Important tax issues encountered in doing business in India
Hitesh Gajaria, Chartered Accountant, addressed the audience on various aspects of tax issues faced by foreigners doing business in India, at this lecture meeting held jointly with the Indo- American Chambers of Commerce on 17th April, 2012 at Walchand Hirachand Hall, Indian Merchant Chambers, Churchgate. The attendees of the lecture meeting gained immensely from the analytical insights from the learned faculty. Video recording of the proceedings is available on BCAS Web TV.
Recent judicial rulings with special emphasis on Corporate Taxation
At this lecture meeting held on 26th April, 2012, the speaker Rajan Vora, Chartered Accountant, presented a masterly analysis of important recent judicial rulings and answered questions from the audience. Video recording of the proceedings is available on BCAS Web TV.
Other programmes
10th Annual Residential Camp
The Human Resources Committee had organised this Residential Camp from 20th to 22nd April, 2012 at Moksh, Village – Kadadhe, Pune. This Residential Camp was based on the theme ‘Everyday Happiness’. The faculty, Mr. Nithya Shanti, a Spiritual teacher, shared his practical wisdom teachings for happiness and enlightenment with people in a joyful and transformational way. The objective of the camp was well achieved as it helped the participants to improve their ability to bring more joy and presence to their daily lives.
Seminar on Development in Accounting, Auditing & Taxation Field held at Kolkatta
This seminar was organised by the Accounting & Auditing Committee jointly with DTPA Chartered Accountants’ Study Circle — EIRC on Saturday, 21st April, 2012 at The National Library, Kolkata. The participation of over 500 included professionals in practice and from the industry. Speakers Jayesh Gandhi, Himanshu Kishnadwala, and Gautam Nayak, all Chartered Accountants covered various aspects with regards to new developments in the field of Accounting & Auditing, Revised Schedule VI and some recent issues on Tax Credit and Rectifications. The participants gained immensely from the wealth of knowledge and experience shared by the learned faculties.
2nd i-Power Summit
The Infotech& 4i Committee had organised this Residential Summit on 27th & 28th April, 2012 at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabhodhini, Bhayander that was attended by 66 participants including a large number of out station members. The Summit took off with a key note address by Padmashri T. N. Manoharan, Other speakers Pradeep Shah, Chartered Accountant, Keith Prabhu, Sunil Kothari, Chartered Accountant, Hareesh Tibrewala, Shariq Contractor, Chartered Accountant, Huzeifa Unwala, Chartered Accountant and Nilesh Vikamsey, Chartered Accountant dealt with the various aspects that included Networking, Mergers, International Networking, Technology, Cloud Computing and use of Social Media. The participants gained immensely from the wealth of knowledge and experience shared by the learned faculty and the programme was highly appreciated by all.
Seminar on Labour Laws
The Indirect Taxes & Allied Laws Committee of Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society jointly with The Chambers of Tax Consultants organised this Seminar on Saturday, 28th April, 2012 at the Society. Speaker Ramesh Soni, Senior Labour Law Consultant addressed the audience and covered various acts like Employee State Insurance Act, The payment of Bonus Act, Provident Fund, Gratuity & Labour Welfare fund. The programme received very enthusiastic response from members and participants from the industry.
Seminar on Finance Bill, 2012 — Service Tax Provisions
The Indirect Taxes & Allied Laws Committee of the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society had organised this Seminar on Sunday, 29th April, 2012 at Hotel JW Marriott, Mumbai. The speakers Shailesh Sheth, Advocate, Vipin Jain, Advocate, S. S. Gupta, Chartered Accountant and Rohit Jain, Advocate, between them covered changes in service tax law that included Negative list based taxation of Services, exemptions, declared services and valuation principles. The seminar even though held on a Sunday received full house response from participants that included several non-members and representatives of industry.
