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THE Ministry of Corporate Affairs wants other ministries, state governments and sectoral regulators to recognise limited liability partnerships (LLP) after over 100 entities registered under the LLP Act enacted last year.The ministry will write to all departments and regulators concerned to align their respective norms as per the new busi...

Section 57 read with Third Schedule of the SEZ Act, 2005, has amended the provisions of Indian Stamp Act, 1899 so that no duty shall be chargeable in respect of any instrument executed by or on behalf of or in favour of the Developer or Unit or in connection with the carrying out of purposes of the […]...

Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed has said, contrary to expectation, the Budget will not address the taxation issue related to limited liability partnerships. The issue will be clarified only next year, he added. “It is too short a time for us to sort out the issue, but it is flagged,” Khursheed told. The Ministry of...

THE Union Budget is expected to provide clarity on taxation of limited liability partnerships (LLPs) by treating them like partnership firms for tax purposes. A corporate tax is likely to be levied on the income of an LLP, with the partners being exempted from taxation, as in the case of partnership firms. The government is likely to a...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory body established by the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (Act No. XXXVIII of 1949) for regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. During its six decades of existence, ICAI has achieved recognition as a premier accounting body not only in the country ...

NEW DELHI: The government has decided not to apply an area limit of 5,000 hectares for special economic zones (SEZs) if two or more such zones are merged, clearing the way for big SEZs in the country. In an amendment to the SEZ rules, the government has also allowed developers more freedom on selecting the […]...

The three-year long wait of companies to avail full income tax benefits on export profits from their SEZ units will come to an end in two months. Official sources said the government has firmed up plans to bring changes in Section 10AA of the Income Tax Act in the forthcoming Union Budget to rectify an anomaly in the wording of the Sectio...

A month after the government allowed registration of Limited Liability Partnerships, only 10 firms have availed this new form of doing business that provides advantages of a partnership firm and also a corporation. This is because the government is yet to notify key sections (Sections 55 to 58) of the law that would enable conversion of ...

The government may exempt partnership firms and limited companies from paying stamp duty while converting into limited liability partnerships (LLPs), a way of doing business that is favoured globally for its flexibility. The government will amend the Income Tax Act later this year to provide a tax regime for LLPs, which are being incorpor...

The ministry of corporate affairs has said that out of the eight lakh companies in India, a large chunk of them would be interested in getting converted into limited liability partnership (LLP) once a suitable tax structure for LLP is brought in. We are getting enquiries from thousands of companies every week who are interested […]...