Tax Exemptions: Capitation Fees in Educational Institutions: A Legal Quagmire

Capitation fee allegations challenge admissibility and attribution of seized evidence in charitable trust tax exemption inquiries.

Alleged collection of capitation fees by a registered charitable trust threatens its exemption under Section 11; most evidence was seized from employees' residences, invoking the presumption under Section 132(4A) and raising attribution issues. Employee admissions later retracted, similar statement drafting, declarations under the Income Declaration Scheme 2016, and trustees' acknowledgments create contradictory evidentiary threads that complicate admissibility, credibility, and whether the seized funds can be treated as trust income.