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...
Finance Minister, in his budget speech, has proposed many incentives to encourage entrepreneurship in India. Some of the tax measures which will be beneficial for new start-ups are as follows- Optional lower tax rate of 25% for newly setup manufacturing companies. Hundred percent deduction of profits for three years (Proposed new Section 80-IAC of the Income-tax Act, 1961):
Jaitley presented his third budget on Feb 29, 2016 amidst a global slump with lower commodity prices, slackening of China’s economy, volatile exchange rates and outflow by FIIs. He has been not drastically increased public spending and has been committed to maintaining a fiscal deficit of around 3.5% of India’s GDP.
The provisions of Finance Bill, 2016 relating to direct taxes seeks to amend the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) , the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004, Finance Act, 2013 and Finance Act 2015, in order to provide for – Rates of Income-tax, Additional Resource Mobilisation, Widening of Tax Base and Anti-Abuse Measures, Measures to Phase Out Deductions, Measures to Promote Socio-economic Growth
The expectations have steadily risen since the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ‘Startup India, Standup India’ initiative. To add to it, release of action plan in January along with issuance of clarification by the Reserve Bank of India for the benefit of Startups is keeping the tempo up with a hope of final spectacle […]
Various e-commerce companies including the likes of Uber, Makemytrip, Zo Rooms etc are engaged in commercial transactions over the Internet. Customers transact in millions of rupees on these e-platforms where goods (i.e., merchandise) and services (i.e. digital products including travel, tickets, hotels etc) are conveniently bought and sold.
Following the mention of startup friendly measures in its Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy for the year 2015-16, Reserve Bank of India has clarified that the relaxations available to other businesses are applicable to startups as well. Following are the clarifications brought about by the RBI pursuant to the said monetary policy.
Startup India is an action plan to develop an ecosystem to promote and nurture entrepreneurship across the country. This is aimed at promoting bank financing for start-up ventures to boost entrepreneurship and encourage startups with jobs creation. The launch of Start Up India plan has generated huge enthusiasm among young entrepreneurs.
The Government of India has announced ‘Startup India’ initiative for creating a conducive environment for startups in India. The various Ministries of the Government of India have initiated a number of activities for the purpose. To bring uniformity in the identified enterprises, an entity shall be considered as a ‘startup’-
This write up deals with 1. What is start up? 2. Is this the same as we start up any new venture to get eligible for benefits of the government? 3. Difficulties or tough road for taking benefits under Govt Start up India Action Plan 4. Income Tax exemptions for 3 yrs for Startups 5. Appreciable Notings on Startup India Action Plans
In paragraph 14 of the Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2015-16 released today, the Governor highlighted the steps being taken by the Reserve Bank of India, in keeping with the Government’s initiatives to promote the ease of doing business and contribute to an eco-system conducive for growth of entrepreneurship, particularly in respect of the start-up enterprises. The details are:
