Selasa, 17 Juni 2014

The Importance Of Minute Books To An Organisation

By Ina Hunt


Corporate books are also referred to as corporate or business books. They are a timely and systematically kept records about the companies key resolutions and meetings that have a big impact on it.The law has a provision for organisations to keep records of its key activities but not maintaining these corporate books.Maintaining them is a professional move especially for registered companies.Minute books come in many forms but the popular ones are the premium and deluxe types.

The content that is contained include shares of stocks of a company, compensation and retirement payments, dividends payments to the shareholders, corporate articles, bylaws made by the managers, shareholders names and important details, minutes of meetings proceedings, information about company directors and vital transactions.

It contains several categories. Minute of meetings, firms bylaws, company briefing, articles of incorporation, shareholders ledgers, shareholders agreements, directors register and original share owners certificate to mention a few.

This record keeping facility was originally handwritten and the pages numbered accordingly.The explanation behind this is that it became nearly impossible to temper with the written work or to fix false documents or remove any essential data from it.These records are followed up so ensure they are in for a minimum of seven years and the information contains is constantly updated and current.

Advanced technology has changed a lot about this books but the concept remains the same. Mostly the minutes of the proceedings are now typed and printed out by a secretary. They are then fastened to the minute book and stamped to show approval.

An admirable corporate image is everything, ensure to outsource assistance from experts on how to maintain the records. To avoid any loopholes it should be tightly tightened and each entry signed.

The person in charge of the records is the firm secretary. They make changes and enter new data when necessary. The storage location of the document is normally central to the whole organisation, maybe its main offices. They are thus easily accessible to majority of people and traceable.

It is important to keep track of it for various reasons. They are the best backup information for financial audits. They are also used to verify the taxes that a firm pays the government. In case of any legal implications they provide vital documents to be used by the attorney. They also ensure that the day to day management of the firm is streamlined by use of the bylaws in them. A secure way of storing data and ensure easy access to all employees and stakeholders that may need the data. On other occasions they provide the needed records for corporate lawyers in case the company owners want to sell the business. Firms that keep the recordings improve their corporate image and increase their overall integrity to the general public as they seem to have no skeletons to hide in their transactions.

The people that may keep a keen interest on the recordings are prospective investors and suppliers, industrial court and company lawyers and advisers, its share owners, directors, auditors, financial accountants, employees and managers, government officers and finally banking institutions.




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