Circular : No. 52 -Income Tax Under section 11(1), as amended by the Finance Act, 1970, income derived from property held under trust for charitable or religious purposes is exempt from income-tax only to the extent such income is actually applied to such purposes during the previous year itself or within three months next following. As “income” includes “capital gains” a charitable or religious trust will forfeit exemption from income-tax in respect of its income by way of capital gains
