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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CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
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Amendments in Section 89 & 90 was one of the major amendments brought in by the Companies Act, Rules 2017 after considering the practical challenges in these Rules amended the provisions of SBO Rules through its notification dated February 8, 2019 through notification, has enforced the amended provisions of Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 and has introduced the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 (
Companies generally raise funds through issue of equity or preference shares, debentures, and commercial papers and inter corporate loans. Deposits are also one of the sources available to a company to raise funds to meet the short term or long term requirements of the company. In order to protect the interest of the depositors and […]
The registered office of a company is a place to which all official communications pertaining to a Company is sent. In addition to a registered office, a company can have an corporate office or administrative office or branch office or factory, etc. The registered office of the Company will also determine the domicile of the […]
1. Filing of DPT-3: DPT-3 has to be filed in two ways: (i) One-time return- 01.04.2014 to 31.03.2019 (Amount received and outstanding) (ii) Annual Return- 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019 (Amount outstanding)
Resignation of Director Hello friends greetings for the day, in the current article we will discuss about resignation of directors as provided in Companies Act 2013, its Rules and implications of the same Manner of Resignation As per sec 168(1) of Companies act 2013, A director may resign from his office by giving a notice […]
For a newly incorporated Company: The Board within 30 days from the date of incorporation of the Company, shall appoint the first auditor of the Company who shall hold office of the statutory auditor from the conclusion of that Board Meeting till the conclusion of First AGM of the Company and is liable to sign […]
Pursuant to rule 16 of the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014, MCA has come up with the notification on 22nd January 2019 with respect of filling of e-form DPT-3 for those amounts which not considered as deposits. Here are the few points which must be considered while filling the form DPT-3.
As per MCA notice flashed on its website, in case eForm ACTIVe is not filed by the Company on or before June 15, 2019, the compliance status for such company shall be marked as ‘ACTIVE Non-compliant’ and Directors of such ‘ACTIVE non-compliant’ companies shall be marked as ‘Director of ACTIVE non-compliant company’.
1. Whether loan from LLP shall be considered as Non- Deposit? As per definition of deposit loan from LLP doesn’t covered in exempted list therefore same shall be considered as Deposit for the Companies. 2. Whether Private Limited Company can accept loan from LLP. As loan from LLP shall be considered as deposit. Private Limited […]
Form DPT-3- One Time Return- 13 FAQs – Updated on 22.06.2019 based on MCA Webinar on 17th June 2019 Q 1. What are the objectives of e-Form DPT-3? Ans. The objectives of the form are: One time return for disclosures in respect of receipts not considered as deposits as per the Act and the rules […]