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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DCIT (Exemptions) Vs Nabajuga Educational And Charitable Trust (ITAT Cuttack) At the outset, if the return filed on 31.10.2018 was not accompanied by the audit report, then it was incumbent upon the revenue to issue notice u/s.139(9) of the Act to treat the return filed by the assessee as defective. Admittedly, this has not been […]
Tax exemption to charitable organisations proposed in Finance Bill 2023 – Suggestions. Government provides incentive for public welfare in form of tax exemption. Benefits of the Tax Act Section 11 for charitable organisations.
Requirement of furnishing audit report in Form No. 10B before due date prescribed in section 44AB mandatory w.e.f. 1.4.2020 only.
ITAT Chennai held that renting of auditorium for the purpose of conducting guest lectures or topics to address the students is incidental to fulfilment of the object of the trust i.e. education. Accordingly, exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act available.
ITAT held that assessee cannot be denied benefit of exemption for which it is entitled merely on the lapse of procedural requirement i.e. delay in filing audit report in prescribed form.
ITAT note that the benefit of deduction u/s 11 of the Act has been denied by the authorities below primarily on the reasoning that the trust was not registered under the provision of section 12A of the Act.
Exemption otherwise available to the assessee trust under section 11 cannot be denied merely on account of delay in furnishing of audit report in form 10B as required under section 12A(b) of the Act.
Ruikar Trust Vs ACIT (CPC) (ITAT Pune) Brief facts relating to the case are that the assessee is a charitable trust. The assessee claimed exemption u/s. 11 of the Act in the return of income. The CPC, Bangalore denied the said exemption for non-filing of Form 10 within time. Having aggrieved, the assessee challenged the […]
ITAT Delhi held that benefit of exemption u/s. 11 of the Income Tax Act duly available as the income tax return was filed within the specified time limit of sub-section 139 of the Income Tax Act.
Assessment proceedings commence with filing of Income Tax return and not when notice is issued for the first time under section 143(2)
