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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 16104 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Income Tax : The document highlights situations where exemptions under Sections 11 and 12 can be withdrawn, including benefits provided to inte...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 19194 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 192 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 117 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 132 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


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

June 26, 2023 714 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 834 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 2088 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 489 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 2856 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 2226 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 1545 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.

Evergreening or layering of patent protect is impermissible under Indian Patent Law

April 18, 2023 1821 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that filing of multiple patent claims in respect of the same invention amounts to evergreening or layering of patent protection, which is impermissible under the Indian Patent Law.

Taxation of Trust

April 12, 2023 118737 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the taxation of trusts in India, covering registered and unregistered trusts. Learn about relevant sections, exemptions, and tax implications for trusts and associations of persons (AOPs).

Grants used as per terms & condition for particular event held abroad doesn’t require CBDT approval

February 15, 2023 1044 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi concluded that grants were given specifically for participation in a particular event held in abroad grant was utilized as per terms and conditions and it was not free for the assessee to use the funds voluntarily. Accordingly approval of CBDT under sections 11(1)(c) of the Act not required.

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