Hello Friends here I am sharing certain important points which are require to be considered while donating for the purpose of claiming deduction under section 80G of Income Tax Act.
Following condition must be satisfied for claiming deduction u/s 80G:-
- Deduction is allowed to all assessees.
- Donation should be made in form of sum of money. Donation in kind is not qualifying for deduction u/s 80G.
- Donation must be made only to specified funds/ institution.
- Assessee must produce proof of payment.
Deduction u/s 80G can be divided into 4 categories:-
- Donation made to specified funds/ institution which are eligible for 100% deduction without any qualifying limit.
- Donation made to specified funds/ institution which are eligible for 50% deduction without any qualifying limit.
- Donation made to specified funds/ institution which are eligible for 100% deduction subject to qualifying limit.
- Donation made to specified funds/ institution which are eligible for 50% deduction subject to qualifying limit.
Amount of Deduction shall be aggregate of donation made under above mentioned 4 categories.
Meaning of Qualifying Limit: – Here qualifying limit means aggregate of donation made to specified funds/ institution which shall be limited to 10% of adjusted gross total income of assessee.
Meaning of Adjusted Gross Total Income: – Following shall be deductible from Gross Total Income to find out adjusted gross total income:-
- Amount deductible under sections 80C to 80U excluding section 80G.
- Long term capital gains
- Short term capital gain which is taxable u/s 111A
- Income referred to in section 115A, 115AB, 115AC or 115AD
- Income on which income tax is not payable.






