Do auditors – facing flak for endorsing falsified accounts in the Satyam scandal – have enough time to do their work properly? The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), trying to save the profession’s credibility under assault this year, has underlined the need to give central statutory auditors sufficient time to prepare audit reports. […]
In what could provide a big thrust to the cost accounting profession in the country, the Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India, the apex body to regulate the profession of cost and management accountancy in the country, has finalised a mutual recognition agreement with the Institute of Management Accountants of the United States. […]
A General Amnesty Scheme for retrospective restoration of Membership effective from the date of removal due to non-payment of Membership fee was launched by the Council and announcement to this effect was issued on 13th May, 2008 and the same was hosted on www.icai.org and published in the Journal. This scheme provided an opportunity for such […]
Tax deducted at source (TDS) credit can now be availed by persons other than the deductees. This has been clearly articulated by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in a new rule on TDS credit availment. Bringing relief and certainty to taxpayers, the CBDT has also spelt out the situations and the procedure through […]
Government-backed bonds have traditionally attracted conservative investors. But fixed deposits took the sheen away from them last year after banks offered between 10 and 11 per cent yields. However, with fixed deposit rates coming down, the trend seems to be reversing. India Infrastructure Finance Company, for instance, is targeting retail investors for a Rs 2,600 […]
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, which frames accounting standards for the country, has opposed a proposal of the Reserve Bank of India to relax the provisioning norms for non-performing assets. According to the proposal, commercial banks need not classify a non-serviced loan under NPAs if the borrower has submitted an application for restructuring […]
Export obligation period: As per para 4.22 export obligation shall be fulfilled within 24 month from date of authorisation. In view of ongoing recession the period to fulfill export obligation has been changed to 36 months. It is not clear from the policy whether extension of Export Obligation Period of 36 months is permissible for the existing licenses or is permissible for the licenses which will be issued in future. One will have to wait for clarification in this respect.
In order to give due recognition to the Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India (ICWAI), an apex body to regulate the profession of cost and management accountancy in India, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is in the process of reviewing the existing cost accounting rules and the cost accounting standards of ICWAI. […]
The income tax (I-T) department has widened the scope of the investigation of the tax liability on Vodafone-Essar, India’s fourth-largest mobile service provider, to other offshore transactions associated with Vodafone’s buyout of Hutchison Whampoa’s 67 per cent stake in an $11.08 billion deal in 2007. Sources close to the development said the department had sent […]
1. What is a trade mark? A trade mark (popularly known as brand name) in layman’s language is a visual symbol which may be a word signature, name, device, label, numerals or combination of colours used by one undertaking on goods or services or other articles of commerce to distinguish it from other similar goods […]
