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Step to Step process to get 80G Certificate

What is Sec 80G ?

Under this section, donor gets benefit of Tax Exemptions from his income, if he has donated to Organisation, having 80G Certificate.

Benefit to Donor

1. Its a charity and satisfy donor with sense of “giving”.
2. For Tax Exemption, 50% of the amount of donation will be exempt from Income Tax limiting to 10 % of Gross Income.

Benefit to Organisation

1. 80G approved NGOs get more donations.
2. Though it is not mandatory to have 80G certificate, many Funding Agency prefers 80G approved Organisations for funding.

Procedure :-

Application need to be filled in Form No 10G by Online mode only. Follow below steps to apply for 80G with the following documents.

Keep below documents/information ready

1. Copy of Registration Certificate.
2. Copy of Trust Deed / Society Deed/MOA.
3. Copy of PAN.
4. Copy of 12A Certificate or Acknowledgement of application of 12A.
5. Copy of last 3 years Audit Reports, if any.
6. Note on Activities for last 3 years, if any.

Notes :-

1. All the above copies must be self-attested by authorized person.
2. If certificate is in vernacular language, then get it translated in English and notarised it.

13 Steps for 80G Application

Step 1. Go to this website

https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/home
Click on “Login”.

Step 2. Fill Login Details

Enter UserID = Organisation PAN.
Enter Password.
Enter Captcha.
Click “Login” .

Step 3. Go to “e-File”

Click on “Income Tax Forms”.

Step 4. Select Form Name = “Form No 10G …”

Step 5. Select Submission Mode = “Prepare and                      Submit Online”

Step 6. Fill General Information of Form

Click on tab “Form 10A”
Fill General Information – Name, Address, Email, Mobile etc..

 Step 7. Fill Trustee/Board Members Details

Step 8. Fill Applicable Details

Fill these other details whichever is applicable to your Organisation.

Step 9. Fill Detail of Signing Authority

Name, Address, Phone, Email etc..

Step 10. Preview the Form

Download draft form in PDF and check correctness of details.

Step 11. Upload Documents

Upload scan copies of relevant documents.
Click on “Submit” button in the bottom.

Step 12. E-Verification of Form

There are three options to e-verify this form.
1. If you have already generated EVC (E-Verification Code).
2. If you do not have EVC, click this, it will email you OTPs.
3. If you select AADHAR Option, OTP will be sent to Auhtorized
person Mobile linked with AADHAR.

Step 13. Acknowledgement

After verification as above, a Transaction ID has been provided. Note down that.
Also acknowledgement has been sent to given email address.
Take a print of it and keep it in file for future reference.

Time

Generally, within 15-30 days, a query raised by Assessing Officer asking for more documents or explanation.
Sometime, even Assessing Officer asked for personal visit by trustee or authorized person for explanation, if reqired.
Mostly within 2 to 3 months, Certificate of 80G has been issued.

Consequences

If, NGO do not have 80G certificate, donor can not get exemption
from tax from their Income and thus fund raising activity
certainly affected without 80G certificate.
Points related

Points related to Donation Receipts

1. Donation Receipt must contain – Date, Pre-printed serial number, Name and address of NGO, Name of Donor, Amount in figure and word, Mode of payment, Purpose of Donation, 80G certificate number and sign and seal.

2. It is advisable to have hardbounded receipt book with preprinted
serial number for good internal control system.

3. Trust can have multiple receipt books. But need to justify, why
it is necessary to have multiple receipt books.

4. It is advisable to issue receipts for each and every donation.

5. Also, keep PAN of Donor as a proof that it is not anonymous donation if asked by Assessing Officer.

 

 

 

 

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How to get CSR Funding for your NGO ?- Internal Control System

Why a company having huge CSR funds and want to implement genuine projects, should give funds to your organization ?  This is the question you should ask to yourself and do not indulge into the malpractices as mentioned in this part 1 of this CSR series.

How to get CSR funding for your NGO?-PART 1

Most of the organizations are good at what they are doing in terms of implementing projects and grass root work, but they are not good in maintaining documentations and showing their good work to the world. Read this Part 2 blog, where I mentioned how you should showcase your good work.

How to get CSR Funding for your NGO ?- Program Quality – PART 2

Before we go ahead with Part 3 of this series regarding maintenance of Financial and Internal Control System, look at this latest news regarding spending Rs. 2,80,00,00,00,000 in last three years under CSR by the companies.

Accounting and Financial Control System

When you are approaching companies for CSR funding, it is almost prerequisite that NGO’s Accounting and Financial Control system is matched with the industry standards. You have to remember this:-

  • Regular Accounting (zero backlog)
  • Accurate Accounting
  • High Quality of Supporting (Single rupee spent hast to be  supported by Bills and Vouchers)
  • Strong Internal Control System
  • Watertight Cash Management System
  • Efficient Advance Management System

 

Statutory Compliance

No company will be ready to fund your organization if you have not followed all the Statutory Compliance. As a first step, list down the following compliance and check which  you followed in your organization. For remaining compliance, why you are not following it. Take expert opinion whether it is applicable to your NGO or not.

  • 12A – 80G
  • TDS
  • Income Tax Act
  • GST
  • FCRA
  • PF
  • ESIC
  • Professional Tax
  • Trust and Society Act

 

Governance

How your NGOs working is governing by the members ? Is your NGO is  one man army? Is it look like Proprietorship or Partnership Firm? Whose taking decision and how? These are some of the questions which may be asked at the time or per-scrutiny of project.

  • Authority Matrix
  • Decision Flow
  • Rotation in the Board Members
  • Election or Selection procedure of new board members
  • General Meeting and Executive Body Meetings
  • Maintenance of Minutes of such meetings
  • Intimation of Change in the Board Members

 

Policies

Following policy documents should be prepared and implemented in the NGO

  • Financial Policy
  • HR Policy
  • Accounting Manual
  • General Work Policy
  • Anti Corruption Policy
  • Gender Policy
  • Child Policy, if applicable

Hope the above information will be useful to you in getting CSR funds. We will discuss in next part of this series on how to approach companies for CSR funding.

Part -4 How to approach companies for CSR funds? – Coming Soon

Disclaimer : This blog is purely for the education purpose and author is NOT providing any services to get CSR funding.

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How to get 12A certificate for NGO

12A certificate for NGO

UPDATE – Procedure has been now online. Refer updated post http://www.kcjmngo.com/how-to-get-12a-certificate-for-ngo/

 

As we aware that after NGO registered, there are many statutory compliance to be fulfilled. One of them is to get exemption certificate from Income Tax. As per Income Tax Act in India, NGOs are exempted from tax under section 12A.

Why Sec 12A registration required?

NGO is registered for non-profit activities. However, there may be income of NGOs. If NGO does not have registration certificate under section 12A of Income Tax Act, It has to pay tax as per normal rates. So to get income tax exemption, it is necessary to have 12A certificate.

Procedure to apply for 12A Certificate

NGO has to apply to the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption Department) in Form No 10A. See below video for detail procedure.

Details to be fill in Form 10A

1. Name and Address of the Trust

2. Name, Address, Occupation of the founders / trustees

3. Date of Registration

Documents to be attached

1. Certified Copy of Registration Document

2. Certified Copy of PAN

3. Certified copy of Memorandum of Trust

Conclusion

It is a very simple process to file this form. After filling this form, Commissioner of Income Tax, if find that all the conditions laid down in Sec12AA are fulfilled, issue 12A certificate for exemption from Income Tax.

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Statutory Compliance for NGO after its registration

Statutory compliance for ngo in india

We have already discussed in this post about how to form NGO. After forming NGO in India, there are statutory compliance for NGO, which requires utmost care. Let us discuss all in detail, one by one.

PAN

After registration of NGO with State Charity Commissioner or Collector or Society Registrar, first thing is to apply for PAN of NGO. It is compulsory to apply for PAN after registration of NGO. You can apply PAN online through this website.

Registration u/s. 12A of Income Tax Act

Commonly known as 12A certificate, this registration is NOT mandatory. Purpose of getting this registration u/s. 12A is to get exemption from Income Tax on the Income of the trust, if all the conditions laid down in this section are fulfilled. You can check detail procedure here how to apply for 12A certificate.

Registration u/s. 80G of Income Tax Act

Again, this is NOT a mandatory one. However to give benefit of 50% or 100% exemption on donation to our donors, it is per-requisition to get the registration u/s. 80G of Income Tax Act. It is indirectly benefited to NGOs to raise funds. Go through this post for detail procedure to get 80G Certificate.

FCRA Registration

If there are possibilities to receive Foreign Funds for projects of NGO, a registration with FCRA department, Ministry of Home Affairs is compulsory. Without FCRA registration, NGO cannot receive any foreign donation or grants. Check more FAQs on FCRA here.

TAN

During the working of NGO at any point of time, if NGO become liable to deduct tax from source, it has to first apply for TAN. Like PAN , TAN application can be made online thought this website.

Service Tax Registration

Only when NGO is providing services like consultancy work or research activity etc… and if gross revenue from such activity cross the basic exemption limit of service tax, then NGO has to first apply for Service Tax Registration number. Again it is an online procedure and you can apply for registration here.

Professional Tax

Professional Tax is a liability of NGO to deduct from the salary of employee and deposited to Government. Professional Tax is State Government look out and thus different states of India having different rules for Professional Tax.

Retirement Benefit

Retirement benefits like Provident Fund, Gratuity, ESIC etc.. is applicable to NGO when it grow up and having employees more than prescribed limit in this acts.

Summary

Depending upon the work and size of NGO, you can either apply for all the above statutory compliance immediately after registration of NGO or you can apply as and when requirement arises.

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