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Section 442: Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc , in respect of certain transactions

The Income-tax Act, 2025Central Act · Act 30 of 2025

Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc., in respect of certain transactions.

(1) The Assessing Officer or Commissioner (Appeals) may impose a penalty of 2% of the value of each international transaction or specified domestic transaction entered into by a person, if in respect of such transaction he—

(a) fails to keep and maintain any such information and document as required by section 171(1);

(b) fails to report such transaction which he is required to do so; or

(c) maintains or furnishes an incorrect information or document.

(2) The prescribed income-tax authority referred to in section 171(4) may impose a penalty of Rs. 500000 on a person, if he fails to furnish the information and document required under the said section.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Income-tax Act, 2025
Section442
Marginal notePenalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc , in respect of certain transactions
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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