07 September 2013
Deposits in case of Private Limited Company
Private Company is prohibited to accept any invitation or acceptance of unsecured loans/deposits from the persons other than its members, directors or their relatives. Therefore a private company can accept deposits through private arrangement from its members, directors and their relatives.
Rule 2(b)(ix) exempt any unsecured loan money received from directors and shareholders from the definition of deposits. According to Rule 2(b)(ix), any amount received from members of a private company limited by guarantee are not exempt.
Rule 3 of Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 deal with the limit upto which a company can accept deposits/ loans. Private company exempted this limit.
For any invitation and acceptance of unsecured loan/deposits from relatives of directors and member, the company will have to file a statement in lieu of advertisement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 4A of the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975. The company will also have to file annual return of deposits in accordance with Rule 10.
07 September 2013
Deposits from Partnership firm Acceptance of deposit by a private company from a partnership firm:— (a) If all partners of the firm are also the directors of a private company, such private company can accept unsecured loans/deposits from the firm. This case will be covered under rule 2(b)(ix) i.e. such a deposit is an exempted deposit. (b) If all partners of a firm are not the directors of a private company i.e. some of them are the directors and remaining are the shareholders, still private company can accept deposit from the firm. (c) If all partners of a firm are not the directors of a private company i.e. some of them are the directors, some of them are shareholders and remaining are relatives of a partners who is a shareholder. This case is not covered under rule 2(b)(ix). (d) Where some partners are directors in a private company and remaining partners are not their relatives, private company cannot accept deposits from such firm.
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