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Service Tax on Contracted Services

Posted on April 24, 2013 by SRRF

Dear All, Could anyone elaborate on “Service Tax” applicable to a person working as contracted service (contractor) under an international organization on referred terms (a) operating in India and (b) not operating in India.      Regards, Dr. Subrata Dutta, PhD … Continue reading →

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Opening of FCRA Bank Account

Posted on April 16, 2013 by SRRF

Dear SRRF Members, Whether any written permission is required from Ministry of Home Affairs to open a bank Account  for expenses of FC Grant? Loooking forward your response, Thanks in advance. Thiyagarajan Devarajan

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Applicability of Service Tax on Grants

Posted on April 13, 2013 by SRRF

Dear SRRF Dialogue Members, Greetings from SRRF!!!! We have received following query form Mr. Sunil Kumar Suryavanshi on “Applicability of Service Tax on Grants”. Kindly give your responses. Dear Members Kindly provide suggestion on Service Tax applicable on NGOs on … Continue reading →

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FCRA funds transferred to wrong account

Posted on April 9, 2013 by SRRF

Sir, Money transfer from our foreign donor by mistake has been sent to another organization’s FC account as the wire transfer carried the other organization’s details instead of ours. How do we go about correcting this? Is it enough if … Continue reading →

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Applicability of FCRA on Rotary Club?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by SRRF

My Quarry is that We are a small part of a big group called Rotary Dist. 3010. Do we need to register ourselves on behalf of the individual capacity of our club. In every individual Rotary Club The President is … Continue reading →

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FCRA Registration of a Trust

Posted on April 4, 2013 by SRRF

Hi What are the criteria for a trust to apply / get FCRA…please guide us….. ???? Your’s Sincerely Ravi Bhushan OMABM Foundation

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Should NGOs join hands with Private Banks in their CSR efforts?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by SRRF

In our Country, major Banks in Private sector like ICICI, AXIS and HDFC have been in News for wrong reasons. MNBanks like HSBC have also been in the news for wrong reasons. Is it true that the Regulators cast a … Continue reading →

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Transfer of Assets u/s 35AC

Posted on March 30, 2013 by SRRF

Dear Sir, We are having exemption u/s 35 AC for specific one project. We want to know after completion of the project can we transfer asset from project to the organization? Regards, Sushma Bhonsale Head – Accounts Deepak Foundation Within … Continue reading →

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Workshop & FCRA

Posted on March 30, 2013 by SRRF

My Query is: If a NGO organize a workshop with the help of foreign organisation and the funds that comes through them in NGO’s bank (which has no FCRA) Will it be considered as a donation? The foreign organisation has … Continue reading →

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Challenges of implementing of RTE

Posted on March 26, 2013 by SRRF

Right to Education is creating its own problems. As the Govt’s sustained campaign to enhance attendance in schools is bringing over 90% of children to schools, predictably it is also creating infrastructural problems. At primary level currently there are 5.23 … Continue reading →

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