The PCC students are advised to follow the study materials for IPCC (along with practice manuals) for the following subjects, since in these subjects, the PCC syllabus is the same as that of IPCC –
Cost Accountants in practice who meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under CFC-MCA -21 Schemes launched by MCA for a period of 2 months w.e.f 01.07.2010 has been extended for a period of three months w.e.f. 01.09.2010
According to the UN, a ‘discrimination between human beings on the ground of race, colour or ethnic origin is an offence to human dignity and shall be condemned…as a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms… as a fact capable of disturbing peace and security among peoples.’ Our own Constitution in its Article 15(2) defines: ‘No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, (or) restriction…’
In reply to a RTI application, the department has provided answers to questions on the OECD Guidelines and the effect of the same on the AO and the TPO.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with officials of the Income Tax department in Mumbai in view of the increasing number of tax evasion cases being reported from the financial metropolis. The meet assumes significance as the Mumbai unit of the I-T department is handling probe into high-value cases of tax evasion including the IPL case, probe into the investments of Pune-based stud farm owner Hassan Ali Khan and tax related cases of the top cricketing body of the country – BCCI.
Corruption in the corporate world, the ones like the Satyam scam that shook the Indian corporate sector, cannot be eliminated using any accounting standards nor by an accountant as it happens due to the greed of the people at the helm and not due to any procedure, ICAI President Amarjit Chopra said today.
In a move aimed at increasing its share of current and savings account (CASA) deposits, IDBI has done away with the concept of minimum balance on these accounts and has waived off most service charges except those pertaining to bounced cheques.
Investment in equity-linked mutual fund schemes and ULIPs will now be less profitable for investors, with the government proposing to levy a 5 per cent tax on the dividend paid by these entities.
The Monsoon Session, 2010 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, the 26th of July, 2010, concluded on Tuesday, the 31st of August, 2010. The Session was originally scheduled to conclude on Friday, the 27th of August, 2010 but the sittings of both the Houses were extended by two days i.e. up to Tuesday, the 31st of August, 2010 to transact essential Government Legislative Business. The Session provided 26 sittings of both the Houses of Parliament spread over a period of 37 days.
The Finance Act prescribes a higher exemption limit of Rs. 1.90 lakh only for “every individual, being a resident women in India” vide Item No. II of Part I of the First Schedule of the Finance Act. My non-resident cousin swears by para 16 of the instruction to Form ITR-2 allowing the higher limit “for women (other than women of age 65 years or more)” and insists that the return Form should prevail.
