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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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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 3282 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Gifts Received By an Individual or HUF: Rules & Exceptions

Income Tax : This guide explains when gifts received by individuals and HUFs become taxable under the Income-tax Act, including monetary, movab...

June 10, 2026 23508 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 4914 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Income Tax : The document highlights situations where exemptions under Sections 11 and 12 can be withdrawn, including benefits provided to inte...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 19038 Views 2 comments Print

Consequences of Cancellation of Re‑Registration under Section 12AB – Why Charitable Trusts Cannot Afford to Ignore It

Income Tax : Expanded grounds for cancellation now include legal non-compliance and incorrect disclosures. Trusts must treat accuracy and gover...

January 17, 2026 2475 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 7533 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 2148 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 5712 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 9603 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 10017 Views 1 comment Print


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Gross Receipts Cannot Be Taxed if Charitable Expenditure Was Undisputed: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that although failure to file Form 10B disentitled the assessee from claiming exemption under Sections 11 and ...

June 24, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Invalid as AO Had Already Examined Key Issues: ITAT Visakhapatnam

Income Tax : The ITAT Visakhapatnam held that the Commissioner cannot invoke Section 263 where the Assessing Officer has already conducted inqu...

June 22, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Section 12AA Registration Benefit Allowed as Assessment Was Pending: ITAT Agra

Income Tax : The ITAT held that registration granted under Section 12AA before completion of assessment entitled the trust to claim exemption f...

June 22, 2026 174 Views 0 comment Print

Wrong Section Used to Deny Depreciation Set-Off; Section 263 Order Quashed

Income Tax : The dispute concerned whether dividend received on capital reduction by a foreign subsidiary could trigger restrictions under Sect...

June 16, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Denial of Section 11 Exemption Doesn’t Trigger Section 115BBE: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the special tax regime under Section 115BBE is confined to additions made under Sections 68 to 69D. Additio...

June 13, 2026 237 Views 0 comment Print


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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 18165 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 131985 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 7548 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 76707 Views 6 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 33069 Views 3 comments Print


Registration has to be granted if no evidence to show activities of Trust are not being carried out genuinely: ITAT

January 4, 2021 813 Views 0 comment Print

The CIT(E) seems to have taken recourse to the provisions of section 12AA(4) of the Act which was inserted by the Finance Act of 2014 w.e.f. 01.10.2014. We find that those provisions are applicable only when the CIT(E) seeks to cancel the registration already granted to a trust. Those provisions cannot be made applicable for grant of registration u/s. 12AA of the Act.

Judgments of Charitable Trust Registration u/s 12A/12AA

January 3, 2021 11160 Views 0 comment Print

(1) Anand Escher Amar Charitable Cancer and Malty Specialty Hospital Society Vs. CIT (Exemption) Chandigarh 2019. 104 Taxman.com 369 (Amritsar Tribunal) 2019 176 ITD 424 (Amritsar) As the trust has not started activity as per Trust Deed. Registration was not granted. Tribunal observe that at the time of granting Registration only Object and genuineness are […]

Addition justified for Bogus Donation received by Educational Trust

December 22, 2020 2283 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made by AO against Educational Trust on account ofdonations were found to be bogus  was justified as  assessee failed to discharge the onus of proof cast upon it and no attempt was made to produce credible material to corroborate the transactions or to explain the contradictory evidence that it was confronted with.

Collecting fees for training from different organizations is not charitable activity

December 14, 2020 1398 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee-trust was collecting fees from different organizations towards training programmes and it also received rent for letting out its part premises; the CIT was justified in rejecting the assessee s application for grant of registration under section 12AA on the ground that the activities of the trust were not charitable, but were commercial in nature.

Society or trust not registered in India cannot be granted section 12A registration

December 10, 2020 7359 Views 0 comment Print

Evangelical Missionary Society Vs CIT (Exemptions) (ITAT Cuttack) Sec. 12A of the Income Tax Act lays down the provisions of Sec,11 & 12 shall not apply in relation to the income of any trust or institution unless the condition stated therein are fulfilled. The first condition for allowing the exemption u/s.11 is that the person […]

Section 12AA registration cannot be denied without recording dissatisfaction about objects of trust

November 26, 2020 1644 Views 0 comment Print

Balika Vidyalaya Educational & Cultural Trust Vs CIT (Exemptions) (ITAT Cuttack) We find that as per the provisions of section 11 & 12 of the Act, the income derived from property held for charitable or religious purposes and income of Trusts or Institutions from contributions are exempt from tax provided such Trusts or Institutions are […]

No cancellation of registration u/s 12AA(3) since inception in absence of cogent material

November 2, 2020 4305 Views 0 comment Print

Order of the PCIT cancelling the registration since inception, u/s 12AA(3) was legally not valid as no material was being referred by PCIT and its applicability to any of the provisions of Section 2(15) and/or Section 12AA(3) while revoking the registration. 

Section 12A exemption cannot be denied without considering merits of the case

October 29, 2020 5736 Views 0 comment Print

Thanthi Trust Vs DIT (Madras High Court) Whether the Tribunal was right holding that the appellant trust is not eligible for exemption under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 without considering the merits of the case in a proper manner? In the case on hand, there is no allegation that the assessee Trust […]

Section 12AA registration cannot be denied for mere non-spend of income for charitable activities

October 13, 2020 1020 Views 0 comment Print

Dr. NT Ghatte Charitable Trust Vs. CIT (ITAT Pune) Merely because the trust has not spent any amount of its income for charitable activities and the fact that the trust has not spent any amount of income for charitable purpose does not amount to carrying on the activities contrary to its objects. The submission of […]

ITAT Grant 12AA Registration to Trust w.e.f. 13.8.1973

October 1, 2020 1944 Views 1 comment Print

Jain Shwetamber Murtipujak Sukrat Fund Kaoda Committee Vs. CIT (ITAT Indore) On perusal of the record we find that the assessee trust was incorporated in the year 1945 and even in the Permanent Account Number (PAN) allotted by the Income Tax Department the date of incorporation of the trust is 16.4.1945. The assessee has claimed […]

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