The Board is the primary management body of any company and having a fiduciary duty to the company. It is expected from the Board to act in good faith and to promote the best interests of all the stakeholders. Directors are exposed to liabilities as a consequence of a breach of their duties. Liabilities may […]
The valid question which comes into the mind of every person who is required to file Income Tax Return (‘ITR’) as per Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the IT Act’), is ‘whether can a person file his ITR again which has been originally filed by that person with some mistakes or omission’. As a human being […]
Understand the penalty for failure to furnish income tax return. Learn about the increased late fees and provisions under Section 234F of the Income Tax Act.
I would like to submit that I had various meeting with various Advocates (Practice in Civil, Criminal and/or Tax), but all they are confused to understand whether they are covered under any exemption notification or they will have to pay the tax liability under Forward Charge Mechanism (‘FCM’) or Reverse Charge Mechanism (‘RCM’). Even, they […]
Deduction under section 80D of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘IT Act’) is available in addition to the deduction of Rs. 1.50 Lakhs available collectively under section 80C, section 80CCC and section 80CCD (1) of IT Act. The individual can claim a tax deduction for the health insurance premium paid for self, parents, children, and spouse. […]
Learn about the mandatory income tax return under Seventh Proviso to Section 139(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Understand the high-value transactions that require filing an ITR.
Under the Indian Companies Act, shareholders do not run any company, only the directors do. It is recognized that the directors represent the interests of the shareholders. Shareholders’ Agreement can outline who can appoint directors, how they are to be appointed and what percentage is required to remove a director. The right to appoint a […]
Enforcement of contractual restrictions on the transfer of shares which are not incorporated in Articles of Association (AOA) of a company One of the first judgments of the Supreme Court on enforcement of contractual restrictions on the transfer of shares, is the landmark case of V.B. Rangaraj vs. V.B. Gopalkrishnan and others on 28th November, 1991, […]
In order to bring a ‘collective action’ by the ‘minority shareholder’ against the company, there was no such provision till 2013 under the Indian Companies Act. However, there were/are provisions of ‘oppression remedy’ under the Indian Companies Act i.e. Section 397 & 398 under the Companies Act, 1956 (‘the Erstwhile Act’) and Section 241 under […]
1. Tax Audit is mandatory if ‘business’ is having total sales, turnover or gross receipts more than Rs. 1 crore in any Previous Year (‘PY’). [Read clause (a) of Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the IT Act’)]. 2. However, the aforesaid limit of Rs. 1 crore shall be read as 5 crores […]
