Taxation of Shares & Securities — Current Developments
A lecture meeting on the subject of ‘Taxation of Shares & Securities — Current Developments’ was addressed by Pradip Kapasi, Chartered Accountant and Past President of the Society on 3rd August 2011 at the Walchand Hirachand Hall, IMC.
Other programmes
Visit to Dharampur — Kaprada — Bilpudi — Vansada for Tree Plantation and Development Activities
Human Resources Committee of the Society organised a visit to Dharampur — Kaprada — Bilpudi — Vansada in Dist. Valsad and Dist. Navasari, Gujarat for tree plantation and development activities on 19th and 20th June 2011.
The tree plantation was carried out in memory of late Hiten C. Shah, a very active member of the Society, at village Matuniya. This village had been adopted by late Hiten C. Shah and the group pledged to continue the good work done by him. Chartered Accountant; and Introduction to International Taxation by Mayur Nayak, Chartered Accountant.
Students’ Annual Day Celebrations
The Students’ Annual Day now renamed as “The Jal E. Dastur Students’ Annual Day” in loving memory of Jal E. Dastur was celebrated on 6th August 2011 at Direct I-Plex, Andheri. Over 150 students enthusiastically participated in the programme. The students were addressed by Padmashri T. N. Manoharan on the topic ‘Design to Win’. This was followed by hotly contested elocution and quiz competitions.
The winners at the competitions were:
Elocution competition
1. Rutu Shah
2. Ashish Arvind Shukla
Quiz competition
1. Ajay Joshi and Janam Oza
2. Hrushabh Pai and Sagar Kothari Sohrab E. Dastur, Senior Advocate was present throughout the programme and blessed the students.
International Tax & Finance Conference 2011
The 15th International Tax & Finance Conference 2011 was organised by the International Taxation Committee of the Society from 12th August 2011 to 15th August 2011 at the very vast and scenic campus of the Infosys Leadership Institute at Mysore. The papers for group discussions were: ‘Qualification and Characterisation Issues’ by P. V. Srinivasan, Chartered Accountant; ‘General Anti-avoidance Rules’ by T. P. Ostwal, Chartered Accountant; and ‘Case Studies on International Taxation’ by Pranav Sayta, Chartered Accountant. The following technical papers were also presented : ‘Inbound Investment — Private Equity Fund, VCF, FII — Structuring, Regulatory and Tax Aspects’ by Shefali Goradia, Chartered Accountant; and ‘Cross-border Service-tax Issues’ by K. S. Ravishankar, Advocate.
A panel discussion on ‘Case Studies on International Taxation’ was presented by H. Padamchand Khincha, Chartered Accountant and Chythanya K. K., Advocate.
At the Certificate Distribution Programme jointly organised by BCAS and H.R. College of Commerce & Economics, Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Sahani, Principal was felicitated on her appointment as a ‘Member of University Grant Commission’, New Delhi.
