What should be the correct procedure to adopt when a prospective client tells you that he wants to change his auditor and wants you to take up his work? Is NOC (no objection certificate) required from previous auditor?...
Read MoreA. DIRECT TAXES UPDATES i) Income Tax circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications/News- November- 2019 ♠ CBDT notifies Form 16D (certificate of deduction of tax at source) and 26QD (challan-cum-statement) in relation to section 194 M (deduction of tax at source for contractual or professional payment by Individual or HUF) (Notificat...
Read MoreCA Tasnim Tankiwala Ind AS 116- Leases, is effective from annual period beginning on or after 1 April 2019. Ind AS 116 Supersedes Ind AS 17 – Leases from the date of its applicability. Under Ind AS 17, lease rentals under an operating lease were recognised as an expense/income on a straight line basis over […]...
Read MoreA sale and leaseback transaction is one where an entity (the seller-lessee) transfers an asset to another entity (the buyer-lessor) for consideration and leases that asset back from the buyer-lessor. Ind AS 116 makes significant changes to sale and leaseback accounting....
Read MoreDo you think that there is only one standard which is applicable to Property Plant and Equipment: IND AS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment. The answer is No. Aren’t you Surprised? On one hand, it’s 100% true that you are required to apply IND AS 16 for most of your long-term tangible assets, but it’s […]...
Read MoreIt has come to the notice of the Institute that an examiner was evaluating standard sample answer books while travelling in a bus/tram. The Institute has instructed all its examiners to not to evaluate and carry answer books while travelling. Accordingly, the conduct of examiner is found to be in violation of the Instruction to […]...
Read MoreICAI Convocation 2020 is to be held as per following schedule in which members newly enrolled during the period May 2019 to October 2019 will be awarded Certificate of Membership amidst august gathering of CA fraternity....
Read MoreMeeting with Ministry of Finance- Return filing issues- Based on the invitation received from Ministry of Finance for making a presentation on the practical difficulties in filing GST returns...
Read MoreWe request you to arrange to deploy the e-form PAS -6 at the MCA website or issue clarification that for the half year ending September 30, 2019, the period of sixty days for filing of e-form PAS-6 would start from the date of deployment of said e-Form....
Read MoreIt is just a gentle reminder that Membership/Certificate of Practice Fees for the year 2019-20 became due for payment on 1st April, 2019. If not paid till date, kindly pay Annual Membership/COP Fees by 31st December 2019....
Read MoreAkhil Krishan Maggu & Anr. Vs Deputy Director, Directorate General of GST Intelligence & Ors. (Punjab and Haryana High Court) - Similarly, arrest of Chartered Accountant or Advocates who had filed returns or otherwise assisted in business but are not beneficiary or part of fraud merely on the basis of statement without any corroborative evidence linking the professional with alleged offence should be avoided. It is well know...
Read MoreAnil Kumar Aggrawal Vs ICAI (Before the Appellate Authority) - Authority is of the view that further period of four months be given to the Institute to complete its entire proceedings on priority. The Institute is, however, burdened with penalty of Rs.50,000/- in each appeal payable to the Appellate Authority within 2 weeks from the date of receipt of this orde...
Read MoreWholesale Trading Service Pvt. Ltd. Vs ICAI (Delhi High Court) - Wholesale Trading Service Pvt. Ltd. Vs ICAI (Delhi High Court) Conclusion: Since Appellant-company was carrying on the activity of filing and pursuing complaints against various Chartered Accountants as an organised activity, independent of the objects for which it was incorporated, therefore, it wa...
Read MoreSSAY & Associates Vs ICAI (Delhi High Court) - Ssay & Associates Vs ICAI (Delhi High Court) Conclusion: Since the accounts filed with the Registrar of Companies for the years 2006-07 to 2008-09, that is, for the three years prior to the period for which KNA was appointed, had been audited by M/s Manu Sharma and Co. and therefore, there was n...
Read MoreWholesale Trading Services P Ltd. Vs ICAI (Delhi High Court) - Wholesale Trading Services P Ltd. Vs ICAI (Delhi High Court) Before concluding, it is also relevant to note that the petitioner has been filing various petitions before this Court in respect of complaints made before ICAI, despite having no particular interest in the matter. As noticed above, the pe...
Read MoreGovernment of India has taken major initiatives to bring development in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India aligning with the initiatives of the Government of India, and to achieve a growth process in which people from different walks of...
Read MoreNotification No. 13-CA (EXAM)/N/2019 - (14/08/2019) - ICAI declares Schedule of examination to be held in November 2019 for next Chartered Accountants Foundation Course {Under New Scheme}, Intermediate (IPC) {Under Old Scheme}, Intermediate {Under New Scheme} and Final {Under Old & New Scheme} Examinations, Examinations in Post Qualification Course...
Read MoreNotification No. 710/1(M)/1 - (06/08/2019) - The following draft of certain regulations, further to amend the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982 which the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 39 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of...
Read MoreE-Tender for Appointment of Concurrent Auditors for the year 2019-20 w.e.f. October 01, 2019 to September 30, 2020 by Reserve Bank of India, HRMD, CO cluster and CSBD, CO....
Read MoreNotification No.1-CA(7)/192/2019 - (02/08/2019) - A member of the Institute in practice shall generate Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) for all kinds of the certification, GST and Tax Audit Reports and other Audit, Assurance and Attestation functions undertaken/signed by him which made mandatory from the following dates through announce...
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