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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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...
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 […]
Vedanta Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) At the very outside, the Tribunal in the case of National Small Industries Corporation Limited 175 ITD 601 has held that amendments made to section 37 of the Act vide Finance Act [No. 2] 2014 are prospective in nature and hence would not be applicable to the period prior […]
Amendment in section 37(1) of the Act has been introduced w.e.f. 1st April, 2015 and does not apply on the facts of the case and the disabling provision as stated in Explanation 2 to section 37(1) refers only to such corporate social responsibility expenditure as u/s. 135 of the Companies Act, 2013
It is proposed that CSR Compliance Certificate, by an independent professional, should be introduced, which should cover all the aspects of CSR provisions as provided ,under the Act and the Rules. A draft Compliance Certificate covering each and every aspect is given at ‘Annexure B.
The Companies Act 2013 introduced provisions related to fulfillment of Corporate Social Responsibility by certain companies (net worth Rs. 500 crores or more; or Turnover Rs. 1000 crores or more; or Net Profit of Rs. 5 crores or more) by making certain eligible expenditures/ payments. Once companies cross the threshold limit for CSR, they are required to spend at least 2% of their average net profits of 3 preceding years in eligible CSR activities.
Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020 MCA notifies following activities as CSR Activity Provided that any company engaged in research and development (R&D) activity of new vaccine, drugs and medical devices in their normal course of business may undertake research and development activity of new vaccine, drugs and medical devices related to COVID-19 […]
MCA amends Schedule VII of Companies Act, 2013 and to include more entities in engaged in research and development to whom contribution will fbe treated as Contribution for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities as required under Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013. Same is done by substituting item (ix) of Schedule VII of Companies Act, […]
The issue under consideration is whether the Supreme court will grant permission for transferring the money collected in PM Cares fund to the National Disaster Relief Fund?
The Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by the assessee challenging decision of Central Government to excluding Chief Minister’s Relief Fund from the purview of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
