Private Companies with large borrowings to undergo Secretarial Audit
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Under the previous rules, public companies with a paid-up share capital of Rs 50 crore or more or those with a turnover of Rs 250 crore or more were required to submit secretarial audit reports along with their board reports. In a move aimed at boosting the ease of doing business, the threshold for paid up capital at which private companies are required to employ a company secretary was raised from Rs 5 crore to Rs 10 crore.
A senior government official, who wished to remain anonymous, said these changes were aimed at reducing the compliance cost for companies without substantive operations and to protect public interest in the case of companies with substantial borrowings.
“A number of companies that do not have substantive business operations had represented that it is onerous for them to employ a company secretary only because they have a paid up share capital of Rs 5 crore and this was raising compliance cost,” the official said. Experts said the move is a step in the right direction and would push the ease of doing business. #casansaar (Source - MCA, PTI, Economic Times)
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