Power to survey to charitable institutions u/s 133A. Till now expression “business or profession” was used in the section

Power to survey to charitable institutions u/s 133A

Extension of the power to survey to charitable institutions

The existing provisions of section 133A empower an income-tax authority to enter any place, at which a business or profession is carried on, or at which any books of account or other documents or any part of cash or stock or other valuable article or thing relating to the business or profession are kept, for the purposes of conducting a survey.

It is proposed to widen the scope of the said section by amending sub-section (1) to include any place, at which an activity for charitable purpose is carried on. This amendment will take effect from lst April, 2017.