{"id":7138,"date":"2020-04-22T10:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:04:16","slug":"public-and-private-temples-under-the-indian-trusts-act-1882","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/public-and-private-temples-under-the-indian-trusts-act-1882\/","title":{"rendered":"Public vs Private Temples: Key Differences Under Indian Trusts Act, 1882"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Temples as Trust: <\/strong>Temples set\nup for the social causes and sanctioned by the Income Tax Department get not\nonly immunity from \u2018payment of tax\u2019 but also the donors to such temples can subtract\nthe amount of donation to the Trust from their taxable income.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 8 of Companies Act: <\/strong>Companies shaped under \u2018Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013<\/em><\/strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>\u2019 for endorsing charity also obtain benefits under law including exclusion from various bureaucratic provisions of the \u2018Companies Act,’ and are also permitted to such other exceptions that the Central Government may agree through its orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Religious Trust:<\/strong> Religious Trusts<\/strong><\/a> has not been defined below the income tax act. The particular laws of religion dictate the creation of Religious Trust. But in conventional connotation, it can be considered as the Trusts, which are included in the exercises of supporting religion or particular belief. Most of the ‘Religious Trusts’ also support Religious purposes as well, e.g., ‘education,’ ‘medical facility<\/strong>,’ ‘catering food,’ <\/strong>the poor, etc. and before-mentioned types of Trust are called Religious Trust<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n