A 46-year-old senior official of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) allegedly committed suicide by jumping from his sixth floor residence in east Delhi this morning apparently due to depression, police said.
It is likely that the extant central and state levies of indirect taxes on the domestic production and sale of goods and on provision of services may be replaced by the levy of central and state Goods and Services Taxes from 1 April 2010.
“It is my pleasure to be here today at the 88th annual function of ASSOCHAM. As a representative body of Indian industry and enterprise, ASSOCHAM has always been at the forefront of pursuing ideas that empower Indian entrepreneurs. It has contributed to building consensus on policy response to issues that impact growth of the economy.
Finance Minister has announced that the Government has identified seven critical areas on the Direct Taxes Code for further detailed examination. At an interactive session with representatives of trade and industry from all over the country, here today, Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the areas identified after interactions with all stakeholders are: The concept of Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) based on gross assets; Capital Gains Taxation in the case of non-residents;
We understand that The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has been increasingly focusing to deepen the knowledge thrust of the budding Chartered Accountants on one hand and also on other hand ICAI is trying to enable the members of the Institute (Qualified Chartered Accountants) to get recognitions from other allied Institutes of accounting profession of other countries in an easier way.
Information has been received from several quarters that people are receiving electronic mails informing them of their income-tax refunds and seeking their credit card details. The e-mail is sent from the following or similar mailing addresses.
The Government is planning to strengthen the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS), a move that will make the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) report to NACAS. For this, it will hand over the supervisory role of both accounting and auditing standards to NACAS.
The Government will soon be empowered to swiftly incorporate in the Companies Act any changes in accounting standards through the rules governing the Act. It will not have to go through the long process of amending the Act.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is planning to introduce sector-specific accounting standards to bring in more transparency in handling corporate accounts. ICAI Committee for Members in the Industry (CMII) has already formed three groups in sectors such as insurance, retail and hospitality and is in the process of forming another 19 groups […]
Dear CA Pariwar, It’s festival time. By the time you receive this Journal, Eid-ul-Fitr, Dussehra and Navratra will have been celebrated and preparations for Diwali will be in full swing. Each and every Indian festival has a deep meaning attached to it. Dussehra, as we know is the triumph of good over evil, not just […]
