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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CS Mohit Saluja With the enactment of Companies Act, 2013 w.e.f. April 1, 2014, a new concept called “ONE PERSON COMPANY (OPC)” also came into existence. The legislature were of the view that OPC shall have an edge over the other companies in relation to the benefits being earned w.r.t. holding of Board Meetings/ General […]
The word ‘dividend’ comes from the Latin word ‘dividendum’ (‘thing to be divided’). A dividend is a payment made by a Company to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. When a company earns a profit or surplus, it can re-invest it in the business (called retained earnings), and pay a fraction of this reinvestment as a dividend to shareholders.
Common seal means the metallic seal of a company which can be affixed only with the approval of the Board of directors of the company. It is the signature of the company to any document on which it is affixed and binds the company for all obligations undertaken in the document.
On the one hand the authorities want us to report any mischief occurred in the Company and on the other hand they are striking off various clauses from our reports through which we could report POSSIBLE FRAUD circumstances, which can become “ACTUAL FRAUD” ingredients later in future.
A Company is a separate legal entity different from its members. So, its affairs are generally done by Board of Directors. The Board of directors provides a road map within its limited power for the progress of a Company. Certain powers are controlled by the boards after getting consent of the company at their general meeting.
Application Guide on the provisions of Schedule II to the Companies Act 2013 by Corporate Laws & Corporate Governance Committee – (10-04-2015) Keeping in view the changing economic environment as well as the growth of our economy, the Companies Act, 2013 was enacted to improve corporate governance and to further strengthen regulations for the companies. […]
The first ray of sunrise of the Ist April 2015 is not as usual to the auditing industry. With the dusk of first financial year under companies act 2013 , we are subject to the uncountable penalties and prosecutions . The Government moved to tightening of the grip on the auditors after satyam scam has taken its final step of implementation.
MCA have issued an order to be called as Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2015 (referred to as CARO, 2015) dated 10th April, 2015 specifying only 13 matter required to be specified in the Auditor’s Report for the financial year ending 31st March, 2015.
CA Sandeep Kanoi In this Article we have compiled depreciation rates Under Companies Act 2013 under Written Down Value (WDV) Method and as per Straight Lime method (SLM). We have also compiled Changes to Schedule II- Useful Lives to Compute Depreciation read with section 123 of Companies Act,2013 made vide Notification No.G.S.R. 237(E) Dated 31.03.2014 […]
i) Comparison of depreciation as per Schedule II of CA, 2013 and Schedule XIV of CA, 1956 ii) Transitional effect of Schedule II iii) Depreciation Rate year wise based on the useful life/balance useful life. Companies Act 2013 has brought a lot of challenges for all companies, more for the private companies. There are certain provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, which will affect all the companies right from day one i.e. 1st April, 2014.
