The Companies Act 2013 is a crucial legislation in India governing the incorporation, functioning, and management of companies. Learn about the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act 2013.
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The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India at its 350th meeting held on February 10, 2016 approved the Revised Guidance Note on Reporting on Fraud under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.
As we are aware that on 1stFebruary 2016, Ministry of Corporate Affairs uploaded the report of Companies Law Committee on its website. In this post, we will discuss recommendations of the committee for the Directors and their meetings.
GN (A) 35- Guidance Note on Accounting for Depreciation in companies in the context of Schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013 Background 1. Schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013, specifies useful lives for the purpose of computation of depreciation. The said Schedule II was further amended by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) […]
OPC has only one shareholder/member that give him power to run the business of the company solely on his decision, i.e., OPC gives MONOPOLY IN MANAGEMENT. Although, a maximum number of 15 directors can be appointed in OPC but it’s a benefit as more Directors can run management smoothly, and is not any legal obligation.
(1) This Order may be called the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016. (2) It shall apply to every company including a foreign company as defined in clause (42) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) [hereinafter referred to as the Companies Act], except:–
Notice inviting comments on the revised schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 for a company whose financial statements are drawn up in compliance of companies (Indian Accounting Standards) rules 2015 and as amended from time to time.
I would like to highlight Recommendations of The Committee on various Definitions like Associate Company, Charge, Deposit, Related Party etc. under Companies Act, 2013. Such recommendations are given below:
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder prescribe that every company having a net worth of Rs 500 crore or more, or turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or more or a net profit of Rs 5 crore or more during any financial year shall ensure that the company spends, in every financial year at least 2 % of the average net profits made during the three immediately preceding financial years in pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.
This Table contains 17 Points of Applicability of Related Party Transaction under Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulation in the Tabular format. This is beneficial for my Younger Member who is Company Secretary of Listed Company and who is newly join a company. Related party is now a very complex issues now a days amongst the Company Secretaries.
The Committee considered the suggestion for making the definition of deposit less restrictive, but felt that adequate prescriptive powers for excluding amounts received by a company from the term ‘deposit’ have been provided in the definition and no change is, therefore, required.
