Reserv & surplus

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Mohini (Querist)

27 November 2012 Dear Sir,

Kindly let me know how much % or amount transfer to Reserve & Surplus out of Profit & loss Account
thanx

CA Manish

CA Manish (Expert)

27 November 2012 2.
Percentage of profits to be transferred to reserves.-
No dividend shall be declared or paid by a company forany financial year out of the profits of the company for that year arrived at after providing for depreciation in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 205 of the Act, except after the transfer to the reserves of the company of a percentage of its profits for that year as specified below : -
(i)
Where the dividend proposed exceeds 10 per cent but not 12.5 per cent of the paid-up capital, the amount to be transferred to the reserves shall not be less than 2.5 per cent of the current profits ;
(ii)
Where the dividend proposed exceeds 12.5 per cent but does not exceed 15 per cent of the paid-up capital, the amount to be transferred to the reserves shall not be less than 5 per cent of the current profits ;
(iii)
Where the dividend proposed exceeds 15 per cent, but does not exceed 20 per cent of the paid-up capital, the amount to be transferred to the reserves shall not be less than 7.5 per cent of the current profits ; and
(iv)
Where the dividend proposed exceeds 20 per cent of the paid-up capital, the amount to be transferred to reserves shall not be less than 10 per cent of the current profits.
3.
Conditions governing voluntary transfer of a higher percentage.-
Nothing in Rule 2 shall be deemed to prohibit the voluntary transfer by a company of a percentage higher than 10 per cent of its profits to its reserves for any financial year, so however that :-
"(i) Where a dividend is declared,-
(a)
a minimum distribution sufficient for the maintenance of dividends toshareholders at a rate equal to the average of the rates at which dividends declared by it over the three years immediately preceding the financial year ; or
(b) in a case where bonus shares have been issued in the financial year in
which the dividend is declared or in the three years immediately preceding
the financial year, a minimum distribution sufficient for the maintenance of
dividends to shareholders at an amount equal to the average amount
(quantum) of dividend declared over the three years immediately preceding
the financial year, is ensured :
Provided that in a case where the net profits after tax are lower by 20 per
cent or more than the average net profits after tax of the two financial years
immediately preceding, it shall not be necessary to ensure such minimum
distribution."
(ii) Where no dividend is declared, the amount proposed to be transferred to its
reserves from the current profits shall be lower than the average amount of the
dividends to the shareholders declared by it over the three years immediately
preceding the financial year.

CA CS Amit S. Kedia

CA CS Amit S. Kedia (Expert)

27 November 2012 There is no requirement to transfer to reserve from profit & loss unless you declare dividend and few of the conditions relating to distribution of dividend are not satisfied

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