Archive for May, 2009

More than seven of 10 independent directors sitting on the boards of listed companies to improve corporate governance are “home” members, while only few women make it to such positions, says a study.”Nearly 75 per cent of all independent directors are ‘home’ members whoare natural allies of the promoters are not independent in any sense,” [...] Full Article

18th May 2009 My dear Members and Students, The new millennium is upon us and the changes sweeping across the globe are dramatic indeed. ICAI has progressed steadily into the new millennium. I am keen to take ICAI into the next level by adopting the latest Digital Technology to make the entire organization and its [...] Full Article

ICAI expect its fraud detection cell to come into operation by July 2009, to handle cases like the `Satyam case’, said Uttam Prakash Agarwal, ICAI President. The cell would crack large financial fraud cases and help agencies like Securities and Exchange Board of India and Reserve Bank of India. The cell’s objective would be to [...] Full Article

We are producing below the copy of letter written by ICAI President CA. UTTAM PRAKASH AGARWAL  to Honourable Secretary to the Govt. of India Shri. Shri K.M. Acharya in respect of Empowerment of visually challenged Chartered Accountants.  May, 20th 2009  Ref No. No.1-CA(RepCom) /2009 Shri K.M. Acharya, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad [...] Full Article

Chartered Accountant charged with FERA violation and Rs 26 lakhs penalty imposed – His plea that he was not a person resident in India, not accepted because documents not authenticated – Matter remanded: Bombay High Court  MUMBAI, MAY 20, 2009: BY this appeal, the appellant seeks to challenge the order passed by the Appellate Tribunal [...] Full Article

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT  (Transfer of Articles – (19-05-2009) The following decisions taken by the Council of the Institute are brought into force immediately for compliance by the Students / Members concerned. It is advised that required compliance be made by the concerned students / members. It may please be noted that non-compliance will be viewed seriously [...] Full Article

The argument of the Revenue that the judgement in Dharmendra Textile Processor's case (supra) would apply and penalty equal to the amount of duty of excise assessed by the Assessing Authority is to be paid. We are afraid that such an argument would not be available because judgement in Dharmendra Textile Processor's case (supra) dealt with Section 11 AC of the Act and has concluded the mandatory nature of the penalty contemplated by the proviso . In para 26, reference ha.. Full Article

Mumbai: Being an I-T official, Ajaykumar Singh (38)—who rummages through documents to detect tax evasion—should have smelt a rat when he received an SMS saying he had won three lakh pounds in a lottery. However, the Powai resident not only fell for the Nigerian scam but also followed instructions regarding payment towards processing charges till the [...] Full Article