In order to reduce cost of posting and speedy delivery of documents, service of documents through electronic mode has been permitted under section 53 of the Companies Act, 1956 in place of service of document under certificate of posting. Similarly, to reduce the consumption of papers and speedy secure delivery, service of copies of Balance Sheets and Auditors Report etc., to the members of the company as required under section 219 of the Companies Act, 1956 has been allowed to be served through electronic mode by capturing their e-mail addresses available with the depositories or by obtaining directly from the shareholders.
Review of the policy on Foreign Direct Investment- Allowing FDI in Limited Liability Partnership firms-amendment to paragraphs2.1, 3.3.5 and 3.3.6 of ‘Circular I of 2011-Consolidated FDI Policy’. The Government of India has reviewed the extant policy on FDI and decided to permit FDI in LLP firms, subject to specified conditions.
Delhi HC Reserves the Judgement in the case related to applicability of of service tax on renting of immovable Property on 20.05.2011 after hearing the submission of by way of rejoinder from Sr. Counsels Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Mr. S. Ganesh and Mr. PK Sahu, Advocate (a fromer IRS officer). To ascertain whether renting of immovable property is taxable service or not, the test should not be whether there is value addition or not. The concept of value added tax is different for different tax laws.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub Section (1-A) of Section 81 of the Companies Act 1956 read with Section 642 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules in supersession of unlisted Public companies (Preferential Allotment) Rules, 2003. 1. Short Title and Commencement -(i) These rules may be called Unlisted Public Companies (Preferential Allotment and Private Placement) Rules 2011 (ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication on official Gazette.
The government today eased rules for incorporating not-for-profit companies, by giving the Registrar of companies the power to directly issue licences. Besides, it has reduced the time taken for setting up Section 25 companies by doing away with some mandatory provisions, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Joint Secretary Avinash Srivastav told reporters here.
Income tax department has finally released much awaited return preparation software for ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3, ITR-4, ITR-4S, ITR-5 and ITR-6. The software’s released by Income Tax department are free and much better than any other private software available. Due Date- The last date for Filing of ITR in respect of Assessees who are liable to Audit is 30th September and for Non-Audit cases it is 31st July. Due date for filing of Return in respect of Individual and HUF who are Partner in a Partnership which is liable to audit is 30th September. In case of Corporate Assessees who are although not liable to tax Audit but has to get their accounts audited under the Companies Act, 1956 also the due date is 30th September.
Following 40 per cent decline in cotton prices during the past one-and-a-half month, industry body ASSOCHAM today called for lifting the ban on raw cotton exports to protect interests of farmers across the country. Cotton prices have tumbled from Rs 59,000 to Rs 65,000 per candy on March 31 to Rs 38,000 earlier this month.
The government will begin tomorrow its consultations with various stakeholders regarding a new set of rules on how stock exchanges should be owned and run, proposed by a Sebi-appointed committee last year. Besides the exchanges, new ownership and governance rules have also been proposed by the committee, chaired by former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan, for other market infrastructure institutions like depositories and clearing corporations.
Industry body CII today said competition watchdog CCI’s approval should not be made mandatory for mergers and amalgamations between group companies. While acquisitions of control or shares or voting rights or assets within the same group have been exempted from the notification requirement, mergers or amalgamations have not been specified, which appears to be an oversight, CII said in a statement.
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has requested the government to adopt the global accounting standards IFRS in toto or at least allow companies to voluntarily do so and not go ahead with the convergence approach.Stating it is in India”s own interest to adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS, as India”s problems will soon be the problems of the global community too, IASB Board member Prabhakar Kalavacherla said we (IASB) strongly encourage adoption as against convergence.
