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.
Income Tax : Courts held that prior exemption claims under Sections 11 and 12 cannot justify denial of 80G approval. The key takeaway is that b...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-filing of Form 10B is a curable defect and cannot justify denial of exemption during processing. Secti...
Income Tax : The law now mandates a single exemption pathway for charitable institutions, ending the flexibility of parallel regimes. The key t...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held exemption u/s 11 or 10(23C) cannot be denied at 143(1) stage for delayed Form 10B/10BB filing when reports were ...
Income Tax : Understand the taxability, registration, and exemption provisions for charitable and religious trusts under Sections 11–13, incl...
Income Tax : Dive into Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2302 to understand the tax exemption status of BCCI, potential changes, and insights in...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI clarified that application of funds can only be made on actual payment basis in case of charitable trusts. This amendment is ...
Income Tax : These instructions are guidelines to help the taxpayers for filling the particulars in CSV template in Part-B Details of donors an...
Income Tax : CA Shailesh R Ghedia president of BJP Professional Cell, Mumbai has written a letter to Honorable Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala S...
CA, CS, CMA, Income Tax : We have not noticed any heed being extended towards various issues and possible solutions we have proposed through those represent...
Income Tax : The Tribunal condoned a 60-day delay after accepting explanations relating to migration of the ITAT portal and the death of a fami...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that corpus donations cannot be taxed merely because Section 12AA registration was granted subsequently. Once r...
Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that the appellate authority failed to consider pending writ petitions and interim directions of the Bombay H...
Income Tax : The ITAT Chennai held that exemption under Section 11 cannot be denied merely because Form 10B was not filed along with the return...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that delay in filing Form No. 10 for claiming accumulation under Section 11(2) should be condoned where gen...
Income Tax : CBDT extends deadline for trusts and institutions to submit audit reports in Form 10B/10BB until November 10, 2024....
Income Tax : NOTIFICATION NO. 03/2016 Exercise of option etc under section 11. (1) The option to be exercised in accordance with the provisions...
Income Tax : Part III of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) (Part I - 08.07.2015) for making application for claim of tax exemption u/s 11(...
Income Tax : Many NGOs and Charitable Organizations in India have expressed desire to support relief and rehabilitation work for the benefit of...
Corporate Law : Section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 – Development Commissioner – Rescission of all previous notifications appoi...
The ITAT Kolkata has ruled that a ₹4.20 crore addition made under Section 143(1) is invalid because the tax authorities failed to issue a prior show cause notice.
Madhya Pradesh High Court allows charitable society to condone delay in filing ITR and forms, citing Supreme Court’s COVID-19 limitation extensions and pandemic-related audit difficulties.
Court held that Sh. Sanjay Bhandari is a fugitive economic offender under section 12(1) of Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 as DOE has met all the requirements as per section 2(f) read with section 2(m) and 4 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 are met.
ITAT Bangalore held that benefit of exemptions under section 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act cannot be granted without valid registration u/s. 12A/12AA. Accordingly, exemptions u/s. 11 and 12 denied in absence of valid registration under Income Tax Act.
ITAT Ahmedabad rules on Krishnanagar Vaishnvsamaj vs. ITO, allowing a trust to claim deduction for income utilized within the original extended timeframe, despite a recent amendment.
ITAT Ahmedabad rules that Section 13(1)(b), which addresses trusts for specific communities, is irrelevant at the registration stage. The provision applies only during assessment to determine exemptions.
Calcutta High Court held that application u/s. 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 decided by Court exercising ordinary original civil jurisdiction and not a Commercial Court inasmuch as the dispute between the parties is a commercial dispute is without jurisdiction.
The responsibility for recovering unpaid tax lies properly and primarily with the tax authorities, who must proceed against the defaulting seller, rather than against the innocent purchasing dealer who has fulfilled all obligations imposed by the Act.
Explore private trusts under the Income Tax Act, 1961, including definite and discretionary types, their taxation, and key exceptions to tax rates.
Madras High Court held that the Merchandise Exports Incentive Scheme (MEIS) scrip can be cancelled even if the scrips are availed off and the validity period of 24 months has expired. Accordingly, matter is remanded back to enable authority to apply its mind.
