Section 12AA of Income-Tax Act, 1961 deals with Procedure for Registration of a Charitable Trust or institution
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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...
since the only reason for denial of exemption u/s 11 was absence of registration u/s 12AA (which was granted to assessee society on 29.10.2010 with effect from 1.4.2010) for the relevant assessment years and on no other ground
Hari Om Sewa Dal Vs. CIT(Exemptions)-ITAT Delhi- We find from the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) that the registration under Section 12AA of the Act was denied to the appellant society solely on the ground that the appellant society had been claiming
ITAT Bangalore held in Sri Maramma Temple Seva Trust Vs CIT that even if the objective of an organization was both religious and charitable then also registration u/s 12AA could not be denied on the basis that registration could only be granted either to wholly religious
Instruction No. 16/2015 Sub-section (2) of Section 12AA of the Income-tax Act 1961 prescribes that every order granting or refusing registration under clause (b) of sub-section (I) of that Section shall be passed before the expiry of six months from the end of the month in which the application was received under clause (a) or clause (aa) of the sub-section (1) thereof. Thus while processing the application u/s 12AA of the Act, the time limit of six months has to be adhered to by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions). However, it has been brought to the notice of the Board that the said time limit has not been observed in some cases.
ITAT Delhi held In the case of Jaipal Singh Sharma Trust vs. CIT that it is well settled that at the stage of grant of registration, the non-commencement of the activities by the Trust cannot be a ground for refusal of registration u/s 12AA.
In the case of Gujarat Industrial Security Force Society v Dy. DIT (Exemption) it was held that the activity related to providing security services whose objective was to provide employment to youth and retired army personnel will not be treated as business activity but an activity which is charitable in nature.
In the case of Friends of WWB India Vs The Director of Income Tax (Exemption) Ahmedabad, it was held that registration u/s 12AA cannot be cancelled under the provision of section 12AA(3) unless the activities of trust are not found in accordance with the provision rather than the trustees.
Punjab & Haryana High Court held in Alexandera School Vs CIT, Amritsar that if an educational institute had been run by a particular section of community then registration u/s 12AA could not be denied provided it was running to benefit all sections of society.
According to the provisions of section 12AA of the I.T. Act, the Commissioner, on the receipt of Application for registration of a trust or institution shall (a) call for such documents or information from the trust or institution as he thinks necessary in order to satisfy himself about the genuineness of activities of the trust
Once the registration u/s 12AA granted to trust and the activities of the trust are genuine and as per object of the trust, CIT or any other authority empowered in this behalf cannot cancel registration on ground of involvement of trust in any activity other than charitable purpose.
