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 : Explains the strict consequences for failing to meet CSR spending and transfer obligations under Section 135. Highlights how penal...
Company Law : Section 135 mandates companies above certain thresholds to spend 2% of profits on social initiatives, establish CSR committees, an...
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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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...
Company Law : Overview of proposed amendments in the Companies Act, 2013, CSR monitoring framework, and steps to ensure compliance and prevent m...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that CSR expenditure disallowed as business expenditure under Section 37(1) can still qualify for deduction under Se...
Income Tax : The issue was whether CSR expenditure disallowed under Section 37(1) can still qualify under Section 80G. The Tribunal held that b...
Income Tax : The Court held that reassessment based solely on an audit objection is invalid as it constitutes a change of opinion. It emphasize...
Income Tax : ITAT held that CSR contributions can qualify for deduction under Section 80G if conditions are met. The ruling clarifies that ther...
Income Tax : ITAT held that revision under Section 263 cannot be invoked when the Assessing Officer has already examined the issue. The ruling ...
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...
Company Law : The authority penalized the company for failing to transfer unspent CSR funds within the statutory deadline. It held that delayed ...
Company Law : The authority penalized the managing director for wrongly declaring CSR as not applicable in financial filings. It held that signa...
Company Law : The adjudicating authority penalised a company for not spending mandatory CSR funds and failing to transfer unspent amounts on tim...
Handbook on Audit of CSR Activities, has been published by the ICAI in an effort to guide the members in meeting the expectations of the professionals and the stakeholders in this respect.
Spending of CSR funds for carrying out awareness campaigns/programmes or public outreach campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination programme is an eligible CSR activity
Addl. CIT Vs Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) AO has disallowed claim of the assessee company qua CSR expenditure by misinterpreting the provisions contained under section 37(1) of the Act by observing that since CSR expenditure is not incurred for the purpose of carrying on the business, such expenditure cannot be allowed under the existing provisions […]
Addl. CIT Vs M/s. Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) Perusal of the assessment orders goes to prove that AO has mechanically disallowed the claim of expenditure made by the assessee company towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development without analyzing the fact that assessee company being a Government undertaking is required to incur such expenses […]
Hindustan Tin Works Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The Explanation -2 has been inserted below the section 37 (1) of the Act with effect from 01/04/2015 i.e. assessment year 2015-16. According to the said Explanation, corporate social responsibility expenditure incurred shall not be deemed to be incurred wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business […]
We Indians have charity inherited in our heart, we have grown by seeing that our fathers’ and forefathers are donating in various temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches. We are donating or doing philanthropic works without knowing that, who is the true beneficiary of our donation or charity. The fact if also highlighted in Bain & […]
Objective Author in this article discusses the probable reasons that spending of Corporate Social Responsibility expenses is not mandatory in nature. Structure-: The article gives authors own analysis. This article is based on a judicial pronouncement and is divided into following parts. 1 Objective 4 Broad characteristics of CSR 7 Whether CSR is a tax […]
The amendment brought about by way of Explanation 2 to section 37 by Finance Act, 2014, was only with effect from 01.04.2015. ITAT held that the amendment in question is not retrospective. Expenditure incurred in CSR in accordance with guidelines issued by the Govt. of India is allowable as a deduction for both A.Y. 2013-14 and A.Y. 2014-15. In the result, both the appeals of the assessee are allowed.
Corporate Social Responsibility is no longer a mere slogan or an idea. It has grown to become one of the most important indicators of a company’s responsibility towards the social growth. It has become indispensable for various firms to demonstrate such activities.
Prior to Companies Amendment Act, 2020 As per Section 135, Companies having net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more, or turnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during the immediately preceding financial year were required to constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee […]
