Wednesday, September 3, 2014

No Restriction on Number of Partners for Firm of CA, CMA, CS & other professionals


Raising of number of partners in CA Firm with reference to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013. – (02-09-2014)
The Council of the Institute has clarified that the earlier restriction of maximum of 20 partnerspermitted for firms under section 11 of the Companies act, 1956 is no more applicable to the firms as Section 464 of the Companies Act, 2013 has been notified w.e.f 01.04.2014 wherein sub-section (1) provides for a maximumnumber of partners permissible for business firms at 100 and sub-section (2) provides that nothing in sub section (1) shall apply to an association or partnership, if it is formed by professionals who are governed by special Acts.
Accordingly, as per proviso to the said section, Chartered Accountants firms are now allowed to be registered/reconstituted with more than 20 partners w.e.f 01.04.2014 under the IndianPartnership Act as in the case of a firm under the Limited Liability Partnership Act.

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