Finance : A practical guide on common mistakes that lead to rejection of subsidy claims in India, covering planning, compliance, documentati...
Corporate Law : This guide explains who can apply for SISFS and the financial support offered. It highlights that early-stage startups receive fun...
Corporate Law : The updated framework doubles turnover limits and expands eligibility to cooperatives. At the same time, it introduces strict rule...
Income Tax : The provision grants full deduction of profits for eligible start-ups for three years. The key takeaway is that structured conditi...
Finance : Founders often struggle with investor conversations due to financial jargon. Understanding core finance terms helps founders pitch...
Corporate Law : The issue concerned operationalising a ₹10,000 crore startup fund. It was established that routing investments through AIFs ensu...
Corporate Law : The initiative marks ten years of nurturing startups across sectors and regions. The focus has shifted from rapid expansion to sus...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs details new initiatives, including digital forms and a Central Registration Centre, to simplify ...
Income Tax : DPIIT approves 187 startups for income tax exemption under Section 80-IAC. Eligibility extended for startups incorporated till Apr...
Corporate Law : As of June 2024, India recognizes 1.4 lakh startups, with 67,499 having at least one woman director, supported by various governme...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that a start-up company incurring cost for branding of the company and other relevant expenditure which creates p...
Income Tax : In the case of HCL Technologies BPO Services Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT has held that for transfer pricing only amount retained by associa...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a start-up company and its officers for delayed filing of e-Form MGT-14 relating to a Special Resolution under ...
Corporate Law : The issue concerned operationalising a ₹10,000 crore startup fund. It was established that routing investments through AIFs ensu...
Corporate Law : The government approved a major fund to enhance startup funding through AIFs. The scheme aims to strengthen innovation, especially...
Corporate Law : The 2026 notification revises the definition of startups, expanding eligibility to more entities while setting turnover and time l...
Company Law : A company was penalised for filing an incomplete and incorrect INC-22 for change of registered office. Startup status helped secur...
CBDt has vide Notification No. 13/2019 granted exemption to startup companies from angel tax w.e.f. 19.02.2019 if such companies fulfill the conditions specified in para 4 of the notification number G.S.R. 127(E), dated the 19th February, 2019. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) Notification No. 13/2019 New Delhi, the 5th […]
Angel tax means the tax payable by unlisted companies during the raising of capital wherein the share price exceeds the fair market price of the share sold. The tax was initially conceptualized in the 2012 Union Budget by then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee with an endeavour to curtail the flow of illegitimate laundering of funds.
BASIC ISSUES OF A STARTUP AND KEY AREAS TO BE CHECKED (Compliances for startup) Every Startup Company has a new idea which is unique. All startups are very well aware about the business they are going to start as they would have done lot of research on it. However, when it comes to compliances lot […]
The Government of India is taking a lot of measures to create job opportunities which will lead to an increase in the overall growth of the country. In doing so, the Government is giving various monetary and non- monetary benefits to the eligible entities. One such eligible entity being ‘Startups’ for which the Government of […]
A Start-ups will be eligible for exemption under Section 56 (2) (viib) of Income Tax Act, if it is a private limited company recognized by DPIIT and is not investing in any of the following assets: i. building or land appurtenant thereto, being a residential house, other than that used by the Start-ups for the purposes of renting or held by it as stock-in-trade, in the ordinary course of business;
It has come to the notice of CBDT, through some media reports that Rs. 36 lakh have been recovered from a startup, namely, Travel Khana as part of recovery of outstanding demand on account of Angel Tax. It has been alleged that this was in violation of the CBDT instructions dated 24th December, 2018 pertaining to recovery of dues in Angel Tax cases.
The Government of India has continuously engaged with all stakeholders to address relevant issues related to the Indian Startup eco-system. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued notification in April 2018 for easing the norms for providing tax exemption to the Startup companies and further amended the notification on 4th February 2019. […]
Central Government hereby makes following amendment to the notification number S.O. 2088(E) dated the 24th May, 2018 published in the Gazette of India
Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, intended to build a strong ecosystem that is conducive for the growth of Startup businesses, to drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. The Government through this initiative aims to empower Startups to grow through innovation and design. Several programs have […]
As the people are becoming more responsible financially, the charm of retail investments has increased a lot in the past 5-10 years. Although most people invest their money in traditional assets such as stocks and bonds, there are benefits to investing in alternative assets too. In this blog, we will discuss these benefits and how […]
