Income-tax Act, 1961 · Chapter XXI: Penalties Imposable
Section 271AA: Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc., in respect of certain transactions
The Income-tax Act, 1961 was repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025 from 1 April 2026. The text is kept here because the judgments below apply it.
[(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.]
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 271AA
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