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Cancellation of FCRA registration – New List

FCRA department has recently issued the new list of organizations whose registraion have been cancelled due to non filling of FCRA return for FY 2017-18

Cancellation of Registration

On 28.11.2019, FCRA department has issued a notice dated 19th October stating list of the organizations who have not filled FCRA return in Form – FC4 for FY 2017-18. There are 1808 organization all over India. Click here to view the full list.

It is now clear that, department do not accept paper return and thus it is mandatory since many years to file FCRA return in online mode.

Check out our video on how to file FC-4 return online.

Opportunities for being heard have been given

As mentioned in the notice, department had already given the oppertunity of filling onine FC return to the organizations who have not filled despite of due date was over. Thereafter, a SMS or emails were sent to remaining organizations as final oppertunity and after thatn those who had not comply, the registratinons were cancelled.

Now the way out

Once registraton stands cancel, organization can not apply for the fresh application of FCRA for 3 years. However, in the notice, it was mentioned that FC-4 return can be filled with the penaly after due date. Thus, in my opinion, organisations whose registraions are cancelled should request the department allow them to file FC return along with penalty and therby request to restore their registraion.

For other organisatoins

Now, the violation / negligence of compliance has been taken very seriously by FCRA department. Thus word of advie is to file FCRA return online well within deadline. So, for FY 2018-19, last date for filling FCRA return online is 31.12.2019.

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Location wise expenditures in FCRA return

As we are aware that a new format of FCRA return has been out in Form FC4.

Check out this tutorial video on how to file FCRA return.

The major change in this return is that it asked for the information Project-wise Expenditures. See below image.

Also, when you add activity or project, it asked to provide the address/location of the activity or project. Check it out.

Let us discuss some of the practical points related to this.

One Project – One Location

Easy-peasy. Nothing to worry. Full project expenditures go here, with opening balance, the grant received, utilization and the closing balance of that project or activity.

One project – Two locations

Bu the problem is here. When a project is implemented in more than one location. So, it is advisable to bifurcate the expenditures as per the location – drill down to district level will be okay.

However, generally, it is very difficult to fetch data from the Tally. If your chart of accounts are not capable of bifurcating locations, one has to check each and every vouchers and have to bifurcate. The easiest method is to create the location as cost categories in Tally so that one can get this data at one click.

How to configure this cost-category? – Check out this blog of mine

Head Office Location

Do not mention all the activity location as a head office, if your field area is different. Head office is for administrative work. Here the logic behind this to get activities in various geographic locations.

Administrative Expenses and Purchase of Fixed Assets

Apart from program expenses, there are administrative expenses and purchase of fixed assets also from the Foreign Funds received. However, there is no clarity to put these expenses in this portion of the FC-4 Form. In my opinion, however, it is better to show administrative expenses and fixed assets related to the projects under here. So, you can get correct balance as at the end of the year for that activity or project.

Conclusion

The bottom line is that give accurate and correct information. Also, to provide detailed information is always better than providing less information. Best of luck for FCRA return filling.

Remember

The last date for filling FCRA return in Form FC-4 for FY 2018-19 is 31.12.2019.

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