The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 09, 2007

AUDITING
Acceptance of audit
An auditor is precluded from making enquiries and sending feelers to appoint him as the auditor. The proposal should come from the client and should not be initiated by the auditor. More

HEALTH
How about free health check-up for every Indian?
Story so far: Cricket season casts its long shadow at the workplace, in the form of erratic attendance, and sleepy staff. To encourage active workout, rather than passively watch games, the company decides to organise a mini ... More

TAXATION
Service tax on TDS amount
Would I be liable to TDS on the whole invoice amount inclusive of service tax or would the liability be only to extent of the net amount? Anant, e-mail Under the service tax law (Finance Act, 1994), charge of service tax is stipulated ... More

EDUCATION
CAREER CROSSROADS
Focus on what you are doing currently
I am a mechanical engineer with no work experience. At present, I am in the first year of MBA (HR). Please advise regarding any course or membership programme that will add value to my MBA. S. Karthick I advise that you first focus on ... More

ECONOMICS
On deficit matters
There are two types of headline deficits that are usually mentioned in the Union Budget. One is the revenue deficit and the other, fiscal deficit. Deficits obviously mean that expenditure is more than receipts. Revenue deficits occur when ... More

STOCK MARKETS
Beauty of a `provoked' bull
Beep, Beep Beep, went the mobile. Chotu wearily picked it up. Monday mornings meant more trading advice from his retinue of trading well-wishers, which included his broker, professional advisors, friends and his driver. But this was no trading ... More

INTERVIEW
Build the business
Meet John Moore, the author of Tribal Knowledge, a book that brims with `tribal truths' gleaned from the success of Starbucks. Here's his take on a few questions from Business Line: Are there tribal truths that can be ... More

EVENTS
Number Crunch
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Just Do It
A. Jeyachandran - Madurai - jeyatmdu at hotmail.com, A.B.Amutha - Madhura college - Madurai - amutha.b.87 at gmail.com, A.Ramalingam - vallalar18 at yahoo.co.in, A.Satyanarayana Babu - Chennai - andali1968 at yahoo.co.in, Adi Jain - adi_519 at ... More

SPORTS
Only three endorsements
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INCOME TAX
A small investor at the tax portal
I am a small investor. My monthly profit from share market is Rs 5,000 on an average. I don't know whether I am crossing the tax-free limit. Please guide me. Shashi, email I take it that this is your only source of income. In that ... More

PEOPLE
Things that get scheduled are the things that get done
Mr Sanjiv Bhavnani is CEO and Managing Director of Visesh Infotecnics Ltd. An engineer by qualification, he also holds postgraduate diplomas in marketing and management. Here's his take on four questions from Business Line: Two ... More

BOOKS
Be constantly engaged in everything you are doing
What does `being creative' mean? Not that you were good at art at school, says Karan Bilimoria in Bottled for Business (www.landmarkonthenet.com). Creativity is not an isolated activity done in some kind of silo, but a way of life, ... More

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