On Thursday (6th August), on the eve of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Measures, RBI Governor Mr.Shaktikant Das announced “To enhance safety of cheque payments, it has been decided to introduce a mechanism of Positive Pay for all cheques of value ₹50,000 and above. This will cover approximately 20 per cent and 80 per…
A Current account in a bank is a running account (also known as demand deposit) maintained in banks mostly for the purpose of business. The following types of entities are eligible to open current accounts in banks. Individual/Proprietorship Account Hindu Undivided Family (H.U.F) Account Partnership concerns/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Limited and Private Companies Trust Account…
Registration of a partnership firm is not compulsory under law. It is left to the partners of the firm to register their firm or not. However,the advantages of registration of a partnership firm are that the registered firm offers an irrefutable legal proof of the existence partnership and the composition of partners, their address,…
LLP is an acronym for the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). LLP is an entity registered under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, of 2008. The liability of an LLP is restricted to its assets and the partner’s liability is limited to their share contributed in the partnership. Thus partner’s liability in LLP is similar to that…
In partnership businesses all the partners need not actively participate in the business activity of the firm. According to their involvement in the business they are called active partner/ managing partner and sleeping partner/ dormant partner. Active Partner or managing partner: An active partner is the capital investor in the partnership who actively involves himself…
The Union government has made Aadhaar number mandatory for opening the bank accounts, as well as conductiong financial transactions of Rs.50000.00 and above.The existing customers of banks who have not linked Aadhar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to their bank is now required to link the same before December 31,…
In partnership businesses we find different types partners viz. nominal or ostensible partner, sub-partner, partner by estoppel or holding out, partners in profits only, minor as a partner, others. The different kinds of Partners that we may normally notice in Partnership Firms are as under. Nominal Partner: When a well-known personality in the society who…
The partnership firms can be commonly distinguished as a general partnership and limited liability partnership (LLP). The General Partnership can be further divided into three groups’ viz. partnership at will, particular partnership and fixed term partnership. The agreement for PARTNERSHIP AT WILL is formed for carrying on general business and it does not specify the…
A Subsidiary company can be described as an enterprise, the management of which is controlled by a parent company. The parent company is one which has one or more subsidiaries. In all cases the parent company will hold more than half of the voting power of the subsidiary company and controls financial and operating policy…
As per the existing RBI guidelines, the banks cannot open the current account of prospective customers without obtaining a ‘No-objection letter’ from the lending banks and in case no response is received from the existing bankers after a minimum waiting period of a fortnight. The Reserve Bank of India in their notification informed that they…