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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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...
India is one of the first countries in the world to make Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandatory for companies following an amendment to the Companies Act,2013 (Companies Act) in 2014. a. Applicability: Section 135(1) of Companies Act, 2013 prescribes thresholds to identify companies which are required to constitute a CSR Committee. b. The Provision of […]
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) | Section 135 of The Companies Act,2013 | The Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aims to contribute to the well being of the society in which an entity operates. CSR can also be considered as corporate ethic strategy that helps the Company to improve its […]
Wherever the company undertakes the CSR activity through a third party / NGO, it is advised that all such companies should obtain an Independent Practitioner’s Report on Utilisation of such CSR Funds from the auditor / CA in practice of the third party / NGO, to whom the funds are given by the Company for implementing CSR activity.
MCA has notified vide Notification No. G.S.R. 313(E) 26/05/2020 that contribution to ‘Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund)’ will fall under CSR Activities wef 28th March 2020. Article analyses CSR Provisions and related amendments in view of Pandemic Covid-19. (i) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) The corporate beyond making […]
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) UNDER SECTION 135 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 READ WITH THE COMPANIES (CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY POLICY) RULES, 2014 WHAT IS THE CSR? CSR is a Concept whereby Companies not only consider their profitability and growth, but also the interests of society and the environment – by taking responsibility for the impact […]
MCA notifies PM CARES as eligible to receive CSR Corpuses of corporates as it amends Schedule VII of Companies Act, 2013 vide Gazette Notification dated 26th May, 2020 and included Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities under Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013. […]
Updated extract of Section 135 Section 135 of COmpanies Act, 2013 alongwith SCHEDULE VII Notified Date of Section: 01/04/2014 Corporate Social Responsibility 135. (1) Every company 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 […]
MEANING OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: “Corporate Social Responsibility” means and includes but is not limited to projects or program relating to activities specified in Schedule VII to The Act and projects or program relating to those activities which are undertaken by Board of directors of a company in ensuring the recommendation of the CSR Committee […]
The amount spent by a company towards CSR cannot be claimed as business expenditure. The Finance Act, 2014 provides that any expenditure incurred by an assessee on the activities relating to corporate social responsibility referred to in section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall not be deemed to be an expenditure incurred by the assessee for the purposes of the business or profession. As per section 37(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961 the expenses incurred by the companies on CSR are taxable.
The issue under consideration is that whether the expenditure incurred for CSR will also be qualified for deduction under section 80G?
