Section 446 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Failure to get accounts audited

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) one lakh fifty thousand rupees