07th April, 2014 CS R. Sridharan President, ICSI Dear Professional Colleagues, The much awaited notification bringing into force the provisions in 183 sections of the Companies Act, 2013 with effect from 1st April, 2014 was issued on 26th March, 2014. Earlier, 98 sections were notified on 12th September, 2013 and section 135 relating to Corporate […]
Companies which are required to constitute an audit committee shall operate the vigil mechanism through the audit committee and if any of the members of the committee have a conflict of interest in a given case, they should recuse themselves and the others on the committee would deal with the matter on hand.
SALE OR PURCHASE AGAINST H- FORM: CST ACT 1956 EFFECT ON PENULTIMATE SALES: FEEL THE GIST Restriction by Constitution of India & CST Act 1956 on imposition of Tax on sale of goods in course of import or Export: Tax by State Governments on sales or purchase of goods made during the course of import […]
Where the element of service has been declared and brought to tax vide notification dated 6 June 2012, by which Service tax is levied on 40% of the billed value in restaurant, no VAT can be imposed thereon on such amount. Copy of the decision is enclosed herewith.
Advance VAT Levied on 5 more items W.E.F. 7th March, 2014 Under Punjab Vat Act, 2005 Punjab Government has levied advance tax on five new items in addition to the previous list of thirty items w.e.f. 7th March, 2014. The list of the items added are mentioned below: 31. Plastic Fabric and Bags 5.5% 32. Paper […]
1) The term of auditor holding the office in a company is increased to 5 years subject to ratification at every AGM as compared to one year in the previous act. 2) Mandatory rotation of auditors in case of listed companies, certain unlisted companies & certain private companies after 5 years.
Central Government has vide Notification No. GSR 225(E), Dated – 13-3-2014 fixed initial minimum subscription in PPF at Rs. 100 by amending the para 4 of Public Provident Fund Scheme 1968. Earlier there was no minimum fixed amount of deposit for opening of PPF account but the condition was that amount of initial subscription shall be integral multiples of Rs.5.
The Companies Act,2013 has retained only 4 of 16 schedules of the Companies Act,1956 with changes and introduces 3 new schedules to cover new concepts of Independent Directors, CSR and Infrastructural Projects.
An issue of secured debentures may be made, provided the date of its redemption shall not exceed 10 years from the date of issue. If a company engaged in the setting up of infrastructure projects may issue secured debentures for a period exceeding 10 years but not exceeding 30 years
This write-up invites the attention of readers to the seven sections / provisions (Sections 447 to 453) in the Companies Act 2013 (which replaces the 1956 Act). It’s very essential to understand these seven sections; and reading of this write-up will be useful for every professional, student and all stakeholders too.
