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Company Law : This guide explains the legal provisions, procedural steps, and filing requirements involved in converting a public company into a...
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Company Law : ROC Mumbai held that repeated return of official notices proved non-maintenance of a registered office under Section 12(1) of the ...
Background of Companies Bill, 2011 – The Ministry of Corporate Affairs took up a comprehensive revision of the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act) in 2004 keeping in view that not only had the number of companies in India expanded from about 30,000 in 1956 to nearly 7 lakhs, Indian companies were also mobilizing resources at a scale unimaginable even a decade ago, continuously entering into and bringing new activities into the fold of the Indian economy. In doing so, they were emerging internationally as efficient providers of a wide range of goods and services while increasing employment opportunities at home. At the same time, the increasing number of options and avenues for international business, trade and capital flows had imposed a requirement not only for harnessing entrepreneurial and economic resources efficiently but also to be competitive in attracting investment for growth. These developments necessitated modernization of the regulatory structure for the corporate sector in a comprehensive manner.
Vide General Circular No: 4/2010, Dated the 22nd November, 2010 , MCA had changed the structure of Additional Fees to be levied for delay in filing E Forms over the companies while filing their Balance Sheet and Annual Returns with concerned Registrar of Companies through MCA Portal. Such change of Additional Fee Structure encouraged the Corporate to file their returns as early as possible so that they can avoid the heavy additional fees. That has resulted in increase the percentage of filing within the due time. The structure of Additional Fees which had been applicable from 5-12-2010 is elaborated with an example as follows:
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified two amendments to AS 11 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates. In accordance with the first amendment, the sunset date for transitional provisions to AS 11, which allow deferment/ capitalization of exchange differences arising on long-term monetary items has been extended till 31 March 2020.
. In the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in the Annexure, Under the heading ‘B. ACCOUNTING STANDARDS’, in the sub-heading ‘Accounting Standard (AS) 11’ relating to The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates’, after paragraph 46, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely,- ‘ 46A. (1) In respect of accounting periods commencing on or after the 1st April, 2011, for an enterprise which had earlier exercised the option under paragraph 46 and at the option of any other enterprise (such option to be irrevocable and to be applied to all such foreign currency monetary items), the exchange differences arising on reporting of long-term foreign currency monetary items at rates different from those at which they were initially recorded during the period, or reported in previous financial statements , in so far as they relate to the acquisition of a depreciable capital asset, can be added to or deducted from the cost of the asset and shall be depreciated over the balance life of the asset, and in other cases, can be accumulated in a ‘Foreign Currency Monetary Item Translation Difference Account’ in the enterprise’s financial statements and amortized over the balance period of such long term asset or liability, by recognition as income or expense in each of such periods, with the exception of exchange differences dealt with in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 15 of the said rules.
(iv) Company Law Settlement Scheme [CLSS]: This was introduced in August 2011 to give a chance to companies who have failed to file the balance sheets and annual returns earlier, to complete their filings to avoid prosecution. This measure has elicited a good response and so far about 1.25 lakh documents have been filed, yielding a revenue of Rs.15.37 crore. The Scheme is now valid till January 15, 2012.
According to Section 299 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors of the Company place Form 24AA, when they are appointed in the Board and every year at the last month of the Financial Year after its renewal. The format of Form 24AA is prescribed under Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956. The Form 24AA is shown the nature of interest in any Contract or Arrangement of Directors.
The incorporation is the birth of the Company and thereafter the Company comes into existence. As soon as the Company is registered under the Companies Act, the provisions of Companies Act, 1956 is applicable on that Company. There are a lot of Sections under the Companies Act, 1956 which touch the Company but I am here to discuss only sub section (2) of Section 166 of the Companies Act, 1956.
it has been decided that the mandatory requirement for holding shareholders meetings through video conferencing shall continue to be optional for listed companies for the subsequent years too. For e-voting in general meetings, any agency providing electronic platform for e-voting is required to obtain certificate from Standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India, New Delhi.
In order to deter chief executives and other senior functionaries from indulging in Satyam type accounting fraud, the Companies Bill 2011 stipulates that such officials will have to refund the remuneration received in case the accounts are re-stated.
