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 : 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 : 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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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 : Delhi ITAT held that donations qualifying under Section 80G do not lose eligibility merely because they form part of Corporate Soc...
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...
The word ‘AUDIT’ has Latin origins. It is derived from the Latin term ‘audire,’ which means to hear as back then auditor used to listen to the accounts read over by an accountant in order to check them.
FORM NO. CSR-1 is issued Pursuant to section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 4(1) and (2) of Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 for Registration of Entities for undertaking CSR Activities. In accordance with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021, company can undertake CSR activities either itself or through entities […]
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AMENDMENT UTILIZATION OF UNSPENT AMOUNT ON CSR ACTIVITIES (OTHER THAN ONGOING PROJECTS) [SECTION 135(5)] Reason for not spending the amount ⇓ Transfer such unspent amount ⇓ To a fund specified in Schedule VII ⇓ Within 6 months ⇓ Of the expiry of the financial Year UTILIZATION OF UNSPENT AMOUNT ON CSR ACTIVITIES […]
Corporate altruism in India has found a new purpose since advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the nationwide lockdown upending economic activity at one hand and disrupting lives, especially of the poor, on the other, companies have not only opened their purse strings but also rolled up their sleeves to respond proactively to the pandemic. […]
At present, provisions under section 135 of the Act regulate large companies i.e. (a) companies having net worth of INR 500 crores or more; (b) turnover of INR 1,000 crores or more; or (c) net profit of INR 5 crore or more, during the immediately preceding financial year, to spend at least 2% of the average net profits during the three immediate preceding financial years towards CSR activities.
The uncertainty on whether corporations can avail input tax credit (ITC) for any expenditure made under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a longstanding one. In the absence of a clear-cut law, corporations have had to rely on specific AAR rulings to ascertain whether they can avail ITC for their CSR expenditure. However, inconsistent findings by […]
Section 135(1) of the Companies Act 2013, deals with the CSR provisions and constitution of CSR committee. Modes of spending CSR expenditure: As per Rule 4(2), Companies can spend on CSR activity through any of the below 3 ways. 1. Eligible Companies coming together to form a Trust, Society, or Section 8 Company for conducting CSR […]
National Building Construction Corporation Ltd. Vs Add. CIT (ITAT Delhi) In the instant case before us also, the expenses have been incurred on the direction of the relevant Ministry / Government of India. Further, neither the Assessing Officer nor the learned DR has rebutted the contention of the assessee that expenses have been incurred for […]
Expectations of Humanities from Corporates World The basic existence of the Corporates is to satisfy the essential of the society by suppling goods and services as per the various consumer need. But the Corporates should also be allowed to make profit for their very being and sustainability. The Corporates drew a lot from the society […]
As we all know, in India, lakhs of NGO’s are registered to do social welfare activities. An NGO can be registered in the form of Trust, Society and Section 8 Company with Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Each year thousands of new NGO’s are registered but due to unawareness of activities/ proceedings to be done after […]
