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2025Section 137

137. Deduction in respect of contributions given by any person to political parties.

In the 1961 Act1 match · Unreviewed

From the Income Tax Department's correspondence.

An assessee, (other than a local authority and an artificial juridical person wholly or partly funded by the Government), shall be allowed a deduction for the amount contributed by him, other than by way of cash, during a tax year to a political party registered under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), or an electoral trust.

Income-tax Act, 2025: text as on 25 August 2026 · Official source ↗ ·