Vide General Circular No.6 of 2020, Dt: 04.03.2020, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, had introduced the LLP Settlement Scheme, to be effective from 16.03.2020, wherein, it was provided for Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP) to file the pending returns to be filed by the LLPs, without any additional fees.

Amidst the outbreak of COVID-19, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has come up with major reliefs to the Companies and LLPs. 

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In this Article, an attempt is made to list out the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, under the Companies Act, 2013, and the recent clarifications/directions from the Ministry, with specific reference to COVID-19.

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was introduced by the Companies Act, 2013 (Act) with effect from 01.04.2014.  The provisions of Section 135 of the Act, read with Schedule-VII to the Act, are to be complied with.

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The Honourable Delhi ITAT[1] in the matter of Young Indian v CIT (Exemption)[2] has confirmed the rejection of registration under Section 12AA of Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act) with retrospective effect is valid in law. In this article, we discuss the story of Young Indian (YI), the acquisition of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the non-carrying of any activities of YI and the cancellation of registration of YI with retrospective effect.

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Introduction:

Development agreements are popular not only with respect to the construction of residential or commercial complexes but also with respect to laying and development of plots. The real estate companies enter into agreements with landowners for the purpose of laying of plots and undertaking various development works viz. compound wall, approach roads, parks, plantation, street lighting, drainage/sewerage facilities etc. In consideration for undertaking these activities, the developer is generally entitled to a portion of the developed plots. The landowner is entitled to sell the remaining portion of the developed plots. Let us understand the GST[1]implications in connection with these arrangements. Typically, every joint development agreement gives raise to four transactions for which the tax impact has to be understood:

Read more: GST Implications on Developemnt of Plots - Dec 2020