Section 149(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act) requires every company to have at least one director who has stayed in India for a total period of not less than 182 days in the previous calendar year. Government has received requests from stakeholders for clarification with regard to applicability of these provisions in the current calendar/financial year.
Companies Act, 2013 has unveiled a new era in the Indian Corporate Sector which places more reliance on disclosure norms rather than on approvals. One such area is related party transactions. While the Companies Act, 1956 warranted approval of Central Government for related party transaction by large cap companies, Companies Act, 2013 calls for larger disclosures with members’ approval.
Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘Act, 2013’) read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (‘MGT Rules’) had made it mandatory for every listed company and company having not less than 1000 shareholders to provide e-voting facility at general meetings.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development& Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 (Export Policy) of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items.
(i) The requirement of affixing bar codes on Tertiary Level and Secondary Level Packaging already implemented w.e.f. 01.10.2011 and 01.01.2013 respectively continue to be in force.
Under the scheme of Wealth Tax in India, Wealth tax is levied on the net wealth of the every individual, Hindu undivided family and company as on the valuation date. Net Wealth means the amount by which the aggregate value computed in accordance with the provisions of Wealth Tax Act of all the assets
Ministry of Corporate Affairs published a Draft Notification on 24th June, 2014 which, by far if notified, will be of paramount importance and will restore the heydays for private companies. Clearing the air with respect to the same, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs published a draft notification on the inapplicability/ partial/modified applicability of certain provisions of Companies Act, 2013 to the Private Companies in exercise of powers under section 462 of Companies Act, 2013 which states as under:
Despite the fact that MSTs are highly subsidized, Ministry of Railway has now decided to modify the fair revision circular and hence a decision has been taken to increase the cost of existing MST fare by only 14.2% inclusive of FAC, i.e., the Monthly Season Tickets for both suburban and non-suburban shall now be charged at 14.2% over the existing rates rounded off as per extant instructions.
Many deductor file TDS filed correction statements, which include updations from Valid to Valid PANs, after a significant delay of over an year. Such delayed correction are liable for penalty and other consequences. We have listed below the Implications and action to be taken by deductor to avoid such mistakes.
Many deductor submit Invalid / Not Available PANs in the Quarterly TDS Statements filed by them. We have listed below the Implications of reporting Invalid/ Not Available PANs in TDS Statements and actions to be taken by deductors to avoid such mistakes in TDS returns/ Correct statement to be filed by them.
