Question ID : 
                41093
            
            
                
                    Merger of CA Firms
                
            
            
                
                My Friend has started practice by taking COP on Sept 2018 and obtained FRN on 21/02/2020 and i have started practice with COP on 08/02/2020 and FRN on 20/02/2020
so if we merge both firm what would be the effective date of partnership firm?
Kindly please help
                    
            
            
            
                Posted by 
                    GIRISHKUMAR MANGIDCAR
                on 
                    Jul 12, 2021
                        Filed Under
                        MERGER & ACQUISITION
                    
            
                        Effective date of partnership will be the date of registration of the firm, with which name new partnership firm is formed. If partnership firm is formed with new name, effective date of partnership will be date of registration of new partnership firm.
                    
                    
                        Posted by 
                            CA. chunauti dholakia on 
                    
                        Jul 12, 2021
                    
                
                    Answer ID  : 
                    81192
                    
                        As far as I have been able to understand from the query that by merging the two firms you are going to create a new firm and if that is the case then effective date of the partnership shall be the registration of new firm with ICAI. If any of you are becoming a partner in another firm then your effective date of partnership firm shall be the date you are becoming partner in the another firm. Since the firms are too young so better merge and create a new firm.
                    
                    
                        Posted by 
                            CA. JHA SHANKAR KUMAR on 
                    
                        Jul 16, 2021