Income Tax : Vishnupriya Tawania Cross-border mergers & acquisitions have become common in this era of globalisation, when two or more comp...
Company Law : Explains how the 2025 amendment expands eligibility for fast-track mergers and clarifies key compliance requirements, making restr...
Company Law : FTM under Section 233 allows mergers without NCLT intervention, reducing time, cost, and documentation. Eligible small companies, ...
Company Law : The amendment widens FTM eligibility to more company structures and adds procedural clarity. It streamlines mergers but retains so...
Corporate Law : Explore how companies choose between friendly mergers and hostile takeovers to expand market share. Learn how law, governance, and...
Company Law : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs expands fast-track merger rules, simplifying the process for unlisted companies, start-ups, and ...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI issues updated Merger and Demerger Guidelines 2024 to streamline processes for CA firms, encouraging strategic mergers. Effec...
Income Tax : Learn about the merger of trusts under India's tax exemption regimes as proposed in the Finance Bill 2024. Discover the conditions...
Income Tax : Join CA Gaurav Sukhija on Jan 24, 2024, for a 1-hour seminar delving into M&A Tax in India. Explore key objectives, modes, and imp...
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Corporate Law : Understand the implications of Jaiprakash Industries Ltd. vs Delhi Development Authority judgment on leasehold rights transfer pos...
Income Tax : Read about the ITAT Kolkata case of Popular Complex Advisory Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO involving TDS credit in amalgamation schemes approv...
Income Tax : Explore case of Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. vs. DCIT in Telangana High Court, where petitioner seeks disposal of a recti...
Income Tax : Landmark case of DCIT Vs Trans Asia Packaging Ltd, where ITAT Delhi provided clarity on transactions post amalgamation under Secti...
Income Tax : ACIT Vs Padma Logistics & Khanij Pvt. Ltd (Madras High Court) The issue under consideration is whether the set off of brought ...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI corrects formatting errors in CA Firm Merger Guidelines 2024, addressing alignment issues in seniority, partnership firms, an...
Fema / RBI : Reserve Bank of India has today placed in public domain a draft scheme of amalgamation of The Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (...
Fema / RBI : The proposal should be in compliance with the legal requirements, past orders/ rulings of the Courts, if any. The State Government...
Income Tax : Reconstruction or splitting up of a company which ceased to be a public sector company as a result of transfer of its shares by Ce...
Company Law : The Central Government proposes to issue the following Order (presently in the Draft form) causing Amalgamation of National Spot E...
After the introduction of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (LLP Act), it was anticipated that many corporate houses would consider Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) as a vehicle to run their business operations, mainly due to lower administrative compliances and ease of repatriation of profits to its partners.
When there is amalgamation, the accumulated losses and unabsorbed depreciation of the amalgamating company shall be deemed to be loss or, as the case may be, allowance for the unabsorbed depreciation of the amalgamated company for the previous year in which the amalgamation was effected.
Every corporate, structure themselves to attain utmost profit. In order to ensure the same they will stay focused, consistent and professionalized. In addition to this the process of Mergers and Acquisition play a significant role in enhancement of profit margin.
As per section 79 of the Act, in case of a change in shareholding of a company, other than a company in which the public is substantially interested, no loss incurred in any previous year is allowed to be carried forward and set-off, unless shares carrying not less than 51% of the voting power are beneficially held by persons who also held such shares in the year in which the loss was incurred.
India has recently seen a growing preference among investors to invest in platform deals. When investors want to play big and have a long-term strategy, they create platforms to invest in sizeable assets in the same sector, rather than investing in individual assets.
Which companies are allowed to merge? Companies Act, 2013 does not prescribe any eligibility requirements of companies for the merger. However, it prescribes several questions which will be answered in further lines.
Merger and Acquisition is the basic term which refers to the consolidation of assets or companies. It consists of different types of transactions such as mergers, acquisition, consolidations, purchase of assets and management acquisition etc.
The article discusses the need for business to be conducted through LLP, the need to migrate from LLP to Company structure, various ways for migration from LLP to Company structure and issues revolving around it.
Earmarking another landmark step in corporate history, on 13 April, 2017, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) brought into force the relevant corporate law provisions dealing with cross-border mergers and amalgamations. These new provisions bring global economies closer and open a host of opportunities by facilitating global acquisitions, sale transactions, consolidations and restructuring for Indian companies.
The year 2016 has witnessed some largest FDI transaction in India, indicating the global confidence in Indian markets and this trend is certainly to continue. Needless to mention, the boost these transactions have given to the Indian M&A landscape is eminent.
