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Section 12 of Income Tax Act, 1961

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FAQs on taxation of charitable or religious trusts under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has issued detailed FAQs explaining registration, audit, return filing, investment norms, and tax exempt...

June 20, 2026 16116 Views 2 comments Print

Taxation of Charitable & Religious Trusts: A Guide to Sections 11–13 – Part-II

Income Tax : This analysis explains how Parliament designed Sections 11 to 13 to ensure that tax-free income is ultimately used for charitable ...

June 10, 2026 3390 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of Charitable & Religious Trusts: A Guide to Sections 11–13 – Part-I

Income Tax : This analysis explains how charitable and religious trusts qualify for exemption under Sections 11 to 13 of the Income-tax Act. It...

June 7, 2026 5094 Views 1 comment Print

Taxability of income of charitable or religious trusts

Income Tax : The document highlights situations where exemptions under Sections 11 and 12 can be withdrawn, including benefits provided to inte...

June 7, 2026 19197 Views 2 comments Print

Prior exemption claims under Sections 11 & 12 cannot justify denial of 80G approval

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...

March 20, 2026 585 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 143(2) Notice & Valid Draft Assessment Mandatory U/s 144C: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai quashed reassessment after finding no Section 143(2) notice and that the AO issued a final order disguised as a draft ...

July 5, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Delayed Form 10B Filing Not Ground to Deny Section 11/12 Exemption: ITAT Surat

Income Tax : ITAT Surat held that delayed filing of Form 10B is a procedural lapse and remanded the matter after directing the AO to consider t...

July 5, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

Stale Land Claim Barred by Delay, Suit Withdrawal & Suppression of Facts: SC

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that a writ petition filed decades after the finalisation of the record of rights was barred by delay and l...

July 4, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Invalid if CIT Failed to Show Assessment Was Erroneous

Income Tax : The Court held that Section 263 could not be invoked where the AO had raised queries, examined replies and completed the assessmen...

June 30, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

Payment to Trustees Alone Doesn’t Violate Section 13(1)(c): ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held that remuneration to trustees must be examined for reasonableness and cannot be disallowed merely because it was paid to...

June 30, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print


Performance Bank Guarantee invocable post non-implementation of resolution plan

March 31, 2025 744 Views 0 comment Print

On an application filed u/s. 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the Corporate Debtor – Lavasa Corporation Limited was admitted to insolvency resolution process by order dated 30.08.2018.

Proceeding under SARFAESI Act and IBC is saved from provision providing precedence to BUDS Act

March 26, 2025 1026 Views 0 comment Print

The borrowers defaulted on loan repayment, prompting the petitioner to initiate proceedings under the SARFAESI Act. Physical possession of the property was taken on 05.12.2023.

Expenses incurred by statutory authority was allowable as business expenditure

March 19, 2025 489 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee claimed deduction of IMC Transfer Expenses, City Environment Expenses, Contribution and Aid Expenses, Land Acquisition and Diversion Expenses which the AO disallowed the same.

Refund limitation period doesn’t apply to Extra Duty Deposit as it is not customs duty: Delhi HC

March 17, 2025 1053 Views 0 comment Print

The Petitioner had imported certain goods from Taiwan between 2014 and 2017. The Respondent/Department had suspected undervaluation of said goods and referred the same to the Special Valuation Branch, Delhi.

Exemption u/s. 11 cannot be denied to town planning authority as fees charges doesn’t generate profit

March 17, 2025 795 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that denial of exemptions under section 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act is unjustified as fees are charged by town planning authority to ensure accountability and fund public welfare initiatives, not to generate profit.

Tribunal Cannot Decide Merits After Ruling Appeal Not Maintainable: Bombay HC

March 5, 2025 1035 Views 0 comment Print

The bench stated that Tribunal after concluding that the BCCI’s Appeal before it “was not maintainable”, exceeded its jurisdiction in recording the above observations virtually upholding the impugned communication/order.

Financial creditor not prohibited to take remedy u/s. 7 even if dispute pending in arbitration

February 26, 2025 795 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Delhi held that any dispute even pending in the arbitration does not in any manner prohibit the financial creditor to take remedy under Section 7. Thus, appeal dismissed and held that application u/s. 7 duly admitted.

No retrospective cancellation of Section 12A registration of Trust: ITAT Pune

February 22, 2025 2679 Views 0 comment Print

M.M. Patel Charitable Trust Vs PCIT (Central) (ITAT Pune) In a significant ruling, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Pune has overturned the order of the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT), which had canceled the registration of M.M. Patel Public Charitable Trust under Sections 12A and 12AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The […]

Revenue cannot deviate from prior years decisions without demonstrating change in factual matrix

February 15, 2025 486 Views 0 comment Print

It is also noteworthy that the learned Departmental Representative (DR), during the hearing, did not point out any material differences between the facts of the present case and those of the earlier assessment years.

Section 80G Approval: Error in Application Clause – ITAT Mumbai Remands for Reconsideration

February 15, 2025 1614 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai remands Rotary Charity Trust’s 80G approval case due to an inadvertent section error in Form 10AB. Matter sent back for reconsideration.

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