Section 234A under the
Income-tax Act, 2025
Interest for default in furnishing return of income
Topic
Interest for default in furnishing return of income — Compliance provisions under the Income-tax Act, 2025 (Act 30 of 2025).
What carried over
The substance of this provision was not changed by the re-write. What moved is the citation.
Chapter XIX Part E ('Interest chargeable in certain cases') keeps the four interest provisions in the same order as the 234-series: 234A -> 423, 234B -> 424, 234C -> 425, 234D -> 426.
Source
ICAI concordance row '423 | Interest for defaults in furnishing return of income. | 234A'; verified against bare text of s.423(1).
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This is a navigational aid for the 1961 → 2025 transition, not tax advice. It helps you find the right place in the new Act when you already know the old section. Confirm every citation against the bare Act and against CBDT's own correspondence utility before relying on it in a return, certificate, notice reply or opinion. The source text used here is the Act as passed, so any rate or threshold amended by the Finance Act, 2026 is not reflected; section numbers are unaffected.