Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is seeking more power for its financial reporting review board (FRRB), which will enable it to bring to book the auditor and the firm for flouting accounting principles. The central council of ICAI will meet on May 13 to take a final call on the issue.
The next Eligibility Test for ISA PQC is scheduled to be held on Saturday the 08th May, 2010 from 08.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. A detailed notification giving list of centers would be hosted on Committee Portal at http://cit.icai.org by 15th April, 2010.
The articleship training is the backbone of Chartered Accountancy course as it gives an opportunity to the articled assistants to acquire on-the-job work experience of a professional nature, inculcate a disciplined attitude for hard work, develops necessary skills in applying theoretical knowledge to practical situation. In this regard, the Council of the Institute has been taking different initiatives from time to time to streamline and sustain the efforts of the Institute in providing effective articleship.
Indian Premier League (IPL) and cricket have generated public interest on the subject, `sweat equity ‘shares issue. Survey reveals, very few people have clear idea on the procedure of issue of sweat equity shares. What caused hue and cry is the subject of surrender of sweat equity shares issued to Sunanda Pushkar( `PUSHKAR’) in Rendexvous Sports Word ( `RSW’), stakeholder in IPL Kochi. RSW is an unlisted company.
The government has appointed former I-T officials or officials from the Indian Revenue Service as income-tax ombudsmen. These officers are independent of the jurisdiction of the income-tax department and hence, operate as an independent arbiter.
The feud between the two regulatory authorities, in the aftermath of sebi’s ban on ulips, has turned out to be quite a sensitive topic. In the recent days, that has, as ever so, come to be ballooned by the media into a sensational one. In that, the media has dutifully arisen to the occasion, and in its own inimitable style, spared no pains but given the widest possible publicity to the newfound hot topic with zeal and in a feverish pitch.
Investigations by Serious Fraud Investigation Office :- Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), functioning under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has handled 61 cases for investigation during 2004-05 to 2008-09. Giving this information in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minsiter for Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid told the House that SFIO
In a decision that will help corporates restructure businesses, the Chennai bench of Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that tax benefit could not be denied to business restructuring, if the exercise fulfills all the conditions mentioned under the Income-Tax Act.
Further, section 67(4) of the Finance Act, 1994 provides that the expression “gross amount charged” includes payment made by way of issue of credit! debit notes or by entries in the books of account, where the transaction is with any Associate Enterprise. Considering these provisions, it has now been clarified that in case of services received from Associate Enterprise, CENVAT credit of service tax can be availed in cases where the payment towards services provided is deemed to have been made to the service provider by way of book adjustments! issuance of debit or credit notes and the service tax has been paid to the credit of Government Account.
Parliament on Wednesday approved enhancing the gratuity limit for employees from Rs3.5 lakh to Rs10 lakh as also the exemption threshold from income tax on it. Parliament on Wednesday approved enhancing the gratuity limit for employees from Rs3.5 lakh to Rs10 lakh as also the exemption threshold from income tax on it.
