Delay in filing of TDS refund due to inadvertence of auditor is Bonafide mistake

G. V. Infosutions Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (Delhi High Court)

The rejection of the petitioner’s application under Section 119(2)(b) is only on the ground that according to the Chief Commissioner’s opinion the plea of omission by the auditor was not substantiated. This court has difficulty to understand what more plea or proof any assessee could have brought on record, to substantiate the inadvertence of its advisor. The net result of the impugned order is in effect that the petitioner’s claim of inadvertent mistake is sought to be characterised as not bo

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