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Enough women in boardrooms (08 March 12:00) |
| Do women in corporate boardrooms continue to be an exception rather than the norm? “Yes, very true,” agrees Anuradha Parthasarathy, Founder & CEO, Global Executive Talent ( www.globalexe... |
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Ready for combat role (08 March 12:00) |
| Wg Cdr Neelu Khatri (retd) is from the first batch of lady officers in the Logistics branch of the Indian Air Force and has served for 16 years. A post-graduate from Rani Durgavati Vishwavid... |
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Taxation of non-residents services (01 March 12:00) |
| In 1976 an amendment was made to clarify that dividend, interest, royalty and fees for technical services would be liable to taxation on source basis. In other words, it was desired by the G... |
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Harsh on realty (01 March 12:00) |
| In recent years, this is probably the only Budget that has impacted the real estate sector in such a big way. The proposals seek to mop-up significant amounts by way of taxes and duties from... |
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Balanced despite constraints (01 March 12:00) |
| In the backdrop of the global slowdown in 2009 and various expectations of multiple stakeholders regarding fiscal stimulus measures, , the Finance Minister has presented a ‘balanced' budge... |
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Exemption limit (01 March 12:00) |
| I am worried. The Finance Minister kept referring to the basic exemption limit as Rs 1.60 lakh in his Budget speech. Has the higher exemption for senior citizens been withdrawn? I am a pensi... |
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Growth opportunities in Defence (22 February 12:00) |
| Defence could be the next boom after the IT (information technology) and automotive sectors, hopes Wg Cdr Neelu Khatri (Retd), Manager, Defence Advisory Services, KPMG, New Delhi. “The tot... |
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Indirect tax reform imperatives (22 February 12:00) |
| Corporate India's hope and expectation for indirect tax reform reached a new high after the announcement of the Government's intention to introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in... |
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Key to-dos for the auto sector (22 February 12:00) |
| Five imperatives for the automotive sector, according to Abdul Majeed, India Leader for Automotive Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, are the following: Continue with the stimulus package to ... |
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Standard deduction (22 February 12:00) |
| Why was standard deduction abolished? Shouldn't it be revived for the salaried Why was standard deduction abolished? Shouldn't it be revived for the salaried |
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Asset stripping (22 February 12:00) |
| It is one of the downsides of mergers and acquisitions. A person covets a company normally for commercial purposes, that is, to take forward his ambition of being the numero uno in the indus... |
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Section 80C limit (22 February 12:00) |
| Rumour is rife that the limit for savings/investments under Section 80C would be increased substantially. How much is the hike likely to Rumour is rife that the limit for savings/investment... |
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Audit of public sector enterprises (08 February 12:00) |
| Recently, in the context of discussion on quality of audit, serious concern has been expressed on the issue of independence of auditors in the private sector. While adjudging the quality of ... |
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When to exercise prudence (08 February 12:00) |
| Prudence is something which every one exercises in day-to-day life. Prudence, according to the Oxford Dictionary, means “careful to avoid undesired consequences, circumspect, discreet”. ... |
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Personal effects (08 February 12:00) |
| There seems to be a remarkable similarity between the exclusion from the definition of ‘personal effects' in the context of defining the term ‘capital assets' and the definition of ‘pr... |
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Capital gains on shares (08 February 12:00) |
| Well, what perhaps makes you ask this question is the threat held out by the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) which proposes to end the preferential treatment to capital gains from the share market a... |
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Managing fraud post-recession (01 February 12:00) |
| Many frauds have propagated and flourished during the economic boom and blown up when there is an economic meltdown. In response to frequently occurring corporate frauds, agencies such as SE... |
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Internal audit needs to be redefined (01 February 12:00) |
| The internal audit function is headed for a fundamental change in the coming years. This change will affect the way in which it is conducted and will have implications for the various stakeh... |
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Printing currency (01 February 12:00) |
| Why can't we print currencies to buy gold and dollars? Isn't China doing Why can't we print currencies to buy gold and dollars? Isn't China doing |
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Securitisation (01 February 12:00) |
| Collateral Debt Obligation (CDO) was one of the widely used instruments that brought about the US financial debacle. It also goes by the more common name, securitisation. Securitisation is a... |
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Coal sector needs capacity addition (25 January 12:00) |
| In 2010, the top priorities for the coal sector should be energy security, conservation, and environmental issues, says Arun Srivastava, Executive Director, IRG (Infrastructure, Real Estate ... |
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Listen your way to success (25 January 12:00) |
| Every CEO knows that listening is a powerful weapon in his leadership armoury. Only by honing his listening skills can he decipher the thoughts, ideas, emotions, feelings and concerns of peo... |
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Repo vs reverse repo (25 January 12:00) |
| Repo is the facility extended by the Reserve Bank of India to the banking sector to borrow short-term from it on the strength of the gilts — government issued and guaranteed short-term pap... |
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Regional exchanges (25 January 12:00) |
| Why have regional exchanges like the ones in Kolkata, Chennai, etc., when almost all transactions are done by the public either in the BSE or the Why have regional exchanges like the ones i... |
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Home loan exemption (25 January 12:00) |
| We own a house in the joint names of me and my wife for which a joint loan has been taken. EMIs (equated-monthly instalments) are being paid by my We own a house in the joint names of me an... |
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Curious case of a top performer (18 January 12:00) |
| Managers sometimes present terrible dilemmas to leaders. Take the curious case of Suresh Joshi. As the factory manager of a large unit manufacturing engineering components Suresh is responsi... |
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Related party transactions (18 January 12:00) |
| Accounting Standard 18 provides for identification and disclosure of transactions with related parties. AAS 23 (now renamed as SA 550) adapted the same definition for the term related Accou... |
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Commodity currency (18 January 12:00) |
| It is a currency of a country whose substantial part of revenue is derived from export of a commodity. The strength of such a currency is derived from the strength of the product it It is a... |
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ESOP valuation for financial reporting (04 January 12:00) |
| It is not unusual for companies to offer employee stock option plans (ESOPs) as a part of their employee's remuneration package. ESOPs align the interests of employees with those of sharehol... |
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Auto sector headed in the right direction (04 January 12:00) |
| The Indian automotive industry has established its importance at the global level, and now it needs to take the next leap forward, says Mr Rakesh Batra, Partner and National Director, Auto P... |
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Stand on pyramiding (04 January 12:00) |
| What is the latest stand of the government on FDI limits? Is pyramiding allowed or What is the latest stand of the government on FDI limits? Is pyramiding allowed or |
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Food inflation (04 January 12:00) |
| Is the current food inflation a monetary phenomenon or a supply Is the current food inflation a monetary phenomenon or a supply |
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Agenda for infrastructure in 2010 (21 December 12:00) |
| The beginning of the end of the first decade of this millennium is round the corner, and it is time we took a step back and checked if we managed to do what we intended to in the area of ‘... |
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Properties versus assets (21 December 12:00) |
| Properties are all those owned by a person. These could be both movable and immovable properties. Movable properties are those which can be moved from place to place, however large they may ... |
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Takeout financing (21 December 12:00) |
| It is an arrangement pursuant to which commercial banks which typically lend short or medium term, get over this barrier and are able to lend to infrastructure projects. A commercial bank ac... |
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Valuation of perks (21 December 12:00) |
| The new income-tax rules have reportedly increased the taxable value of some of the benefits like car. Will this not warrant deduction of more amounts at source from salary of the employees ... |
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Different credits (21 December 12:00) |
| While supplier's credit is extended to his buyer by his supplier by allowing him to pay within a specified time for his purchases from him, a buyer's credit is usually given by a Good Samari... |
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Turning CAT into a TIGER (14 December 12:00) |
| The Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the IIMs as an entry criteria for management education in India, has over the last eight years grown from a test used by the six IIMs to one that... |
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Sustainable competitive advantage (14 December 12:00) |
| What can enable businesses to achieve the winning leap to world-class excellence? TCM (Total Cost Management), answers A. N. Raman, Member, TCM Working Group of the Confederation of the Indi... |
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Election model (14 December 12:00) |
| Proportional representation system is practised in Germany in the political arena. Under this system, one does not vote for a candidate but for the party with the candidate not in the field ... |
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Shares as assets (14 December 12:00) |
| The extant wealth tax law is marked by several distortions and inconsistencies. It is obsessed with the notion of productive assets and in its wisdom feels that only six assets, namely, buil... |
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Audit programme and trail (07 December 12:00) |
| Planning is important for successful completion of a task and audit is not an exception. Audit planning is an important phase of an audit. Meticulous planning helps the auditor to minimise t... |
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AOP An avoidable status (07 December 12:00) |
| In engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts one generally finds several parties with individual specialisations coming together to execute In engineering, procurement and c... |
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Business loss (07 December 12:00) |
| Why is loss from a business not allowed to be set off against income from Why is loss from a business not allowed to be set off against income from |
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Petrodollars (07 December 12:00) |
| No, the reference is to the US dollars piled by the oil exporting nations, especially in the Gulf region after administering the first oil shock way back in No, the reference is to the US d... |
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Asset bubble (07 December 12:00) |
| Asset bubble simply means bloated valuations driven purely by heavy demand for the product. The world witnesses asset bubbles quite often. It is believed that the bailout money released by t... |
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For a crash-proof CAT (30 November 12:00) |
| I followed the TV news yesterday and read the newspapers this morning about the problems in the online delivery of the CAT exam; the indictment is very clear. Technology is to be blamed. Her... |
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A new dispute resolution mechanism (30 November 12:00) |
| Several multinationals operating in India today are affected by issues relating to source based taxation, attribution of profits and transfer pricing (TP). Huge TP adjustments have also plag... |
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Benami property (30 November 12:00) |
| The Benami Transactions Prohibition Act, 1988 prohibits owning of properties benami. This much is the law which has been operationalised but the key provision of the Act — confiscation of ... |
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FPO mechanism (30 November 12:00) |
| There is a feeling that the new mechanism for FPO (follow-on public offer) is the precursor for changing the IPO price discovery mechanism. Is it There is a feeling that the new mechanism f... |
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