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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Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that the appellate authority failed to consider pending writ petitions and interim directions of the Bombay H...
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Since assessee was not earning any profit as the main object of assessee was to improve the public transport system in the country and the road safety standards and activities of laboratory testing and consultancy are bringing revenue to the assessee-association but intent of such activities is not to earn profit for its shareholders/owners, therefore, exemption under section 11 could not be denied to assessee.
Non filing of Form 10 within the prescribed time u/s 11(2) Exemptions are provided to Charitable & Religious Trusts 1) Unconditionally, u/s 11(1) of the Act to the extent it does not exceed 15% of the income from such property; 2) Conditionally, u/s 11(2) of the Act, without any upper limit on fulfillment of the […]
Where main object or purpose of assessee s charitable trust was promotion of sports and swimming, merely because trust collected certain charges from coaching campus, same could not alter its character of being charitable.
DCIT Vs Ernet India (ITAT Delhi) The facts in brief are that assessee is an Autonomous Society under the Department of Information & Technology, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India, which was established as a non-profitable organization. It was registered under Section 12A of the Act vide certificate / order dated 26.03.2004. […]
ITO Vs Indian Youth Centre Trust (ITAT Delhi) The assessee company is a trust registered u/s 12A of the Act and is also registered u/s 80G(5)(vi). The return filed by the assessee trust was subjected to the scrutiny assessment. In the course of the scrutiny assessment the Assessing Officer took a view that the receipts […]
Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church Vs ITO (ITAT Cuttack) From the narration given in the list of donations, it is observed that the amount of donation has been given for the specific purpose. The Assessing Officer has bifurcated three donations as specific purpose and left out other donations not being specific purpose without giving any reason. […]
Charitable Institutions which are registered under section 12AA of the Act can claim exemptions under section 11 of the Act when conditions are become fulfilled. While Section 11 is a general provision and applicable to all charitable institutions, Sec 10(23C) is a specific exemption provision applicable to certain Government and Non-Government educational institutions.
1. Section 11(1)(d) has been amended which reads as under: – Income in the form of voluntary contribution made with the specific direction that they shall form part of the corpus of the trust or institution subject to the condition that such voluntary contributions are invested or deposited in one or more of the forms […]
Durga Charitable Society Vs JCIT (ITAT Delhi) Charitable Society providing hostel facilities to staff and students is integral part of ‘Educational Activities’, and Section 11 exemption allowed Durga Charitable Society (Appellant) is a Society duly registered under Society Registration Act, 1860 and is engaged in running various educational institutions, medical colleges and charitable hospitals. Assessing […]
Charity is clearly defined as relief of the poor, education, yoga, medical relief, preservation of environment, etc., Thus public charitable trust donating to activities other than education cannot be denied exemption u/s. 11 of the Act. Therefore, the conclusion of the Assessing Officer is totally unwarranted.
