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S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-No exempt income-No disallowance can be made.[R. 8D]

DCIT v. Cornerstone Property Investment (P.) Ltd. (2020) 185 ITD 202 (Bang.)(Trib.)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Own funds exceed amount of investment-Interest expense incurred cannot be disallowed. [R. 8D]

K. B. Mehta Construction (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 185 ITD 81 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Disallowance cannot be more than exempt income. [S. 10(34), R. 8D]

Kundan Rice Mills Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 83 ITR 466 / 185 ITD 765 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 12AA : Procedure for registration-Trust or institution-Voluntary contributions received by assessee-society for a specific purpose cannot be regarded as income. [S. 2 (24)(iia)]

ITO(E) v. Hosanna Ministries (2020) 185 ITD 144 (Vishakha)(Trib.)

S. 12AA : Procedure for registration-Trust or institution-Salary, vehicle rent to specified persons-Matter remanded for reconsideration. [S.13 (1)(c), 13(3)]

Yash Shikshan Sansthan Evam Gramin Vikas Samiti v. CIT (2020) 185 ITD 340 (Indore)(Trib.)

S. 12AA : Procedure for registration-Trust or institution-Failure to deduct tax at source-Salary of staff partly in cash partly by cheque-Denial of registration is held to be not valid. [S.12A]

Nav Bharat Shiksha Samiti v. CIT (2020) 185 ITD 591 / 187 DTR 1 / 204 TTJ 1 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Society constituted by Ministry of Textiles, Government of India to promote handloom sector-Exhibitions in different parts of country for display and sale of handloom fabrics/cloth manufactured by handloom weavers and handloom society-Motive was to provide a platform for handloom weavers-Not carrying on any business, trade or commerce-Eligible for benefit. [S. 2(15)]

ITO v. Association of Corporation & Apex Societies of Handlooms. (2020) 185 ITD 63 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Non-profit entity-Contract of construction of a museum by RBI-Commercial activities-Not eligible for exemption. [S. 2(15)]

Creative Museum Designers v. ITO (2020) 185 ITD 137 / (2021) 198 DTR 87 / 209 TTJ 943 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-National issues-Real estate sector-conventions, exhibitions etc-Charitable purpose-Eligible for exemption. [S. 2(15)]

Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India. v. ACIT (2020) 185 ITD 90 / (2021) 209 TTJ 160 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Accumulation of income-15 per cent accumulation for application in future has to be calculated on gross receipt and not on net receipt after deduction of revenue expenditure-suo motu observation of the CIT (A) that assessee trust’s activities were not covered under section 2(15) was per se bad-Application of income-Donation to charitable organisation-Held to be application of income. [S. 2(15), 12A]

Kanehialall Lohia Trust v. ITO (2020) 185 ITD 498 (Kol.)(Trib.)