The Good and Services Tax (GST) Council proposes to introduce e-Invoicing for B2B (business to business transactions) from January 1, 2020. With its user-friendly mechanisms, e-Invoicing is expected to make GST compliance, return filing, reconciliation and also, getting tax credits simpler and trouble-free. This is good news, especially for small and medium size businesses which […]
CHARGE Under Companies Act,2013 and Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules, 2014. CONCEPT OF CHARGE: The Companies Act, 2013 defines a Charge as an interest or lien created on the assets or property of a Company or any of its undertaking as security and includes a mortgage U/s 2(16). Need: The financial institutions/banks do not lend their monies […]
Independent Director Amendments On October 22, the Ministry brought the notification on the appointment and qualification of independent directors. The amended rules Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Director) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2019, – Companies (Creation and Maintenance of databank of Independent Directors) Rules, 2019 and – Companies (Accounts) Amendment Rules, 2019 and will come into […]
Tax havens create huge challenges before countries in terms of shifting of profits, flight of capital, hiding of unaccounted wealth & other assets of tax residents of countries and providing a safe haven for parking corruption proceeds from where it is ultimately laundered back into source countries.
Two issues are important for determining the arm’s length price of the services provided to foreign affiliate by an Indian service provider. These are proper determination of cost base on which arm’s lengthy mark- up will apply and the mark-up. The article deals with the issue of constituents of cost base. Hopefully, the proper determination of cost base by the assessee and in the transfer pricing audit will help in collection of due taxes in India.
Section 115BAA so inserted, provides that,- (a) A domestic company shall at its option, pay tax at a lower rate of 22 per cent for any previous year relevant to the Assessment Year beginning on or after 1st April 2020, subject to certain conditions, including that the total income should be computed without claiming any […]
A One Person Company (OPC) is the latest variety of business in India projected by the companies Act, 2013. A forward-thinking plan was launched that promotes the incorporation of micro-businesses and persons with entrepreneurial concepts and to provide uplift to entrepreneurs who have high potential to start their venture by allowing them to create one […]
Many articles and webinars are prepared for interest levy and mainly focus is kept on interest on gross liability or net liability, however my concern is with regard to duration of tax unpaid for which interest is to be paid and manner of calculation of interest. When you go through the provisions of Section 50 […]
Inventories are tangible property held for sale in the ordinary course of business, or in the process of production for such sale, or for consumption in the production of goods or services for sale, including maintenance supplies, consumable stores and spare parts meant for replacement in the normal course. Inventories normally comprise raw materials including components, work-in-process, finished goods including by-products, maintenance supplies, stores and spare parts, and loose tools.
In order to form Nidhi Company in India, you have to incorporate a Limited Company, under the Company Act 2013. A minimum of 3 directors and 7 shareholders are required to start a Nidhi Company incorporation process