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 Jaipur held that assessee trust under the umbrella of Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer is genuinely performing its activities and objects of imparting education to the students coming off from poor or middle class families. Accordingly, denial to register the trust u/s 12AA of the Income Tax Act unjustified.
ITAT referred to SC’s judgment in CIT v. Rajasthan & Gujarati Charitable Foundation, Poona, which stated that an entity could claim both depreciation and application of income on asset in its purchase year.
Delhi High Court intervenes in Oxfam India’s tax reassessment case, issuing a stay on proceedings. A comprehensive analysis of the Delhi HC order and its implications.
CESTAT Ahmedabad it is settled legal position that cenvat credit on the sugar cess paid as part of CVD in respect of import of raw sugar is duly available.
Jharkhand High Court concludes labor cess doesn’t apply to material supply and consultancy charges. Get a comprehensive analysis of the judgment here.
Analysis of JCIT vs Gujarat Energy Development Agency verdict by ITAT Ahmedabad. Understanding implications of non-filing audit reports on Section 11 deductions.
ITAT Kolkata held that gross receipts cannot be taxed entirely, estimated expenditure incurred by the society for earning this income needs to be allowed even if the society is not registered under section 12A of the Income Tax Act.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that despite of various opportunities as department failed to furnish basic documents like SCN and RUDs including relevant correspondence, the value declared by the imports/ respondents is upheld.
ITAT Mumbai held that AO is bound to dispose of the objections filed by the assessee against reopening and give at least four weeks time, from the date of rejection of objection, to assessee to seek any legal remedy. In absence of the same, reopening of assessment is not legally sustainable.
ITAT Chandigarh held that CIT(E) cannot grant registration to an institution as he deems fit. Here, CIT(E) has granted registration to the assessee as Charitable Institution involved in “advancement of other objects of public utility” instead of Charitable Institution engaged in education activity as applied by the assessee.
