The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 08, 2003

The business of pleasure
WHAT is the taxable value of perquisite when a specified employee uses company plane for his private jaunt? - Roopa Urs, e-mail Company executives are masters of camouflage. Do you think they would be so naive ... More

What in hell is XBRL?
These four letters look set to lead a global revolution in the transfer of financial information, say Trevor Pyman and Emma Gibson More

FOREX

Getting familiar with FEMA
IT TOOK slightly over 50 years to delete the word "Regulation" from the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. During this period, the FERA of 1947 saw two replacements, one in 1973 and another in 1993. The total number of ... More

TRENDS

`Doth God exact day labour, light denied?'
BOTH groups of PE-II cleared in the first shot. 72 per cent in law, 61 in tax, and now he has a long period to wait before taking up CA Final. He is searching for a firm to do articles, and they ask him what work he can ... More

Manufacturing spurious drugs is equivalent to mass murder
STORY so far: For me work is worship, and I don't think gods would mistake you for doing your job even as the whole town is busy with some celebration. At the office, I get the invite to represent the ... More

BOOKS

A day has a hundred pockets of time
YOUR day is a mess and you want to organise time effectively. John Adair has put together practical tools and techniques for the purpose in Time Management and Personal Development. The book begins with ... More

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