IT Department cancels PFI’s 80G registration for destroying ‘goodwill’ and ‘brotherhood’ among communities

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Given the anti-national and anti-Dharma activities of PFI, Central Government must ban it once and for all

New Delhi – The IT Department has cancelled the 80G benefit enjoyed by the Popular Front of India citing violation of Income Tax rules, an order dated 22^nd of March 2021, says. The order says that PFI violated section 13(1)(b) of the IT Act, and thereby, attracted section 12AA(4)(a) of the said Act.

The former section says that exemptions to charitable institutions shall not apply ‘in the case of a trust for charitable purposes or a charitable institution created or established after the commencement of this Act, any income thereof if the trust or institution is created or established for the benefit of any particular religious community or caste’.

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The latter section provides provisions for the cancellation of the registration of such a charitable organisation. The order noted that PFI was engaged in destroying goodwill and brotherhood among communities.

Section 80G of the Income Tax Act provides incentive for people to participate in philanthropic activities. Individuals can claim tax deduction upon donation to certain trust or charities.

Last year in January, the Yogi Adityanath Government in UP had asked for a ban on PFI because of the violence caused by PFI members during the anti-CAA riots. PFI members have been frequently found to be indulging in criminal activities, including murder with communal motives.

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