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...
Supreme Court held that washing and dry cleaning is covered within the meaning of ‘manufacturing process’ defined under section 2(k) of the Factory Act, 1948 and hence Factory Act will be applicable. Accordingly, appeal is allowed and order of High Court set aside.
Supreme Court held that as there was no privity of contract between the concerned parties therein, no ‘deficiency’ would arise and the action (complaint) would not be maintainable before the concerned Consumer Forum.
ITAT Delhi remanded the matter back to the file of AO to re-consider the activities of assessee trust vis-à-vis its coverage under charitable activities or General Public Utility.
ITAT Delhi held that Transfer Pricing Adjustment in respect of transaction of payment of royalty is set aside and Transfer Pricing Officer [TPO] is directed to accept the parameters of determination of compensation as accepted in Advance Pricing Agreement [APA].
Delhi High Court held that application of funds by Indian Broadcasting Foundation in BARC doesn’t qualify as deployment was not intended to yield income/profit hence denial of exemption u/s. 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act not justified.
ITAT Pune held that Association of Person (AOP) taxable at Normal Rates instead of Maximum Marginal Rate (MMR) as provisions of section 167B of the Income Tax Act are not applicable. Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.
Orissa HC dismisses Revenue appeal in CIT vs Dhaneswar Rath. Upholds ITAT, rules Sec 263 revision invalid based on consistency & prior allowance of depreciation.
ITAT Delhi held that rejection of claim of exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act for mere non-fling of Form 10B is not justifiable since filing of Form 10B is directory in nature and the same cannot be reason to deny benefit.
ITAT Chennai held that exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act is allowable inspite of certain errors while filing form 10B since the claim is supported by audited financials, revised audit report and revised computation.
ITAT Mumbai held that Sai Baba Sansthan Trust being both charitable and religious trust falls within exceptions provided under section 115BBC(2) and hence anonymous donations received is not liable to be taxed under section 115BBC of the Income Tax Act.
