Category Archives: FCRA, TAX, LEGAL

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

Step for Accumulation of Income

Dear Friends, Can you please with a small information. We have received a donation from a well wisher which was transferred to our FC account on March 10, 2016. We are finding it difficult to spend 85% of the find … Continue reading

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Quarterly disclosure for organizations not having their own websites

As mentioned in an earlier post http://blog.srr-foundation.org/?p=2801 , all FCRA registered / prior-permission entities have to disclose FCRA funds received on their official websites. However in case of organisations which do not maintain any official website, FCRA Dep. has now … Continue reading

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Indian Companies with foreign shareholding now exempted from FCRA

Current Budget proposals have made changes in FCRA Act. As per the existing definition of a foreign source, an Indian registered company which has more than 50% shareholding held by foreign sources is to be regarded as ‘foreign source’. However … Continue reading

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Sale of FCRA assets

Dear dialogue-members, We have a four wheeler vehicle purchased in a project under FCRA 5 years back. Now the vehicle condition is not good, hence we want to sale it. Further we want to purchase a new vehicle putting the … Continue reading

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FCRA Online Renewal Process announced : Last date 15-3-2016

FCRA Dept has finally announced the Renewal Process for FCRA registration. Renewal process as expected would be undertaken online. Thus all persons who have already applied or even those who have not applied would need to apply online through FC3. … Continue reading

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FCRA for Foundations

Dear Dialogue Group members, The companies Act 2013 makes it mandatory to spend 2% of PBT for certain category of companies on CSR. Most of the companies are establishing Foundations under registration of Trust. Some of the companies incorporated under … Continue reading

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Filing of FCRA ‘Nil’ Return

Dear Dialogue Members, We have grant FCRA registration on 10.03.2015 and during the FY 2014-15 not received any foreign contribution, in this regards our quotation is “NIL” return (FC4) file for FY 2014-15, it is mandatory or not. if it … Continue reading

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FCRA Fund for ‘for Profit’ Company – Implications

Dear Members, I received a foreign fund. I have to educate people for disaster management and also have to develop an equipment which could monitor the disastrous activity while disaster happens. developing the equipment is almost 80% of the total … Continue reading

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Crowd Funding and FCRA

Dear Friends, Please throw light on: Gone are the days when donors used to crowd at the doors of some good NGOs for funding good works. Gone are great men like Gandhiji whose call for funds in crowded public meetings … Continue reading

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S.12AA Registration and certain other issues relating to Trusts

In a decision by ITAT-Delhi, following important aspects of a charitable institution were decided upon. Whether for registration under S.12AA/12A, execution of a formal deed of trust is necessary, without which registration could not be granted ? Whether tax authorities, … Continue reading

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