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Rules 2026 · Rule 237

Furnishing of statement of financial transaction

Rules 201-260

Rule 237 requires banks, post offices, issuers of bonds, shares and cards, insurers, authorised dealers, the Registrar and others to furnish Form No. 165 by 31 May after the financial year for twelve types of transaction above set values, aggregated per person, and sets pre-filing data returns, designated-director duties and signing.

What is reported (sub-rule 2). The reporting person in column 4 furnishes a statement of all transactions of the kind in column 2 at or above the value in column 3 that it has registered or recorded:

No.TransactionValueReporting person
1(a) Cash payment for bank drafts, pay orders or banker's cheques; (b) payments for pre-paid instruments issued under section 18 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007; (c) cash deposits or withdrawals in current accounts(a) ten lakh rupees or more in a financial year for a person with a PAN, Rs. 5,00,000 or more for a person without; (b) ten lakh rupees or more; (c) fifty lakh rupees or moreBanking company or co-operative bank
2Cash deposits in accounts other than current accounts and time depositsTen lakh rupees or more in a financial year for a person with a PAN; Rs. 5,00,000 or more for a person withoutBank, co-operative bank, or Post Master General / Regional Head
3Time deposits (other than renewals)Ten lakh rupees or more in a financial yearBank, post office, Nidhi, or deposit-taking NBFC
4Payments against credit card billsRs. 1,00,000 or more in cash, or ten lakh rupees or more by any other mode, in a financial yearBank or any other company or institution issuing credit cards
5Receipts for acquiring bonds or debentures (other than renewals)Ten lakh rupees or more in a financial year, for a personIssuing company or institution
6Receipts for acquiring shares, including application moneyTen lakh rupees or more in a financial year, for a personIssuing company
7Buy back of shares (other than in the open market)Ten lakh rupees or more in a financial yearListed company buying back under section 68 of the Companies Act, 2013
8Receipts for sale of foreign currency, including credit to a forex card, debit or credit card spend, travellers cheques or draftsTen lakh rupees or more in a financial year for a person with a PAN; Rs. 5,00,000 or more withoutAuthorised person under section 2(c) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
9Purchase, sale, gift or joint development agreement of immovable propertyForty-five lakh rupees or more, or stamp duty value (section 2(105)) of forty-five lakh rupees or moreInspector-General, Registrar or Sub-Registrar under the Registration Act, 1908
10Purchase of a stamp paperRs. 2,00,000 or more in one transaction for a person with a PAN; Rs. 1,00,000 or more withoutStock Holding Corporation of India Limited
11Receipt of insurance premiumRs. 5,00,000 or more in a financial year for a person with a PAN; Rs. 2,50,000 or more withoutInsurer under section 2(9) of the Insurance Act, 1938
12Receipt of cash for sale of goods or services (other than Nos. 1 to 11)Exceeding Rs. 2,00,000Any person liable for audit under section 63

Aggregation (sub-rule 3). Except for Nos. 9, 10 and 12, the reporting person counts all accounts of the same nature of that person in the financial year, aggregates all transactions of the same nature, attributes the whole value to every person where an account or transaction is in more than one name, and applies the threshold separately to deposits and withdrawals for item 1(c).

Furnishing (sub-rules 1, 4, 5, 8). In Form No. 165, verified as the form indicates, to the Director or Joint Director of Income-tax (Intelligence and Criminal Investigation) by online transmission to a designated server under the digital signature of the Designated Director (or, for a non-resident reporting person, a person holding a power of attorney from the Designated Director), on or before 31 May after the financial year in which the transaction is registered or recorded. The Post Master General, Registrar or Inspector General may furnish it on computer-readable media with a paper verification.

Pre-filing data (sub-rule 6). For pre-filling the return, recognised stock exchanges, depositories, clearing corporations and registrars and share transfer agents report capital gains on transfer of listed securities or Mutual Fund units; companies report dividends distributed; and banks, post offices and deposit-taking NBFCs report interest paid or credited — in the form, frequency and manner the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) specifies with the Board's approval.

Registration and duties (sub-rules 7 and 9). Every reporting person communicates the name, designation, address and telephone number of its Designated Director and Principal Officer to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) and obtains a registration number, and observes its regulator's procedure and the obligations in section 508 and rules 159, 160, 161 and 237. The rule defines Designated Director (for example the managing or whole-time director of a company, the managing partner, the proprietor or the managing trustee), Principal Officer, listed securities, Mutual Fund, recognised clearing corporation and Regulator.