{"id":16384,"date":"2020-09-15T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/?p=16384"},"modified":"2020-09-15T15:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:52:47","slug":"major-relaxation-for-deposit-norms-related-to-startup-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/major-relaxation-for-deposit-norms-related-to-startup-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Relaxation for Deposit Norms Related to Startup Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 7th<\/sup> September, 2020 Monday displayed major relaxation for deposit norms related to startup companies. This notification allows an additional 5 years time to repay deposits more than INR 25 lacs for the Start-up Companies. The government has notified the new rules as \u201cThe<\/strong> Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Amendment Rules, 2020<\/em><\/strong>, that amended The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Deposit<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Previous\nScenario – The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Previously in accordance to the Companies Act, any company including startups which received money from any person for more than a year was considered as deposit in that company or a startup companies. Which also made the startups follow strict rules and regulations such as informing the registrar for the same, maintaining the deposit settlement reserve and receiving credit rating, before raising the money for a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our article<\/b>:Benefits of Startup India Registration in India<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Amendments:\nThe Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Amendment Rules, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014<\/em><\/strong>, in Rule 2(1) (c) (<\/em>xvii), the words \u201cfive years\u201d and the words \u201cten years\u201d should be substituted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amendment Note:<\/strong> Further in Rule 2(1) (c) (xvii), the Explanation in clause I, for the figures, letters, words and brackets words \u201cG.S.R. 127 (E) issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and \u201cG.S.R. 180 (E) issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry\u201d, the, brackets letters, figures shall be substituted.<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The term of the convertible debentures has been raised from 5 years to 10 years and has also exempt money raised through the corporate affairs ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reason for Such Amendments <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

India has simplified the funding norms to help any Start-up India registration<\/strong><\/a> to raise capital to surge over the slowdown caused by the pandemic. Any money received by any company as deposit or loan in any other form will be considered as a \u201cdeposit\u201d under the Companies Act, 2013<\/em><\/strong>[1]<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/sup> subject to certain exceptions, which increases compliance necessities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the notification by\nthe MCA, fundraising by a start-up will not be considered as a deposit, if it\nraises INR 25 lakhs or more in a single share through a convertible debenture.\nThe exemption will apply only if the note is exchangeable into equity shares or\nis repayable within ten years from the issue date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The existing norms only provided the flexibility of five years to the companies. To claim the advantage, any entity should meet the definition of startup under the February 2019 – notification issued by the Department of Promotion for Industry and Internal Trade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The decision was taken at that time when startups in India are facing difficulty due to the economical slowdown caused by the covid-19 pandemic that has encouraged companies to lay off workforce or enforced pay cuts. In reply, the government has been imposing norms which includes a recent change related to sweat equity. Any company including startups which received money from any person for more than a year was considered as deposit in that company or startup companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our article<\/b>:Know the Complete Rundown of Documents Required For Startup India Registration<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 7th September, 2020 Monday displayed major relaxation for deposit norms related to startup companies. This notification allows an additional 5 years time to repay deposits more than INR 25 lacs for the Start-up Companies. The government has notified the new rules as \u201cThe Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Amendment Rules, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":16388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153,968],"tags":[1000],"acf":{"service_id":"424"},"authorName":"Sakshi Srivastava","authorImageUrl":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG-20180130-WA0007.jpg","authorDescription":"Sakshi has pursued B.B.A.LL.B.(IPR Hons.). She is an avid reader and is keen to gather and share her knowledge on the subjects relating to IPR, Company Law and GST. Priorly she has worked as a legal researcher and vide her articles she aims at improving the core knowledge of the subjects to the masses.","postViews":5949,"readingTime":2,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16384"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16396,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions\/16396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}