Act Number: 43

Act Name: The Income-tax Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-09-13

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to income-tax and super-tax

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 271GA: Penalty for failure to furnish information or document under section 285A.
1If 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.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 20 of 2015, s. 74 (w.e.f. 1-4-2016).
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