Sunday 30 August 2020

Imposition of charge on the prescribed electronic modes under section 269SU of the Income-tax Act,1961 - reg. F.No.370142/35/2019-TPL-Pt , Dated: 30th August,2020

 F.No.370142/35/2019-TPL-Pt

Government of India 

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue 

Central Board of Direct Taxes


F.No.370142/35/2019-TPL-Pt.   Dated: 30th August,2020

Subject: Imposition of charge on the prescribed electronic modes under section 269SU of the Income-tax Act,1961 - reg.





In furtherance to the declared policy objective of the Government to encourage digital transactions and move towards a less-cash economy, the Finance (No. 2) Act 2019inserted a new provision namely sect on 269SU in the Income-tax Act, 1961 ("the IT Act"),which provides that every person having a business turnover of more than Rs.50 crores during the Immediately preceding previous year shall mandatorlly provide facilities for accepting payments through prescribed electronic modes. Further, a new provision namely section 10A was alsoinserted in the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 ("the PSS Act"). which provides that no Bank or system provider shall impose any charge on a payer making payment.or a beneficiary  receiving payment, through electronic modes prescribed under section 269SU of their IT Act. Subsequently vide notification no. 10512019 dated 30 12 2019 (I) Debit Card powered by RuPay; (II) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) (SHIM-UPI),and (II) Unified Payments Interface Quick Response Code (UPI QR Code) (BHIM-UPI QR Code) were notified as prescribed electronic modes under section 269 SU of the IT Act. 2. A circular no. 3212019 dated 30.122019 was issued by the Board to clarify that based on section 1QA of the PSS Act, any charge including the MOR (Merchant Discount Rate) shall not be applicable on or after 01st January, 2020 on payment made through prescribed electronic modes However, representations have been received that some banks are imposing and collecting charges on transactions carried out through UPI. A certain number of transactions are allowed free of charge beyond which every transaction bears a charge. Such practice on part of banks is a breach of section 1OA of the PSS Act as well as section 269SU of the IT Act. Such breach attracts penal provisions under section 271DB of the IT Act as well as section 26 of the PSS Act.

3. Banks are, therefore,advised to immediately refund the charges collected,if any on or after 1st January, 2020 on transactions carried out using the electronic modes prescribed under se tion 269SU of the IT Act and not to impose charges on any future transaction carriere through the said pres river modes.

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