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 It was highlighted that outdated informati...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 (CSR) is a self-regulating process, through which corporate link their activities with common public. The Corporate generally using resources, whether it is natural or human to amass big profits and through Corporate Social responsibility, they will take social responsibility to develop local area and people living in that area. The Corporate through […]
1. In case the CSR amount for a particular financial year is unspent, then the same has to be transferred to a Fund specified in Schedule VII within a period of six month from the end of that Financial Year. 2. Any amount remaining unspent pursuant to any ongoing project, undertaken by a company in […]
Article explains TDS on cash withdrawals of over Rs 1 crore under section 194N of the Income Tax Act, 1961, TDS at the time of purchasing immovable property under Section 194-IA of the Income Tax Act, TDS on payments made to professionals and contractors under Section 194M, TDS on life insurance proceeds Under section 194DA, […]
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept introduced by the Companies Act, 2013 via section 135 made effective from 01/04/2014. Companies, use resources in the form of money and material from the society to meet its business requirements. Utilization of public resources casts responsibilities towards such companies to expend certain sum of money out of its profits for the betterment and upliftment of the society.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Corporate social responsibility refers to the initiative and contribution of an enterprise towards the economic, environmental and social welfare of the general community. In this article, we look at some of the major aspects of CSR committees and its Meetings. CSR COMMITTEES Constitutions of CSR Committee Companies to which section 135 […]
Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013 pertaining to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is applicable to following class of companies who during the immediately preceding financial year have: Net profit before tax of Rs. 5 Crore or more or Net worth of Rs. 500 Crore or more or Turnover of Rs. 1,000 Crore or more In this […]
AMENDMENT IN SECTION 135 OF COMPANIES ACT 2013 1. Applicability of Section 135:- As per section 135(1) of Companies Act, 2013, following Companies having, Net worth of Rs. 500 crore or more Turnover of Rs. 1000 crore or more Net profit of Rs. 5 crore or more Shall constitute Corporate Social Responsibility committee of the board […]
We request you to kindly consider introduction of CSR Compliance Certificate by a Company Secretary in Practice, independent professional and reporting thereof in a dedicated format in form of CSR Compliance Certificate.
Kindly consider introduction of CSR Compliance certificate by an Company Secretary in Practice, independent professional and the reporting thereof in a dedicated format in the form of CSR Compliance Certificate which shall be attached with the e-form for CSR. Also, we would like to suggest that initially obtaining the said CSR Compliance Certificate be mandated
An independent CSR Audit/ Review and issue of CSR Audit/Review Report by the Company Secretaries in Practice shall not only give the existing CSR mechanism much needed support and give necessary comfort to the stakeholders, regulators and the society at large that the companies are Complying with the legal requirements but will also give authentic information about the Utilisation of CSR funds by the companies in specified CSR activities. The proposed coverage of the CSR Audit is placed at Annexure I.
