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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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Income Tax Audit Form 10B & 10BB: Recent Changes & Filing Deadlines

Income Tax : Learn about Income Tax Audit Form 10B & 10BB for charitable trusts, recent changes, filing deadlines, and compliance under Section...

April 1, 2025 2178 Views 0 comment Print

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 24417 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 26646 Views 1 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 12348 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 6606 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 7230 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 1548 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 5448 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 9300 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 9627 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


AO Lacks Authority to Deny Section 11 Exemption After Granting Section 12AA Registration

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai: Valid 12AA registration bars AO from denying Sec 11 exemption by re-examining charitable objectives. Key ruling expla...

April 21, 2025 1020 Views 0 comment Print

Registration under KVAT required for education trust managed college supplying food via canteen

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala High Court held that college, managed by an education trust, engaged in supplying food to students through canteen is requi...

April 16, 2025 111 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa HC quashes Sec 263 Revision based on consistency & prior allowance of depreciation

Income Tax : Orissa HC dismisses Revenue appeal in CIT vs Dhaneswar Rath. Upholds ITAT, rules Sec 263 revision invalid based on consistency & ...

April 5, 2025 207 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur deletes School Fee Addition; Mere Survey Statement Weak Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur quashes addition of suppressed school fees for Pushpa Vidya Niketan, stating survey statements lack evidentiary value...

March 29, 2025 843 Views 0 comment Print

Exemption u/s. 11 allowed inspite of certain errors while filing form 10B

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act is allowable inspite of certain errors while filing form 1...

March 29, 2025 405 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 17289 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 129267 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 7293 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 73668 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 30825 Views 3 comments Print


Union Budget- 2020: New Compliances for Charitable Trust & Institutions

March 13, 2020 9423 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of Budget 2020 Finance Bill on charitable institutions:- 1) Re-validation of existing registrations All the existing charitable and religious institutions already registered under Section 12A (trusts and institutions registered prior to 1996), Section 12AA (trusts and institutions registered after 1996), Section 10(23C) and Section 80G will be required to re-apply to the income tax authorities […]

Section 12AA registration cannot be denied merely for lack of activities by trust before application: SC

March 10, 2020 1719 Views 0 comment Print

In the given case, the object of the provision in question is to ensure that the activities undertaken by the Trust are not contrary to its objects and that a Commissioner is entitled to refuse registration if the activities are found contrary to the objects of the Trust

Section 12AA Registration cannot be denied for non-commencement of activity

March 7, 2020 1326 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs R.S. Bajaj Society (Allahabad High Court) The only ground on which the CIT rejected the application for registration was that though the society was established in August 2011 with a dominant object of imparting higher medical education by establishing Medical Colleges, Hospitals and Research Centres, such charitable activities had not still been commenced. […]

New trust entitled for Section 12AA registration despite no activity: SC

March 7, 2020 2655 Views 0 comment Print

Explore Supreme Court’s decision on trust registration under Section 12AA without activities. Learn implications for newly formed trusts. #IncomeTaxAct

SC: Performance of Charitable Activity not Compulsory for Registration of New Trust u/s 12AA of IT Act

March 5, 2020 3228 Views 0 comment Print

Whether a newly formed trust is entitled for registration under Section 12AA of the IT Act, 1961 even if any activity has not been undertaken as yet?

No Section 12A registration denial if objects were charitable & activities were genuine

March 3, 2020 4695 Views 0 comment Print

Registration under section 12A was allowable to assessee-society as the objects of the society was charitable in nature and activities were genuine; even if the control of the trust property was not vested in the public but was retained by the settlors and moreover, registration with the Registrar of Societies was not a precondition for granting registration u/s 12A.

Penalty cannot be imposed for mere Section 12A registration cancellation

February 28, 2020 1752 Views 0 comment Print

TAT see no reason to uphold the levy of penalty in the present case U/s 271(1)(c) of the Act, since the basis for levy of penalty, being cancellation of registration granted to the assessee U/s 12A of the Act and as a consequence treating its surplus and corpus donation as not exempt but taxable under the Act, has been quashed by the ITAT.

Impact of budget 2020 on charitable trust/Institutions

February 23, 2020 6468 Views 1 comment Print

While a trust is registered under Section 12AA, the registration referred to therein shall be inoperative from the date of approval of the trustor organization pursuant to Section 10(23C) or Section 10(46) or from the date of entry into force of this proviso, i.e. 01/06/20020 as previously stated. New Article 12A(1)(ac) was introduced provided that, […]

Budget 2020: Impact on NGO or Charitable Organisations

February 18, 2020 7011 Views 0 comment Print

The Union Budget and Finance Bill 2020 has proposed major changes for charitable trusts and institutions like renewal of 12AA and 80G registration, furnishing a quarterly statement of donor wise donations, issue of a certificate to all the donors, etc. All such proposed changes are explained below: Section 10(23C): Every approved fund or trust or […]

Budget Highlights for Trusts Registered under section 12AA

February 18, 2020 4884 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of budget 2020 on Charitable trust U/S-12AA 1. Re-validation of Existing registrations -The process will be online and the new online form will particularly focus on whether the charitable activities of the trust or institution are genuine. -Once the online forms are ready there will be a window of three months within which application […]

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