Income Tax Act 2023
Section 274 - Penalty for Furnishing Fake Audit Report
(as updated till Finance Act 2024)
Where, in the course of any proceeding under this Act, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes, the Additional Commissioner of Taxes (Appeals), the Commissioner (Appeals) or the Appellate Tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that any audit report furnished by an assessee along with the return of income or thereafter for any income year is not signed by a chartered accountant or is believed to be false, such authority or the Tribunal, as the case may be, shall impose upon such assessee a penalty of a sum of Taka 1 (one) lakh for that income year.
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