shareholding

Direct Tax Code- Proposed Changes in Transfer pricing regulations

The issue of transfer price affects various types of taxes. Under Custom Laws, special valuation branch examines the validity of the transaction value between associated enterprises. In Service Tax law, service tax has been imposed on import of service through reverse charge method and it is expected that Service Tax department would like to examine the value of services imported (or exported) to associated enterprises. In Income Tax, it is transfer price mechanism which..
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SEBI asks Promoters to disclose initial Shareholding and thereafter considerable changes in it

As per the Sebi board decision, it will be mandatory for the promoters and those part of the promoter group of a listed company to give the initial disclosures relating to their shareholding at the time of becoming promoter or part of promoter group. Besides, they will have to make continuous disclosures whenever there is a change in their holdings exceeding Rs five lakh in value or 25,000 shares or 1 per cent of total shareholding or voting rights, whichever is lower.
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Requirement of Fee Clearance and NOC – Non applicability in respect of certain category of members of stock exchanges

trading members and clearing members in the equity derivatives and currency derivatives segments. stock brokers in the cash segment who are covered under Schedule III A [payment of fees by stock brokers] of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 and stock brokers in the cash segment who may migrate to Schedule III A [payment of fees by stock brokers] of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 in future (as and when they migrate).
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Right to subscribe for shares arises only when right offer is made by the company: SC

Accordingly, the right to subscribe for additional offer of shares/debentures comes into existence only when the Company decides to come out with the Rights Offer and it is only when that event takes place, that diminution in the value of the original shares held by the assessee takes place. One has to give weightage to the diminution in the value of the original shares which takes place when the Company decides to come out with the Rights Offer as held in Dhun Dadabhoy ..
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All about Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in brief

An IPO is when a company which is presently not listed at any stock exchange makes either a fresh issue of shares or makes an offer for sale of its existing shares or both for the first time to the public. Through a public offering, the issuer makes an offer for new investors to enter its shareholding family.
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Is Redressel Under Section 397/398 of Companies Act, 1956 Effective?

Section 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 deals with “oppression” and “mismanagement” by the majority in a Company against the Minority Shareholders. How to construe “minority” for the purpose of section 397/398 is dealtwith under section 399 which prescribes qualification to approach the Company Law Board under section 397/398 of the Act. What amounts to “oppression” and is oppression completely different from “mismanagement” as dealwith under s..
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SEBI Board Meeting on SME Exchange and Amendments to ICDR Regulations/ Listing Agreement

Companies listed on the SME exchanges would be exempted from the eligibility norms applicable for IPOs and FPOs prescribed in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (ICDR).
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Acquirer has a right to protect his investment/business from competition by a seller of the business

In a blow to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has set aside the former’s ruling in the case of Tata Tea, wherein Sebi had asked the company to pay non-compete fees to all shareholders of Mount Everest Mineral Water.Tata Tea had acquired Mount Everest in 2007, buying [...]
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