MENTOR
ECONOMY
Sticklish Issues
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ACCOUNTANCY
Activity-based costing of a banking service
Analysis of the May 2006 CA (PE II) paper on cost accounting and financial management
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TAXATION
Sales on high seas
Ours is an autonomous body funded by the Government of India and we are often offered `high seas sales' terms by the suppliers for the quotations we call for equipment purchases, and so on. We are exempted from Customs and excise duty under ...
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MANAGEMENT
Keeping an eye on your investments
One sealed document in the will, marked for Mike, was written in Braille. Mina's sons were furious. They questioned the lawyer, "Who is this Mike?" The lawyer suggested. "Let's first see what message your mom has for the two of you. The first ...
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How can parents be sure that their children aren't getting into drugs?
While the law and order machinery needs to be sensitised to the issue of sexual harassment, the need for women to be able to defend themselves cannot be undermined
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60 SECONDS CHIEF
Perseverance leads to success
Mr Vishnu Varshney, CEO of Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd (GVFL), is an Electrical Engineer from IIT Kanpur, and has also done his an MS and MBA from Louisiana State University, US. He has played a crucial role in bringing venture capital ...
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EDUCATION
SOFT SKILLS
The fine art of communication
Communication is a two-way process. There is a sender who sends the information, and there is the receiver who receives the information. The communication is complete only if the receiver has received the information in the manner that the ...
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Blast the bombast
Is it true that we can impress people by using bombastic words? Will it get me more marks? M. Shivani Bombast can boomerang. It could mean either you do not know what you are writing and want to obfuscate or that you are flogging your ...
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EVENTS
Just Do It
E-MAIL: A Dinesh Ravi - IT Specialist - eFunds International (I) P Ltd - Chennai - dinesh.ravi at in.efunds.com, Abhijit K. Rao - Tata Consultancy Services Limited - abhijitk.rao at tcs.com, Abhishek Kohli - abhishekkohli23 at yahoo.co.in, Anjani ...
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INCOME TAX
The phantom of double taxation
I am a B.Com student. Why is one required to pay tax twice — TDS (tax deduction at source) and advance tax? V. S. Panchapakesan, Mannargudi No, this perception of yours is not correct. At the time of calculation of one's advance ...
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PEOPLE
Bill Gates to step down in 2008
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated June 19
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BOOKS
Use simple sentences to describe your business
"Surgeons learn by watching others perform operations and then by actually operating while under supervision. Entrepreneurship should be learned similarly." Thus advises Anthony C. Warren in one of the ...
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