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section 11

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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Condonation of Delay for Filing Forms 9A, 10, 10B, 10BB Post-18th Nov 2024

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Taxation of Charitable Trusts Not Registered Under Income Tax Act, 1961

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FAQs on taxation of charitable or religious trusts under Income Tax Act, 1961

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August 23, 2024 7506 Views 0 comment Print


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Application of funds by trust can be made only on actual payment basis

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Improper drastic changes in Income tax provisions relating to Trusts/NGOs

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Representation to FM on Concerns of Chartered Accountants

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ITAT Restores Sports Trust’s Section 12AB, 80G Registration Rejection

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Tribunal Cannot Decide Merits After Ruling Appeal Not Maintainable: Bombay HC

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Accumulation u/s. 11(1)(a) allowed at 15% of gross receipts: ITAT Delhi

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Department Cannot Deny Exemption Over Missing Section 12A Certificate

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No retrospective cancellation of Section 12A registration of Trust: ITAT Pune

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CBDT Extends Deadline for Trusts to Submit Audit Reports in Form 10B/10BB

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Section 11-CBDT notifies online forms for accumulation of income by a trust

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CBDT guidelines for NGOs seeking exemption U/s. 11 for providing relief to earthquake hit people in Nepal- Part III

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CBDT guidelines for NGOs seeking exemption U/s. 11 for providing relief to earthquake hit people in Nepal- Part I

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Rescission of all previous notifications appointing Director, Software Technology Parks of India as Development Commissioner of IT& ITES SEZs

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Section 11 Set-off of excess expense against income of future AY is application of Income

August 14, 2018 1992 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT (Exemptions) Vs Green Wood High School (Karnataka High Court) Income derived from the trust property has also got to be computed on commercial principles and if commercial principles are applied, then adjustment of expenses incurred by the trust for charitable and religious purposes in the earlier years against the income earned by the trust […]

Exemptions u/s 11(1)(d) cannot be denied for mere non claim in ITR

July 19, 2018 4950 Views 0 comment Print

ITO (Exemptions) Vs M/s. Syndicate Rural Development Trust (ITAT Bangalore) Appellant is a trust registered under section 12AA and filed its return of income on 29.09.2014 declaring a Nil income. During the year, appellant received Rs.50.00 lakh from National Institute of Rural Development, Government of India, as a part of grant of Rs.100 lakh for […]

Penalty U/s. 271B not leviable if Assessee had Bona fide belief that accounts not liable for audit U/s. 44AB

July 1, 2018 4221 Views 0 comment Print

United Education Society Vs JCIT (ITAT Delhi)  Undisputedly, the assessee society is registered under section 12A of the Act as a charitable trust engaged in charitable activities for imparting education through its colleges. It is also not in dispute that the assessee society has been claiming exemption under section 11 of the Act on the […]

Exemption claimed cannot be denied for mere wrong Punching in ITR due to Oversight

June 28, 2018 3543 Views 0 comment Print

The appeal by the assessee is directed against the order dated 09.03.2017 of the learned CIT(A)-40, Delhi. Following grounds have been raised in this appeal

Exemption U/s. 11 cannot be denied for Mere collection of fees for water Testing

June 28, 2018 645 Views 0 comment Print

Institute of Health Systems Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) Assessee’s activity comes within the purview of exceptions provided sub-section (15) of sub-clause (i) for the reason that the activity of the assessee is testing of the water quality, which monitors quality in reservoirs and slum areas, for that, assessee has charged some fee and almost the […]

Transport facility by School is incidental to main object of education

June 26, 2018 3468 Views 0 comment Print

Challenging the order dated 02.03.2015 in Appeal No 98/13-14/GZN/63 for the assessment year 2010-11 passed by the learned Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), Muzaffarnagar (for short hereinafter called as the learned CIT(A)), the assessee preferred this appeal.

Section 40(a)(ia) not applicable to charitable or religious trust before 01.04.2019

June 17, 2018 9234 Views 0 comment Print

Where the income of the assessee was exempt under section 11 and the assessee was not carried on the business, section 40(a)(ia) had no application. Moreover, the insertion of Explanation 3 to Section 11 by the Finance Act, 2018 making inter alia the provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) applicable in case of charitable or religious trust or institution with effect from 1st April, 2019 further shows that section 40(a)(ia) hitherto was not applicable in computing income of entities registration u/s 12A of the Act.

Mere receipt in excess of limit in proviso to section 2(15) would not result in cancellation of registration U/s. 12AA

June 1, 2018 1482 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by assessee under section 253 of income tax act is directed against the order of Director of Income tax (Exemptions) Mumbai, dated 22 November 2011 for assessment year 2009-10. The assessee has raised following grounds of appeal

Exemption U/s. 11 on Importing, developing & distributing Bar code technology to Business

May 31, 2018 591 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT(E)  Vs GS 1 India Assessee is a society involved in importing, developing and distributing of Bar code technology to be used by various manufacturers and industries which is for the general benefit of public at large. However, during the scrutiny of the return of income of the assessee for the AY 2011-12, AO made […]

Income Transferred from Capital Fund A/c to Income is eligible for deduction U/s. 11

May 31, 2018 1977 Views 0 comment Print

Income Transferred from Capital Fund A/c to Income is eligible for deduction U/s. 11of Income Tax Act, 1961 and provisions of Section 11(3)(c) of the Act clearly permits to utilize the funds either within the specified period or in the next year immediately following the expiry of the period

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