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May 2013

Chanakya on Finance and Accounting, 20th March 2013, at the Indian Merchants’ Chamber

By Nitin Shingala, Raman Jokhakar
Hon. Jt. Secretaries
Reading Time 5 mins
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Lecture Meetings Chanakya on Finance and Accounting, 20th March 2013, at the Indian Merchants’ Chamber

Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai (Speaker), Mr. Naushad Panjwani, Mr. Deepak Shah (President), Mrs. Yamini Dalal

In this lecture meeting held under the auspices of Shri Dilip N. Dalal Oration Fund, Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai, a well-known Author and Management Trainer, explained relevance of Chanakya’s teachings contained in his treatise Kautilya’s Arthshastra, to present day business,with insights and practical examples. The main focus of the session was Chanakya’s teachings with respect to management of ‘Kosha’ which means ‘Treasury’ and four stages of Wealth, namely Wealth Identification, Wealth Creation, Wealth Management and Wealth Distribution. The presentation interlaced with witty comments kept the audience glued to their seats until the very end. The presentation is available at www.bcasonline.org and the video recording of the meeting is available as a webcast at www. bcasonline.tv to subscribers.

Provisions in Companies Bill relating to Auditors, 3rd April 2013, at the Indian Merchants’ Chamber

Mr. Kamlesh Vikamsey, Past President of the ICAI, explained and analysed various provisions of the Companies Bill 2012 that cast onerous responsibilities on the auditors and have far reaching implications. The speaker also explained the potential impact of the provisions and some key issues. The talk enthralled the full house audience consisting of senior and junior members in the profession as well as the students and left them with greater awareness about forthcoming responsibilities. Speaker’s presentation is available at www.bcasonline.org and the video recording of the meeting is available as a webcast at www.bcasonline.tv to subscribers.


Mr. Kamlesh Vikamsey (Speaker), Mr. Chetan Shah, Mr. Deepak Shah (President), Mr. Mukesh Trivedi

presentation is available at www.bcasonline.org and the video recording of the meeting is available as a webcast at www.bcasonline.tv to subscribers.

Interactive session on issues relating to Charitable Trusts, 10th April 2013, at the Indian Merchants’ Chamber


L to R: Mr. Mangesh Deshpande (Speaker), Mr. BharatKumar Oza, Mr. Gautam Nayak, Mr. Sanjiv Dutt (Speaker), Mr. Deepak Shah (President), and Mr. Govind Goyal

Charitable Trusts are faced with various issues pertaining to compliance under the Income-tax Act, 1961 as well as the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. The Society organised an Interactive session with Mr. Sanjeev Dutt, Director of Income Tax (Exemption), and Mr. Mangesh Deshpande, Assistant Charity Commissioner, with the objective of apprising the authorities about difficulties faced by charitable trusts, understand perspective of the Authorities and bridge the gap between the two. In their presentation and talk, Mr. Sanjeev Dutt and Mr. Mangesh Deshpande explained their perspective and expectations from the Charitable Trusts and the Auditors and answered various queries raised by the participants. The sessions were chaired by Past Presidents Mr. Govind Goyal and Mr. Gautam Nayak.

Other programmes:

Workshop on “Practical Issues in Tax Deduction at Source”, 22nd March 2013, at the Navinbhai Thakkar Auditorium, Vile Parle, Mumbai


L to R: Mr. V. K. Pandey (Speaker), Ms. Saroj Maniar, Mr. Gautam Nayak, Mr. Deepak Shah (President), Mr. Jagdish Punjabi

The Taxation Committee organised this workshop where the following learned faculties spoke on the topics mentioned below:

FACULTY TOPIC
Mr. V. K. Pandey, CIT(TDS) Overview of TDS
Mr. Yogesh Thar, CA Section 192 – Salary including salary paid to expats
Mr. N. C. Hegde, CA Section 194A, Section 194C, Section 194J, Section 194H, Section 194I
Mr. Naresh Ajwani, CA Section 195 – Payment to Non-Residents
Ms. Babina Dinashan, Senior Manager, NSDL TDS Return Filing and Assessments -Tax Credits, Issues and Resolution
The workshop received enthusiastic response from over 500 participants including members from the Industry as well as the Profession, who appreciated the wealth of knowledge and experience shared by the Learned Faculties.

Seminar on EPC Contracts, 13th April 2013 at the JW Marriott, Mumbai


L to R: Mr. Ashish Ahuja (Speaker), Mr. Dhishat Mehta, Mr. Kishor Karia, Mr. Naushad Panjwani, Mr. Tarunkumar Singhal

The International Taxation Committee organised this seminar, where the following learned faculties covered the topics mentioned below:

The participants gained immensely from the wealth of knowledge and experience shared by the speakers.

Professional Accountant Course Batch XV – Convocation, 12th April 2013, at the HR College

The Human Resources Committee successfully completed Batch XV of its flagship course the Professional Accountant with the Convocation function to award “Professional Accountant” Certificates to 60 participants who successfully completed this Course. It was a memorable event for the participants who put in hard work to learn practical and theoretical aspects of day-to-day accounting and tax compliance from 23 sessions conducted between November 2012 to March 2013 while continuing pursuit of  their regular job. The participants acknowledged and appreciated the valuable learning from this course that would help them in their career and gave valuable feedback to help make this programme more effective.

The convocation function was graced by Ms. Indu Shahani, Principle of HR College, Professor Parag Thakkar, Vice Principal of HR College, Mr. Mayur Nayak, Chairman of the HR Committee, Mr. Bharat Oza, Convenor of the HR Committee, and Mr. Manish Reshamwala, Course Coordinator, along with other dignitaries.

I.P.C.C. Refresher Course, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th March 2013, Directiplex, Andheri

 IPCC Refresher course was conducted by Human Resources Committee for the first time in the suburbs at Directiplex, Andheri.

The following were the subjects and the faculties at this refresher course:


Nearly 50 students participated at this  Refresher Course which was co-ordinated by Mr. Hemant Gandhi, Convenor, and Ms. Smita Acharya, Member, of the HR Committee.

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