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		<title>ICAI accuses state and central governments, and PSUs of deliberately favouring CA companies having affiliations with multinational audit firms</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/icai-accuses-state-central-governments-psus-deliberately-favouring-ca-companies-affiliations-multinational-audit-firms.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accounting regulator ICAI has accused state and central governments, and PSUs, of deliberately favouring chartered accountant companies having affiliations with multinational audit firms.  ICAi accused that In certain cases, public sector undertakings, the government departments, central and state governments advertise for various professional services, wherein the basic eligibility requirement tends to favour multinational network accounting firms or other corporate entities. ]]></description>
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		<title>Duration of fraud prior to detection in Asia is an average of five years &#8211; KPMG</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fraudsters go undetected for a longer duration in Asia, with a survey revealing that frauds in the region sometimes do not come into the light for ten years or more. In Asia, it takes longer to detect frauds than any other region in the world, says a global consultancy KPMG report, released today.]]></description>
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		<title>Life policies- Insurers seek separate exemption limit</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/income-tax/life-policies-insurers-seek-separate-exemption-limit.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Income Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anuj Mathur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The insurance industry wants the government to create a separate tax exemption limit of Rs 50,000 for life insurance premium in the forthcoming Budget to encourage more individuals to buy such policies.   ]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI asks Big Four audit firms not to buy out Indian cos</title>
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		<comments>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/icai-asks-big-four-audit-firms-not-to-buy-out-indian-cos.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young and Deloitte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid concerns of alleged 'surrogate practices' of 'Big Four' accounting firms,regulator ICAI has asked PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG , Ernst &#38; Young and Deloitte to desist from acquiring Indian audit outfits. "Worldwide, there is a talk that there]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2011-12-  I-T exemption limit  may get enhanced</title>
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		<comments>http://taxguru.in/income-tax/budget-2011-12-i-t-exemption-limit-may-get-enhanced.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Income Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government may advance by a year the roll out of some of the income tax measures proposed in the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) to provide relief to inflation-hit households. These measures may form part of the forthcoming budget. "Some measures in the ]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI to submit report on accounting frauds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deloitte Sells and Heskins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will submit its report against unethical practices by big four auditing and consulting firms — Ernst &#038; Young, KPMG, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte Sells and Heskins — to the Ministry of Co]]></description>
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		<title>UK Minister has &#8216;serious concerns&#8217; over Big Four&#8217;s audit dominance</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/finance/uk-minister-has-serious-concerns-over-big-fours-audit-dominance.html</link>
		<comments>http://taxguru.in/finance/uk-minister-has-serious-concerns-over-big-fours-audit-dominance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE GOVERNMENT'S employment minister has 'serious concerns' over a lack of competition in the audit market, and has urged company audit committees and shareholders to encourage companies to use accountants outside the Big Four firms to improve choice in audit services. Ed Davey, who is also minister for consumer and postal affairs, yesterday told a House of Lords inquiry into the audit industry that using regulation to improve choice within audit services was not the government's 'first approach,' but did not rule out this out should other approaches fail.]]></description>
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		<title>KPMG appoints two Indians as new audit partners</title>
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		<comments>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/kpmg-appoints-two-indians-as-new-audit-partners.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global audit, tax and advisory firm, KPMG Fakhro, has announced the appointment of two new audit partners to strengthen the firm's financial services and owner managed business practices in Bahrain. Islamic banking specialist, Mahesh Balasubramanian,]]></description>
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		<title>ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from auditor of failed Allco Financial Group Limited</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from KPMG Sydney auditor Mr Christopher Neville Whittingham. The EU follows an investigation into Mr Whittingham’s conduct in relation to his audit of the financial report of Allco Financial Group Lim]]></description>
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		<title>Finmin asks ICAI to set up panel for IFRS shift</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barely five months from the final implementation of the IFRS, the finance ministry has directed the apex accounting regulator, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), to set up a committee to harmonise the tax-related issues. As 1,000-plu]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI founds KPMG and Ernst &amp; Young doing business through surrogate means</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/icai-founds-kpmg-and-ernst-young-doing-business-through-surrogate-means.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global firms KPMG and Ernst &#038; Young could be headed for trouble in India as auditing regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has found them doing business through surrogate means, without being registered in the country. ]]></description>
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		<title>Joint audits will increase fraud- Big Four partner</title>
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		<comments>http://taxguru.in/finance/joint-audits-will-increase-fraud-big-four-partner.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The introduction of joint audits could increase the likelihood of fraud according to a senior Big Four partner. The partner, who did not want to be identified, said the introduction of joint audits in the UK could increase the chance of fraud occurring and would not increase the audit quality. “A crook could deliberately see an advantage in having two sets of auditors,” he said. “It needs to be borne in mind that the biggest fraud that ever took place in the UK, namely BCCI, had joint auditors.”]]></description>
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		<title>Indian CA firms having tie-up/affiliation with international entities/network</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/indian-ca-firms-having-tie-upaffiliation-with-international-entitiesnetwork.html</link>
		<comments>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/indian-ca-firms-having-tie-upaffiliation-with-international-entitiesnetwork.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Council of the Institute had recently considered the draft Report on Operation of Multinational Network Accounting Firms in India, which inter alia, was based on examination of documents/details provided by many CA firms registered with ICAI and ]]></description>
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		<title>Government considering new law to multinational audit firms responsible</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/government-considering-new-law-to-multinational-audit-firms-responsible.html</link>
		<comments>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/government-considering-new-law-to-multinational-audit-firms-responsible.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is considering changes in laws to make multinational audit firms responsible for professional wrongdoings by their Indian affiliates. Currently, domestic laws do not allow regulatory action against the global network of such firms, eve]]></description>
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		<title>Non-executive bank directors should be Paid salaries on par with their private sector counterparts</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/rbi/non-executive-bank-directors-should-be-paid-salaries-on-par-with-their-private-sector-counterparts.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the RBI making out a case for better pay packages for PSU bankers, global consultancy KPMG said that not only senior personnel, but non -executive directors, too, should be paid salaries on par with their private sector counterparts.]]></description>
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		<title>Big 4 must not take over audit of small Companies, says ICAI</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/big-4-must-not-take-over-audit-of-small-companies-says-icai.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accounting regulator ICAI has asked the Big Four auditing and consulting firms – KPMG, E&#038;Y, Deloitte and PwC – to share any information sought by various committees of the institute and has asked them not to engage in “shopping for small firms”.]]></description>
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		<title>The truth is out: PwC is losing its top professionals</title>
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		<comments>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/the-truth-is-out-pwc-is-losing-its-top-professionals.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TWO INCIDENTS in a fortnight have taken further wind out of the sails of Pricewaterhouse Coopers India (PwC). The first was market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) getting the Bombay High Court’s nod to probe allegations of irr]]></description>
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		<title>Accoune Restatement may cost Mahindra Satyam in excess of 50 crore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mahindra Satyam may end up paying a huge fee for restatement of its book of accounts that were allegedly fudged by its former Chairman Mr B. Ramalinga Raju. Indications are that the Hyderabad-based company will shell out close to Rs 60 crore by September when the accounts are expected to be restated.]]></description>
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		<title>Former CCIT Dave exits KPMG, Will advice income tax department in Vodafone case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former chief commissioner of the income-tax department, who was instrumental in preparing the revenue department's case for levying a tax on the $11-billion Vodafone-Hutch Essar deal, has resigned from professional services firm KPMG that has Vodafone as its client.  Girish Dave, the former chief commissioner, had joined KPMG after his retirement, a move that was looked at askance by the higher echelons of the Indian Revenue Service.]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate affair ministry will initiate talks with commerce ministry and RBI to allow global audit firms</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/finance/corporate-affair-ministry-will-initiate-talks-with-commerce-ministry-and-rbi-to-allow-global-audit-firms.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The corporate affairs ministry will initiate talks with the commerce ministry and RBI to allow global audit firms like KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst &#038; Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to open shops in the country. "This matter is not for us alone (to decide), it is a matter which involves the RBI as also the commerce ministry]]></description>
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		<title>You’ll Just Have to Live with the Big 4 Whether You Like It or Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memo to the World: You’ll Just Have to Live with the Big 4 Whether You Like It or Not. “There are plenty of industries where there are four big players. The world just has to get on with it.” ~ John Griffiths Jones, chairman of KPMG in the UK and co-chairman in Europe on the concern that four accounting major accounting firms are not enough.]]></description>
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		<title>PricewaterhouseCoopers improved it’s commend on FTSE 100 companies</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/finance/pricewaterhousecoopers-improved-it%e2%80%99s-commend-on-ftse-100-companies.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PricewaterhouseCoopers has improved its commend of FTSE100 audit clients increasing its share of the top flight to 41 in the second quarter of this year.  According to the Hemscott adviser rankings PwC remains the biggest auditor among Blue Chips though overall KPMG has improved its position among to maintain the firm's lead in having the most audit clients among listed companies.]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI asked local audit firms to furnish details of tie-ups with MNCs to check surrogate practices</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/icai-asked-local-audit-firms-to-furnish-details-of-tie-ups-with-mncs-to-check-surrogate-practices.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tightening the noose around the audit companies having arrangements with global firms, the accounting regulator ICAI has sought details of their tie-ups with MNCs to check surrogate practices. The decision to seek tie-up details from CA firms, especially those associated with the Big 4– PWC, Ernst &#038; Young, KPMG and Deloitte–follows a report by an Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) committee on the multi-crore Satyam scam.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax planning to be done once Exempt Gratuity Limit Increase to 10 Lakh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the government raising the gratuity limit, it makes sense to negotiate for a higher basic salary to ensure a better payout. The Union cabinet’s decision to raise the tax-free gratuity limit from Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh is likely to become a tool for companies to retain employees.]]></description>
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		<title>Audit Firms started hiring Chartered Accountants directly at CA Coaching Classes</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/audit-firms-started-hiring-chartered-accountants-directly-at-ca-coaching-classes.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Ahmedabad-Based Fountainhead, a little-known coaching academy for chartered accountants, February 20 was a day of celebration. The two-year-old chartered accountants’ training institute was playing host to a recruiting team from global consulting firm Ernst &#038; Young (E&#038;Y), rated among the world’s top four.]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer students are passing the CA final exams, why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The low pass percentage in the latest CA final exams is causing the supply of good chartered accountants to stay low. Call it a result of the economic downturn, the Satyam effect or simply turning off the tap by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Chartered Accountancy final examination results touched a record low in the November 2009 attempt.]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI will propose time line to dispose of the complaints that arise against its members</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the apex regulator of accountancy profession in the country, will propose a time line to dispose of the complaints that arise against its members. The institute had recently recommended disciplinary action against two of its member chartered accountants after they were charged with professional misconduct while conducting the audit of Global Trust Bank for the year 2000-01.]]></description>
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		<title>Big four in race to grab the consultant’s job for the Unique Identification Authority of India’s UID project</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/big-four-in-race-to-grab-the-consultant%e2%80%99s-job-for-the-unique-identification-authority-of-india%e2%80%99s-uid-project.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Four – KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers – are in a fray for snapping up the consultant’s job for the Unique Identification Authority of India’s UID project. These four have cleared the first two rounds of evaluation to reach the technical evaluation stage along with three other companies which include Booz &#038; Allen, PA Consulting and Capgemini.]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI not yet submitted its repot on PWC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ministry of company affairs said that it was yet to receive a detailed report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on the audit and accounting major PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was involved in an accounting goof-up in the Rs 10,000-crore (Rs 100-billion) Satyam scandal.]]></description>
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		<title>Government considering increase in the income-tax exemption limit for individuals in next budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is exploring an increase in the income-tax exemption limit for individuals to compensate for the high recent inflation, but revenue considerations and the fact that the limit was hiked sharply in 2008-09 could force it to maintain status quo or give just a token hike.  The proposal has figured in the preliminary discussions , as the policymakers debate ways to give some relief to households from high inflation.]]></description>
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		<title>New regulations likely to spur business for consulting and audit firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes in regulations like the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Goods and Services Tax (GST), Direct Taxes Code and the new Companies Act are likely to spur business for consulting and audit firms.]]></description>
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		<title>No clear mandate in CA elections of Ahmedabad branch of ICAI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[None of the two panels that contested in the election of Ahmedabad branch of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) received clear mandate. Both vibrant-8 panel, representing small and medium CA practitioners, and care panel, representing Ernst &#038; Young, PricewaterhouseCoop ers, Delloitte and KPMG, managed to win four seats each out of total eight.]]></description>
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		<title>ICAEW excludes and fines KPMG employee for false travel expense claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICAEW excludes and fines Darren Merchant for false travel expense claims. A senior KPMG employee who dishonestly claimed more than £43,000 in expenses has been excluded from the ICAEW and fined. At an ICAEW disciplinary hearing, Darren Merchant of Dartford, Kent, admitted to claiming £43,087 in air travel.]]></description>
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		<title>19 PwC tax partners resigned following the resignation of the PwC tax head Dinesh Kanabar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[19 PwC tax partners have resigned following the resignation of the PwC tax head Dinesh Kanabar on Saturday December 26. Among the people who quit today are H Kotak, G Mistry and R Dhume - all of whom have joined KPMG. All the resigning partners were originally from RSM.]]></description>
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		<title>PM panel in favour of one GST slab at central level for both Goods and services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, or PMEAC, has favoured asingle slab each for goods and services or one common rate for both under the proposed goods and services tax (GST), unlike the proposal mooted by the states.“The Centre could follow the pattern in which there is only one rate for goods and one rate for services, or one rate which is common to both goods and services,” PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan said.]]></description>
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		<title>KPMG to represent banks who lent money to Dubai World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British newspaper The Independent reported that the banks include HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, and Standard Chartered. The banks' total loans to Dubai World exceeds US$ 30 billion. ]]></description>
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		<title>KPMG named India’s indirect tax firm of the year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KPMG was also named Asia’s transfer pricing firm of the year, a release said here today. KPMG’s Head of Tax Uday Ved, said, “these awards are recognition of our commitment to highest quality standards and thought leadership, as well as the trust posed by our clients on us.”]]></description>
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		<title>Convergence to IFRS by April 2011 as India is signatory to IFRS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India will stick to its earlier announced deadline for convergence with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by April 2011, a top Government official has said. “Let me make it very clear that India is a signatory to accept IFRS.By accept, I mean convergence to IFRS by April 2011 and not adoption.]]></description>
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		<title>Deloitte will treble its India headcount</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International accounting and consulting firm Deloitte will treble its India headcount from the current 11,000 and shift more of its top talent to the country over the next four years, a company official said. James Brady, CEO of Deloitte's assurance and risk assessment services, said the company has identified India as a 'high priority market' after the economic downturn. The 165-year-old group employs around 1.77 lakh people in 140 countries across the globe and is part of the 'big four' audit firms, along with PricewaterhouseCoop ers, Ernst &#038; Young and KPMG.]]></description>
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		<title>MCA asked ICAI to seek information from the foreign firms operating in India</title>
		<link>http://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/mca-asked-icai-to-seek-information-from-the-foreign-firms-operating-in-india.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has sought clarity from auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) about their operations and business plans in India. “Come back with a plan. What is that you are responsible for? What is that you should be responsible for?” Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told PTI while replying to questions about his meeting with senior representatives of PWC early this week. PWC has been in the news for the wrong reasons as its auditors were involved in auditing the books of accounts of fraud-stricken Satyam Computer Services.]]></description>
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		<title>KPMG accountant jailed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A “spineless” director at leading accountancy firm, KPMG, was jailed for four years after trying to buy his second wife&#8217;s happiness with £550,000 stolen from his employer.  Andrew Wetherall, 49, branded as “spineless” by the judge, spent years defrauding the expenses system at the financial and professional services firm to provide her with expensive gifts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many countries looking to hike hike personal income tax rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governments around the world may consider funding their increasing deficits by hiking personal income tax rates, though India may not be one among those, with the tax rates in the country nearly constant over the last seven years. The highest tax rate applicable on an income of over Rs 5,00,000 per annum stands at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deloitte may be the new statutory auditor of Satyam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Satyam scam had its auditors PWC red in the face. Raju had cooked the books for many years and did the auditors fail or were partners in the crime, is for the investigative agencies to find out.But life must go on for Satyam and that&#8217;s why the new management is making important changes on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Tax Rates May Come Down in Next Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct tax rates may be tinkered by new government that may present its first budget later next month, according to a study. This may be in line with changed taxation policies followed by most governments worldwide to beat slowdown and recession that set in following global financial turmoil.]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI issued notices to E&amp;Y, Deloitte</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two other big four accounting firms have received a letter from the accounting regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). According to sources, the ICAI has written to Deloitte and E&#38;Y, asking for detailed information on their activities, international affiliations and operating structure in India. Just over a week ago, we had reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Mahindra plans to appoint two auditors at Satyam Computer Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech Mahindra plans to appoint two auditors at Satyam Computer Services as part of its initiative to enhance the corporate governance standard of the fraud-hit software exporter, said a top Tech Mahindra executive. But, the appointments will have to be ratified by Satyam shareholders. Satyam&#8217;s corporate governance practices and the role of its auditors came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIG FOUR CA firms plead for help amid fear of lawsuit-Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading accountants will meet the Government this week to plead for protection as they prepare for a surge in litigation from investors trying to recover their losses from big company failures. The Big Four — Deloitte, Ernst &#38; Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — are braced for an increase in legal action from investors and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICAI issued notice to big four accounting firms to provide information on their international affiliations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1.5 lakh-member strong chartered accountants&#8217; profession could witness a big showdown. UTVi learns that the accounting regulator, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), has issued notices to the big four accounting firms – KPMG,PwC, E&#38;Y and Deloitte &#8212; asking them to provide exhaustive information on their international affiliations. The regulator has also asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KPMG and Deloitte found instances of Amateurish forgery in Satyam books</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KPMG and Deloitte, auditors appointed to restate the financials of the fraud-hit Satyam Computer Systems, have found instances of `amateurish forgery&#8217; in the account books of the IT firm that should have been easily detected by Price Waterhouse (PW). These &#8220;amateurish forgeries&#8221; with regard to bank confirmation letters on Satyam&#8217;s fixed deposit receipts have come [...]]]></description>
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