Income Tax - Govt. introduces Additional Reporting by Auditors of Charitable Trusts under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 to check Income Tax Compliances/Evasion. The Law and Judiciary Department, Maharashtra State, vide Notification Dated 15/05/2019, has framed the Bombay Public Trusts (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019, to introduce additional r...
Read MoreIncome Tax - ARE INCOME TAX AUTHORITIES REALLY CHARITABLE WHEN IT COMES TO CHARITABLE TRUSTS? CHARITABLE TRUSTS: INCOME TAX PERSPECTIVE ‘Charity begins at home but should not end there.’ –Francis Bacon The essence of the above quote has been fully captured in the definition of the expression “charitable purpose” as envisaged in the...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Charity means giving something to those in needs without expectation or wanting something back in return. It is doing something good to others without expectations. Charity is a selfless act. There are a lot of ways of doing charity. The people who are keen to do good for others need not necessarily have a good […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The trust is an obligation annexed to ownership and arising out of confidence reposed in and accepted by the owner for the benefit of another. The person who reposes the confidence is called the ‘author of the trust’; the person who accepts the confidence is called the ‘trustee’ and the person who is benefited is [...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Article discusses the concept of Charitable/Religious Trusts and various tax benefits which the govt. has provided them. 1. What is Charitable/Religious Trust? 2. How Charitable/Religious Trust being created?...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Income Tax authorities have looked into the affairs of the four cricket associations, namely Saurastra Cricket Association, Baroda Cricket Association, Kerala Cricket Association and Maharastra Cricket Association and have found that these cricket associations were engaged in certain activities which were considered commercial in natu...
Read MoreIncome Tax - ITD granted registrations/approvals/notifications to the 799 Trusts without verifying necessary documents such as copy of the Trust Deed, proper clauses in the Trust Deed, audited accounts etc. ITD granted registrations/approvals/notifications to 73 Trusts having no PAN which is in contravention of the provisions of Act....
Read MoreIncome Tax - As per the new definition of charitable purpose in Finance Act 2008, advancement of any object of public utility, which was earlier considered to be “charitable purpose,” is now not so if it involves the “carrying on of any activity in the nature of trade, commerce or business or any activity of rendering any service in relation to ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Amendment to Section 20 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882) which relates to investment of trust money has been approved by the Cabinet today. A Bill will be introduced in the ensuing Session of Parliament. ...
Read MoreNew Amazing Shiksha Society Vs. ITO (Exemption (Ward) (ITAT Delhi) - New Amazing Shiksha Society Vs. ITO (Exemption (Ward) (ITAT Delhi) Exemption u/s 10(23)(iiiad) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 should not be denied to the assessee as selling of books and uniform to the students of assessee is part of educational activity only. Moreover, the impugned addition was made m...
Read MoreDelhi Public School Ghaziabad Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) - Challenging the order dated 02.03.2015 in Appeal No 98/13-14/GZN/63 for the assessment year 2010-11 passed by the learned Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), Muzaffarnagar (for short hereinafter called as the learned CIT(A)), the assessee preferred this appeal....
Read MoreTelangana State Seed Certification Agency Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) (ITAT Hyderabad) - CBDT has also clarified that in view of this position, it shall not be mandatory, for the registration granted u/s 12AA of the Act to a charitable institution, to be cancelled merely on the ground that the cut off specified in the proviso to section 2(15) of the Act is exceeded in a particular year ...
Read MoreM/s Navodaya Education Trust Vs Sri. Sunki Rajender Reddy (Karnataka High Court) - M/s Navodaya Education Trust Vs Sri. Sunki Rajender Reddy (Karnataka High Court) The petitioner – Trust in question having the cloak of an Educational Trust, to enjoy the exemption from Income Tax obtained the approval under Section 10(23-C) of the Act, was thoroughly misused and abused by the...
Read MoreCommissioner of Income tax Vs Rajasthan and Gujarat Charitable Foundation Poona (Supreme Court of India) - Assessing Officer view in disallowing the depreciation which was claimed under Section 32 of the Act was that once the capital expenditure is treated as application of income for charitable purposes, the assessees had virtually enjoyed a 100 per cent write off of the cost of assets and, therefore, t...
Read MoreNo. BPT-1117/C.R. 59/Desk XV - (15/05/2019) - These rules may be called the Bombay Public Trusts (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019. 2. In rule 1 of the Bombay Public Trusts Rules, 1951, in sub-rule (1) i.e., in the short title and throughout the principal Rules, for the words and figures Bombay Public Trusts Rules, 1951 the words Maharashtra Publi...
Read MoreF. No. 240/8/2015— A & PAC —11 - (14/12/2018) - It has been recommended by the Hon'ble Public Accounts Committee that the process of the Registration Process of Charitable Trusts / Institutions should be brought under the purview of internal audit....
Read MoreNo. II/21022/58(119)/2015/FCRA (MU)/ - (04/10/2017) - It has been decided that all the existing FCRA registered associations and those who are seeking registration/prior permission or accepting foreign contribution are required to register with DARPAN Portal with all the necessary information such as Organization PAN, email, Mobile Number & Name of Chi...
Read MoreNotification No. S.O. 1184(E) - (17/04/2017) - Central Government hereby appoints 17th day of April, 2017 as date on which provisions of Indian Trusts (Amendment) Act, 2016 (34 of 2016 shall come into force....
Read MoreCircular No. 21/2016-Income TAx - (27/05/2016) - It is clarified that it shall not be mandatory to cancel the registration already granted u/s 12AA to a charitable institution merely on the ground that the cut-off specified in the proviso to section 2(15) of the Act is exceeded in a particular year without there being any change in the nature of a...
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No. BPT-1117/C.R. 59/Desk XV - (15/05/2019) -
New Amazing Shiksha Society Vs. ITO (Exemption (Ward) (ITAT Delhi) -
F. No. 240/8/2015— A & PAC —11 - (14/12/2018) -