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In my life, the cost of postponing by days, months and at times years of important aspects of life, profession included has been enormous when the past put though this filter. Since majority of time is in profession, the bulk of incidents where I have not done, not started, delayed decisions, commitments has had the effect of pulling me back, slowing me down. I have in fact postponed the exercise to introspect on this aspect for at least a few years. It is a fact that even highly driven and...

The pandemic is a wake-up call for all of us to really look at what is important in our life. We were forced to become- minimalist- that is what monks/ sages are always. It put in perspective our hollow normal ways of being, introspection on the rat race which we have been involved in. Thanks to my joining Rotary more than 2 decade back, the early introduction to philanthropy gave me an immense opportunity to grow as a person and a good patriot and citizen. Since this has also supported my...

We have in the preceding 8 articles discussed the importance of continued enhancement of knowledge, skill and experience. All growth-oriented professionals would need to focus on ensuring excellent quality of work delivered consistently in time. Normally, after a few years the improvement plateaus and stops. One wonders why the better work/ better clients do not come in/ clients do not come again for repeat work. Peter Druker the noted economist observed that quality is not what you put into...

This article follows the earlier 7 on various aspects of empowerment of professionals seeking to practice in chosen area. In this article we look at professional ethics as applicable to the Chartered Accountant. The other professionals may have similar limitations with some aspects less focused on and a few where the aspects discussed may not be applicable.

All tax professionals would be providing services relating to advisory, assistances ( assignments), representational and attest...

1. Is the recipient eligible to claim a refund? Whether the refund of the unutilized ITC in the e-credit ledger be claimed?

In the case of M/s Britannia Industries Ltd Vs Union of India - 2020-TIOL-1495-HC-AHM-GST the assessee is an SEZ unit being an exporter has procured the goods and services with payment of GST to vendors through Input Service Distributor. Claimed the refund of the accumulated credit as a recipient. The refund was held to be eligible.

Things to ponder:

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In the earlier articles we covered professional goal setting, gaining the knowledge edge, adequate  skilling, getting the experience needed, the people focus and communicating persuasively. Now the very important aspect of how to quote, negotiate and bill appropriately by the Small and Medium Practitioner following the ethics is examined in this article. None of the sharing done by me is the last word may need customisation. It may most times only validate the professional thought process...

In the earlier article on skilling oneself- article 3, I had touched on skilling oneself which included a number of skills including to be able to communicate persuasively. This is a basic skill which is often not worked on and mistakes can upset the discerning client. It would slow down the professional growth and may be larger clients may not be too happy.

In profession we have many make or break conversations, maybe some on them on the phone. SMS, whatsapp or email. How can we be...

We started the empowerment series with setting professional goals followed by getting the knowledge edge, skilling oneself, gaining the required experience and how to attract, train and retain good employees.

Many professionals come to me and say all that is ok Sir, tell us how to get work. Juniors complain about seniors, seniors on juniors. Most times we are busy safeguarding our knowledge and clients.

The most common question from those in practice who have just started, now, 2...