The head count in the fraud hit Satyam Computers, which engaged the attention of investigating agencies considerably, is now become the curse for the company’s former directors.A charge common to most of the accused in the complaints filed in a court here by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is that they approved the company’s balance sheets and the director’s reports about particulars of employees that were never filed with the competent authority.
The income tax (IT ) department in a raid on a chartered accountant (CA) last week unearthed a money laundering racket running into over Rs 1,000 crore. The CA, Mukesh Choksi, through his several companies generated fake bills showing share transactions in the name of his customers who wanted to convert their black money into white. The department also recovered a pay order of 1 million and came across another onetime transfer of Rs 10 crore in a private bank account.
The complete postal addresses pertaining to the Polling Booths set up for the forthcoming elections to be held in December, 2009 across the country have been hosted on the website of the Institute for the information of all voters and candidates pertaining to the respective Regional Constituencies.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of realtor Emmar MGF in connection with the multi-crore illegal Hawala and investment case involving former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda.The search followed the ED finding certain documents that showed Koda’s associates on the board of certain Emaar group companies, ED sources said.
The finance ministry is likely to retain the EET (exempt-exempt-tax) principle proposed in the Direct Tax Code on the lump sum amount a salaried taxpayer will receive from his investment in savings schemes such as the Public Provident Fund and other superannuation funds. This means while the contribution and accumulation are tax-free, withdrawal will be taxed at the marginal rate of income tax.
1) The elections to the Central/Regional Councils of our Institute are to be held on 5th December, 2009, in all cities. However, in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, New Delhi, Delhi, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad the elections will be held on 4th and 5th December, 2009. The polling booths at all places will remain open from 8.00 A.M. to 8.00 P.M. on the dates of polling. The Institute has communicated the details about all candidates, addresses of polling booths and other relevant details to each voter. The number of candidates to be elected to Central as well as Regional councils have been increased in the last Election and I was fortunate to head the first Council of 40 members – 32 Elected and 8 Government nominees (other than C.A.).
Reports have been published in a section of media indicating Shri R.Vasudevan as “Acting Chairman, Company Law Board” or “Company Law Board Chief”. This is factually incorrect as he was never the Acting Chairman of the Company Law Board at any point of time after superannuation of Shri S.Balasubramanian, Chairman, Company Law Board on 2.11.2009. In fact, Shri R.Vasudevan happened to be the junior most Member of the Company Law Board, who joined the Board only on 5.8.2009.
(General Management, Personality Development and Communication Skills) A three months’ residential programme on Professional Skills Development has been initiated for the benefit of CA students and newly qualified Chartered Accountants. The programme is being organised for twelve weeks commencing from January 25, 2010. The programme is helping the CA students and newly qualified CAs in imbibing the professional skills required for effective functioning in business organisations and profession. The Programme environment would focus on development of communication skills, personal qualities, interpersonal and teamwork skills, working in a complex and turbulent, problem solving skills and leadership skills. Course Content The programme is divided in six modules covering:
Net direct tax collections during first eight months of the present fiscal (up to November 2009) stood at Rs.1,83,822 crore, up from Rs.1,77,251 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 3.71 percent. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 3.17 percent (Rs.1,13,210 crore as against Rs.1,09,735 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including STT, and residual FBT and BCTT) grew at 4.53 percent (Rs.70,262 crore as against Rs.67,215 crore).
‘Distance Learning’ as quoted by Dr. S B Mujumdar, Founder, Symbiosis International University is, “the education of the 21st century. The traditional method of teaching in a classroom called ‘brick & mortar’ education has failed to reach millions of those who are thirsty for getting knowledge in an age marked by “Knowledge Revolution”. Distance Education and Open Learning fulfill this need. Distance learning opens new directions of opportunities to obtain higher education without the constraints of location and time.” This is true considering India’s population and the geographical distances.
