Income received from a charitable/religious trust will be tax-exempt under Section 11, provided that the activity being performed is incidental to the attainment of objectives set by the trust/institution, and separate books of account are maintained by the particular trust/institution pertaining to the business. In this article, we look at some of the major exemptions provided under Section 11 of the Income Tax Act.
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Whether the penalty levied by CIT(A) u/s 272A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is justified in law? Penalty u/s 272A is not justified for Assessee having exempt income u/s 10(23C).
Exemption under section 11 in respect on the surplus reflected by assessees accounts was denied by AO because assessee was not registered under section 12AA, however, the matter was remanded back to AO to verify as to whether expenditure were actually incurred for the purposes of the running the institution or organizing its activities which was allowable as deduction from surplus and assessee was directed to establish its bona fides before claiming the exemption.
Assessee-trust was entitled to claim excess expenditure over income being deficit to be carried forward for setting it off in subsequent years as income derived from trust property had to be computed on commercial principles and if commercial principles were applied then adjustment of expenses incurred by trust for charitable and religious purposes in earlier years against income earned in subsequent year would be regarded as application of income in the subsequent year having regard to benevolent provisions contained in section 11 and such adjustment would be excluded from income of the trust under section 11(1)(a).
Where the exemption claimed under section 11 and 12 has been denied by the Assessing officer, what can be brought to tax is the net income in the hands of the assessee trust and not the gross receipts.
DCIT (E) Vs Shree Bhartimaiya Memorial Foundation (ITAT Ahmedabad) The solitary question that arises for adjudication whether the trust has incurred deficit due to excess spending on the object of the trust during the particular year and whether excess expenditure incurred in earlier years by the trust could be allowed to be set off against […]
The claim of exemption under section 11 could not be denied to assessee society on the ground that the audit report was not filed online along with the return as the requirement of law that the assessee shall have its account audited, had been complied with within the time prescribed by the statute.
Analysis of the Income Tax Exemptions available to certain Educational Institutions under Section 10(23C) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and comparison of the same with exemption available under Section 11. Background: Section 11 is a popular section for claiming exemption from income tax among the non-government charitable trusts and institutions. Most of the charitable […]
Draconian Misinterpretation of Sec. 12A(1)(ba) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 by CPC (Income Tax Centralized Processing Center) shall lead to Huge Tax Demands The Finance Act, 2017 has inserted a new provision sec. 12A(1)(ba) w.e.f. 01/04/2018 (applicable from A.Y. 2018-19 and onwards as follows: “Conditions for applicability of sections 11 and 12. 12A. (1) The provisions of section […]
In order to carry out the charitable activities, the Chairman of the society needs accommodation otherwise he would have to be put in rented accommodation and hence the same eligible for benefit of section 11 and 12.
Where assessee-school had provided transport facility by charging separate fee, the transportation activity being incidental to achieve the main object of the assessee-trust, i.e., providing education could not be considered as business activity, so as to deny exemption under section 11 because the transport facility was not provided to outsiders and was confined only to the students and staff of the assessee.
