Articles by CA Nikita

Amendments to the Finance Bill 2009

Posted by CA Nikita 28 July 2009 19921 Views

Amendments to Finance Bill 2009 Service Tax Amendment: Under the Service Tax Act the new services and the changes made in the earlier services will not be effective from the day of enactment of Finance Bill 2009 but from 01.09.2009.Clarification: The

Budget is not focused on Aam Adami

Posted by CA Nikita 07 July 2009 4617 Views

Budget is not focused on Aam Adami- CA Sudhir HalakhandiCA Nikita Jain - Now the Budget for the year 2009 has been presented and we have with us the Tax expert and eminent tax columnist and writer CA Sudhir Halakhandi Once again to give his reactions

Will this budget be really an "aam admi" budget?

Posted by CA Nikita 06 July 2009 3539 Views

I really need to question few things here?? What was the motto- To simplify taxing system or to collect revenue by different names for the government? We have the same Congress government which got different kind of weird named and all very complicat

The new Announcement and its Implication on CA students!!!

Posted by CA Nikita 30 March 2009 19401 Views

What ICAI has changed for the Article Assistants after the New Announcement on 27-03-09? Our Institute has been in recent times very stringent about the course of CA and the members’ regulations. With the change in the structure of the course,

Cross border tax issues- a discussion

Posted by CA Nikita 15 October 2007 6506 Views

Last fortnight, the 61st International Fiscal Association (IFA) Annual Congress was hosted by the IFA's Japan Branch in Kyoto. Attended by over 1,200 tax and fiscal experts, comprising academicians and revenue officers from across 50 countries, IFA C

ICAI decides to introduce new AS

Posted by CA Nikita 15 October 2007 4634 Views

Corporates houses, banks and financial institutions have got just 18 months to begin the changeover to a new set of transparency, inducing accounting standards that will have a major impact on their financial statements. The new norms to classify, va

Applying VAT on international trade

Posted by CA Nikita 15 October 2007 10625 Views

International trade in services has expanded rapidly as a result of globalisation, aided significantly by the revolution in communication technology. This expansion has coincided with the global spread of Value Added Tax (VAT), with some 140 countrie

CA certification vs AO authorisation

Posted by CA Nikita 14 October 2007 6097 Views

India is now an important player in global trade. But the big increases in international transactions also throw up problems on the taxation front. This article looks at the withholding tax implications of cross-border payment for services. In the co

Managing divorce: Its all about alimony honey

Posted by CA Nikita 14 October 2007 7943 Views

Divorce is probably not an easy subject to confront in regular conversations. Writing about it is all the more difficult. But increasingly, many couples are parting ways. While some couples are financially well-off to take care of themselves, others

Tips for Resume writing

Posted by CA Nikita 13 October 2007 9162 Views

Getting a Resume RightSix tips from executive recruiters about how financeexecutives can catch their eye, and then win themover. Marie Leone and Roy Harris, CFO.com | USOctober 11, 2007One might think that asking the opinion of ahalf-dozen executive