B, particularly when no cash has passed between parties.