As per the instructions of the Central Government, the officials of the Rebate Commissioner Office are increasing their problems by demanding unnecessary documents from the charitable trusts applying for registration renewal six months before the registration is completed. If these documents have a copy of the formation of the trust in Gujarati, it is being asked to convert to English and present it. Similarly, the identity proof of management trustees is also being sought. The trust’s profit-loss balance sheet, all expenditure vouchers, five-year audit report, photographs of trust activities, documents and photographs of all properties of the trust, if there is a rental property, lease deeds, last three years, the last three years The details of every donation received and copies of all the certificates given during the previous recognition to the trust are also being sought. Apart from all this, if there are any business activities of the trust, then its account has also been sought.
Provide by translating the constitution of the trust into English: Photographs of all activities conducted by the trust were also sought.
Even when the registration of these trusts was renewed for five years in 2021, so much details were not sought. Charitable trusts are now facing more challenges as more details are being sought from them. On the one hand, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the budget of 2025-25 said that we have trust in taxpayers. But looking at the information sought from charitable trusts, it seems that they do not have much trust in the taxpayers. It has also been announced in the budget of 2025-26 that once registered, the charitable trusts will not have to renew their registration for 10 years.
Such a situation has arisen that after receiving the renewal notice, the charitable trusts have been burdened with a huge burden. Tax expert Pramod Popat says that on the one hand, where simplicity is talked about, on the other hand, the whole account is presented while filing returns every year. In such a situation, there is no point in asking for a renewed account of the last five years. Form 10 – B.D. It is being filed. In addition, more than 90 percent of trusts in Gujarat are in deed Gujarati. Each trust has to spend five to ten thousand rupees to translate it.
All trusts whose registration is ending on 31 March 2025 or 31 March 2026 is being notified to renew for a period of ten years.
