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Section 12AA

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

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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 24195 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 21498 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 10977 Views 0 comment Print


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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 150 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 261 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 7548 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 672 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 5523 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 17133 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


No Deemed Registration under section 12AA: SC

May 2, 2022 5235 Views 0 comment Print

Harshit Foundation Sehmalpur Jalalpur Jaunpur Vs CIT Faizabad (Supreme Court) The only question which is posed for consideration before the High Court was whether on non-deciding the application for registration under Section 12AA (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) within a period of six months, there shall be deemed registration or not. […]

Set off of excess utilization of fund & accumulation of income is permissible in law

April 16, 2022 4788 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Ram Sharnam Sabha Regd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Facts- The assesse is a society, engaged in religious and charitable activities. This society is running Ashrams and Medication programmes and was duly granted registration u/s 12AA. The assessee filed its ITR for AY 2016-17 declaring a taxable income of Rs. Nil. The AO noticed that […]

Corpus donation received by Trust not registered under section 12A is not taxable

April 13, 2022 11118 Views 0 comment Print

Versova Kokni Sunni Jamat Trust Vs Centralised Processing Centre (ITAT Mumbai) CIT(A), though admitted that assessee is not registered under section 12A of the Act and thus no benefit of exemption could be allowed to the assessee under section 11 of the Act, rejected the contention of the assessee that irrespective of status of registration […]

Deemed Section 12AA registration of Trust if no Registration Refusal within 6 Months

April 6, 2022 2757 Views 0 comment Print

Jaibharat Mandal Ramlila and Dharmshala Society Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Learned counsel for the assessee insisted that in the absence of any order of refusal of registration by the Competent Authority, the assessee trust may be treated as deemed to have been registered u/s 12AA of the Act. In support of this deposition learned counsel […]

Permanent Registration of Charitable Trust by filing Form No. 10AB

March 5, 2022 55479 Views 5 comments Print

Relevant Section, Rule and Forms Section 12A – Conditions for applicability of sections 11 and 12. Sec 12AB – Prescribes the procedure framework for registration with the income-tax authorities to avail the exemption u/s 11 and 12.(introduced wef AY 2022-2023) Section 80G – Deduction in respect of donations to certain funds, charitable institutions, etc Section 10(23C) […]

Amendment in Accumulation provisions for trusts registered U/s. 12AA/12AB & 10(23C)

February 2, 2022 7260 Views 0 comment Print

Bringing consistency in the provisions of two exemption the regimes As mentioned earlier, there is a requirement for alignment of certain provisions of the two regimes related to trusts or institutions as they both intend to grant similar benefit. Trust exemption regimes are as follows:- (i) Regime for any fund or institution or trust or […]

Reference to PCIT/CIT for cancellation of registration/approval to trusts or institutions

February 2, 2022 2823 Views 0 comment Print

Reference to the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner (PCIT/CIT) for the cancellation of registration/approval to trusts or institutions: a) The following issues related to the process of approval or registration, or cancellation or withdrawal thereof, have been noticed, namely:- i) Registration or approval of non-genuine trusts or institution under automated approval system: First and second provisos […]

Books of account to be maintained by the trusts or institutions

February 2, 2022 31437 Views 0 comment Print

Where the total income of any trust or institution under the second regime, as computed under this Act without giving effect to the provisions of section 11 and section 12 of the Act, exceeds the maximum amount which is not chargeable to income-tax in any previous year, it is required to get its accounts audited. Similar provision exists for the trusts or institutions under the first regime in the tenth proviso to clause (23C) of section 10 of the Act.

ITAT set-aside Section 12A order passed by CIT(E), which was passed without considering objection of Appellant

January 30, 2022 993 Views 0 comment Print

ICMAI Registered Valuers Organisation Vs CIT (E) (ITAT Delhi) From a bare reading of the impugned order under section 12AA of the Act, it appears that the assessee has failed to respond to the requirements of the CIT(E) to enable him to appreciate the relevant facts for the purposes of registration. However, in the same […]

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

December 1, 2021 5424 Views 0 comment Print

BCAS representation in regard to the conditions set out in various orders of registration granted to Charitable institutions in response to applications preferred  under section 12A(1)(ac) and the first proviso to section 10(23C) of the Income Tax Act 1961. Bombay Chartered Accountants Society  Harnessing Talent and Providing Quality Service 7, Jolly Bhavan 2, Ground Floor, […]

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