| The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Board of Studies |
| December 12, 2011 |
The Board of Studies has launched online e-Learning Module on “Financial Analysis using MS-Excel 2010” to provide Hands-On Practical Training (HoT) on use of MS-Excel 2010 for financial analysis for the benefit of students. Please click on the following links to access respective units:
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| Students are advised to take advantage of this online resource to facilitate greater use of MS-Excel 2010 for their financial analysis and reporting requirements. |
| Director Board of Studies |
Dec 13, 2011
BoS e-Learning Module on Financial Analysis Using MS-Excel 2010
Dec 10, 2011
National Convention for CA students at Bangalore on 28th and 29th January, 2012.
National Convention for CA Students at Bangalore
on Saturday, 28th January, 2012 and Sunday, 29th January, 2012
Organised by : Board of Studies, ICAI, New Delhi
Hosted by : SICASA & Bangalore Branch of SIRC of ICAI
Programme Details Subject
Technical Session – I : 1. Overview of International Taxation
International Taxation 2. International Taxation – Emerging Areas
3. Transfer Pricing – Future & Furore
Technical Session – II :
Corporate Law 1. New Schedule VI - Overview
2. Difference between India AS 1 and
Existing Schedule VI
3. Issues in Schedule VI – Eg. MAT Computation, Audit Coverage, etc.,
Technical Session – III :
Taxation 1. Introduction to DTC
2. Procedural Aspects of TDS
3. MAT V/s. AMT
Technical Session – IV :
Information Technology 1. Impact & Challenges for Auditors
2. Using Computer Assisted AuditTechniques
3. The power of Leveraging a CA’s domain
knowledge with Technology.
Registration Fee : Rs. 400/- per Student
Rs. 350/- per Student {If Registered before 18.01.2012}
Accommodation : Rs. 150/- per Student
Students are invited to contribute papers for presentation [1500 to 2000 words]
for topics in technical sessions and submit for approval a soft copy of the paper at bangalore@icai.org and blrsicasa@icai.org by 25th December, 2011 and a hard copy of the same along with students’ Photograph (with his/her name on the back of the photograph) Registration Number, Course Pursuing, Complete Postal Address, Mobile Number, Landline Number and Email ID be also sent at Bangalore Branch of SIRC of ICAI, ICAI BHAWAN, # 16/0, Millers Tank Bed Area, Bangalore – 560 052.
Facilities for Selected Student Speakers –
a. No Delegate Fee for the Conference
b. Re-imbursement of to and fro travel expenses (AC two tier) for student paper presenters from outside Bangalore City and
c. Dearness Allowance of Rs. 1,500/- per day for maximum of five days including the journey time.
For further details, contact the branch
Dec 5, 2011
Applicability of Taxable Services for May 2012 and November 2012 Examinations..!!
Important Announcement
Applicability of taxable services for May 2012 and November 2012 examinations:-
Professional Competence Examination :-
It is clarified that in Part –II : Service tax and VAT of Paper 5 : Taxation, students will not be tested on specific questions covering individual taxable services.
Integrated Professional Competence Examination :-
It is clarified that in Part –II : Service tax and VAT of Paper 4 : Taxation, students will be examined only in respect of the following taxable services:
1. Practising Chartered Accountant’s services
2. Mandap keeper’s services
3. Commercial training or coaching services
4. Information technology software services
5. Consulting engineer’s services
6. Business exhibition services
7. Scientific and technical consultancy services
8. Technical testing and analysis services
Final Examinations :-
Paper 8 : Indirect Tax Laws
It is clarified that in respect of taxable services covered in the syllabus of Paper 8 : Indirect Tax Laws, students will be examined only in respect of the following taxable services:
1. Franchise services
2. Intellectual property services
3. Banking & other financial services
4. Credit rating agency’s services
5. Stock broking services
6. Goods transport agency’s services
7. Courier services
8. Mailing list compilation and mailing services
9. Transport of goods by air services
10. Clearing and forwarding agent’s services
11. Cargo handling services
12. Custom house agent’s services
13. Storage and warehousing services
14. Transport of goods through pipeline or other conduit
15. Transport of goods by rail services
16. Practising Chartered Accountant’s services
17. Management or business consultant’s services
18. Technical testing and analysis services
19. Market research agency’s services
20. Legal consultancy services
21. Public relations services
22. Construction in respect of commercial or industrial buildings or civil structures
23. Construction services in respect of residential complexes
24. Architect’s services
25. Real estate agent’s services
26. Site preparation and clearance, excavation, earthmoving and demolition services
27. Interior decorator’s services
28. Renting of immovable property services
29. Business auxiliary services
30. Business support services
31. Manpower recruitment agent’s services
32. Management, maintenance or repair services
Dec 3, 2011
!!! “DECEMBER’2011 CS EXAMINATION ENROLLMENT STATUS … PLEASE CHECK & VERIFY
Attention Students !!!
“DECEMBER’2011 CS EXAMINATION ENROLLMENT STATUS … PLEASE CHECK & VERIFY
IMPORTANT : PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE ADMIT CARD ALONGWITH INSTRUCTIONS AFTER 12TH DECMBER, 2011FROM WWW.ICSI.EDU OR WWW.ICSI.IN . PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SYSTEM OF DISPATCH OF ADMIT CARDS (IN PHYSICAL FORM) BY POST HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FROM JUNE 2011 SESSION OF EXAMINATION.CS Examination Enrollment Status
Jul 30, 2011
Free Online Exam Forms for November 2011
29th July, 2011
The next Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final Examinations of the Institute will be held from 1st November to 17th November 2011. Notification and detailed announcement thereon have already been hosted on ICAI website www.icai.org.
Applications for admission to Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final examination can be made either through the online mode at http://icaiexam.icai.org or through physical application forms.
The physical forms for PCE, IPCE and Final examinations are priced at Rs 500/- per form.
In order to encourage the student community to take to on-line applications, it has been decided to waive off the cost of application form (i. e, Rs 500/-) in respect of candidates who fill in their forms online at http://icaiexam.icai.org and remit the examination fee online by using either VISA or Master credit/debit card.
Students may note the following:
Last date for submission of physical/on-line forms without late fee- 30.08.11
Last date for submission of physical/on-line forms with late fee of Rs 500/- 06.09.11
Students are advised to take advantage of the facility of submitting on-line applications and save on the cost of the exam form, cost of demand drafts etc.
( G. Somasekhar)
Additional Secretary (Exams)
The next Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final Examinations of the Institute will be held from 1st November to 17th November 2011. Notification and detailed announcement thereon have already been hosted on ICAI website www.icai.org.
Applications for admission to Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final examination can be made either through the online mode at http://icaiexam.icai.org or through physical application forms.
The physical forms for PCE, IPCE and Final examinations are priced at Rs 500/- per form.
In order to encourage the student community to take to on-line applications, it has been decided to waive off the cost of application form (i. e, Rs 500/-) in respect of candidates who fill in their forms online at http://icaiexam.icai.org and remit the examination fee online by using either VISA or Master credit/debit card.
Students may note the following:
Last date for submission of physical/on-line forms without late fee- 30.08.11
Last date for submission of physical/on-line forms with late fee of Rs 500/- 06.09.11
Students are advised to take advantage of the facility of submitting on-line applications and save on the cost of the exam form, cost of demand drafts etc.
( G. Somasekhar)
Additional Secretary (Exams)
Jul 17, 2011
Announcement - November 2011 Examinations - (15-07-2011)
THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA - NEW DELHI
ANNOUNCEMENT
15th July, 2011
The next Professional Competence Course (PCC), Integrated Professional Competence Course
(IPCC) and Final Examinations of the Institute will be held from 1st November, 2011 to 17th November, 2011
at the following centres : 1) Centres in India – Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Akola, Alappuzha,
Aligarh, Allahabad, Alwar, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Anand, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly,
Bathinda, Beawar, Belgaum, Bellary, Berhampore, Bharauch, Bhavnagar, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,
Bhuj, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi/New Delhi, Dhanbad,
Durg, Ernakulam, Erode, Faridabad, Gandhidham, Ghaziabad, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati,
Gwalior, Hisar, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamnagar,
Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kollam, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam,
Latur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar,
Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Palghat, Panipat, Pali - Marwar, Panvel, Patna, Patiala,
Pimpri - Chinchwad, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram, Rajkot, Ranchi, Ratlam, Rewari,
Rohtak, Rourkela, Saharanpur, Salem, Sambalpur, Sangli, Satara, Shimla, Sikar, Siliguri, Sirsa, Solapur,
Sonepat, SriGanganagar, Surat, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tinsukia, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupati,
Tirupur, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Vapi, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and
Yamunanagar.
2) Overseas Centers: - Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Dubai (UAE) and at Kathmandu (Nepal)
Applications for admission to Professional Competence Course (PCC) Integrated
ANNOUNCEMENT
15th July, 2011
The next Professional Competence Course (PCC), Integrated Professional Competence Course
(IPCC) and Final Examinations of the Institute will be held from 1st November, 2011 to 17th November, 2011
at the following centres : 1) Centres in India – Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Akola, Alappuzha,
Aligarh, Allahabad, Alwar, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Anand, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly,
Bathinda, Beawar, Belgaum, Bellary, Berhampore, Bharauch, Bhavnagar, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,
Bhuj, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi/New Delhi, Dhanbad,
Durg, Ernakulam, Erode, Faridabad, Gandhidham, Ghaziabad, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati,
Gwalior, Hisar, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamnagar,
Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kollam, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam,
Latur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar,
Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Palghat, Panipat, Pali - Marwar, Panvel, Patna, Patiala,
Pimpri - Chinchwad, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram, Rajkot, Ranchi, Ratlam, Rewari,
Rohtak, Rourkela, Saharanpur, Salem, Sambalpur, Sangli, Satara, Shimla, Sikar, Siliguri, Sirsa, Solapur,
Sonepat, SriGanganagar, Surat, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tinsukia, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupati,
Tirupur, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Vapi, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and
Yamunanagar.
2) Overseas Centers: - Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Dubai (UAE) and at Kathmandu (Nepal)
Applications for admission to Professional Competence Course (PCC) Integrated
Jul 3, 2011
Exclusion of Certain Topics in the CA Final Examination to be held in November, 2011
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
BoS/Announcement/227/11
June 23, 2011
Sub: Exclusion of certain topics in the CA Final Examination to be held in November,
2011 and thereafter
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On a review of the syllabus for the Final Course, the Council has decided to exclude the
following topics from the Final Examination to be held in November, 2011 and thereafter:-
Paper 1 Financial Reporting
- Inflation Accounting
Paper 5 Advanced Management Accounting
- Time Series Analysis; and
- Test of Hypothesis.
Students are advised to note the change.
Director, Board of Studies
BoS/Announcement/227/11
June 23, 2011
Sub: Exclusion of certain topics in the CA Final Examination to be held in November,
2011 and thereafter
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On a review of the syllabus for the Final Course, the Council has decided to exclude the
following topics from the Final Examination to be held in November, 2011 and thereafter:-
Paper 1 Financial Reporting
- Inflation Accounting
Paper 5 Advanced Management Accounting
- Time Series Analysis; and
- Test of Hypothesis.
Students are advised to note the change.
Director, Board of Studies
Notification for Salaried Assessees having income less than Rs.500000/-
No.402/92/2006-MC (14 of 2011)
Government of India / Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
***
New Delhi, dated the 23rd June, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the scheme exempting salaried
taxpayers with total income up to Rs.5 lakh from filing income tax return for assessment year
2011-12, which will be due on July 31, 2011.
Individuals having total income up to Rs.5,00,000 for FY 2010-11, after allowable
deductions, consisting of salary from a single employer and interest income from deposits in
a saving bank account up to Rs.10,000 are not required to file their income tax return. Such
individuals must report their Permanent Account Number (PAN) and the entire income from
bank interest to their employer, pay the entire tax by way of deduction of tax at source, and
obtain a certificate of tax deduction in Form No.16.
Persons receiving salary from more than one employer, having income from sources
other than salary and interest income from a savings bank account, or having refund claims
shall not be covered under the scheme.
The scheme shall also not be applicable in cases wherein notices are issued for filing
the income tax return under section 142(1) or section 148 or section 153A or section 153C of
the Income Tax Act 1961.
***
Government of India / Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
***
New Delhi, dated the 23rd June, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the scheme exempting salaried
taxpayers with total income up to Rs.5 lakh from filing income tax return for assessment year
2011-12, which will be due on July 31, 2011.
Individuals having total income up to Rs.5,00,000 for FY 2010-11, after allowable
deductions, consisting of salary from a single employer and interest income from deposits in
a saving bank account up to Rs.10,000 are not required to file their income tax return. Such
individuals must report their Permanent Account Number (PAN) and the entire income from
bank interest to their employer, pay the entire tax by way of deduction of tax at source, and
obtain a certificate of tax deduction in Form No.16.
Persons receiving salary from more than one employer, having income from sources
other than salary and interest income from a savings bank account, or having refund claims
shall not be covered under the scheme.
The scheme shall also not be applicable in cases wherein notices are issued for filing
the income tax return under section 142(1) or section 148 or section 153A or section 153C of
the Income Tax Act 1961.
***
May 3, 2011
Apr 28, 2011
Campus Placement for Members & Students
The Institute is organizing a Campus Placement for the fresher members for job placement and for students for their 15 Months Training on Saturday, the 30th April,
2011 at NOIDA office of ICSI, C-37,Sector 62, NOIDA-201301
Process to be followed for Campus Placement scheduled to be held on 30th April 2011
1. Name of the participating companies will be announced at the Campus.
2. Students already undergoing 15 Months training are not eligible to participate in
the Campus Placement.
3. The résumés of all the eligible candidates will be given to the company coming
for participating in the event.
4. Résumés of candidates will be collected on the same day i.e. 30th April 2011.
5. The companies will shortlist from the lot of résumés and interview the candidates
as shortisted by them. Hence, a candidate will get opportunity for interview only
if his/her resume is shortlisted by a company.
6. The résumés of the candidates once appeared for the interview will not be
forwarded to the other company so as to provide opportunity to other
candidates.
7. The candidates attending the Campus Placement are expected to come in formal
dress and bring 4 copies of their CV & passport colour photograph.
8. The members and students are requested to invariably mention their
Membership No and Registration No respectively in their resume
9. The candidates are requested to be present at NOIDA office of ICSI, C-
37,Sector 62, NOIDA-201301 on 30th April, 2011 at 10.00 A.M.
10.In order to provide the orientation to the members for facing the interviews, it
has been decided to organize a orientation program on 29th April, 2011 at 5.30PM
in the auditorium of ICSI-NIRC Building, 4, Prasad Nagar Institutional Area, New
Delhi -110005.
Interested members may kindly attend the same as per above schedule.
*****
2011 at NOIDA office of ICSI, C-37,Sector 62, NOIDA-201301
Process to be followed for Campus Placement scheduled to be held on 30th April 2011
1. Name of the participating companies will be announced at the Campus.
2. Students already undergoing 15 Months training are not eligible to participate in
the Campus Placement.
3. The résumés of all the eligible candidates will be given to the company coming
for participating in the event.
4. Résumés of candidates will be collected on the same day i.e. 30th April 2011.
5. The companies will shortlist from the lot of résumés and interview the candidates
as shortisted by them. Hence, a candidate will get opportunity for interview only
if his/her resume is shortlisted by a company.
6. The résumés of the candidates once appeared for the interview will not be
forwarded to the other company so as to provide opportunity to other
candidates.
7. The candidates attending the Campus Placement are expected to come in formal
dress and bring 4 copies of their CV & passport colour photograph.
8. The members and students are requested to invariably mention their
Membership No and Registration No respectively in their resume
9. The candidates are requested to be present at NOIDA office of ICSI, C-
37,Sector 62, NOIDA-201301 on 30th April, 2011 at 10.00 A.M.
10.In order to provide the orientation to the members for facing the interviews, it
has been decided to organize a orientation program on 29th April, 2011 at 5.30PM
in the auditorium of ICSI-NIRC Building, 4, Prasad Nagar Institutional Area, New
Delhi -110005.
Interested members may kindly attend the same as per above schedule.
*****
Apr 27, 2011
Print Specifications for SAHAJ and SUGAM in Income Tax Return
Print Specifications for SAHAJ and SUGAM
1. Printing of the forms should be according to the standards set below
• No Black and White forms will be accepted and only standard forms with appropriate colors prescribed, fonts used, paper size, paper quality, Bar Code Values will be accepted by the department
• Key aspects of the forms are listed below
i. Size of the paper should be A4 Sheet- (8.268 inches by 11.693 inches / 210mm by 297 mm )
ii. Quality of the paper should be White Paper and above 70GSM. The Paper thickness should be of Executive Bond quality with a minimum of 70 GSM and above
iii. Registration Marks should be present at every page and the coordinates of the same are indicated in the Sample Form given in Annexure A. It should be 0.25” from the top edge and the left corner edge.
iv. There should be a series of square dots which should be placed on the both sides of the pages on every page. The distance of the same should be 0.32” from the left edge. The square dots are uniformly spaced at 3mm distance from each other
v. Bar Code Specifications should be in Code 39 Format. The Position and Size of the Bar Code should be as Per Annexure A
vi. The Values of the Barcode
• SAHAJ
• 1201111A1C150000– Page 1
• 1201121D1T040000-Page 2
• Schedule TDS1
• S201112S4S300000
• Schedule TDS2
• S201113T5T310000
• Schedule IT
• S201114R6R320000
• Schedule TCS
• S201115U4U300000
• SUGAM
• 4201111A1C130000-Page 1
• 4201121C14E60000-Page 2
• 4201131E7T040000 – Page 3
• ITR-V Acknowledgement
• ACKNOWLEDGE
vii. Color : RED -CMYK ( 0,100,100,0 ), BLACK CMYK ( 0,0,0,100). The Color specification should be as per color specifications given in the PDF File. The Ink used is the Dropout Ink which can be dropped out by a standard scanner.
viii. Fonts Used are as follows
• Helvetica
ix. The relative position of all elements is fixed and the position of any elements cannot be altered
a. Order of TDS schedules, TCS Schedules cannot be altered
b. The number of entries in each schedule, the column elements cannot be altered. This is done to ensure direct mapping of Form 26 AS report with the form
c. For any extra entries in Schedule TDS1, TDS2, IT and TCS, taxpayer should use supplementary schedules given in each form. Additional entries in this schedules would be accepted only in this supplementary schedules
d. ITR-V Acknowledgement should be entered and signature taken from the concerned officer in charge
Apr 26, 2011
Apr 25, 2011
Provision of 15 Minutes for Reading & Planning in Exams
| The Council of the Institute, based on the recommendation of the Examination Committee has decided to allow 15-minute reading and planning time allowance to the candidates in the Chartered Accountants Examinations before the scheduled commencement of the examinations i.e, if the examination commences from 2.00 PM, then the candidates will be given Question Papers at 1.45 PM. This reading time will not be available for CPT and all post qualification Courses Examinations. |
| The objective of providing question paper 15 minutes before the scheduled time is to: (i) Enable the candidates to read the question paper thoroughly (without encroaching on the examination duration) and (ii) Chalk out the strategy to answer the questions. |
| Candidates are required to note the following in this regard: (1) The candidates will not be allowed to leave the Examination Hall under any circumstances from 1.45 PM to 3.00 PM. (2) The candidates shall be allowed to enter the hall from 1.30 PM upto 2.30 PM only. |
| Any breach of the above requirements would be treated as adopting Unfair Means by the students concerned and applicable disciplinary action would be taken on such erring students. http://icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=7205&c_id=219 |
Feb 9, 2011
PCC/IPCC Overall Analysis
Pass% of nov10
PCC:
Both Grp-12.02%,
Grp1-21.39%,
Grp2-26.12%
IPCC:-
Both Grp-18.03%,
Grp1-21.78%,
Grp2-30.88%
PCC:
Both Grp-12.02%,
Grp1-21.39%,
Grp2-26.12%
IPCC:-
Both Grp-18.03%,
Grp1-21.78%,
Grp2-30.88%
Feb 6, 2011
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