§ 454
Chapter XXI — Penalties
Where any person, who is required to furnish a statement of financial trans-
Income-tax Act, 2025
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📜 Official text
454. Where any person, who is required to furnish a statement of financial trans-
action or reportable account under section 508(1), fails to furnish such statement
or reportable account within the period specified in the notice issued under section
12. Substituted by the Finance Act, 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026. Prior to its substitution, section 454
read as under:
“454. Penalty for failure to furnish statement of financial transaction or reportable account.—
(1) If a person who is required to furnish a statement of financial transaction or reportable
account under section 508(1), fails to furnish such statement within the time prescribed under
sub-section (2) thereof, the income-tax authority prescribed under the said sub-section (1)
may impose on him, a penalty of ` 500 for every day during which such failure continues.
(2) If the person referred to in sub-section (1), fails to furnish the statement within the period
specified in the notice issued under section 508(7), he shall pay penalty of ` 1000 for every
day during which the failure continues, beginning from the day immediately after the time
specified in such notice for furnishing the statement expires.”
508(7), the income-tax authority prescribed under section 508(1) may impose on him,
a penalty of ` 1000 for every day for which such failure continues, beginning from the
day immediately after the period specified in such notice for furnishing such statement
or reportable account expires and such penalty shall not exceed ` 100000.]
Penalty for furnishing inaccurate statement of financial transaction or
reportable account.
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