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...
ITAT Kolkata ruled for Salt Lake Sanskritik Sansad, stating late filing of Form 10BB does not deny income tax exemption for charitable trusts.
Delhi ITAT confirms Delhi Bureau of Text Books’ educational activity, allowing Section 11 exemption despite surplus from subsidized textbook sales, citing consistent rulings.
ITAT Bangalore held that delay of more than 5 years in filing of an appeal before CIT(A) condoned as reason for delay found to be genuine. Accordingly, order of CIT(A) quashed and matter restored back to CIT(A).
Gujarat High Court dismisses revenue appeal, affirming that delayed Form 10B filing is procedural for charitable trusts, distinguishing from Wipro Ltd. precedent.
ITAT Delhi held that order rejecting of application in Form No. 10 for registration u/s. 12A(1)(ac)(iii) of the Income Tax Act without verifying the seminar and conference expenses and also TDS deduction by donor cannot be sustained. Accordingly, order set aside to the file of CIT(E) for fresh order.
NCLAT Chennai held that delay in filing Restoration Application in the Contempt Proceedings deserves to be condoned since the reasons given for delay appears to be reasonable. Accordingly, delay of 374 days condoned.
ITAT Agra held that where registration has been granted to trust under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act admissible to preceding years for which assessment proceedings were pending before AO.
CESTAT Chennai held that royalty payment not connected with the condition of sale is not includible in the assessable value. Hence, invocation of rule 10(1)(c) of the Customs Valuation Rules, 2007 not justified.
Hyderabad ITAT rules Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple’s Section 11 exemption cannot be denied for delayed Form 10BB filing if submitted before assessment order.
Madras High Court held that bank account which is designated pension account is exempted from any attachment for recovery of dues and attachment of such account is in violation of the provisions of the Section 11 of the Tamil Nadu Pension Act, 1871.
