HUF or Karta of HUF cannot be a Partner in LLP

Reference  is  invited to General Circular No. 13/2013 wherein,  in paragraph 2, it has been clarified that ‘as per section 5 of LLP Act, 2008 only an individual or body corporate may be a partner in a Limited Liability Partnership. A HUF cannot be treated as a body corporate for the purposes of LLP Act, 2008. Therefore, a HUF or its Karta cannot become partner or designated partner in LLP’.

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2. However, the clarification inadvertently does not mention partner in the last sentence of the paragraph quoted above which has been pointed out by a stakeholder. It is hereby clarified that a HUF or its Karta cannot become partner or designated partner in LLP.

General Circular No. 2/2016 | 15.1.2016