Held that the assessee had provided details of 2300 donors along with names and addresses of donors before Assessing Officer Furthermore, confirmation letters from donors were also provided to Assessing Officer and donations were made either by cheque or DD or through other banking channels. Mere absence of PAN in confirmation letters of donors would not give rise to suspicion that donations received by assessee were anonymous donations and maintenance of name and address details of contributors would be a sufficient document as prescribed under section 115BBC. Since the assessee established identity of donors as provided under section 115BBC, donations received could not be categorized as anonymous donations and could not be subjected to tax as per provisions of section 115BBC of the Act. (AY. 2016-17)
ACIT v. Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical education (2022) 216 DTR 203 / 218 TTJ 899/ 141 taxmann.com 287 (Vishakha)(Trib).
S. 115BBC : Anonymous donations-Details of donors with names address and confirmation letters provided-Mere absence of PAN the donations cannot be assessed as anonymous donations.[S. 13]