S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Object of general public utility-Business-Income from organising meetings, conferences and seminars, membership fee from members, interest on deposits and rentals from properties-Disseminate knowledge on specialised issues to members and non-members-Not business purposes-Subscription fee from existing members on annual basis as well as admission fee from new members is not income by virtue of principle of mutuality-Advancement of main object is not hit by proviso to Section 2(15) even post-amendments-Invested in terms of section-Entitled to exemption in respect of entire receipts-Depreciation-Directed to allow depreciation as application of income-Capital Gains-Sale of old motor car and purchase of new car-No opening written down value for year-Even if entire cost claimed as application of income, assessee is entitled to claim deduction of written down value from sale consideration for calculating capital gain-Accumulation of income-Accumulation is to be computed on gross receipts and not net receipts [S. 2(13), 2(15), 10(23C),(11(1)(a), 11(2), 11(5)(iii),12A, 13(8), 32,251(2)]
Indian Chamber of Commerce v. Dy. CIT (E) (2024) 110 ITR 30 /230 TTJ 364 /238 DTR 313 (Kol)(Trib)