Government has received references seeking clarity about the status of subsidiaries incorporated/to be incorporated by companies incorporated outside India. Attention has, in particular, been drawn to the absence of the deeming provision of sub-section (7) of section 4 of the Companies Act, 1956 in the Companies Act, 2013 (New Act).
Companies have also sought clarity about permitting free of cost inspection of records under rule 14(2) and rule 16 of the rules cited above and till a fee is prescribed for the purpose in the Articles. It is clarified that until the requisite fee is specified by companies, inspections could be allowed without levy of fee.
Recently CBDT has initiated Process of Validating Contact Details of Assessee and in the process it requires each assessee to furnish his/her Mobile Number and E-mail ID with an condition that a Mobile and Email Id can be used by not more than 4 assessee.
