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CA Role in General Insurance

Posted by M.R. PRASAD 05 March 2012 25477 Views

I am an Associate Member of Insurance Institute of India besides F.C.A and A.I.I.I.S.L.A.GENERAL INSURANCE & THE ROLE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS: A Chartered Accountant is well equipped to play different roles in General Insurance Ind

XBRL - Role & Responsibility of Management & Professionals

Posted by UJWAL.D 03 March 2012 20272 Views

Dear All, As all know, MCA has mandated for certain classes of companies for filing of their financial statements only in XBRL Form from the year 2010-2011 and in coming years applicability of filing financial statements in XBRL forms will be exte

Vodafone Review Needed

Posted by Vijay Kalia 03 March 2012 9859 Views

VODAFONE: REVIEW NEEDED AT THE TOUCHSTONE OF MCDOWLL 5-JUDGE JUDGMENT In recent history of taxation the case of Vodafone International Holdings would always occupy a prominent place as the law laid down now would continue to hold their sway in mo

The final wake up call for May 2012 aspirants

Posted by Tony John 03 March 2012 19125 Views

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

Posted by Haran 02 March 2012 16274 Views

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?

Posted by VIVEK SHARMA 02 March 2012 31125 Views

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

Posted by CS Vidhya 01 March 2012 17213 Views

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

Posted by Anooj 01 March 2012 16648 Views

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!

Posted by Prof. Bajaj 29 February 2012 33114 Views

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

Posted by VIJAYAN 29 February 2012 8098 Views

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