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CAs can train more article clerks

24 April 2007 at 08:18

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has raised the entitlement of training articled assistants. This means that the number of students for articleship training under a practising Chartered Accountant (CA) will now be increased. Wit

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Useful CA final notes for May 07

18 April 2007 at 01:57

LAST MINUTE REVISION NOTES ON MICShttp://www.zshare.net/download/lmr-mics-1-doc.html(revision material)AUDITING NOTEShttp://www.zshare.net/download/auditing_notes-doc.html(160 pages doc file- 1.1 MB, open read only)SUMMARY OF TAXABLE SERVICEShttp://w

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Tenant needs a TAN to live here

06 April 2007 at 05:10

LIKE residents, many non-resident Indians (NRIs) too have found the lure of investing in real estate irresistible. This has happened despite the fact that it is a herculean task for these NRIs to maintain their vacant apartments. Individuals who take

Posted in Income Tax | 5385 Views

HC sees red over 1-day I-T notice

06 April 2007 at 05:09

A division bench of the Bombay high court on Monday lashed out at the income tax department for having allegedly recovered TDS dues from an assessee within a day of serving a demand notice.The assessee's plea for two days to reply on the recovery pro

Posted in Income Tax | 5106 Views

Stock options must be taxed at employee level

06 April 2007 at 05:08

Industry chamber FICCI has urged the Finance Ministry to amend the budget proposal of imposing Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on employee stock options (ESOPs) at the hands of the employer. Instead, ESOPs should be taxed only as perquisites or capital gain

Posted in Service Tax | 5766 Views

Capital gains tax on deals similar to Hutch

06 April 2007 at 05:07

The I-T department, which believes that Hutch-Vodafone deal falls under the capital gains tax ambit in India, may scrutinise similar transactions.Transfer of beneficial interest of any asset in the country was liable to capital gains tax, a departmen

Posted in Income Tax | 6465 Views

One-stop service centre for filing I-T returns

26 March 2007 at 01:47

In a bid to reduce harassment of tax payers, the income-tax departmentis mulling setting up five centralised return processing centres indifferent parts of the country. Theconcept is to provide one-stop service to a tax payer at onecentralised place

Posted in Income Tax | 6216 Views

I-T rates in direct tax code list

26 March 2007 at 01:45

The government is planning to place the income-tax rates in the newdirect tax code schedule. The schedule is akin to an annexure to theAct. This will give the government flexibility to change them withoutdisturbing the whole Act."Weare looking at sub

Posted in Income Tax | 7299 Views

CA salaries soar as locals, MNCs hit campus trail

26 March 2007 at 01:45

THINGS got even better for chartered accountants (CAs). Over 300 topcorporates, including multinationals have begun focusing on campusrecruitment offering a 150% jump in starting salaries.CAs command up to Rs 27 lakh per annum compared to the startin

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Good News- Allotment of bank branch audits - Relaxation

17 March 2007 at 05:12

My dear colleagues,Sub.: Allotment of bank branch auditsYoumight be aware that the Reserve Bank of India has recently decided torestrict audit of bank branches, to such branches whose advances aremore than Rs.5 crores. Hitherto, this limit of auditab

Posted in Audit | 14997 Views