Donations (80G)

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How to Enter Information on Donations under Section 80G?

To claim deduction under Section 80G, please click on "Other Deductions" tab and then "Donations-80G" sub-tab.

As soon as you click on the icon on top of the right extreme column in the table, you will see a row with blank fields. Please scroll through the respective cells to update. You can create as many rows as you wish to enter details in the respective fields. If you wish to delete any of the rows, you could do so by clicking on the icon at the end of the row.

Field	Instruction
Tax Rebate	Please select the appropriate tax rebate for which you wish to make the declaration by using the drop down.
Amount	Please enter the total amount of investment/payment. The amount can have a maximum of 2 decimal places.

How Do Donations under Section 80G Reduce Your Tax?

You can avail tax rebate for donations made to certain funds, charitable institutions under section 80G and limit for claiming deduction is 10% of your annual gross income, on the sum of all the donations made by you and not on individual donations.
Receipt from the trust / institution where donation is made and the amount donated with full contact details is to be provided to claim tax rebate under Section 80G.
Registration number issued to the trust/institution by the Income Tax Department under section 80G and the validity of registration to be provided along with the receipt.
Investments in certain avenues are eligible for 100% rebate while investments in other avenues are eligible for rebate only to the extent of 50%.

NOTE:

1. Income tax exemption allowed in Tanqaa for donations made to funds (Prime Minister Relief Fund) which are notified by the income tax department under Section 80G.

2. Donations paid to the charitable trusts cannot be authorised by the employer. You may claim exemption u/s 80G while filing your income tax return

Proof Submission for Donations Under Section 80G

The details for the various investment options along with the required proofs and guidelines are given below for your ready reference.

Donations under Section 80G	Proof to be submitted	Guidelines
Donations	Photocopy of the receipt issued by the charitable trust/ institution	Donations should be made to funds and charitable institutions which are notified by the income tax department under Section 80G