Company Law : New MCA amendments permit companies to deploy a portion of CSR funds through Zero Coupon Zero Principal instruments listed on the ...
Corporate Law : The article questions whether tree-planting claims linked to IPL dot balls are supported by verifiable evidence. It highlights the...
Corporate Law : India transformed CSR into a statutory obligation under Section 135. This shift raises key questions on its role in governance and...
Company Law : A comprehensive guide to applicability, 2% spending rule, governance structure, compliance requirements, and penalties under Secti...
Company Law : Understand CSR obligations under Section 135, including eligibility, expenditure, and reporting. Key takeaway: Proper CSR complian...
Company Law : The MCA has widened CSR eligibility by recognizing subscriptions to Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instruments as a valid CSR activity...
Company Law : The issue concerns the inability to update trust details in CSR-1 registration records. It was highlighted that outdated informati...
Company Law : Public and private companies in Bihar increasingly invest in CSR, with key districts receiving substantial social development fund...
Company Law : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs confirms that CSR expenditure data for the last five years is publicly available on its CSR port...
Company Law : Government penalized companies for CSR non-compliance under the Companies Act. Details of penalties, CSR spending, and fund transf...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that eligible CSR donations qualify for Section 80G deduction if statutory conditions are met, despite disallowan...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that depreciation on goodwill arising from amalgamation could not be disallowed in subsequent years after it had bee...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that donations forming part of CSR expenditure are eligible for deduction under Section 80G if the statutory condi...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that foreign exchange gains arising from realization of export proceeds from services rendered to associated enterpr...
Income Tax : The Tribunal noted that donations to Swachh Bharat Kosh and Clean Ganga Fund made towards CSR obligations are specifically exclude...
Company Law : ROC Cuttack held that responsibility for inaccurate information in e-forms rests with the authorised signatory and certifying prof...
Company Law : MCA amends Schedule VII of the Companies Act to include subscription to zero coupon zero principal instruments on Social Stock Exc...
Company Law : MCA has amended the CSR Rules to recognize zero coupon zero principal instruments issued by Social Stock Exchange-listed NPOs. The...
Company Law : ROC Haryana ruled that non-transfer of unspent CSR amount within six months from the close of the financial year constituted a vio...
Company Law : ROC Kolkata penalized a company and its directors for delayed transfer of unspent CSR funds to the Swachh Bharat Kosh. The order h...
Ignore amendments in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions at your own risk ! CSR provisions are applicable to every company including its holding or subsidiary company having net worth of INR 500 crores or more or turnover of INR 1000 crores or more, or Net profit of INR 5 crores or more during the immediately […]
♦ APPLICABILITY: Every company having Net worth of Rs 500 cr. Or more or Turnover of Rs 1000 cr. or more or Net profit of Rs 5 cr. or more, during immediately preceding financial year shall constitute a separate CSR (CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY) committee. However where the amount to be spent for CSR activities does […]
The Ministry (MCA) has issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) vide General Circular No. 14 /2021 dated 25th August 2021, in supersession of its earlier Clarifications/FAQs, for better understanding and facilitating effective implementation of CSR. Some Key insights from FAQs on CSR by MCA are as follows: Applicability: 1) Applicability of […]
In the Report of the High-Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility dated August 7, 2019, the Committee had given many recommendations. In its recommendation the committee recommended the following: The reporting for CSR needs to be strengthened, with enhanced disclosures for better information dissemination with respect to selection of projects, locations, implementing agencies to facilitate […]
MCA has vide General Circular No. 14/2021 dated 25.08.2021 issued updated FAQs on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and withdrawn 4 earlier FAQs and clarifications issued by it from time to time. The FAQs on CSR broadly covers Applicability of CSR, CSR Framework, CSR Expenditure, CSR Activities, CSR Implementation, On-going Project, Treatment of Unspent CSR Amount, […]
Corporate Social responsibility The Concept of mandatory contribution towards Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) might be very new to us but in India, the concept of ‘Social responsibility‘ very much older. If we talk about social Responsibilities of a person then different religions have their own philosophies and doctrines about social responsibilities in different context. In […]
How a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) can Increase the Chances of it’s Success with CSR Funding Many NGOs are working at the grassroots level to provide actual benefits to society, but only a small percentage of them are able to obtain CSR funds. The fact that NGOs are unable to adequately present their projects and what […]
Despite the growth and popularity of CSR in recent years, CSR programs and CSR efforts have not been able to have the desired impact on the country’s backward areas as they have been limited by financial challenges faced in reaching out to corporates to showcase what they’re doing. A number of NGOs and other non-profit […]
Introduction: Sec 135 of the Companies Act prescribes certain criteria for mandatory CSR expenditure. If company fulfils any of the prescribed criteria, then it needs to constitute a CSR committee of Board which shall formulate and recommend CSR policy to spend at least 2% of the average net profit of the immediately preceding 3 FYs. […]
ITC on CSR It has been 4 years since GST came into force, yet there is no clarity with respect to certain major issues, one of which is availment of Input Tax Credit on Corporate Social responsibility. After inception of GST, multiple advance rulings have been sought in respect of ITC on CSR expenditure but […]
