Articles by CA Nikita

Amendments to the Finance Bill 2009

CA Nikita 28 July 2009 at 16:03

Amendments to Finance Bill 2009 Service Tax Amendment: Under the Service Tax Act the new services and the changes made in the earlier services will not be effective from the day of enactment of Finance Bill 2009 but from 01.09.2009.Clarification: The

Budget is not focused on Aam Adami

CA Nikita 07 July 2009 at 11:12

Budget is not focused on Aam Adami- CA Sudhir HalakhandiCA Nikita Jain - Now the Budget for the year 2009 has been presented and we have with us the Tax expert and eminent tax columnist and writer CA Sudhir Halakhandi Once again to give his reactions

Will this budget be really an "aam admi" budget?

CA Nikita 06 July 2009 at 02:38

I really need to question few things here?? What was the motto- To simplify taxing system or to collect revenue by different names for the government? We have the same Congress government which got different kind of weird named and all very complicat

The new Announcement and its Implication on CA students!!!

CA Nikita 30 March 2009 at 16:27

What ICAI has changed for the Article Assistants after the New Announcement on 27-03-09? Our Institute has been in recent times very stringent about the course of CA and the members’ regulations. With the change in the structure of the course,

ICAI decides to introduce new AS

CA Nikita 15 October 2007 at 12:03

Corporates houses, banks and financial institutions have got just 18 months to begin the changeover to a new set of transparency, inducing accounting standards that will have a major impact on their financial statements. The new norms to classify, va

Cross border tax issues- a discussion

CA Nikita 15 October 2007 at 12:03

Last fortnight, the 61st International Fiscal Association (IFA) Annual Congress was hosted by the IFA's Japan Branch in Kyoto. Attended by over 1,200 tax and fiscal experts, comprising academicians and revenue officers from across 50 countries, IFA C

Applying VAT on international trade

CA Nikita 15 October 2007 at 00:32

International trade in services has expanded rapidly as a result of globalisation, aided significantly by the revolution in communication technology. This expansion has coincided with the global spread of Value Added Tax (VAT), with some 140 countrie

CA certification vs AO authorisation

CA Nikita 14 October 2007 at 18:50

India is now an important player in global trade. But the big increases in international transactions also throw up problems on the taxation front. This article looks at the withholding tax implications of cross-border payment for services. In the co

Managing divorce: Its all about alimony honey

CA Nikita 14 October 2007 at 15:10

Divorce is probably not an easy subject to confront in regular conversations. Writing about it is all the more difficult. But increasingly, many couples are parting ways. While some couples are financially well-off to take care of themselves, others

Tips for Resume writing

CA Nikita 13 October 2007 at 23:08

Getting a Resume RightSix tips from executive recruiters about how financeexecutives can catch their eye, and then win themover. Marie Leone and Roy Harris, CFO.com | USOctober 11, 2007One might think that asking the opinion of ahalf-dozen executive