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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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 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 ...
Income Tax : The issue was whether CSR expenditure qualifies for deduction under section 80G. The Tribunal held that deduction is allowable as ...
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...
Company Law : The regulator held that non-spending of CSR amounts and failure to transfer unspent funds within timelines violates section 135. S...
Company Law : The regulator held that failure to spend CSR funds or transfer unspent amounts within statutory timelines violates sections 135(5)...
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR), can be defined as a Company’s sense of responsibility towards the environment and community in which it operates. The main purpose of CSR is to give back to the Community, take part in the Philanthropic causes, and provide positive social value.
Compliance Relaxation to Business to Lessen Hardship of Covid 19 Wave-by Ministry of Corporate Affairs A. Circular No. 09/2021 dated 05/05/2021 – Covid 19 Relaxation ON CSR activities Following spending of CSR fund are eligible CSR activity under item nos. (i) and (xii) of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013: creating health infrastructure for […]
Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) is continuing commitment by businesses to integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations. On April 1, 2014, India became the first country to legally mandate corporate social responsibility.
CSR funds for ‘creating health infrastructure for COVID care’, ‘establishment of medical oxygen generation and storage plants’, ‘manufacturing and supply of Oxygen concentrators, ventilators, cylinders and other medical equipment for countering COVID-19’ or similar such activities are eligible CSR – General Circular No. 09/2021 Date: 05th May 2021. Full text of the Circualr is as […]
Dear friends, as per Notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs dated 22nd January 2021, it is mandatory for all NGO’s which wants to raise CSR Funding to enrol with MCA w.e.f 01/04/2021 to get CSR Funding. As per this notification from 01 April 2021 onwards, every entity, covered under sub-rule (1), who intends to undertake any […]
ICSI Request for extension of timelines for depositing unspent amount of ongoing CSR project in separate bank account under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 due to the second wave of COVID-19
Comparative study and inter linking on Corporate Social Responsivity (CSR) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Brief Introduction CSR (Schedule VII of Companies Act) In India, CSR got its legal backing by virtue of Section 135 of companies Act 2013. Section 135 of the companies Act is from financial year 2014. India is one of the first few nations to […]
FAQs FOR CSR u/s 135 of Companies Act, 2013 (Updated till 24/04/2021) 1. What is Applicability of CSR Committee and what shall be its constitution & Functions? Applicability ♦ As per Section 135 (1) every Company falling under bellow criteria in Previous Financial Year need to constitute CSR Committee: Turnover Rs. 1000 Cr or More […]
In a recent ruling, the Uttar Pradesh Authority for Advance Ruling (‘AAR’) has ruled that Input Tax Credit (ITC) shall be available on expenses incurred to comply with the requirements of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Companies Act, 2013 (CSR Expenses).
MCA issued General Circular No. 05/ 2021 dated 22nd April, 2021, wherein it has been clarified that spending for ‘setting up COVID Care facilities & makeshift hospitals’ is an eligible CSR activity.
