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Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

Extension of date for opening of Bank Account at SBI NDMB main branch to 30 June 2021

Further to our earlier post relating to extension of Renewal Date, it may be noted that Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the due date for opening of FCRA Account in State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch (NDMB) … Continue reading

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Extension of the validity of FCRA registration to 30 September 2021

We are happy to inform you all that Ministry of Home Affairs extended the validity of registration certificates whose registration expiring / expired during the period between 29th September 2020 and 30th September 2021 (Notice: F. No. II/21022/36(58)/2021-FCRA-II). The new … Continue reading

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Renewal of 12AA and 80G

Greetings ! Our NGO, a section 8 co, has 12AA certificate. Didn’t have 80G as we never applied for. Hence no question of rejection. Now we are applying for revalidation of 12AA, I couple of queries: 1) Shall we apply … Continue reading

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What if original 12A certificate lost?

Unavailability of Original 12A certificate: Amended Rules requires uploading of certified copy of 12A registration certificate. However, there are multiple institutions which were granted registration almost 45 years back and either the certificate has got badly mutilated or lost. But, … Continue reading

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Consequences for non FCRA Registration

We have applied for a grant from Australian Government for the building and trial of a new solution in the Healthcare sector. We have been told that if we do not have FCRA clearance (which we do not have presently), … Continue reading

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Things to be remember during filing of Form CSR-1

Thank you all for actively participating in the webinar on latest Income Tax [S.10(23), S.12A, S.80G renewal] and Form CSR 1. Sorry for certain technical glitches and loss of internet during the presentation. Hope it did not affect your learning … Continue reading

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Implementation of Accounting Software with audit trail postponed ‎

Ministry of Corporate Affairs which had earlier mandated that effective 1-4-2021 all companies (including S.8 companies) must use an accounting software, where any changes in an accounting entry made must be identified and auditor must be able to track the … Continue reading

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KEY CHANGES IN TAX RULES & NEW FORMS

As many of you are aware that Income Tax Dept in March 2020 Budget had made it mandatory for all NGOs to renew their 12A, 80G and other certificates, however due to Covid many of these changes were not implemented. … Continue reading

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Clarification – Opening of FCRA A/c in SBI Delhi

Hi, ‎ We have received query from SBI Delhi which is given as follows:‎ Annexure II need to be filled by all the signatories and ‎designated members (post holder)in personal capacity. (only ‎sign of the customer is required without the … Continue reading

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Can a foreign loan be received by an NGO without FCRA?‎

Dear Sir/Madam A charitable organisation running educational institution is not yet registered under 12A of ‎income tax act and under FCRA. It is registered under Society act in 2020 and started ‎constructing building and for this one of the member … Continue reading

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