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Cash at Home Is No Longer “Private” in the Eyes of Tax Law. Here’s Why. With tighter income tax surveillance and deeper banking integration, unaccounted cash today carries one of the highest penalties under Indian tax law. Here’s what most people don’t realise: 🔹 Unexplained cash found during an Income Tax search can be taxed at an effective rate of up to 84%, including tax, surcharge, cess and penalty. And detection today is largely data-driven, not accidental: ✅ Large cash withdrawals are automatically tracked by banks ✅ High-value withdrawals get flagged and reported ✅ Suspicious patterns can trigger search and seizure proceedings But it doesn’t stop there. 🚫 Cash dealings now carry severe consequences: • Receiving large cash amounts for property transactions attracts 100% penalty on the cash portion • Accepting high-value cash receipts from customers in a single day can lead to full penalty on the entire amount • Taking or giving loans in cash is strictly prohibited and fully penalised The message from the system is clear: 👉 Cash is no longer invisible. 👉 Data trails are stronger than ever. 👉 Non-compliance today is far riskier than it was even 5 years ago. In an age of complete financial transparency, tax planning must move from cash-based shortcuts to clean, well-documented structures. Because the cost of being casual with compliance is no longer small — it can wipe out your capital entirely.