| Question And Answer | |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Cash deposits in another bank by a banking company |
| Category: | Income-Tax |
| Querist: | Suprakas Chaudhuri |
| Answered by: | Law Intern |
| Tags: | Section 69A |
| Date: | February 8, 2026 |
1.As per RBI guidelines and internal circulars, various branches of a cooperative bank deposit cash received from customers into nationalised banks. Since the volume is large , supporting documents were not filed. Whether the same can be taxed under section 69A
2. Similarly, liabilities of a bank comprise mainly deposits by customers of various nature, savings bank, current accounts, term deposits etc. Again, due to large volume,supportings could not be filed but explanation was provided. Whether the difference between the opening balance and the closing balance of liabilities can be considered unexplained under section 69A on the assumption that all previous year’s liabilities have been discharged.
1. No. S. 69A cannot apply because the deposits represent the bank’s assets sourced from customer liabilities (deposits received) which are duly recorded in the bank’s books of account as transfers from cash-in-hand to bank balances. The amounts are explained and accounted for.
2. No. S. 69A applies to unexplained assets (e.g., money owned by the assessee), not liabilities. Bank liabilities, such as customer deposits (savings, current, or term deposits), are obligations owed to depositors, not assets “owned” by the bank.