IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Last Date for Payment of Membership/COP Fee is further Extended to 15th December 2020

RELEVANT EXTRACT  Considering hardship caused to the Members due to various reasons, last date for payment of membership/COP fee is further extended to 15th December 2020. Members are requested to pay their membership/COP fee online immediately. Additional Secretary, M&C-MSS Section Source - https://www.icai.org/

CBDT to validate Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) generated from ICAI portal at the time of upload of Tax Audit Reports

RELEVANT EXTRACT  The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, in its gazette notification dated 2 nd August, 2019, had made generation of UDIN from ICAI website www.icai.org mandatory for every kind of certificate/tax audit report and other attests made by their members as required by

Update on auto-population of e-invoice details into GSTR-1

RELEVANT EXTRACT  Certain notified taxpayers have been preparing and issuing invoices by obtaining Invoice Reference Number (IRN) from Invoice Registration Portal (IRP) (commonly referred as ‘e-invoices’). Details from such e-invoices are be auto-populated in respective tables of GSTR-1.   An update on the status of such

Acceptance of online applications for registration in Executive/Professional programme till 1st December for appearing in both/all modules in June 2021

RELEVANT EXTRACT  As you must be aware, the Cut-off date of registration to Executive Programme/ Professional Programme  is 30th November, 2020, for appearing in All modules in June, 2021examination. In view of the bank holiday on 30th November, 2020, students eligible to register in Executive

Postponement of Online Intermediate and Final Examinations for December, 2020 Term

RELEVANT EXTRACT  The Institute of Cost Accountants of India has decided to postpone the examinations for December, 2020 term due to unavoidable circumstances. The online Intermediate and Final Examinations that were scheduled from 10th - 17th December, 2020 will now be held from 3rd -

Change of Examination Centre in Hyderabad / Secunderabad / Lucknow

RELEVANT EXTRACT  It is hereby informed that due to Election scheduled on 1st December 2020 at the  centre(s) in Hyderabad / Secunderabad / Lucknow, all the students from their existing  examination centre(s) are being shifted to new examination venue(s), as per details  given below. S.

Online filing of application (Form GST EWB 05) by the taxpayer for un-blocking of E-Way Bill (EWB) generation facility

RELEVANT EXTRACT  In terms of Rule 138E (a) and (b) of the CGST Rules, 2017, the E-Way Bill (EWB) generation facility of a taxpayer is to be blocked, in case the taxpayer fails to file their returns in Form GSTR-3B or Statement in Form CMP-08,

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT : OPT OUT DUE TO COVID 19

RELEVANT EXTRACT  In continuation to the Announcement dated 7 th November, 2020 made regarding Opt Out Scheme wherein the students were allowed to opt out for the various reasons due to COVID 19 and such opt out was permitted without production of any supporting documents.

CBDT press release on UDIN validation,update and validity of CA uploaded audit reports/certificates if not linked with UDIN

RELEVANT EXTRACT  CBDT to validate Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) generated from ICAI portal at the time of upload of Tax Audit Reports The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, in its gazette notification dated 2nd August, 2019, had made generation of UDIN from ICAI

Invitation of applications for post of General Manager in Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority established under Section 125 of Companies Act, 2013

RELEVANT EXTRACT  Applications are invited from the eligible candidates to fill up the following  post in Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority on deputation basis:- S.No . Name of post No. of  post  s Scale of Pay Place of posting 1 General Manager 01 LEVEL-13

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Start and end your day with warm water & Replace sugary drinks with normal water

Start and end your day with warm water  We all know that drinking a lot of water during the day is very beneficial for health.  But if you start and end your day by drinking warm water then you will get a lot of health

Reduce the quantity of salt in your food. Keep it below 10 grams per day

The salt we use in our food and drinks came from seawater or from mining the rocks deeper into the earth. Salt adds good taste to our food. Salt has two main ingredients – Sodium and Chlorine. Salt is a very good source of a

Accelerating Financial Market Reforms in India – Address by Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India – November 26, 2020 – at the 4th Annual Day of Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI)

RELEVANT EXTRACT  1. I wish to thank FEDAI for inviting me on the occasion of their 4th Annual Day. This is an opportune moment to look back and reflect on the developments of the last one year in financial markets and, in particular, the foreign

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – Applicability and allowability

Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR The compliance of the provisions of CSR under the Companies Act, 2013 i.e. constitution of CSR Committee, formulation of CSR Policy, the spending of requisite amount on CSR activities came into force from April, 2014.   Applicability of CSR provisions