I-T department proposes online filing of tax exemption application

Educational institutions, hospitals, charitable and religious trusts will soon have to file the online application for seeking income tax exemption, the I-T department said on Monday.

The department sought comments from stakeholders by November 12 on the amended rules and application forms seeking tax exemptions by such entities.

“In view of the digital advancement that the government in general, and the income-tax department in particular, have made, it is imperative that manual filing of these applications should be done away with so,