Staff Misconduct & CA Oversight Not Valid Grounds for 441-Day Appeal Delay: ITAT Hyderabad

MBR Educational Society Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) Staff Misconduct not a Justification: Hyderabad ITAT Criticizes CA’s oversight Failure – not condoned the delay in filing of appeal: The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, has dismissed the appeal filed by MBR Educational Society for the assessment year 2018-19, citing an extraordinary delay of 441 days in filing. The assessee sought condonation of delay, submitting affidavits explaining that its Chartered Accountant had mistakenly believed that the appeal was filed, whereas the staff member responsible had left employment wi...