Exemption u/s 11 - scope and amplitude of the definition ...

Amendment to Section 2(15) restricts charitable GPU activities; commercial activities allowed within limits. Clarified by Section 10(23C).

October 27, 2022

Case Laws Income Tax SC

Exemption u/s 11 - scope and amplitude of the definition “charitable purpose” - the change intended by Parliament through the amendment of Section 2(15) was sought to be emphasised and clarified by the amendment of Section 10(23C) and the insertion of Section 13(8). This was Parliaments’ emphatic way of saying that generally no commercial or business or trading activity ought to be engaged by GPU charities but that in the course of their functioning of carrying out activities of general public utility, they can in a limited manner do so, provided the receipts are within the limit spelt out in Clause (ii) of the proviso to Section 2(15). - SC

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Exemption u/s 11 - scope and amplitude of the definition ...

Amendment to Section 2(15) restricts charitable GPU activities; commercial activities allowed within limits. Clarified by Section 10(23C).

October 27, 2022

Case Laws Income Tax SC

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