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Qualification and Competence are not the same things

Posted by CA Varsha Mankoskar 08 December 2011 28960 Views

Greetings of the day to all CA students. Hey Friends Again I am here to discuss with you a journey of career. In my previous article I told you about success and the ratio of success and I got lots of good comments on it. I really appreciate you all

Unusual Gifts

Posted by Ramalingam K 08 December 2011 10851 Views

Sweets, crackers, gold coins, and jewels are the items which come to our mind when we think about Diwali gifts. Let me unbundle some unusual gift ideas for this Diwali here. Gift ideas for children: Piggy bank: This may not be a great idea

Work-life balance for working women

Posted by CA Jahanvi Trivedi 07 December 2011 29380 Views

I recently attended CA women conference and I was extremely satisfied with the conference for the topic that was picked up for the discussion. My dear Lady Chartered Accountants! It was the most common and burning topic- work-life balance for women

Understanding Section 36 Deduction with Latest Case Laws

Posted by Manish Kumar Agarwal 06 December 2011 76121 Views

Under section 36 of the Income tax act, 1961 there are number of deductions available along with their conditions. Below we are discussing the summary of the few latest case laws in respect of section 36 which will make us understand the deducti

Application of Panchatantra Stories: Part-2

Posted by Lekshmi 05 December 2011 14194 Views

Attractive, short, and full of wisdom- these can be some of the superlatives that can be used to describe the Panchatantra stories. In the second series of this article, I am taking four stories from

Understanding Dis-allowance Under Section 40 of Income Tax Act, 1961 with Latest Case Laws

Posted by Manish Kumar Agarwal 05 December 2011 153978 Views

Now a days, assesses are facing number of disallowance under various clauses of section 40 of the act by the Income tax officials. These issues were handled with due care at the time of the assessment itself so that in the case of forc

6 Financial Planning Misconceptions Demystified

Posted by Ramalingam K 02 December 2011 11939 Views

Lets start the useful exercise: Finance may mean different things for different people. Some assume that they need no financial planning as they have very little finances. Still others believe that once they have invested their savings for f

S&P ESG India Index - The success of socially responsible investing

Posted by ANANDH SUNDAR 02 December 2011 15092 Views

The above graph says it all. After a 15month hiccup from its Jan-08 launch(where it performed same as other indices), it broke away in Apr-09, and has not looked back since. A nearly 2.5yr track record of out-performance is not a joke. Now, one ma

Something about CWA, CFA, CPA

Posted by Guest 02 December 2011 31289 Views

Lets take a look at some of the finance courses that can provide professional leverage to the existing and new employees and help them upgrade their skills. Lets take a look at some of the finance courses that can provide professio

Being a cost accountant

Posted by Guest 30 November 2011 17172 Views

The lowdown Cost accountants collect, assimilate, collate and analyse all financial information related to an organisation. Their main role is to ensure that managerial decisions are within cost prescriptions. They need to give a prognosis for pro