I disagree, however, that the secretary is required to ignore any late filed returns absent an act of God.
The company previously said that it is late filing its third quarter earnings report because of an ongoing internal investigation by the companys audit committee.
The 2014 report, the latest filed, showed that 93.8% of employees were white or Asian, with just 180 people out of a total workforce of 2,910 being drawn from other minorities.
But the CFG criticised the recommendation that sanctions for late filing of accounts and annual returns should include the withdrawal of Gift Aid.
The law also authorizes new claims for related injuries and illnesses since the attacks through this year's anniversary for workers' compensation, disability and accidental death benefits that were disallowed because of late filing.
The Bush team's basic argument, as expressed in the Supreme Court appeal filed on Wednesday, is that the Florida Supreme Court established new rules when it interpreted the state's election law to require that late-filed returns be counted rather than "ignored," as one section of the state law specified.
Section 102.112(1) confirms that late-filed returns "may be ignored" by the Elections Canvassing Commission.
"Simply put," Mr. Bush's brief said, "they ask this court to revise the statute's plain directive that late-filed returns 'may be ignored' to read instead that the secretary 'may not ignore' late-filed returns if the county board is conducting a manual recount".
The taxman accepts very few excuses for late filing but said that the recent flooding and bad weather could be an acceptable reason.
Sky News picked up the discrepancy earlier today, reporting that Twitter has been fined for late filing.
The groups have to file annual reports listing major donors, but the fines for late filing are so light that many groups prefer to pay the fines, or file extensions, thus putting off disclosure for months or years.
