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Section 271GA: Penalty for failure to furnish information or document under section 285A

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Repealed.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 Repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025, with effect from 1 April 2026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 furnish information or document under section 285A.

If any Indian concern, which is required to furnish any information or document under section 285A, fails to do so, the income-tax authority, as may be prescribed under the said section, may direct that such Indian concern shall pay, by way of penalty,—

(i) a sum equal to two per cent of the value of the transaction in respect of which such failure has taken place, if such transaction had the effect of directly or indirectly transferring the right of management or control in relation to the Indian concern;

(ii) a sum of five hundred thousand rupees in any other case.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Income-tax Act, 1961
Section271GA
Marginal notePenalty for failure to furnish information or document under section 285A
JurisdictionCentral
StatusRepealed

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