Registration U/s. 12AA cannot be Rejected on the ground that trust formed to carry out CSR activities

Nanak Chand Jain Charitable Trust Vs CIT (ITAT Delhi) Reasons (i) and (ii) given by the CIT (exemption) for rejection of Registration U/s. 12AA is that the main aim appears to be forming a trust merely for complying to CSR requirements. When a trust is created for the purpose of carrying out CSR activities, the registration under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be denied. Vide notifications dated 27/02/2014 the ministry of Corporate affairs in the rules framed for the purpose of CSR has implicitly provided for forming the dedicated trust under sub rule 2 to rule 4. Even Compani...