Category Archives: FCRA, TAX, LEGAL

Dear Members, Under which section of the IT Act, Indian Trust Act and FCRA 2010, a registered Public charitable Trust is prohibited to influence/fund the political activity ? Looking forward to receiving your opinion. Regards, Shekar

Hi, We are a very small org working using sports to combat gutkha addiction among slum youth. A lot of school and college mates settled out of India would like to donate sums like U.S. $ 100 or U.K. L … Continue reading →

Dear Sir/Madam Kindly let us know if FC-6 pertaining to FY 2011-12 is to be submitted manually & online both or only manual filing is sufficient. Regards Anutam

To the anguish of all those NGOs whose FCRA registrations have been cancelled. We bring to you some hope. Madras High Court has quashed FCRA cancellation orders of two NGOs, Rural Uplift Centre and Good Vision, both based in Kanyakumari, … Continue reading →

Hi, We (GVNML organization having state registration that is 1958, society and 12 AA ) also and we had did IEC activities (community participation in drinking water supply to 265 villages) we need to pay service tax. We are getting … Continue reading →

Dear members, We have also a query on TDS on  International transaction/payment . Our organisation has  FCRA & 12A Certificate.  If any funder (abroad) has deducted any TDS from our payment . What is the remedy  to claim that TDS … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Given the resource crunch, NGOs/CSOs have to think of earning for serving. So as not to get entangled in Tax web, some of them are planning to go for separate body under (not- for-profit) Companies Act-25. They can’t … Continue reading →

I have a query on service tax payment & registration:- Our organization has got 12 AA registration. For the car hiring charges/security charges do we need to register ourself for the service tax and do we need to pay the … Continue reading →

We share with you contents of a recent circular by RBI (link) , making reporting by Liaison Offices / Project Offices / Branch offices far more stringent. As per the new requirements alongwith Activity Report an annexe needs to be … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Greetings from Hyderabad! I have the following question: There is a registered Trust/Society with a Chief Functionary in place The same Trust/Society goes ahead with the registration as a Section 25 company. My question to all of you … Continue reading →