CBDT issued Notification No. 34/2023-Income Tax, dated May 30, 2023 & introduces amendments to rule 11AA of Income-tax Rules, 1962. New sub-rule (7) to rule 11AA states that for applications made under clause (iv) of the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961, provisional approval will be effective from the assessment year relevant to the previous year in which the application is made. Amended rules, known as Income-tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2023, will come into force upon their publication in the Official Gazette i.e. 30th May, 2023.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
Notification No. 34/2023-Income Tax | Dated: 30th May, 2023
G.S.R. 399(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 80G and the third proviso to sub-section (5) of section 80G read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in rule 11AA, for sub-rule (7), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“(7) In case of an application made under clause (iv) of the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 80G of the Act, the provisional approval shall be effective from the assessment year relevant to the previous year in which such application is made.”.
[Notification No. 34/2023/ F. No. 370142/13/2023-TPL]
VIPUL AGARWAL, Director (Tax Policy and Legislation)
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 969 (E) dated 26th March, 1962 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 396 (E) dated 29th May, 2023.
