Income of a Political Party

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Income of a Political Party - Whether taxable under Income Tax Law in India

What is a Political Party ?

A political party means a political party registered under section 29-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Section 29-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 deals with the Registration with the Election Commission of associations or body of individual citizens of India calling itself a political party and intending to avail itself of the provisions of part IV- A are required to submit an application to the Election Commission for its registration as a political party for the purposes of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Every such application has to be submitted within thirty days of the date of its formation. The application has to be signed by the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer may be known as secretary or by any other designation. Such application duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer has to be presented to the Secretary to the Commission. The application may be sent by registered post also. The application shall contain the following particulars, namely, :-

(i) the name of the association or body;
(ii) the State in which its head office is situate;
(iii) the address to which letters and other