The Companies Act is a legislation that governs the formation, functioning, and management of companies. Explore the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act.
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Disclosures on the website not only fulfill compliance requirements but also encourage the investors to be with the Company with keen interest and also attract new investors to associate with the Company. The Compliance with respect to website should be in true letter and spirit. In true letter sense, it may confer that the disclosures as required under applicable laws to the Company while the spirit confers that disclosures as per the Company’s policy for proper Corporate Governance.
MCA notified CARO, 2016 on 29th of March, 2016, which replaces the Existing CARO, 2015 and brings some additional reporting by the Auditors on Fixed assets, Loans and investments, Managerial remuneration, Nidhi company, Related party transactions, Preferential allotment/private placement & Non-Cash Transaction.
The ministry of corporate affairs, vide notification dated 29 March 2016, has issued the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 which will be applicable from financial years commencing on or after 1 April 2015. The new Order introduced few new reporting requirement by curtailing few in comparison of Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2015. Following is the comparison between CARO 2015 and 2016:
Regulation of RPTs being crucial part for good governance, the Companies Act, 2013 contain elaborate requirements for regulating RPTs. Every company has to follow the prescribe set of procedures in respect of RPTs. Audit Committees play significant role in determining the RPTs and designing the internal procedure of the Company to be followed so that RPTs can be regulated and related non-compliances can be avoided.
After modification in MCA portal w.e.f. 27.03.2016 every one is facing issues while downloading, signing with DSC, validating or uploading the e-form. To ensure we don’t face any issues, MCA has provide us with the process to make system settings. SYSTEM SETTING IS AS PER STEPS GIVEN BELOW: Open mca.gov.in Click on MCA Services Tab. […]
Registered Owner refers to a person whose name is entered in the register of members of the Company and thus known as the shareholder of the Company. Beneficial Owner refers to the person who enjoys the right of ownership of the shares irrespective of the title.
n exercise Of the powers conferred by section 133 read with section 469 of the Companies Act. 2013 (18 of 2013) and sub-section (I) of section 210A of the Companies Act. 1956 (I of 1956), the Central Government, in consultation with the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards, hereby makes the following rules to amend the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules. 2015
The interpretation of ‘probable’ in this Standard as ‘more likely than not’ does not necessarily apply in other Accounting Standards
ICAI, has clarified that the applicability of this section on fraud reporting is applicable only to the statutory auditors of the company, the cost accountant in practice, conducting cost audit under section 148 of the Act; and to the company secretary in practice, conducting secretarial audit under Section 204 of the Act. It shall also extend to a branch auditor appointed under Section 139 ‘to the extent it relates to the concerned branch’.
