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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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February 2, 2025 2613 Views 0 comment Print

Audit of a Trust in Form 10B/10BB: Filing Essentials

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January 31, 2025 1377 Views 0 comment Print

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 8193 Views 2 comments Print


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December 19, 2023 2244 Views 0 comment Print

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

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September 14, 2022 36093 Views 2 comments Print

How to file Form 10BD – Part-B Details of donors & donation

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April 27, 2022 82008 Views 25 comments Print

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

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April 30, 2021 9285 Views 1 comment Print

Representation to FM on Concerns of Chartered Accountants

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January 30, 2021 2928 Views 0 comment Print


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April 14, 2025 96 Views 0 comment Print

Matter remanded to check whether activity is charitable or General Public Utility

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April 9, 2025 162 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi directed TPO to accept Advance Pricing Agreement parameters for royalty adjustment

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April 9, 2025 72 Views 0 comment Print

Exemption u/s. 11 and 12 allowed as application of funds was deployed not to earn income

Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that application of funds by Indian Broadcasting Foundation in BARC doesn’t qualify as deployment was not ...

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AOP taxed at normal rates instead of maximum marginal rate as section 167B not applicable

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April 8, 2025 363 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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

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October 7, 2024 13974 Views 0 comment Print

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

Income Tax : NOTIFICATION NO. 03/2016 Exercise of option etc under section 11. (1) The option to be exercised in accordance with the provisions...

January 14, 2016 8929 Views 0 comment Print

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

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(...

July 27, 2015 657 Views 0 comment Print

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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December 23, 2010 408 Views 0 comment Print


Belated Form 10B Audit Report can Be Accepted in Appellate Proceedings: ITAT Delhi

January 18, 2025 648 Views 1 comment Print

The NFAC’s order upheld disallowance of exemption under Section 11 of Income Tax Act and was based on assessee’s delayed filing of audit report in Form 10B. ITAT referred to the precedent set by the Gujarat High Court in ACIT v. Xavier Kelvani Mandal Pvt. Ltd., which held that a belated audit report could be accepted during appellate proceedings.

Late Form 10B Filing a Procedural Lapse: ITAT grants Section 11 exemption

January 18, 2025 507 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad rules late filing of Form 10B as procedural lapse, grants Section 11 exemption for Bhavnagar Dashashrimali Meshree Vanik Gnati for AY 2019-20.

Delay in Form 10B Filing: ITAT Directs CIT(A) to Review Petition

January 16, 2025 642 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT remands case to CIT(A) for review of delayed Form 10B filing by Jagadguru Shivanand Human Welfare Association. Appeals for Section 11 exemption continue.

Importation of tyres without BIS markings were liable for confiscation u/s 111 of Customs Act

January 15, 2025 420 Views 0 comment Print

Goods (tyres) imported by assessee was without any BIS markings being in violation of the statutory provisions were not permissible to be imported, and hence they were liable for confiscation under Section 111 of the Customs Act.

Exemption u/s 11 & 12 denied ignoring extended date of filing: ITAT directed to consider extended date

January 13, 2025 312 Views 0 comment Print

In the matter abovementioned ITAT directed the CPC to consider the due date as extended by the CBDT for the purpose of claim of exemption under section 11 & 12 of the IT Act. Assessee, being a society, filed its ITR for AY 2018- 19 after due date on 29.10.2018 along with audit re-port. Due to which exemption u/s 11 & 12 was denied by CPC.

Financial creditor can prefer application u/s. 7 of IBC even after possession over assets of corporate debtor

January 9, 2025 213 Views 0 comment Print

NCLT Kolkata held that a secured creditor having possession over the assets of the corporate debtor does not lose its rights to file an application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Non-granting of accumulation of income u/s. 11(2) unsustainable since delay in Form 10 condoned

January 8, 2025 153 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that non-granting of accumulation of income under section 11(2) due to delay in filing Form 10 not justified since delay was condoned by appropriate authority. Accordingly, appeal allowed in favour of assessee.

Panchnama Isn’t a Seizure Memo; Officer Must Record Reasons

January 7, 2025 741 Views 0 comment Print

The Customs officials intercepted and seized the truck in Muzaffarpur, State of Bihar. The vehicle was taken to the Customs office and the vehicle and Areca Nut goods were seized in the Customs office.

Review of non-taxability of interest from FDRs as exempt as part of Corpus Fund u/s 11(1)(d) was remanded back to AO

January 7, 2025 339 Views 0 comment Print

The matter was remanded back to AO to review the non-taxability of interest from Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) as part of the Corpus Fund under Section 11(1)(d) and and the decision of CIT(E) in respect of the condonation application in filing Form 10B belatedly.

Impossible to mention registration u/s 12AB in ITR-7: ITAT remanded the matter to AO for considering registration u/s 12 A

January 6, 2025 2766 Views 0 comment Print

Before ITAT, it was submitted that it is impossible for the assessee to mention new registration number in ITR-7 as it was filed on 13.03.2022 and the same was obtained on 04.04.2022 after filing of ITR-7.

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