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IIFL Finance shares slide 15% on tax audit notice; Nirmal Jain says issue is ‘procedural’

The company said the tax authorities have directed it to conduct a special audit of its accounts for a specified block period under Section 142(2A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and have appointed a special auditor for the exercise.

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