Taxmann's Companies Act with Rules [Pocket | Hardbound] – Authentic resource covering the annotated text of the Companies Act with 55+ Rules, Circulars, Notifications, & Exemptions [2025]
About this ebook
• Companies Act, 2013 [as amended up to date] with annotations
o Provisions of other Acts referred to in the Companies Act, 2013
o Words & Phrases Judicially Noticed
• 55+ Rules framed thereunder with annotations
• Circulars & Notifications issued under the Companies Act, 2013
• Secretarial Standards
The book offers a unique and detailed presentation of the Companies Act and corresponding Rules, Circulars, and Notifications. The annotations under each Section provide:
• Relevant Rules framed under the corresponding Section
• Reference to relevant Forms prescribed
• Exemptions available to:
o Private Companies
o Government Companies
o Nidhis
o Charitable Companies (Section 8 Companies)
o Private Companies operating from IFSCs in SEZs licensed by RBI, SEBI, or IRDA
o Unlisted Public Companies in IFSCs
o Financial Products/Services/Institutions in IFSCs
• Gist of relevant Circulars & Notifications
• Date of enforcement of provisions
• Corresponding provisions under Companies Act, 1956
• Judicially noticed Words & Phrases
• Allied laws referred to in the provision
• References to relevant SEBI Rules, Secretarial Standards (SS-1 to SS-4), and Table F of Schedule I
The Present Publication is the 44th Edition | 2025 and updated upto 25th November 2024. This book is edited by Taxmann's Editorial Board, with the following noteworthy features:
• [Taxmann's series of Bestseller Books] on Company Laws
• [Follows the Six-Sigma Approach] to achieve the benchmark of 'zero error.'
The contents of the book are as follows:
• List of Rules/Regulations
o Alphabetical list of Rules/Regulations
• Exemptions available to specific types of companies:
o Private Companies
o Section 8 Companies
o Nidhis
o Government Companies
o Companies operating in IFSCs licensed by RBI, SEBI, or IRDA
• List of Circulars & Notifications
• Companies Act, 2013 with Rules
o Arrangement of Sections
o Annotated text of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended up to date
o Appendix I: Provisions of other Acts referred to in Companies Act, 2013
o Appendix II: Words & Phrases Judicially Noticed
o Subject Index
• Rules framed under the Companies Act, 2013
o Key to Prescribed Forms
o Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Issue of Global Depository Receipts) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in Extensible Business Reporting Language) Rules, 2015
o Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Inspection, Investigation, and Inquiry) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Authorised to Register) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014
o Nidhi Rules, 2014
o National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016
o National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016
o National Company Law Tribunal (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of President and Other Members) Rules, 2015
o National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of the Chairperson and Other Members) Rules, 2015
o Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Miscellaneous) Rules, 2014
o Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014
o Depository Receipts Scheme, 2014
o Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015
o Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021
o Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Appointment of Chairperson and Members, Holding of Meetings and Provision for Offices and Officers) Rules, 2016
o Companies (Compromises, Arrangements, and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016
o Companies (Mediation and Conciliation) Rules, 2016
o Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016
o Companies (Transfer of Pending Proceedings) Rules, 2016
o Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016
o National Company Law Tribunal (Procedure for Reduction of Share Capital of Company) Rules, 2016
o Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021
o Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members of Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals, and other Authorities
o Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021
o Companies (Arrests in Connection with Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigation Office) Rules, 2017
o Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017
o Companies (Restriction on Number of Layers) Rules, 2017
o Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018
o National Financial Reporting Authority (Manner of Appointment and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2018
o Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018
o Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Form of Annual Statement of Accounts) Rules, 2018
o Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Form and Time of Preparation of Annual Report) Rules, 2018
o Specified Companies (Furnishing of Information about Payment to Micro and Small Enterprise Suppliers) Order, 2019
o National Financial Reporting Authority Rules, 2018
o National Financial Reporting Authority (Meeting for Transaction of Business) Rules, 2019
o National Financial Reporting Authority (Recruitment, Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Secretary, Officers and Other Employees of Authority) Rules, 2019
o Companies (Creation and Maintenance of Data Bank of Independent Directors) Rules, 2019
o Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 2020
o Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020
o National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson, President and Other Members) Rules, 2020
o Producer Companies Rules, 2021
o National Financial Reporting Authority appointment of Part-time Member Rules, 2022
o Companies (Listing of Equity Shares in Permissible Jurisdictions) Rules, 2024
o Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Manner of Recruitment and Terms and Conditions of Service of Public Relation Office and Assistant Manager) Rules, 2024
• Circulars & Notifications
o Circulars & Notifications issued under the Companies Act, 2013
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