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Section 12 of Income Tax Act, 1961

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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 492 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of income of charitable or religious trusts

Income Tax : Understand the taxability, registration, and exemption provisions for charitable and religious trusts under Sections 11–13, incl...

November 8, 2025 18468 Views 2 comments Print

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

Income Tax : A summary of the tax framework governing charitable entities in India, covering the definition of 'charitable purpose,' mandatory ...

October 28, 2025 14463 Views 2 comments Print

Section 12AB Renewal for Small Charitable Trusts: 5-Year vs. 10-Year Validity

Income Tax : Does the Finance Act, 2025, extend 12AB registration from 5 to 10 years for trusts under Rs. 5 Cr? See if sma...

September 29, 2025 8706 Views 2 comments Print

GST on Post-Supply Price Revisions for Export of goods with IGST payment

Goods and Services Tax : An analysis of GST treatment on post-supply price revisions for exports with IGST payments. Learn about debit and credit notes, in...

August 9, 2025 3297 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


12A Registration Cannot Be Rejected Solely for Wrong Clause Selection in Form 10AB: ITAT Nagpur

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...

May 22, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

SC Allows Deduction of Grants as They Were Part of Statutory Business Activity

Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that grants disbursed by a statutory corporation formed part of its core business functions and qualified a...

May 20, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

Educational Trust Registration Renewal Cannot Be Denied Over Earlier Allegations

Income Tax : PCIT had erroneously mixed up the scope of renewal proceedings with cancellation proceedings under Section 12AB(4). Further, Settl...

May 11, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

Exports of Iron Ore must be assessed on Wet Metric Tonne (WMT) basis and not on Dry Metric Tonne (DMT) basis

Custom Duty : For export transactions occurring before the Finance Act, 2022 amendment, the determination of iron ore fines (Fe content) must be...

May 7, 2026 258 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in Filing Form 10B Not Grounds to Deny Section 11 Exemption When Report Was Filed Before Processing

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held that no further profits can be attributed to a DAPE once the Indian agent is remunerated at arm’s length for al...

May 7, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print


Exemption u/s 11 and 12 duly available in absence of violation of KEI (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act

July 6, 2023 720 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that AO based on incorrect assumption treated the money collected by the trust as capitation fee under the KEI (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act. In absence of any violation of KEI (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, exemption u/s 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act duly available.

Exemption u/s 11 available against receipt of trust from activities like sale of plots/ flats

July 3, 2023 2586 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that receipts of the assessee trust from its activities of sale of plots, flats and commercial booths and also its income earned form non-construction fee, transfer fee, penal interest and compounding fee, etc., are held to be entitled for exemption under Section 11 of the I.T. Act.

Section 14 of Customs Act not relevant to rough diamonds as same are leviable to NIL duty

July 1, 2023 1491 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that section 14 of Customs Act, 1962, or any Rules framed thereunder, is not of relevance to the rough diamonds as the same are leviable to NIL duty as per the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.

Dissolution Order sustained on failure of promoters to project resolution plan within time

June 26, 2023 690 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Chennai held that ‘Order of Dissolution’ sustainable as the ‘Promoters’ failed to project the ‘Resolution Plan’ within the specified time limit.

EOU eligible to avail exemption as per notification no. 10/1997-CE dated 1.03.1997

June 26, 2023 792 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that benefit of exemption in terms of section 5A vide notification no. 10/1997-CE dated 1.03.1997 duly extended to EOU.

Remuneration to Full-Time Trustee not violates Section 13 – Rejection of Section 12AB Registration Unsustainable

June 20, 2023 2019 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that rejection of application for registration u/s 12AB of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as there is no violation of section 13(1)(c) by paying remuneration to the full-time working trustee.

Karnataka HC Suspends Recovery Due to Cryptic Stay Order

June 7, 2023 453 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Suspends Recovery in Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha Vs CIT (Exemptions) Due to Cryptic Stay Order assigning absolutely no reasons

Verified corpus donation not taxable even if received by trust not registered u/s 12AA

May 31, 2023 2805 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that corpus donation received by trust not holding the registration u/s 12AA is not taxable provided the same is verified. Accordingly, matter remitted back to AO for verification of corpus donation.

UDF collected by airport operation, maintenance and development entities is not leviable to service tax

May 27, 2023 2172 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that User Development Fee (UDF) is in the form of ‘tax or cess’ collected for financing the cost of future projects and is not a consideration for services provided by the assessee to the customer, visitors, passengers, vendors etc.

Reassessing ‘cameras’ under general description instead of declared specified classification unjustified

April 26, 2023 1452 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that rejecting exemption benefit and duty demand u/s 28 of Customs Act, 1962 by reassessing ‘cameras’ under general and residual description i.e. ‘others’ under 8525 8090 instead of declared specified classification i.e. 8525 8020 is unjustified.

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