Category Archives: FCRA, TAX, LEGAL

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

Can an organization receive FCRA Grant before prior permission.

Posted on March 28, 2019 by SRRF

Dear All, I would like to know about the FCRA Grant receiving before permission, A organization applied for FCRA permission on July 2018 and received approved on March 2019, Can organization allowed to received FCRA Grant for the period of … Continue reading →

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Registration to Darpan portal is now Optional

Posted on January 21, 2019 by SRRF

Vide a public notice of 04th October 2017, FCRA department had made Darpan ID mandatory for all NGOs seeking any FCRA related services. Till now anyone to undertake any activity  on online portal of FCRA, including filing of Annual Return … Continue reading →

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Amendments in Trust Deed

Posted on January 21, 2019 by SRRF

Dear Members, We are an NGO registered in Trichy, Tamilnadu. The founder trustee resigned and as a result I (Dr.Uma) ‎became the managing trustee henceforth. The Supplementary Deed was registered in Trichy district Sub-Registrar ‎office. Pl. clarify the following. Should … Continue reading →

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Can one FCRA Holder/NGO be able to send money to another NGO with FCRA Registration?

Posted on January 15, 2019 by SRRF

Dear Respected Friends, Greetings and New Year Wishes to you and to all SRRF team from Isaac Arulappan, Founder – Director of NGO namely Deva Kirubai Social Help Association managing an orphanage namely CORNERSTONE in a Village Mullippadi, Manapparai in … Continue reading →

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Is legislative framework against sustainability in NPOs

Posted on January 10, 2019 by SRRF

Dear Members, ‎ I am working on registering a not-for-profit which will involve itself into research activities in ‎technology. The outcomes will be mostly public goods, in terms of papers, open source code, etc. ‎At the same time, it may … Continue reading →

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Last Date for Filing FCRA Return for FY 2017-18 extended to 31-March-2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by SRRF

FCRA Dept made DARPAN ID mandatory for filing FCRA Annual Return (FC-4) for all organization, although several NGOs could not generate Unique ID from the Darpan website. FCRA Dept has now stated that on representation made by various NGOs facing … Continue reading →

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FCRA Registration suspended of 156 NGOs whose have not migrated to PFMS

Posted on December 28, 2018 by SRRF

In Dec’17 FCRA Department had ordered NGOs to open their FCRA bank account with the banks integrated with Govt PFMS system within one month of its notice dated 21/12/2017. Most NGOs opened or shifted their bank account to PFMS compliant … Continue reading →

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Is GST applicable on GRANT received by a Society

Posted on November 30, 2018 by SRRF

Dear Sir, We are a Society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860. Majorly, our receipts are GRANTs, both FCRA and non-FCRA. We are registered under GST. Want to know, whether GST applicable on a GRANT (both FCRA and non-FCRA grants)? … Continue reading →

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Can an NGO continue to receive money under FCRA Renewal

Posted on November 22, 2018 by SRRF

Good afternoon I wanted to know if an NGO whose FCRA is under renewal, can they continue to receive FC money. Thanks Sharad

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Show Cause Notice issued to 1775 NGOs for non-submission of mandatory ‎Annual Return

Posted on November 21, 2018 by SRRF

In May 2017 and again in April 2018, FCRA Department issued a public notice ‎asking NGOs to submit missing annual returns online from 2010-11 to 2014-‎‎15 without payment of any penalty. However, many NGOs still have not ‎complied with the … Continue reading →

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