Tag Archives: Depreciation

Part of Companies Amendment Act became Effective


A draft notification posted here on website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs says that Section 1 to 12 and Section 15 to 23 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 came into force with effect from 29th May 2015. The official language of notification read, “the Central Government hereby appoints the 296 May, 2015 as the date on which the provisions of sections 1 to 12 and 15 to 23 of the said Act shall come into force.” The Amendment Act was got presidential assent and notified by Ministry of Law and Justice as such on 26th May 2015 in official gazette.

Two sections not notified yet deals with Fraud Reporting Procedure [Section 13 amending Section 143 of Principal Act] and Related Party Transactions [Section 14 amending Section 177 of Principal Act]. This is understood that Rules related to these sections are in drafting process.

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Journey of Schedule II in 2014


Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013 deals with provision related to “useful life to compute depreciation”. This is second schedule of this Act which was amended before it may come into force in its original form.

A Notification published in Official gazette on 31st March 2014 amended the schedule with effect from 1st April 2014. These amendments were:

  1. In Part “A” Para 3 sub – paragraphs (i) to (iii) were substituted.
  2. In Part “C” Para 5, in Item IV, in sub – item (i); clause (b) was substituted.
  3. Under heading Notes appearing after Part “C”, Paragraph 5 was omitted.

Thereafter amended Schedule came into in force with effect from 1st April 2014.

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THE COMPANIES AMENDMENT BILL 2014: PART 2 OF 3


The Companies Amendment Bill 2014 has been introduced and passed in Lok Sabha recently. This blog post has intention to analyse proposed changes in the Companies Act 2013.

Most important massage, this amendment prepares a best case for drafting skill development programmes in India. I am reading here this Bill clause by clause. This will be a three part series and part 2 of 3 is present here.

To amend sub-section (1) of section 123 of the said Act to include provisions for writing off past losses/depreciation before declaring dividend for the year [Clause 10 of the Amendment Bill]

A forth proviso is being added to the effect that no company shall declare dividend unless carried over previous losses and depreciation not provided in previous year or years are set off against profit of the company for the current year.

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