Late Filing of Appeal – Scarcity of Advisors not valid reason for SBI

State Bank of India Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune)

We find that the assessee had deducted TDS as per rates prescribed by the Act and the same was deposited in Central Government account, but with a delay in filing the TDS statement as required under law. For such failure the respondent-revenue levied late fee u/s. 234E of the Act vide its intimation, which was confirmed by the CIT(A). Before us, the ld. AR reiterated the same submissions as advanced before the CIT(A) in explanation to delay. We note that the assessee is a public sector

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