12A & 80G Registration

Overview

These two registrations decide whether a non-profit can function financially. Section 12A allows a qualifying organisation's income to be exempt from tax subject to the conditions in the Income-tax Act. Section 80G lets a donor claim a deduction on an eligible donation.

80G is what makes fundraising possible in practice. It is the difference between asking someone to give and offering them a reason their accountant will approve of. 12A is what stops the organisation being taxed on the money it raises to spend on its objects. CSR committees and grant programmes routinely treat both as a precondition even to apply.

Registration puts the accounts, the governing document and the activity record on the footing the department expects, and it comes with ongoing conditions — filings, audit, and limits on how funds are applied. We prepare the applications with the supporting record built properly, and explain what has to stay true afterwards for the registration to hold.

Why choose this

Benefits of 12A & 80G Registration

• Income exemption under 12A

  Registration allows a qualifying non-profit's income to be exempt, subject to the conditions in the Act.

• A reason for donors to give

  Under 80G a donor can claim a deduction on eligible donations, which makes fundraising materially easier.

• Expected by grant bodies

  CSR committees and grant programmes commonly treat both registrations as a precondition to apply.

• Cleaner reporting

  Registration puts the accounts and returns on the footing that funders and auditors expect.

How it works

1. 01

   Governing document and objects reviewed

2. 02

   Accounts and activity record prepared

3. 03

   Application filed for 12A

4. 04

   Application filed for 80G

5. 05

   Departmental queries answered

6. 06

   Registration orders handed over with the conditions explained