12A/80G Exemption · Trust Accounting · CSR Compliance
Education institutions and NGOs operate under a compliance framework built around maintaining, not just obtaining, charitable status — and our practice is structured around that ongoing obligation. Our tax exemption registration and renewal under 12A/80G of the Income Tax Act keeps that status current through its periodic renewal cycle, while our trust, society and Section 8 company audit practice provides the independent assurance these structures require regardless of their specific legal form.
For NGOs receiving corporate CSR funding, our CSR fund utilisation audit and reporting work confirms funds were applied as intended, tracked fund-wise against the specific program they were granted for, and properly documented for the contributing companies. Organisations receiving funding from abroad rely on our FCRA compliance practice to navigate that specific and closely-scrutinised regulatory regime — registration, utilisation certificates, and the restrictions on how FCRA-received funds can be applied and commingled.
Our broader education institution GST advisory work addresses the specific GST questions that arise for schools, colleges and training institutions, where the boundary between exempt core education and taxable ancillary services (transport, hostel, merchandise, vocational add-ons) is rarely as clean as it looks on the fee structure.