Sponsored
    Follow Us:

Section 12AA

Section 12AA of Income-Tax Act, 1961 deals with Procedure for Registration of a Charitable Trust or institution

Latest Articles


Renting of commercial property – A crazy puzzle under GST!!

Goods and Services Tax : The 54th GST Council recommends RCM for renting of commercial property by unregistered persons to registered entities, raising var...

September 29, 2024 24186 Views 1 comment Print

Section 12,12A, 12AA, 12AB: Analysis, Registration Procedure, Exemption & FAQs

Income Tax : Understand the income of trusts or institutions, including registration, exemptions, and FAQs. Learn about Sections 12A, 12AA, and...

June 7, 2024 21450 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding Section 43B(h) | Impact on MSME Payments

Income Tax : Understand the impact of Section 43B(h) on businesses: Learn about deductions for MSME payments and the importance of timely payme...

April 2, 2024 12249 Views 3 comments Print

Eligibility and process of Registration of Charitable Trust in India

Income Tax : Learn the eligibility criteria and step-by-step process for registering a charitable trust in India. Discover the significance, ad...

March 18, 2024 6297 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment of Charitable and Religious Trusts and Institutions

Income Tax : Analyzing the complexities of non-profit sectors globally, this guide on Assessment of Charitable and Religious Trusts and Institu...

February 2, 2024 10974 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Request to relax confusion created in new registration regime for charitable organizations

Income Tax : Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association made a representation on 31.10.2022 to Minister of Finance Smt. Nirmala Sitharam...

November 3, 2022 7203 Views 1 comment Print

CAG report on Income Tax Exemptions to Charitable Trusts & Institutions

Income Tax : CAG noticed ineffective monitoring of accumulation of income and its utilization, ineffective monitoring of receipts and utilizati...

August 9, 2022 1533 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on Issues in Registration of Charitable institutions due to order of CITs

Income Tax : BCAS representation in regard to the conditions set out in various orders of registration granted to Charitable institutions in re...

December 1, 2021 5424 Views 0 comment Print

Improper drastic changes in Income tax provisions relating to Trusts/NGOs

Income Tax : CA Shailesh R Ghedia president of BJP Professional Cell, Mumbai has written a letter to Honorable Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala S...

April 30, 2021 9276 Views 1 comment Print

Deferment for Approval/ Registration of Charitable Trusts & Exempt Institutions

Income Tax : Deferrement of Procedure for Approval/ Registration/Notifications of certain entities U/s 10(23C), 12AA, 35 & 80G of Incom...

May 9, 2020 9609 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Chennai Orders Fresh Assessment in Form 10BB Delay Case

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai sets aside tax assessment over delayed Form 10BB filing, remanding the case for fresh consideration after pending con...

March 8, 2025 147 Views 0 comment Print

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

Income Tax : The bench stated that Tribunal after concluding that the BCCI's Appeal before it “was not maintainable”, exceeded its jurisdic...

March 5, 2025 255 Views 0 comment Print

Section 12A: Trusts Registered Before April 1, 2021, Exempt from Seeking Final Registration – ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata rules that provisional registration under Section 12A is deemed regular. CIT (Exemptions) vs Indira Trust case clarif...

February 27, 2025 7527 Views 0 comment Print

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

Income Tax : M.M. Patel Charitable Trust Vs PCIT (Central) (ITAT Pune) In a significant ruling, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Pune h...

February 22, 2025 666 Views 0 comment Print

Section 12A Trust Registration Based on Proposed, Not Actual Activities: SC

Income Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms that charitable trust registration under Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act should be based on proposed ac...

February 19, 2025 5502 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Clarification regarding Form No 10AC issued till the date of this Circular

Income Tax : PCIT or CIT can examine if there is any specified violation by the trust or institution registered or provisionally registered und...

June 3, 2022 17127 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies New Income Tax Rules & Forms for Trust & NPOs

Income Tax : CBDT issues Notification no. 19/2021 dated 26/03/2021 pertaining to procedure for registration of fund/ trust/charitable instituti...

March 26, 2021 128901 Views 1 comment Print

New Procedure for registration, approval U/s.10(23C), 12AA, 35 & 80G deferred

Income Tax : CBDT has decided that the implementation of new procedure for approval/ registration/notification of certain entities shall be def...

May 9, 2020 7278 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay Public Trusts (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019

Income Tax : These rules may be called the Bombay Public Trusts (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019. 2. In rule 1 of the Bombay Public Trusts Rules,...

May 15, 2019 73476 Views 5 comments Print

Time allowed for filing of return of income by Trust claiming exemption

Income Tax : Thus, for a trust registered u/s 12AA of the Act to avail the benefit of exemption u/s 11 shall inter-alia file its return of inco...

April 23, 2019 30618 Views 3 comments Print


Section 12AA: Registration cannot be denied without reasonable opportunity

January 16, 2023 1533 Views 0 comment Print

Action of the Ld. CIT(E) suffered from sufficiency of reasonable opportunity to the appellant to refute the rejection vis-à-vis to comply with the requirements sought, thus for the reason, we without commenting on the merits of the case, deem fit to remand the matter back to the file of Ld. CIT(E) for according reasonable & effective opportunity to refute the rejection vis-à-vis to comply with the requirements sought.

Development of skill is not the purpose to fulfilling to section 2(15)

January 12, 2023 894 Views 0 comment Print

J.K. Council for Social Welfare And Information Technology Vs CIT (Exemption) (ITAT Amritsar) Brief fact of the case is that the assessee-society had submitted an application for registration u/s 12A of the Act. The primary object of the assessee is that running and maintaining institutions in rural area, and enhance the poor marginalised youth to […]

CBDT circulars/ instructions are binding on revenue

January 3, 2023 4989 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that CIT(A)/ NFAC failed to consider circular no. F.173/193/2019-ITA-1 dated 23.04.2019 and subsequent circular No.2/2020 vide F.No.197/55/2018-ITA-I dated 03.01.2020 which are issued by CBDT and the same is binding on the revenue authorities. Accordingly, matter restored.

Concept of deemed registration of trust not prevailing under Income Tax Act

January 2, 2023 1245 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat held that there is no specific provision in the Income Tax Act that non-deciding the registration application under Section 12AA within a period of six months there shall be a deemed registration.

Application of income cannot be examined while granting section 12AA registration

December 31, 2022 540 Views 0 comment Print

It is settled principle of law that at the stage of granting registration u/s 12AA of the Act, ld. CIT (E) is not to examine the application of income, which is to be done by the AO on year to year basis at the time of deciding the exemption u/s 11 of the Act

Section 12AA Registration of Trust cannot be cancelled if objects & Activities are charitable

December 31, 2022 642 Views 0 comment Print

. The settled legal position is that while granting registration to a charitable institutions/Trust if it is at the commencement state the powers of the [CIT(E)] before whom the application is filed is limited to the aspect of examining whether or not the objects of the trust are charitable in nature.

Order denying Registration u/s12AA without proper due diligence is not permissible: ITAT

December 9, 2022 630 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT allowed appeal of the assesse wherein the LD. CIT(E) have rejected registration under 12A of the I.T. Act, 1961, by observing that various allegations made by the ld.CIT(E) while denying registration u/s. 12A of the I.T.Act requires verification and proper appreciation of facts by the ld. CIT(E). In addition, it was also observed that the matter requires a revisit to the file of the PCIT for deciding the issue afresh and in accordance with law after giving due opportunity of being heard to the assessee.

Section 12AA mandates passing of order refusing or granting registration in writing

December 1, 2022 465 Views 0 comment Print

Shyama Sharma Charitable Trust Vs CIT, Exemptions (ITAT Chandigarh) The provisions of section 12AA provides that the CIT(E) after receipt of application and calling for such documents and information as he thinks necessary and after making such enquiries as he may deem necessary and after satisfying himself about the objects of the assessee society and […]

Corpus donation is capital receipt & irrecoverable – Not Taxable even if Trust is not unregistered

November 19, 2022 4269 Views 1 comment Print

Assessee submitted that corpus donation is in the nature of capital receipt and thus not taxable in the hands of assessee trust irrespective of not being registered under section 12A of Act.

Corpus donations received by unregistered Trusts are not taxable

November 17, 2022 7596 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that Corpus donations received by Trusts, which is not registered u/s.12A/12AA of Income Tax Act, are not taxable as they assume the nature of ‘Capital receipt’ the moment donations are given to ‘Corpus of Trust’

Sponsored
Sponsored
Search Post by Date
March 2025
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31