No need to Pay Cess – SC Order for Trust in Maharashtra

According to a Supreme Court order as given below, there is no need for the Charitable & Religious Trusts Registered in Maharashtra to pay the 2% Annual Cess / Levy / Fees Tax Contribution to the Charity Commissioner’s Office, of their total income, which is used to run the Charity Commissioner’s office. The need to pay cess was challenged by the Salvation Army, Western India territory and the Shri Lohana Maha Parishad, a public trust in a writ petition. It was upheld by the court which said that any levy after 1970 should be related with the services taking into consideration ...