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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 2130 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 24405 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 26268 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 12339 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 6579 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 1545 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 5445 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 9624 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 1008 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 105 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 204 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 837 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 17283 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 129225 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 7290 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 73656 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 30792 Views 3 comments Print


Trust Corpus Fund cannot be taxed despite non registration u/s 12AA

May 22, 2017 13383 Views 1 comment Print

Corpus fund which is meant for specific purpose to meet out capital expenditure could not be part of annual receipts of educational institution, even if no registration u/s 12AA have been granted.

Deemed Registration U/s. 12AA if not granted or refused by CIT within 6 Months

May 19, 2017 2421 Views 0 comment Print

1. Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has not acted illegally and perversely in making observations with regard to grant of exemption under sec­tion 10(23C)(vi) when the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide any application/appeal arising out of order passed either granting or rejecting exemption under section 10(23C)(vi) of the Act by the competent authority ?

At registration stage CIT not supposed to examine Nature of Activities

May 2, 2017 2154 Views 0 comment Print

CIT (E), while considering an application for registration under Section 12AA, is not supposed to examine whether applicant is entitled for certain exemptions under Section 11 or 12 or not since that is within the jurisdiction of Assessing Authority and not CIT (E).

Sec. 12AA registration cannot be denied merely for having activities outside India

April 26, 2017 4389 Views 0 comment Print

On the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned Director of Income Tax (Exemption)has erred both on facts and in law in rejecting the application of the assessee for registration under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

In absence of trust deed CIT cannot consider Trust Registration Application

April 20, 2017 1407 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, the assessee was not having any trust deed. So it is quite difficult for the ld. Commissioner to arrive at a firm conclusion about the objects of the trust. In case the trust deed is being written after application for grant of registration, then that deed can never be seen through by the ld. Commissioner for satisfying himself.

Surplus generation from charitable activities did not dis-entitle assessee from registration U/s. 12A

April 13, 2017 1422 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by the assessee is directed against the order of Commissioner of Income Tax -I, Pune dated 29-11-2013 rejecting the application of the assessee for grant of registration under section 12AA(1)(b)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

Registration U/s. 12AA cannot be denied for mere non filing of Return

March 27, 2017 1869 Views 0 comment Print

Advocate Akhilesh Kumar Sah Just because the assessee has not filed income tax returns in earlier years, it can not be said that the activities of the assessee of the charitable trust / society were not genuine and grant of the registration under section 12AA cannot be denied

Mere surplus year after year cannot be deciding factor to deny exemption U/s. 11

March 3, 2017 1941 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee society is generating surplus year after year is not the deciding factor to determine whether it is eligible for exemption under section 11 of the Act. And on this ground alone, the exemption claimed by the assessee society under section 11 can not be denied. What is relevant to examine is whether the surplus so generated is ploughed back in furtherance of its educational objectives and related activities or not.

Yoga a form of ‘medical relief and Propagation of Yoga constitutes imparting of education

February 25, 2017 4251 Views 0 comment Print

In a big relied to Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth, the Delhi bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has allowed exemption status under section 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act.

Trust Registration cannot be denied for absence of dissolution clause in Trust Deed

February 18, 2017 9945 Views 0 comment Print

DIT-E had denied registration to assessee-trust because he was of opinion that in absence of dissolution-clause assessee-trust was not entitled for registration.

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