Section 271AA: Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc , in respect of certain transactions
The Income-tax Act, 1961Central Act · Act 43 of 1961
Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025, with effect from 1 April 2026
Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc., in respect of certain transactions.
(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 270A or section 271 or section 271BA, if any person in respect of an international transaction or specified domestic transaction,—
(i) fails to keep and maintain any such information and document as required by sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 92D;
(ii) fails to report such transaction which he is required to do so; or
(iii) maintains or furnishes an incorrect information or document,
the Assessing Officer or Commissioner (Appeals) may direct that such person shall pay, by way of penalty, a sum equal to two per cent of the value of each international transaction or specified domestic transaction entered into by such person.
(2) If any person fails to furnish the information and the document as required under sub-section (4) of section 92D, the prescribed income-tax authority referred to in the said sub-section may direct that such person shall pay, by way of penalty, a sum of five hundred thousand rupees.
