Voluntary surrender of registration of public religious trust obtained under Sec 12AB

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ASN Murthy (Querist)
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09 July 2022 A public religious trust formed under a Trust Deed duly registered with the local State sub-registrar obtained registration under Sec 12A of the I T Act and subsequently got re-registered under Sec 12AB. The annual income of the Trust does not exceed Rs.50,000/, far below the maximum amount that is liable to tax and it will be so in the future years. The Trust will continue without any change in the objects but wishes to surrender the IT registration so as to avoid the hassles like renewal of registration every five years, filing of tax returns etc. Can the Trust unilaterally surrender its registration with IT Dept? Does it attract exit tax provisions? Early clariafication will be highly appreciated.