HC condones delay in Filing Form 10B due to auditor’s misunderstanding

Jain Swetamber Murtipujak Tapagachha Sangh Vs CIT (Exemptions) (Bombay High Court) n Jain Swetamber Murtipujak Tapagachha Sangh vs CIT (Exemptions), the Bombay High Court addressed a delay in filing Form 10 under Section 11(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The petitioner, a registered trust managing a Jain temple in Mumbai, filed its income tax return for AY 2019-20 on 24th October 2019 but submitted Form 10 on 26th October 2020—361 days late. The trust sought condonation of the delay under Section 119(2)(b), but the tax authorities rejected the request, stating that the trust failed to provi...