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Govt reduces excise duty, service tax by 2 percent

24 February 2009 at 16:30

Government today reducedrates of excise duty and Service tax by two per cent.The general excise duty has been reduced from 10 per cent to 8 per cent.The rate of service tax cut from 12 per cent to 10 per cent.Duty on bulk cement has been reduced from

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Revised Eligibility for appearing in Campus Placement Program

20 February 2009 at 19:41

The candidates who fulfil the following criteria are eligible to appear in the Campus Placement Programme to be held in March-April 2009: Sl.No. Criteria Clearance of Final Examination of Chartered Accountancy Course Completion of G

Posted in Career | 1 comments | 19098 Views

Measures to prevent recurrence of financial scams

20 February 2009 at 10:50

The irregularities in the accounts of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. were brought out in the email sent on January 7, 2009 by Shri B. Ramalinga Raju, erstwhile Chairman of the company to certain stock exchanges and others disclosing information that t

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Enlargement of scope of TRPs

19 February 2009 at 18:56

The Government of India have decided to enlarge the scope of the existing Tax Return Preparer (TRP) Scheme and authorize them to prepare and furnish returns of TaxDeducted at Source (TDS) and Service Tax, in addition to income-tax returns. To carry o

Posted in Income Tax | 9870 Views

Extension of CPE Credit Hours Compliance date

18 February 2009 at 11:23

In view of the several requests received from members across the country, the due date of CPE compliance for the calendar year 2008 has now been further extended upto 31st March, 2009 from 31st January 2009.

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Highlights of Interim Budget 2009 - 10

16 February 2009 at 13:03

The acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presenting the interim Budget for 2009-10 in Lok Sabha, on Monday claimed in Parliament that every effort has been made to fulfil promises made to the common man.Following are the highlights of the Budget:

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Vote on Account- Interim Budget'09

16 February 2009 at 12:18

The Minister for External Affairs, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, who is holding the additional charge of the Finance Ministry, met the Prime Minister today and will be presenting the Vote on Account. This day we will we witnessing a Vote on Account, this ki

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Highlights of Interim Railway Budget 2009-10

14 February 2009 at 11:12

Highlights of Interim Railway Budget 2009-10INTERIM RAILWAY BUDGET 2009-10Review of Financial Performance during the year 2008-09 Freight loading target retained at 850 mt; number of passengers likely to grow by around 7% over previous year. Im

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Government announces custom duty exemption for newsprint

12 February 2009 at 10:27

The government today announced special custom duty exemptions to the newspaper and magazine publishing industry in the country. These concessions have been announced in view of the current economic slowdown particularly affecting the newspaper indust

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C and AG Empanelment-Last date extended

11 February 2009 at 22:04

Last date of Online Submission of Application of CA Firms for PSU Audits to C&AG has been extended to 20th February 2009. Last date of Online Submission of Application of CA Firms&nb

Posted in Audit | 2 comments | 15174 Views