§ 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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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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