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Section 271AA — Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc., in respect of

From: The Income-tax Act, 1961

271AA. Penalty for failure to keep and maintain information and document, etc., in respect of certain transactions. -8[(1)] Without prejudice to the provisions of 9[section 270A or] section 271 or section 271BA, if any person in respect of an 10[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)fail s 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 p er cent. of the value of each 10[international transaction or specified domestic transaction] entered into by such person.] 9[(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. ]