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DIRECT TAX CODE FOR DIRECT TAX CODE FOR R C CO OR R C CO OR NPOSNPOS

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WHAT IS DIRECT TAX CODE WHAT IS DIRECT TAX CODE WHAT IS DIRECT TAX CODE WHAT IS DIRECT TAX CODE

The New Direct Tax Code (DTC)The New Direct Tax Code (DTC) is said to replace the existing Income Tax Act of 1961 in India. It was expected to be passed in the monsoon session of 2010 and is expected to be enforced from 2012. During the budget 2010 presentation the financeDuring the budget 2010 presentation, the finance minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee reiterated his commitment to bringing into fore the new direct g gtax code (DTC) into force from 1st of April, 2011, but same could not be fulfilled and now it will be applicable from 1st April 2012applicable from 1st April, 2012.

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WHAT IS A NONWHAT IS A NON--PROFIT?PROFIT?

Tax & regulatory definition: an organizationthat‐ Enjoys special tax status‐ Faces a non‐distributionFaces a non distribution constraint (profit=0)

Functional definition: an organization that forms toforms to‐ Perform “public tasks”

environmental protection, social service provision‐ Perform tasks for which there is demand but no supply from for‐profits or governments

religious activity, art museumreligious activity, art museum‐ Influence the direction of public policy

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CONTCONT..

Not conducted or maintained f h f ki fifor the purpose of making a profit. 

Not commercially motivatedNot commercially motivated 

A nonprofit organization is one that has committed legally not to distribute any net earnings (profits) to individuals with control over it such as members, officers, directors, ortrustees. It may pay them for services rendered and goods y p y gprovided.

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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSNONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSO RO OR O SO RO OR O S

Government

Private Museums

Theaters

Schools

Ch hNonprofit Organizations Churches

Other Non‐government

Organizations

g

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TAX EXEMPTION LIMIT FORTAX EXEMPTION LIMIT FORNONNON--PROFIT ENTITIES PROPOSEDPROFIT ENTITIES PROPOSEDNONNON--PROFIT ENTITIES PROPOSEDPROFIT ENTITIES PROPOSED

The government  proposed to establish a tax ti th h ld li it b d hi h th i fexemption threshold limit beyond which the income of 

non‐profit organisations (NPOs) will be brought under the tax net." b l ll b d d d h"A basic exemption limit will be provided and the surplus in excess of such limit will be subject to tax," said the revised Direct Taxes Code (DTC), on which the 

h i i d bligovernment has invited public comments .

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CONT.The revised proposals, however, clarified that public religious charitable institutions would continue to be tax exempt provided they satisfy conditions prescribed underexempt, provided they satisfy conditions prescribed under the code.Under the code, it also proposed that 15 per cent of surplus or 10 per cent of gross receipts, whichever issurplus or 10 per cent of gross receipts, whichever is higher, would be allowed to be carried forward to be used within three years from the end of the financial year.It has also proposed to retain the definition of activities t as a so p oposed to eta t e de t o o act t espursued by the NPOs as 'charitable Activities', rather than 'permitted welfare activity' to "maintain continuity and minimize litigation".The DTC also retained the cash system of accounting, since it is easy to follow and administer and proposed that the central government would have the power to notify any NPO f bli i t t titNPO of public importance as an exempt entity.

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""Charitable Purpose" replaced by “Charitable Charitable Purpose" replaced by “Charitable Activities":Activities":

Th C d h l d h h " h i bl " b h hThe Code has replaced the phrase "charitable purpose" by the phrase“Charitable Activities", which have been defined under section 103(b) of the DTC 2010 to mean any activity involvingrelief of the poor, advancement of education, provision of medical relief, p ,preservation of environment, preservation of monuments or places or objects of artistic or historic interest andinterest andthe advancement of any other object of general public utility.

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CONT.CONT.

However, as per section 103(b) of the new Code i.e. DTC2010“advancement of any other object of general bli tilit ” ill t i l d ti it i thpublic utility” will not include any activity in the 

nature of trade, commerce or business, or any activity of rendering any service in relation to any trade, g y y ,commerce or business, for a fee or for any other consideration, irrespective of the nature of use, 

li ti t ti f th i f happlication or retention of the income from such activity.   

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CRITERIA FOR TREATING CRITERIA FOR TREATING CRITERIA FOR TREATING CRITERIA FOR TREATING AN ORGANIZATION ASAN ORGANIZATION ASNPO:NPO:NPO:NPO:An organization shall be 

d f ftreated as a non‐profit organization if :it is established for the benefit of the general public; 

bli h d f h b fi f i lit is not established for the benefit of any particular caste; it is not established for the benefit of any of its it is not established for the benefit of any of its members;

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CONT.

it actually carries on the Charitable activities during the financial ear and the beneficiaries of the acti ities are thefinancial year and the beneficiaries of the activities are the general public;      it does not intend to apply its surplus or other income or pp y puse its funds or assets or incur expenditure, directly or indirectly, or for the benefit of any interested person;th f d    th   t f th fit i tithe funds or the assets of the non‐profit organization are not invested or held in any associate concern or in any prescribed form or modeit maintains such books of account and in such manner, as may be prescribed;i i i d i h h I T D d h C dit is registered with the I.T. Department under the Code.

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To continue to maintain the status of NPOs, theorganisations must actually carry out CharitableActivities during the financial year. It is furtherprovided that if, in any year such organisationl th t t f NPO th th l f it N tlooses the status of NPO, then the value of its NetWorth will be treated as income and will be taxed@ 30 per cent@ 30 per cent.

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TAX LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION TAX LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION OF INCOMEOF INCOMEOF INCOMEOF INCOME::

As per the Code, the tax liability of a NPO shall be 15%. The tax liability shall be computed under section 92 of theThe tax liability shall be computed under section 92 of the Code on the aggregate of the following:‐the amount of surplus generated from the Charitable 

dActivities; and Refer Sec93 and 94 of DTC2010The “amount of surplus generated from the CharitableThe  amount of surplus generated from the Charitable Activity” shall be the "gross receipts" as reduced by the "outgoings". The terms "gross receipts" and the "outgoings" are explained hereinafteroutgoings  are explained hereinafter.It may be noted from the above that under the Code the total income of NPO is taxable at a flat rate of 15% % after allowing basic exemption limit of Rs 1lacallowing basic exemption limit of Rs.1lac.

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Sec93 (1) : The gross receipts from any charitable Sec93 (1) : The gross receipts from any charitable activity shall be the aggregate of the following:activity shall be the aggregate of the following:

the amount of voluntary contributions receivedthe amount of voluntary contributions receivedthe amount of voluntary contributions receivedthe amount of voluntary contributions received

any rent received in respect of a property held by the non‐profit organization consisting y p g gof any buildings or lands appurtenant thereto;the amount of income derived from any business carried on by the non‐profit 

f h b d lorganization, if the business is incidental to any charitable activity so carried on;

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income from transfer of any capital assetincome from transfer of any capital asset computed in accordance with the provisions of sections 46 to 54 (both inclusive) where the asset is not used for the purposes  of  any  charitable  activity  or  any  business  i id t l t h h it bl ti itincidental  to  such  charitable activity;full value of consideration on transfer of any capital asset other than the asset referred tocapital asset other than the asset referred to in clause (d)the amount of income received fromthe amount of  income received from  investment of its funds or assets

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th t f i i li tithe amount of any incoming, realization, proceeds, or subscription received from any source; andsource; and

any amount which was received in the lastany amount, which was received in the last month of the immediately preceding financial year and was deposited in a specified deposit y p p paccount as referred to in clause (e) of section 94.

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The gross receipts referred to in subThe gross receipts referred to in sub‐‐section section ((11) h ll i l d) h ll i l d((11) shall not include) shall not include

any loan taken  during the financial year; and

voluntary contributions   received with a specific di ti th t th h ll f t f thdirection that they shall form part of the corpus of the non‐profit organization.

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Sec94 : The amount of outgoings during the financial Sec94 : The amount of outgoings during the financial year for the purpose of computation of the total income year for the purpose of computation of the total income y p p py p p pshall be the aggregate ofshall be the aggregate ofthe amount paid for any expenditure, not being 

it l dit i d h ll dcapital expenditure, incurred wholly and exclusively for earning or obtaining any receipts referred to in section 93the amount paid for any expenditure, incurred for the purposes of carrying out any charitable activity;the amount paid for any capital expenditure for th f b i if th b i ithe  purposes of any business, if the business is incidental to any charitable activity carried on by   the non ‐profit organization;p g ;

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any amount applied outside India, if:

(a) The amount is applied for an activity which tends to promote international welfare intends to promote international welfare in which India is interested; and

(a) The non‐profit organization is notified by the Central Government in this behalf;

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any amount which is received during the last month f h fi i l d h b d i dof the financial year and has been deposited on or before the last day of the financial year in a specified deposit account under such deposit account scheme p pas may be prescribed; andany amount accumulated or set apart for carrying on any charitable activityany charitable activity(a) to the extent of fifteen per cent. of the total income (before giving effect to the provisions of ( g g pthis clause) or ten per cent. of  the gross receipts, whichever is higher; and(b) i t d d it d i th d ifi d i(b) invested or deposited in the modes specified in section 95, for a period not exceeding three years from the end of the financial year.

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The modes of investing or depositing the money referred The modes of investing or depositing the money referred 

::to in clause (to in clause (ff) of section 94 shall be the following, namely) of section 94 shall be the following, namely::deposit in any account with the Post Office Savings Bankdeposit in any account with the Post Office Savings Bank

deposit in any account with a scheduled bankdeposit in any account with a scheduled bank

investment in any security issued by the Central Government or a State GovernmentGovernment or a State Governmentinvestment  in  debentures  issued  by  any  company  or  corporation, guaranteed by the Central Government or by a State Governmentinvestment or deposit in any public sector company

blinvestment in immovable property; orany other mode of investment or deposit as may be prescribed.prescribed.

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Key Highlights of the of the Key Highlights of the of the ddProposed DCT on NPOProposed DCT on NPO

Re‐ Registration not RequiredNPOs have to follow Cash Basis of accounting. However section 25 companies can follow mercantile basis of accountingbasis of accountingThe government can notify some NPO as exempt entity10% of gross receipts or 15% of income, whichever is higher, will not be taxed provided it is spent in next 3 years In other words 85% of income or 90% ofyears. In other words, 85% of income or 90% of gross receipts will be taxed if not spent during the year

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Key Highlights of the of the Proposed 

If any income is received in the last month of the financial

DCT on NPOIf any income is received in the last month of the financial year, then it will not be treated as surplus and will not be taxed.A l ill b d @ 15%Any surplus will be  taxed @ 15%.Anonymous donation will be exempted to the extent of 5% or 1 lakh rupees whichever is higher. The remain amount p gwill be taxed @ 30%.All receipts except loans or corpus donation are part of incomeincome The funds or assets shall not be used for the benefit of interested persons, whether directly or indirectly

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Key Highlights of the of the Proposed DCT on NPO

NPOs cannot transfer any amount to their corpus without 

on NPO

paying taxes. Currently 15% of income can be accumulated indefinitely

The proposed DTC does not allow depreciation as expenditure towards charitable Activities.p

The proposed Code has restricted the coverage of d l b d h ll d l hincidental business activity and has allowed only those 

business activities which are carried on while actually undertaking the welfare activitiesg

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It i id d th t if th NPOIt i id d th t if th NPOIt is provided that if the NPO:It is provided that if the NPO:

Converts into any form of organization which does not qualify as a non‐ profit organization;

Merges with any form of organization which does not qualify as a non‐ profit organization;

Fails to transfer upon   dissolution all its assets to any h f h d fother non‐profit organization, within  a period of 

three months from the end of the month in which the dissolution takes place.p

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THEN

It shall be liable to be taxed at the rate of 30% of its net worth.

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