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History of Maritime Shipping

Humayun Kabir Chowdhury 24 December 2014 at 12:30

1. Shipping history at a glanceFrom time immemorial, people wanted to involve with trading activities at sea. As such when people had started to contemplate carriage of goods and merchandise from one country to another, from one region to another, an

Contribution - the concept I love most

Tulasi S Sastri 24 December 2014 at 12:29

By Contribution, I am referring to Sales minus Variable Cost. In my four decades of working in Industry, I had applied this concept in many organizations, with great gains. For me today, it is perhaps the most important concept in Management Accounti

Judiciary appointed, Government disappointed "CA/CMA"

Swapnil Munot 23 December 2014 at 11:07

Controversial and debated issue of whether board (CBEC) has power to conduct service tax audit of assessee has gone into various folds recently, but now it has got finality.Department has initiated and conducted Service Tax Audit of many assessees. H

Drafting an effective legal opinion

Vidhya Ravichandran 22 December 2014 at 11:03

"It is a fact that people usually agree to disagree. The same also applies to opinions expressed on a matter of law, statute, or any of its provisions, circulars, notifications etc. Thi

Types of insurance

yashika jain 22 December 2014 at 11:03

I am sure most of us have insurance policy. Infact now a days having an insurance has become a necessity which was earlier considered as necessary. We want that in the event of any mishap our kids should be insured so we get insurance. As soon as we

CENVAT on Capital Goods - Part I

AKASH PHOPHALIA 18 December 2014 at 11:42

CENVAT credit is available on inputs, input services and capital goods. Rule 2(a) of Cenvat Credit rules, 2004 defines "Capital Goods"

What are QRcodes and how are they useful?

Harsha GP 17 December 2014 at 10:31

Last week, i tried to explain about NAS and it's uses http://goo.gl/mzaZjV, this week i'll try to shed light on QRcodes and it's limited uses!As soon as you saw the word QRcode in the title, the sqare shaped pixelated pattern comes to you

Abolish Departmental Appeals & SDMs

CA Anil Garg 16 December 2014 at 10:57

Almost all tax statutes provide for first appeal against any tax demand or assessment order, to an officer of the same department, assigned the role of an appellate authority who is supposed to be a quasi-judicial authority, in the sense that despite

NAS: Share your files and media wirelessly in your office!

Harsha GP 12 December 2014 at 13:32

You might've heard Network Attached Storage (NAS) term on the internet many times and wondered what it really means. Many of you who have moderate technical knowhow knows about NAS and how to set it up or just know about it, but a lot of non-tech

Can SEZ unit claim exemption from CVD when cleared to DTA?

CS Aditya Singhania 09 December 2014 at 11:17

Can SEZ unit claim exemption from CVD when cleared to DTA based on an Exemption Notification issued under Section 5A of CEA’1944 although when there is specific bar under Section 5A for SEZ units? Petitioner is a manufacturer of excisable goods