2015 (10) TMI 2715

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....e appeared on behalf of the assessee - appellant on the date of hearing. Therefore, the Bench decided to proceed in the matter ex-parte based on the materials available on record. 2.2 We have heard the ld. DR and perused the materials available on record. Brief facts of the case are that the trust was created on 12-05-1981 through the Gazette Notification and it filed an application in form No. 12A on 31-05-2013 seeking registration u/s 12A(a) of the I.T. Act. The ld. CIT on perusal of the documents filed by the trust alongwith its application observed that the trust filed a copy of the Notification alongwith its application for registration instead of the original trust deed as is required under Rule 17-A(a) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.....

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.... be for charitable purposes. In this regard, reference can be drawn to to CBDT Circular No. 11 of 2008 dated 19-12-2008, the relevant provisions of which are reproduced hereunder:- ''3. The newly inserted proviso to Section 2(15) will apply only to entities whose purpose is ''advancement of any other object of general public utility'', i.e. the fourth limb of the definition of ''charitable purpose'' contained in Section 2(15). Hence, such entities will not be eligible for exemption u/s 11 or u/s 10(23C) of the Act if they carry on commercial activities. Whether such an entity is carrying on an activity in the nature of trade, commerce, or business is a question of fact which will be based on the nature, scope and frequency of the activit....