DMPQ- How did Demonetisation helped to curb in tax related corruption ?

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notes is not exactly the same as demonetisation  of black money. Some cash holdings were perfectly “white”, the fruit of income upon  which taxes had either been paid or had not been applicable in the first place (agricultural  income, for example).

Cash holdings arising from income that had been declared could readily be deposited  at banks and ultimately exchanged for new notes. But those with black money faced three  difficult choices. They could:

• Declare their unaccounted wealth and pay taxes at a penalty rate;
• Continue to hide it, not converting their old notes and thereby suffering a tax rate of 100 percent; or
• Launder their black money, paying a cost for converting the money into white.

Tax compliance

Demonetisation can also be interpreted as a regime shift on the part of  the government. It is a demonstration of the state’s resolve to crack down on black money,  showing that tax evasion will no longer be tolerated or accepted as an inevitable part of  life. Since this action has commanded support amongst the population, demonetisation  shows that black money will no longer be tolerated by the wider public, either. Demonetisation could also aid tax administration in another way, by shifting  transactions out of the cash economy and into the formal payments system. With large  denominations eliminated, households and firms have begun to shift from cash to  electronic payment technologies.