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Interview experience for articleship in Big Four

Mayank Goel 13 January 2015 at 10:19

Hello everyone!!My name is Mayank Goel, and I am just like you all, a CA student, who cleared his IPCC in May 14 and by Gods grace I passed in first attempt and unexpectedly secured AIR 16. Though at first, there was no limit of my hap

Derivatives

Jayant Makkar 13 January 2015 at 10:19

A derivative is nothing but a bet. We in our daily lives enter into a derivative contract (place a bet) without even knowing about it, say while watching a cricket match. To make you familiar with one of the derivative contract let me give you an exa

Value Dating check in relation to Concurrent Audit of Banks

Sahil Jolly 13 January 2015 at 10:19

Value Dating check in relation to Concurrent Audit of Banks Dear Professional colleagues, Concurrent Audit of Banks are fast gaining significance in the wake of increase in Non-Performing Assets (NPA) and other irregularities which have surfaced in t

Kite Fight of VAT Dealer and Department

CA Umesh Sharma 12 January 2015 at 10:48

Karniti Part 71Kite Fight of VAT Dealer and DepartmentArjuna (Fictional Character): Krishna, this Year "Makar Sankranti" is on 15th January and also the last date of submission of Maharashtra VAT Audit Report. There is Happiness everywhere because of

Calculator Trick - Helping in your academics

Rohit Pandey 12 January 2015 at 10:47

Hi Friends,In CA exams we are allowed to use only a basic calculator and not a scientific one. There are certain problems which we find difficult to solve on calculator. Recently, I came accross a forum message posted by Ms. Nidhi stated as under:Ori

Data Consolidation in Microsoft Excel (Advance Excel)

CA Kumar Mukesh 12 January 2015 at 10:47

DATA CONSOLIDATION IN MICROSOFT EXCELWe all are finance professionals or students of respective professional institute. In which ever field we are workings, no one can afford to be untouchable with Microsoft Excel. In most of cases, more than half o

I'm going to start my studies from tomorrow :)

CA Nayan Gupta 12 January 2015 at 10:46

All of us must have heard or used this term Procrastination innumerable times. So, let us first understand what WikiPedia says about meaning of the term. Wikipedia Meaning- Procrastination is the practice of carrying out less urgent ta

Meaning of Assessed Tax for the purpose of section 234B

CA Harsh Kothari 10 January 2015 at 11:13

Meaning of Assessed Tax for the purpose of section 234B.Introduction: We regularly face situations where we are required to compute interest under section 234B of the Income tax Act, 1961 (Act). Whereas, the present scenario is that thi

Excellence in Excel - Part III

CA ANKUSH AGGARWAL 10 January 2015 at 11:13

How to use VLOOKUP in ExcelOn many request to write an article on VLOOKUP,I tried my best to fulfill the requests. VLOOKUP is a powerful Excel function that allows you to look for a specified value in one column of data in

Exemptions of Service tax for GTA Service

Member (Account Deleted) 10 January 2015 at 11:12

What are the exemptions available on GTA Service on the basis of goods involved in the consignment?As per notification no.25/2012- ST amended from time to time, services provided by way of transportation of f