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.
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.
In April 2010, CBI arrested Subrato Banerjee and his wife an Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (I-T) Sumitra Banerjee for accepting Rs 1.5 crore from a Thane builder.Central Bureau of Investigation today filed chargesheet against a former Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, her husband, and her former subordinate in a bribery case in the court […]
The Supreme Court will on Friday pronounce its judgement on Vodafone International Holdings’ appeal challenging the income tax demand of Rs 11,000 crore on the overseas deal between Vodafone and Hutchison. Vodafone had moved the apex court challenging the Bombay High Court judgement of September 8, 2010 which had held that Indian IT department had jurisdiction over the deal.
Vide Order No. 17 of 2012 dated 19.01.2012 the CBDT has stated that three IRS officers have been selected as Accountant Members of the Tribunal and that their services are placed at the disposal of the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, with effect from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the growth rate would be around 7.2 percent during the current year. He said that due to current uncertainty in global economy as euro zone crisis is still unresolved and volatility in international commodity prices especially fuel etc, it may be difficult to contain the fiscal deficit at 4.6 percent as targeted during the last budget.
Section 205 of the Companies Act, 1956, prescribes the methods of charging depreciation. We are producing below the Rates of depreciation under the Companies Act as mentioned in Schedule XIV
Notification No. F.7/9/2008-NS.II In pursuance of clause (b) of paragraph 2 of the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 and of sub-clause (ii) of clause (e) of rule 2 of Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules, 2004, the Central Government hereby further auhorises the following 111 branches of Central Bank of India to receive, with immediate effect, subscriptions under the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968 and Senior Citizens
The Company Law Board has revised the fees payable in terms of Regulations 29 and 30 of the Company Law Board Regulations, 1991 vide Notification No. GSR 32(E), dated 18th January, 2012. The fee for inspection of documents of a case has been revised from ten rupees to fifty rupees per day. The fee for supply of certified copies of order or any other document has been revised from five rupees to ten rupees per page.
The toppers of Chartered Accountants Final Examinations held in November, 2011 are from Hyderabad, Nagpur, Bangalore, Kolkata and Jaipur. The details of the top three rank holders on all India basis for Chartered Accountants Final along with the marks secured by them are mentioned at Annexure-A. The toppers of Eastern & Central region are mentioned at Annexure-B. The result analysis of the Final examination in terms of pass percentage is mentioned at Annexure-C. The analysis of pass percentage of final examinations (since 2008) is mentioned at Annexure-X. The toppers of Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) held on December 18, 2011 are from Vijayawada & Jaipur.
