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Ministry of Finance, Government of India

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Section 446

Failure to get accounts audited.

Section

Section Number

446

Chapter

CHAPTER XXI - Penalties

Act

Income-tax Act, 2025

Year

2025

Failure to get accounts audited.

Failure to get accounts audited.

Failure to get accounts audited.

446 . If any person fails to get his accounts audited for any tax year or years or furnish the audit report as required under section 63, the Assessing Officer may impose a penalty on such person, which shall be the lesser of—

(a)   0.5% of the total sales, turnover, or gross receipts in business, or the gross receipts in profession for such tax year or years; or
(b)   ₹ 150000.

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