charitable purpose

Article discusses about Structure of atx Authorities, Charitable Purpose, Charity, Advancement Of Any Other Object Of General Public Utility, Advancement Of Any Other Object Of General Public Utility, Assessment Of A Charitable Trust Or Institution, Forfeiture Of Exemption, Approval U/S 80G(5), Notification Under Section 10(23), Notification/Approval Under Section 10(23C), Notification Under Section 35(1)(ii)/(iii). Full Article

Grameen Initiative for Women vs. DIT (E) (ITAT Mumbai)- Hon’ble Bombay High Court – Nagpur Bench has held that there is no requirement under the Act that an institution constituted for advancement of any object of general public utility must be registered as a trust. Therefore, in the present case before us, mere because the assessee association is registered as company under sec. 25 of the Companies Act, that by itself cannot be a ground to refuse registration under.. Full Article

For the purposes of the Income-tax Act, charitable purpose has been defined in section 2(15) which, among others, includes the advancement of any other object of general public utility. However, the advancement of any other object of general public utility is not a charitable purpose, if it involves the carrying on of any activity in the nature of trade, commerce or business, or any activity of rendering any service in relation to any trade, commerce or business, for a c.. Full Article

The learned CIT has also given one more reason that it is not comprehensible as to why not the assessee got itself registered as a society,if the motive of the assessee was to do activities of public charity. This reason given by the CIT is found, in Full Article

Exemption :-Income derived from property held under trust or of an institution (‘trust’) wholly for charitable/religious purpose is exempt, if 85% of the income is spent on the objects of the trust, during the year. If the amount spent is less than 85% of the income, the shortfall is taxable, unless the trust has complied with the conditions mentioned in the table below. Full Article

The Finance Act, 2008 had amended the definition of charitable purpose contained in section 2(15), by adding a proviso to the effect that advancement of an object of general public utility would not be a charitable purpose, if it involved the carrying on of any activity in the nature of trade, commerce or business, or any activity of rendering any service in relation to any trade, commerce or business, for a cess or fee or any other consideration, irrespective of the nat.. Full Article

Having heard learned counsel for the parties,we have gone through the impugned orders and given our anxious consideration to the rival submissions.Section 2 (15)of the Act defines charitable purpose and Section 11 (1)of the Act provides exemption to the income derived by the trust applied for the charitable purposes. Section 2 (15),Section 11 (1)and Section 12-A of the Act read as follows: Full Article

As a rule, if the terms of the trust permit its operation 'for profit' they become, prima facie, evidence of a purpose falling outside charity. They would indicate the object of profit-making unless and until it is shown that the term of the trust compel the trustee to utilize the profits of business also for charity. This means that the test introduced by the amendment is "Does the purpose of a trust restrict spending the income of a profitable activity exclusively or p.. Full Article