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In terms of Council decision dated 22nd January, 2012, the following guidelines for conversion of Cost Accountants firms into LLPs and constitution of separate LLPs by the practising Cost Accountants have been finalized. They are applicable for conversion of Cost Accountants’ firms into LLPs or formation of new LLPs, by the members in practice of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) upon coming into force the provisions of the Cost and Works Accountants (A.. Full Article

CA Amendment Bill Passed by Both Houses of Parliament -The Chartered Accountants Amendment Bill has been passed by both the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha, thus, paving the way for limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and multidisciplinary partnerships subject to notification of the relevant provisions, after the assent of the President of India and issue of guidelines for multidisciplinary partnerships by the Council. The Bill, moved by the Hon’ble Corporate Af.. Full Article

(iv) Company Law Settlement Scheme [CLSS]: This was introduced in August 2011 to give a chance to companies who have failed to file the balance sheets and annual returns earlier, to complete their filings to avoid prosecution. This measure has elicited a good response and so far about 1.25 lakh documents have been filed, yielding a revenue of Rs.15.37 crore. The Scheme is now valid till January 15, 2012. Full Article

In terms of the Council decision dated 14 July, 2011, following guidelines for conversion of CA firms into LLPs and constitution of separate LLPs by the practicing Chartered Accountants have been finalized which are applicable for conversion of CA firms into LLPs or formation of new LLPs by the members in practice of the Institute subject to the provisions of the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act, 2008 and Rules & Regulations framed there under:- Full Article

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has in order to improve service delivery to the Corporate Sector recently taken initiatives for further simplifying procedures under the Companies Act, 1965 and the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008. These include: (a) Company Law Settlement Scheme: The scheme was initially notified w.e.f. 12.08.2011 to enable the Companies failing to file their annual returns and financial statements to file the same. This measure has elicited a g.. Full Article

All LLPs registered upto 30-September-2010 have to mandatorily close the financial year as on 31-03-2011 and file Form-11 by 30-May-2011 and Form-8 by 30- October-2011. LLPs registered from 01-10-2010 to 31-03-2011 have option either to close financial year as on 31-03-2011 or 31-03-2012 and to file Form-8 & 11 accordingly. Full Article

I am directed to say that a number of representations have been received in the Ministry to the effect that the Registrar of Companies and the Registrar of LLPs are incorporating the companies and LLPs in contravention to the provisions of the Architect Act, 1972 that the Council of Architect (CoA). In terms of Sections 36 and 37 of the Architects Act, 1972 as well as Rules and Regulations framed thereunder only an architect registered with the Council of Architecture or.. Full Article

Process to Start Limited Liability Partnership Step 1:- Acquire the DPIN of desired Partners Step 2:- Acquire the Digital Signature of one of the desired Partner Step 3:- Registered DPIN and DSC with LLP website Step 4:- Check the availability of name from which partners want to make LLP Full Article