The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 12, 2004

A guided tour of the Budget from direct tax angle
THE Finance Bill, 2004 has a lot of surprises for taxpayers, especially professionals. The amendments are innovative in the sense that the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has attempted to substitute certain words ... More

TDS on tedious track
SECTION 194C of the Income-Tax Act provides for TDS on contract payments. The deduction under this section is not applicable in case the contract value does not exceed Rs 20,000. The Finance Bill, 2004 has ... More

TAXATION

On the `lakh' of confusion

MANAGEMENT

Success is having the most fun doing your best work
CALL him dakiya babu or postman. In Mark Sanborn's parable, however, the key character is Fred, "a mail carrier who passionately loves his job and who genuinely cares about the people he serves". The book ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Predict the winner
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TRENDS

Some say Budget is `different', but others are indifferent
Story so far: A visit to an engineering college campus brings me face to face with two things — one, the rush of aspirants for the courses, and two, a feeling of blankness about what the future held as ... More

BOOKS

A crucial skill for leaders is social networking
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists." Oh, we're not talking about Manmohan Singh, but simply quoting a Lao-tzu poem cited in Leading, a book with lessons from literature by ... More

CARTOON

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