Dear Unknown, unidentified & unnamed friend,
I salute you. Tax exenption is a deemed grant. Hence these are covered under the term Public authorities under section 2(h)(d)(ii) of RTI Act 2005
| (ii) | non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government; |
However, interpretation of the word substantial may be subjective, incidental & situational.
Regards,
WEDS
From: "thaleharate@gmail.com" <thaleharate@gmail.com>
To: DSouza Wilberious Evanglist <wilevades@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Sun, 9 January, 2011 22:55:52
Subject: Most Important
Dear all,
Instead of wasting time between trivial two and three member organizations with marginal funding from government etc.. Please explore and find out the status and need for covering tax exempt charitable trusts and NGOs which are bigger dens of irregularities.
If government gives tax exemption that is equivalent to getting government funding. Hence the case for proposing RTI to all such entities.
Most of the such trusts and NGOs are front for corporates, businessmen and contractors to avoid tax, convert black to white, siphon money bothways, use them as lobbyists.
After keenly going through your RTI activism I am complled to give this inputs (fuel to your RTI fire).
I have no vested interest have only country's interest.
Issue:
All the NGOs, Charitable trusts, Private religious and other institutions who run on public money, no tax paid on the money collected (otherwise 33 perecent tax should have been paid). Audit is done by auditor of their choice and manipulated. Money is siphoned in the name of outsourcing, management contract etc... To private companies and people. Quantum of amount involved is mind boggling and none of you can imagine in your wildest dreams. Eg: NGOs got 29,000 crores from foreign origin in a year, total money collections by trust and charitable institutions is guestimated to be 15,00,000 crores per annum and of this one third was rightful share of government or public as tax. (As a first step RTI activists should silently get the actual total amount of money collected and asset details of all these, I am sure this will be many fold more than total GOI and all states budget and asset put together). Because they are exempt from income tax they should be considered as public institutions and subjected to closer audit and scrutiny in their actions, deeds, misdeeds and accounts. They should be brought under RTI and if already present public should be made aware of mode of getting required info from all such insttutions.
Expecting your comments and clarifications on the subject
Jai Hind
RTI watcher
Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
To: DSouza Wilberious Evanglist <wilevades@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Sun, 9 January, 2011 22:55:52
Subject: Most Important
Dear all,
Instead of wasting time between trivial two and three member organizations with marginal funding from government etc.. Please explore and find out the status and need for covering tax exempt charitable trusts and NGOs which are bigger dens of irregularities.
If government gives tax exemption that is equivalent to getting government funding. Hence the case for proposing RTI to all such entities.
Most of the such trusts and NGOs are front for corporates, businessmen and contractors to avoid tax, convert black to white, siphon money bothways, use them as lobbyists.
After keenly going through your RTI activism I am complled to give this inputs (fuel to your RTI fire).
I have no vested interest have only country's interest.
Issue:
All the NGOs, Charitable trusts, Private religious and other institutions who run on public money, no tax paid on the money collected (otherwise 33 perecent tax should have been paid). Audit is done by auditor of their choice and manipulated. Money is siphoned in the name of outsourcing, management contract etc... To private companies and people. Quantum of amount involved is mind boggling and none of you can imagine in your wildest dreams. Eg: NGOs got 29,000 crores from foreign origin in a year, total money collections by trust and charitable institutions is guestimated to be 15,00,000 crores per annum and of this one third was rightful share of government or public as tax. (As a first step RTI activists should silently get the actual total amount of money collected and asset details of all these, I am sure this will be many fold more than total GOI and all states budget and asset put together). Because they are exempt from income tax they should be considered as public institutions and subjected to closer audit and scrutiny in their actions, deeds, misdeeds and accounts. They should be brought under RTI and if already present public should be made aware of mode of getting required info from all such insttutions.
Expecting your comments and clarifications on the subject
Jai Hind
RTI watcher
Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
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