CA Himanshu Sharma Introduction – By Introduction of Companies Act,2013, Ministry of company affair has brought massive changes i.e. maximum of exemptions which were available to private companies under companies act,1956 have been withdrawn, lot of changes in acceptance of deposit rules through which private companies were not allowed to accept loan from relative and […]
The Gujrat HC in CIT v Siddhartha J. Desai 139 ITR 628 (Guj) (1983) has laid down the following tests for determining whether the land is agricultural or not: a) Whether, the land was classified in the revenue records as agricultural and whether it was subject to payment of land revenue? [ CIT vs. Smt. […]
A transaction of purchase and sale of land cannot be assumed,without more, to be a venture in the nature of a trade. [CIT vs. Jawahar Development Association 127 ITR 431 (MP)(1 981)] The activity of an assessee in dividing the land in to plots andnot selling it as a single unit as he purchased, goes […]
As per Companies Act 2013 all Indian Companies shall comply with Corporate Social Responsibility requirements w.e.f 01.04.2014. All companies havinga net worth of Rs. five hundred Crore or more, or turnover of Rs. one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during a financial yearshall constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The Designated Court at Kolkata has remanded three days police custody to A M Sahay, Commissioner of Central Excise, Kolkata-II Commissionarate and two private persons in a bribery case yesterday. In this case, the CBI has arrested seven accused i.e. three at Kolkata and four at Mumbai. The Competent Court at Mumbai has given two […]
COMMUNICATION Dear Members and Students of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, I am very happy to inform you that a delegation comprising the following had a very meaningful dialogue with the Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs (Independent Charge), Shri Sachin Pilot in the late night (11 .55PM) of 4th April, 2014 at Kekdi […]
Hon’ble Delhi HC has held in the case of ‘Bharti Gupta Ramola Vs. CIT’ that For computing holding period of asset both date on which asset is acquired & date on which said asset is sold or transferred are not to be excluded.
Issuing shares to a select group of people like friends & family, angels or VC? Brace up, the new Companies Act 2013, provides for lengthy compliance procedures. Unlike before, even a private limited company has to follow the processes for private placement of securities. Securities means equity shares, preference shares and debentures, convertible instruments, redeemable […]
If the issuance of security is for a select group of people, called Private Placement, please refer to our post here- Private Placement under the Companies Act, 2013. If you wish to issue shares to existing equity shareholders, then read on. When a company proposes to increase the share capital by issue of equity, convertible […]
To make things absolutely clear it is hereby notified that the financial statements (and documents required to be attached thereto), auditors report and Board’s report in respect of financial years that commenced earlier than 1st April, 2014 shall be governed by the relevant provisions/Schedules/rules of the Companies Act, 1956.
