The Central Board of Direct Taxes vide circular dated 20 May, 2020, has exempted Business to Business(B2B) payments from using prescribed E-payment gateways. Section 269SU of income-tax Act, 1961 requires every person carrying on business and having sales/turnover/gross receipts from business of more than Rs 50 Crores shall mandatorily provide facilities for accepting payments through prescribed electronic modes. Subsequently notification dated 30.12.20 19 enlisted following as prescribed E-pay gateways.
- Debit Card powered by RuPay
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI) (BH IM-UPI)
- Unified Payments Interface Quick Response Code (UPI QR Code) (BHIM-UPI QR Code)
Representations have been received that the requirement is burdensome to Business to Business payments, since the prescribed electronic modes have a maximum payment limit per transaction or per day. It is hereby clarified that the provisions of section 269SU of the Act shall not be applicable to a specified person having only B2B transactions if at least 95% of aggregate of all amounts received during the previous year, including amount received for sales, turnover or gross receipts, are by any mode other than cash.
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