By C.N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
Arjun: O’Lord! There are problems, problems and problems! No solutions anywhere.
Shri Krishna: That’s life, Parth! Even as a God, I also have problems - very complex ones.
Arjun: Ah! How can you have problems, Krishna?
Shri Krishna: Don’t you remember? I was born in a jail when my parents were in prison of the tyrant Kaunsa. Immediately after my birth, during heavy rains, I was taken to Gokul, on the opposite bank of river Jamuna. And in my early childhood, many demons came to kill me. Even after I grew up and became a king, there were disputes among my community of Yadavas. In my family, there was friction between my wives!
Arjun: Yes, and we, as your cousins, also fought amongst ourselves. You had to mediate between us.
Shri Krishna: True. But tell me, what is your problem now?
Arjun: We CAs need to fill up forms for empanelment so that we can get audit assignments from Government authorities, banks and so on.
Shri Krishna: It has to be so!
Arjun: Even for private sector companies, we need to give a declaration every year for appointment or renewal.
Shri Krishna: Then what is wrong with that? What is your problem?
Arjun: In those forms and declarations, we need to write whether any of the partners have been held guilty of professi