Exception to Trust cannot be denied merely for delay in filing audit report in prescribed form

Shardaben Education Trust Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad)

ITAT held that the assessee cannot be denied the benefit of exemption for which it is entitled merely on the lapse of procedural requirement i.e. delay in filing the audit report in the prescribed form. In the judgment cited above, it was provided that the audit report was filed by the assessee before the completion of the assessment. In other words, the compliance of the law was made by the assessee when the assessment proceedings was pending before the AO whereas in the cas

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