Overview of Society Registration

A society is formed when numerous people come together for a common cause or for some charitable purpose. Societies get registered mainly for doing charities that revolves around music, art, religion, sports, to name a few.
Society Registration Act, 1860, regulates the society registration to encourage the development in the science, literature or arts or imparting knowledge of political education. Some of the other objectives of getting a society registered are creating military orphan funds, maintaining
the public library, granting charitable assistance to needy people, collecting natural history, and many more such generous causes.

Our team at Taxrepair are well aware of the process and procedures of getting a society registered. They regularly update themselves with any changes in the rules and regulations of the registration to make sure that our clients are not impacted through that by taking the necessary measures. We ensure in making the whole registration process as seamless as possible for our clients to help them concentrate more on their main goal of the society.

Document Required for Society Registration

• Attested PAN Card copies of all the members of the proposed society.
• Scanned copy of all the members of the proposed society. (Not older than two months, preferably the latest one) (used for Address Proof):
• Latest bank statement
• Mobile or telephone bill
• Gas or electricity bill
• Memorandum of Association (MOA) of the proposed society.
• Articles of Association (AOA) of the proposed society.
• Documents containing the rules and regulations of the proposed society.
• Covering letter with the details of the purpose or objectives of the proposed society.
• The latest No-objection Certificate (NOC) scanned copy from the property owner if the registered office is on leased or rented property.
• Scanned copy of the registered office (Not older than two months, preferably the latest one) (used for Address Proof):
• Latest bank statement
• Mobile or telephone bill
• Gas or electricity bill
• List of all the members of the regulating body of the proposed society.
• Declaration given by the President of the proposed society about their willingness to hold the post.

Benefits of Society Registration

Tax Benefits

A registered society is eligible for numerous tax benefits under the Income Tax Act. These tax benefits help the registered society save a reasonable amount of money that will help in their charitable causes.

Purchase of Property

A registered social is qualified to purchase specific properties without any legal bothers. A legally registered society comes across fewer compliances while conferring the property in their name.

Liberty of shifting the property.

A registered social has the liberty to shift the old property into another entity minus the piles of paperwork or documentation and strict compliances that other entities have to follow.

Timelines of Society Registration