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Tuesday, 29 December 2015

No more LPG Subsidy

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As Expected ministry of Finance and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has taken a step forward to reduce the Burden of Subsidy on the Government of India.As on it is based on self-declaration basis while booking cylinder from January  2016 onwards.

Sooner or later after linking all the Aadhar Card with LPG and Income Tax it will be initiated by the department, apart from self-Declaration.


Following Information if from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas 


Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Benefit of LPG subsidy will not be available if the consumer or his/her spouse had taxable income of more than Rs Ten lakh in previous financial year

At present, there are 16.35 crore LPG consumers in the country. With the implementation of the PAHAL Scheme (DBTL), the subsidy is being transferred directly to the Bank Account of 14.78 crore LPG Consumers. The objective of the scheme was to ensure that the subsidy benefits go to the targeted group. The Government had also given a call to the well-to-do households for voluntarily giving up LPG subsidy. So far, 57.50 lakh LPG consumers have opted out of LPG subsidy voluntarily heeding the call given by the Prime Minister. The subsidy saved from the ‘GiveitUp’ campaign is being utilized for providing new connections to the BPL families under the ‘Giveback’ campaign. This enables provision of LPG, a clean fuel, to poor households by replacing the conventional fuels such as kerosene, coal, fuel wood, cow dung, etc. relieving the poor of the hardships and health hazards from such fuels.

While many consumers have given up subsidy voluntarily, it is felt that consumers in the higher income bracket should get LPG cylinders at the market price. Therefore, the Government has decided that the benefit of the LPG subsidy will not be available for LPG consumers if the consumer or his/her spouse had taxable income of more than Rs 10,00,000/- during the previous financial year computed as per the Income Tax Act, 1961. In keeping with the approach of trusting the citizens, this will be given effect to initially on self-declaration basis while booking cylinders from January 2016 onwards.

 

Who can be Internal Auditor as per Companies Act, 2013

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Who can be Internal Auditor of the Company


As per explanation given in Rule 13 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014

“a internal Auditor may or may not be an employee of the Company”

That means as per Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 Internal Auditor can of the Following

a.       A Chartered Accountant; or

b.      A Cost Accountant; or

c.       Any other professional as may be decided by the Board of Directors.

At the same time as per Rule 13 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 explanation given – the term “Chartered Accountant” shall mean a Chartered Accountant whether engaged in Practice or not. But, as per section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 any per who is rendering the service which are mentioned in section 144 of the Act are disqualified to be appointed as the Statutory Auditor of the Company, unfortunately Internal Audit is Mentioned in the Section 144.

Sunday, 27 December 2015

Applicability of Internal Audit

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As per Rule 13 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 following class of companies shall be required to appoint an internal Auditor or a firm of Internal Auditors, namely:-



1.      Every Listed Company

2.      Every Unlisted Company having :-

a)      Paid up capital of Rs. 50 .00 Crore rupees or more during the preceding financial Year; or

b)      Turnover of Rs.200.00 Crore rupees or more during the preceding financial year; or

c)      Outstanding loans or borrowing from bank or public financial institutions exceeding Rs.100.00 Crore or more at any point of time during the preceding financial Year; or

d)      Outstanding deposits of Rs.25.00 Crore rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial year ; and

3.      Every private company having: -

a)      Turnover of Rs.200.00 Crore Rupees or more during the preceding financial year; or

b)      Outstanding loans or borrowing from the banks or public financial institutions exceeding Rs.100.00 Crore Rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial year;

Provided that an existing company under any of the above criteria shall comply with the requirement of section 138 and this rule within 6 months of commencement of such section.

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