Income Tax Exemption
Charities must be endorsed by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to be income tax exempt.
Charities, including Health Promotion Charities (HPC), Public Benevolent Institutions (PBI) and religious institutions, must be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) before the ATO can endorse them to access charity tax concessions.
If an organisation is a charity, it cannot self-assess as income tax exempt, even where it might fall in the description for a type of entity that can self-assess. Instead, it must meet the requirements for charity registration and then become endorsed to be income tax exempt.
Further information on the ATO website.
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