CA, CS, ICWA related News and Articles

As an ongoing attempt to enable the members to keep pace with the latest developments in direct taxes, the Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI has entered into an arrangement with Taxmann, a reputed and a well known publisher, wherein Taxmann has agreed to provide all materials that are published and made available by it as a part of its standard practice and procedure on its website www.taxmann.com at a subsidized price of Rs. 3500/- p.a. vis-a- vis its market value which is.. Full Article

An Act further to amend the Company Secretaries Act, 1980. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:— Short title and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2011. Full Article

ICSI – Schedule for the year 2012 with regard to various Cut-Off Dates   Particulars of  Cut-off Dates   Actual  Cut-off Date   Revised  Cut-off Date   Reason for Extension Acceptance of Applications for Admission to Executive/ Professional  Programmes 28.02.2012 No Change Receipt of Enrollment application for appearing in June,2012 examination 25.03.2012 26.03.2012 25th March  [...] Full Article

Candidates who are desirous of applying for verification of the marks obtained by them in the November 2011/December 2011 exams are requested to note and follow the procedure detailed below The application for verification of marks must be in the handwriting of the candidate. If the candidate had appeared in Hindi medium, his/her application should be in Hindi. Typewritten applications will not be entertained. Full Article

Inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books provides information for their academic guidance but does not provide any remedy in case of any discrepancies that may be noticed in the process. The remedy lies in the existing process of verification of answer books, which is independent and distinct from the inspection/certified copies process. Hence, examinees may make a separate application for verification of answer books, without waiting for inspection/certifie.. Full Article

Bhavin Mistry, son of an autorickshaw driver, made his father proud as he cleared the Chartered Accountancy (CA) exam in the first attempt. Result of CA final exams was declared on Wednesday. Full Article

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has got its new President and Vice President for the year 2012. In an election held in New Delhi today Mr. Nesar Ahmad has been elected as PRESIDENT while Mr. S. N. Ananthasubramanian has been elected as the VICE PRESIDENT. Full Article

The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) will be henceforth be known as The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI). The change is a sequel to the passing of of ICWAI Amendment Act 2011, to enable their members to use the designation ACMA and FCMA denoting Associate and Fellow membership of the Institute respectively. Full Article