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The final wake up call for May 2012 aspirants

Tony John 03 March 2012 at 13:30

Hardly two months are left for the May 2012 exams. Maybe this won't bother many. But when I say its barely 50 days to go for the exams, the scenario changes. I consider the fact that we have entered into March as the 'final wake up call'

Lessons from Sachin for CA students

Haran 02 March 2012 at 12:00

dear friends iam trying to motivate those people who are trying to quit ca after one or two failures in their exam and who always fear criticism from their friends,family,others and hence decide to quit ca. but we all have to learn from the little m

Why PPF is not a risk free investment?

VIVEK SHARMA 02 March 2012 at 12:00

Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a very popular investment option for salaried individuals. People use PPF as a tax saving tool. Under Section 80C of Income Tax act in India, you can make investments upto Rs.1 lakh in PPF and get tax benefit of 30.

XBRL-Introduction

CS Vidhya 01 March 2012 at 12:27

Over the past one year most of the practising professionals, big corporate started pronouncing the word XBRL. The word XBRL is a short f

Shares held as investment & Shares held as Stock-in-Trade

Anooj 01 March 2012 at 12:27

Distinction between shares held as stock-in-trade and shares held as investment - tests for such a distinction 1.The Income Tax Act, 1961 makes a distinction between a capital asset and a trading asset. 2. Capit

5 Mistakes to avoid while saving tax!

Prof. Bajaj 29 February 2012 at 12:15

Its March knocking on the door and the same mad rush is seen everywhere. For what ?? To save tax of course. Be it businessman or salaried or professionals, there is still a huge chunk who are yet to make their tax saving investments and while doing

Changing deficiency to efficiency

VIJAYAN 29 February 2012 at 12:14

After my first post on 'getting good marks', a student called me and told that he is lagging on certain quality and he felt that he is incapable of doing something. I took a few minutes to tell him a story: In a village, ther

Why to Vote?

priyanshu saxena 29 February 2012 at 12:13

Yesterday, at home we my mom, my dad and I were discussing on a popular saying: Sarkari school me padhna nhi hai Sarkari Hospital me Ilaaj Nhi karwana Sarkari Bus me nhi Jana But Naukri chahiye to Sarkari Means Everyon

Smart thinking rather than hard thinking

pravallika reddy 29 February 2012 at 11:58

Hi friends, I am pursuing CA final.I am feeling so happy to write article in our CA club. Actually,everyone have their own thoughts however those thoughts might be spoil our life.Here I would like say about my thoughts .Our life is very be

Budget 2012 of Hope for DTC

CA Sudhir Halakhandi 28 February 2012 at 18:07

As per the expectations the DTC will replace the Income Tax Act which is more than 50 years old. While tabling it in the parliament the Hon. Finance Minister has announced that DTC will be effective from 1st. April 2012. What will be the actual