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Volume 3 Issue 3
Newsletter
March
2011
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
63rd BATCH : ACADEMIC UPDATES
The month of February, 2011 was one
of the most significant periods of the
Induction Training of the 63rd Batch
consisting of Departmental Examinations, Home Tests and the first leg of
the International Attachment to Malaysia and Australia, Attachment
with financial institutions at Mumbai, in addition to some important
technical inputs given to the Officer
Trainees.
In the previous month the Officer
Trainees were given inputs on Digital
Forensics by the specialists from the
C-DAC, Trivandrum which was followed by a Test conducted by them.
These sessions were supplemented by
officers working in field including
those from Mumbai. Intensive classroom sessions on application of ITD
software continued during this
month.
Departmental Examinations
The Home Tests, which are basically
rehearsals of the Departmental Examinations, were taken in February, 2011.
This was followed by the second Departmental Examinations which was a challenge in view of the new Papers of Management and Administration in the Tax
Department and Information Technology
and Security. For the new Papers, detailed study materials as well as a Question Bank were prepared for the assistance of the persons setting the Question
Papers and for the evaluators. All the
Officer Trainees appeared for the Departmental Examinations.
NALSAR Project Submissions
The Officer Trainees also submitted their
respective NALSAR projects and appeared for the viva voce. Almost the entire batch cleared the NALSAR pro-
gramme and acquired their degrees.
International Attachments
Training at the NADT consists
of academic learning, practical
experience and exposure to
Revenue Services of different
parts of the world so that we
can share our experiences and
learn from each other. This is
incorporated through a week long International Attachment.
As a new initiative, the International Attachment for the Officer Trainees of the 63rd Batch
was extended to four countries
viz. Australia, Malaysia, South
Africa and Netherlands in place
of only Malaysia and Singapore
last year.
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Attachment with Financial Institutions at Mumbai
Mumbai Trip
The Probationers of the 63rd Batch had a 5 day (21 st to
25th February 2011) tour to Mumbai to visit the premier
institutions dealing with financial transactions, as a part
of their 16 month training programme. During the one
week attachment at Mumbai, 70 Officer Trainees of 63 rd
Batch visited the following institutions,
National Stock Exchange
Bombay Stock Exchange
National Securities Depositories Limited
Securities and Exchange Board of India
Reserve Bank of India
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE) probationers
were told in detail about Capital Markets, Online Trading, Clearing and Settlement, Surveillance, the functions
of National Commodity Clearing Limited (NCCL), the
National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited
(NSCCL) and the subsidiary companies of NSE.
At National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL),
the Officer Trainees had interactions with the officials
who gave a presentation on the overview of NSDL, its
features and operations and its role in Tax Information
Network. The constraints prevailing in tax payments, the
solutions processed and a detailed view of the implementation process was initiated with Process Redesign and
continued with legal enablement, phase 1 implementa-
tion, phase 2 implementation, User Support, User Education, Monitoring and Feedback.
The attachment program with SEBI was held in National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM). Mr.
Anand Barua, Executive Director, SEBI, graced the programme with his lecture on the Overview of Indian Securities Markets, explaining the origin of Indian Securities Markets, the need to set up a regulatory body, the
establishment of SEBI, the legal provisions enabling the
Board to regulate the securities market and the overall
functions of the Board. Mr. Sunil Kadam, General Manager, SEBI gave a lecture on the Regulatory Challenges
to Securities Markets. He explained the various legal
provisions like SEBI ACT 1992, SCRA 1956, Depositories Act 1996, Provisions in Company Act 1956.
Ms.Sareena, AGM, SEBI conducted an interactive session on Investor Protection.
The attachment with the premier banker of India, RBI,
happened to be an interesting and informative session
for all the probationers. The session was attended by the
presence of Dr.K.C.Chakraborty, Deputy Governor, RBI.
The enthusiastic and informative introductory speech
given by him followed by lively interaction with the probationers stood as a platform for all to understand the
functions of the Bank and its role in Indian Economy.
His talk was followed by interactions with various officials of RBI, during which the probationers sought clarifications on many issues related to finance and the economy. The Officials who participated in the discussions
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Attachments with Financial
NALSAR Project
Institutions (contd.)
Submissions
were Mr.V.S.Das, Executive Director, Smt.D.PantJoshi, CGM RPCD, Mr.Deepak Singhal, CGM HRDD,
Mr.Ravimohan, CGM DBOB, Smt.R.Fauzdar, GM
DCM, Mr.Amitava Sardar, Advisor, MPD.
Attachment with the BSE was marked by one day Programme on Capital Market. The BSE Training Institute organized the programme. Mr.Alok Churiwala of
Churiwala Securities gave a lecture on the Overview of
Indian Capital Market and Market Dynamics. He detailed the binaries of the Stock Market, the players in
the market, the process and procedure as a player in
the market and the challenges. Mr.Parminder Singh of
BSE had a session on BSE Online Trading and Clearing and Settlement.
The practical applications of online trading was exhibited. Mr. Laxminath, Vice President, Operations, Central Depositories Services Limited addressed the OTs
on the topic Dematerialization and Depositories which
gave an outlook on the functions of CSDL, its role as
Depository and the measures to ensure safety for deposit of securities. Mr. Hitesh Desai, DGM, Surveillance, BSE spoke on Surveillance and Inspection Process at Exchange. He brought out the methods of surveillance to discover suspicious and malicious transactions in the market. He explained some real time cases
and the process of investigation.
The officers belonging to the 62nd Batch of IRS working
in Mumbai arranged for a sumptuous dinner at Gymkhana. This occasion presented a good chance of interactions with the immediate seniors to understand field
realities and ways to handle the challenges faced on
immediately entering the field. Various attachments
served the purpose best by giving the probationers an
opportunity to understand procedures and measures in
financial transactions, the surveillance methods
adopted by various institutions in finding out suspicious transactions, risk factors underlying online transactions, the challenges faced by the institutions and
their success stories.
The submission of NALSAR Project report was made a
prerequisite for appearing in the Departmental Examinations which resulted in submission of reports by all
the 120 Officer Trainees. Out of these 120, 116 reports
were approved by the respective guides and barring
one OT who was on leave, 115 Officer Trainees gave
viva voce before a panel consisting of faculty members
from NALSAR and NADT. Although the MoU with
NALSAR was in existence for the last five years, every
year not more than 4-5 Officer Trainees were able to
submit the Project Reports and become eligible for the
degree of Masters in Business Laws and Taxation. This
was the first year when almost every Officer Trainee
has submitted the Project Report and for the Masters
Degree from NALSAR.
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International Attachment for 63rd Batch of IRS, Malaysia and Australia
The globalization process and the successful economic
liberalization witnessed by the country during the last
one and a half decades have thrown various new challenges to the tax administration and in particular the
training of Directly recruited Officers of Income Tax Department. The officer trainees for the purpose of firsthand exposure to tax administration and taxpayer services in various countries were taken to countries like
Malaysia and Australia, recognized as having adopted
the best practices in this field.
AUSTRALIA
The 5-day attachment, planned in collaboration with
Sydney Law School, included lectures by eminent faculties on the Australian Tax System, International Taxation, and also a visit to the Call Center of Australian Tax
Office (ATO). Prof Michael Dirks elaborated on ATO and
covered all aspects of Taxation in Australia such as the
structure of the Australian Taxation Office, Compliance
and audit, Commissioner's powers to gather information.
He also spoke about Tax Payers Rights such as (a) Taxpayer's charter, (b) Public and private rulings system, (c)
Formal appeal procedures and (d) Alternative avenues of
review both formal and informal.
Prof. Richard Vann talked about the international responses to tax evasion and avoidance. He also talked on
global administrative responses to international tax evasion such as (1) Exchange of Information (2) Taxation
Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) (3) Assistance in the collection of taxes.
Prof Grame Cooper spoke about International tax
avoidance, strategies and domestic rules to combat
them, use of general anti-avoidance regimes in the international context. Mr. Jude Armos, a research fellow, who also has experience of working with OECD
talked about Challenges before developing nations in
combating international tax evasion and avoidance in
the context of Africa. Chris Bowman (Accredited ATO
transfer pricing expert) talked about Transfer Pricing
and Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) ,the use of
anti-tax deferral regimes (controlled foreign corporation (CFC) and similar rules).
The Visit to the call center of Australian Taxation Office at Penrith, Sydney provided the Officer Trainees
an opportunity to see how ATO works and the tax
payer services provided by them. The Officer Trainees
also got an opportunity to interact with Prof. Gillian
Triggs, Dean, Sydney Law School, Shri Amit Dasgupta,
IFS, the Consulate General of India, and Shri Vivek
Kumar, IFS.
MALAYSIA
20 officer trainees 63rd Batch of Indian Revenue Service under the guidance of Sri N. Sankaran, ADG-I,
NADT visited Malaysia to study their Taxation systems and procedures. They were attached with Inland
Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) and Malaysian Tax
Academy (MTA).
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International Attachment for 63rd Batch of IRS - Malaysia and Australia
The group was welcomed by Madam Ruedah Karim,
Director of International Tax Department of Malaysia.
She gave an overview of organizational structure, functions and activities of Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia. Ms. Er Lee Keng, Director, IRBM, talked in detail
about the assessment procedures and self assessment
system followed by the organisation. Malaysian Tax
System was explained by Ms Gan Lee Choo. She also
talked about Tax reforms and changes in the tax system
that were implemented in the year 2000 in which the
preceding year basis of assessment changes into the
current year basis of assessment in order to increase
efficiency and responsiveness in income tax collection
and to improve the level of tax compliance.
Mr. Koay Chuan Seng talked in detail about the Audit
procedures and selection of audit cases. The concept of
Field Audit was a novelty for the OTs as the same is not
Homage was paid to late Shri.
Mahadev Shastri, erstwhile
ADG of the Academy who left for
his heavenly abode on 01.02.2011.
A condolence meeting convened on
02.02.2011 was attended by the
officers, staff and officer-trainees.
The immense contributions of
Shri. Shastri to NADT and his
passion for teaching were fondly
and vividly recalled.
practiced in India. Mr. Mazian Wan Chik briefed the
OTs on taxpayer services and education. OTs also visited the Department of Processing centre in Pandan
Indah. This visit provided an opportunity to learn first
hand the efforts of IRBM to enhance tax payer services
so as to encourage voluntary compliance. One day was
spent on a visit to the MTA, the primary training center of the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM),
the Malaysian counterpart of NADT.
The Visits provided a great insight into the working of
Tax Offices in different countries and also offered an
opportunity to learn nuances of International Taxation
from world class experts. Besides the academic part,
Officer Trainees also had an opportunity to see life in
a developed country and how the systems of civic life
are working there. The 63rd Batch thus had a busy
month with valuable inputs provided to them on diverse fronts.
ANNUAL TRAINER’S CONFERENCE
The Annual Trainers‟ Conference was held at the Conference Hall, Aayakar Bhavan, Bangalore .on the 17th & 18th
of February. The conference under the chairmanship of Shri G G Shukla, DG NADT, was attended by the Additional
Directors General at NADT, Directors of the seven Direct Taxes Regional Training Institutes and faculty members of
NADT and DTRTIs. Mr. K.C.Jain, DIT (Infrastructure), New Delhi also participated in the Conference.
Infrastructural augmentation was one of the major points discussed in the conference. Detailed discussions
were held on the infrastructural requirements of the training sector and the initiatives and projects currently underway, especially the proposed new campus for DTRTI Chandigarh. All DTRTIs made presentations on their proposed
training calendar for the year 2011-2012. Presentations were also made by Additional Director (P&R), NADT on the
in-services courses proposed to be mounted at NADT; and Course Director, 64th Batch on the structure and content
of the induction course for the latest batch of IRS officer trainees. The other major theme of the Conference was the
preparation of the road map for capacity building on the proposed Direct Taxes Code. It was decided that the training
sector would wait for the final version of DTC. NADT and DTRTIs will keep a contingency plan ready so that the
training on DTC can commence soon after its enactment.
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64TH BATCH-ACADEMICS,ACTIVITIES,ATTACHMENTS
The training of the 64th Batch continued in the month of
February, with a balanced curriculum comprising of core
academics, team building activities and several innovative initiatives. Formal classroom sessions in the core
areas of Direct Tax Statutes, Accounting and Business
Laws were held against the backdrop of broader topical
areas of Law, Management, Economics, Organizational
Behaviour and Human Resource Management.
from the Lead Institute continue to take sessions on the
applied portions of Accounting. It is proposed to conduct, for the first time, a unique project in which
real books of accounts will be accessed by the Officer
Trainees, which over a period of 2 months will need to
be ledgerized, journalized and transformed into Final
Statements. This will help them know threadbare even
the nuances of Accounting and stand them in good stead
in the tests on Investigative Accounting that lie ahead.
Special Sessions
Innovations: ‘Computer Nirvana’
In particular special sessions were held on Quasi Judicial
functions of an IRS Officer by Shri A.LK.B. Chand ,Chief
Commissioner of Income Tax, Kolkata,Macro-Economic
Stabilization Policies and Direct Taxes as In-built Stabilizers by Dr. Rajendra Vaidya, Professor, Indira Gandhi
To address the constraint and apprehensions that are
experienced while facing computers specially designed
Computer classes named‟ Computer Nirvana‟ are being
held. It covers both the theory and practice components
of efficient computer handling. The Theory portion of
the classes deals with the basics of algorithms, computer
architecture and system configuration dynamics and the
ever changing world of computer applications. In the
practical sessions the Officer Trainees are being given a
hands on exposure of Managerial Modeling in MS Excel, Financial and Statistical Functions in MS Excel,
Charting, Graphics and Visual Imagery and MS Powerpoint. This would enable them to shed their inhibitions
and embrace Computer Technology confidently and
benefit from the tremendous potentials of ICT.
Institute of Development Research, Mumbai ,Human
Resource Management Fundamentals by Dr. Ranjeet
Nambudiri ,Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management ,Indore. A session on The Essence and Contours of Ayurveda by Dr. Sunil Joshi, Leading Ayurveda
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equip every Officer Trainee to have a thorough grounding on international tax issues and prepare them to
take up the challenges of cross-border taxation . The
attachments are proposed in the nations above since
the tax systems in these are state-of-the-art, stable and
globalized.
Video conferencing with Chairman, CBDT
Shri Sudhir Chandra , Chairman, CBDT interacted
with the Probationers through Video-Conferencing
wherein a request for deepening and strengthening the
content, lengthening the timeframe of the International Attachment from 1 week to 1 month and increasing the number of countries and partner institutions/universities/organizations. This is since in today‟s
changing times among other things, IRS Officer Trainees need to be fully equipped to understand the nuances of international tax administration in other
countries.
Consequently, it has been proposed to have one week
attachment with overseas jurisdiction (s) (with whom
we already have bilateral/ multilateral arrangements
such as South Africa and Brazil. Additionally, it has
been proposed that a three weeks attachment with an
overseas University/Institution in the UK/ USA should
also be organized to provide practical inputs to support
Co-curricular activities
A seminar titled ―Heads and Tales of Income‖ was
held to strengthen the understanding of the OTs in the
foundational sections and provisions of the Income Tax
Act. This was held House-wise. Ganapathy, Akerkar,
Bapat and Badami (joint third) Houses split the honours in that order.
Separately, Seminars and presentations on key conceptual areas of Economics were held cohort-wise as part
of the curriculum. “Book Review” and “Inspiration”
exercises were carried out in line with the new evaluation scheme (NSIA, 2011).
The existing clubs and societies have been reorganized
and new clubs dedicated to Music, computer and ICT
Education, Language and Literature, Cultural Activities and Health and Wellness have been constituted.
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New initiatives with greater focus on holistic development
New Look Identity Cards (shown
above) that have colours of the national Tricolour shading their
background and the NADT Emblem embossed on them have been
prepared in-house by Officer Trainees as part of their Individual Initiatives.
The visit of a group of Indian Administrative Service Officer Trainees also took place in the month of
February. During the visit, besides
conducting classroom sessions for
the same, debates on various interesting topics were conducted for
mixed teams comprising of Officer
Trainees from both the IAS and
the IRS.
A collection of literary and fine
arts contributions „Aavishkar‟ was
brought out at short notice by the
Officer Trainees. An aesthetically
designed thematic Table Calendar
showcasing all of the birthdays
(with photographs) of the Officer
Trainees and Faculty members
was also prepared
Organ Donation Awareness Camp
A Camp for Organ Donation Awareness was also conducted under the
aegis of Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee (ZTCC), KEM Hospital, Mumbai. It helped to clear many
misconceptions and apprehensions of
the Officer Trainees about organ donation. Organ donor cards were also
made available.
Session on Ayurveda
A session was conducted on The Essence and Contours of Ayurveda by Dr.
Sunil Joshi, Leading Ayurveda Practitioner of the Vinayak Ayurveda and
Panchakarma Foundation. It emphasises how modern living has given rise
to stress at multiple levels and lifestyle diseases, and how they can be
effectively countered through the
mechanisms of Ayurveda which is a
holistic Science. The session emphasized how Ayurveda inherently embraces the broad definition of Health
by the WHO to be a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being
and is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Commencement of attachments-Visit to NACEN,Faridabad
EXTERNAL VISITS
administrators After all the academic
sessions both the officer trainees
The Attachment season for the Officer
enthusiastically participated in a joyTrainees commenced on 28.02.2011
ful, colourful cultural fest, marking the
with a one day visit to the National
conclusion of the one day attachment.
Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), Faridabad.
The formal sessions started with a welcome note by Mr.Amand Shah, Course
Director,61st Batch of the IRS(C & CE)
and the inaugural address by D.G
,NACEN . This was followed by short
introduction to the Customs & Excise
Department
by K.G.Chaudary,
ADG(Audit). The Officer Trainees of
the twin departments then watched a
live broadcast of the Honourable Finance minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee
presenting the union Budget. The
birthday of DG,NADT Shri G G Shukla
was also celebrated.
Post-lunch the Course Director of 64th
batch, Shri N Jayasankar then took an
introductory session on the training
philosophy at NADT. Though the training modules are unique in many ways
both are aimed at making efficient tax
The visit to NACEN, Faridabad will be
followed by visit to other important
institutions in March.All of the various
activities, including logistics, boarding,
memento selection, introductory and
valedictory speeches etc encompassing
the attachments are being selfmanaged by specially constituted
groups of Officer Trainees. These
will help generate, enhance and finetune leadership, initiative, selfsufficiency discipline, work ethics and
high output quality.
Thus the month of February witnessed
a myriad of activities highlighting the
multi-dimensional nature of the training for the 64th Batch of IRS., focusing
both on giving high quality technical
inputs and overall personality development of the probationers.
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DTRTI NEWS
DTRTI Ahmedabad
A
special programme for Sr. P.S.
and P.S. of Gujarat and Rajasthan Regions was conducted during
07/02/2011 to 11/02/2011. 15 participants attended the course, out of
which 3 participants were from Rajasthan charge. The topics covered
were mainly divided into two parts
viz. HRD and computer. Training.
Need Analysis was done with a tailor made registration form which
was a great help in finding out the
real problems faced by the P.S. and
the training could provide real time
solutions of all their problems.
Through, a Role play in communication, the various mistakes normally
done by P.S. were pointed out and
the necessary inputs were given.
Check-in exercises were done making each session more interesting.
The re-cap of sessions taken in the
earlier day was done by the participants themselves. The study materials in softcopy were distributed to
all participants.
A course on “Basics of Computer and
its application” for Inspectors of Gujarat and Rajasthan Regions was conduct e d duri ng 2 1 / 02/ 2 0 1 1 t o
25/02/2011. 25 participants attended
the course, out of which 8 participants were from Rajasthan charge.
The real highlight of this course
was that, this training was conducted with 100% in-house faculty. Training Need Analysis was
conducted with a tailor made registration form which was a great help
in finding out the real requirement
and expectation of the participants
and we could fulfill their expectation.
The re-cap of sessions by the participants had boosted the participant‟s
confidence to face the audience and
this practice was appreciated by almost all.
A 40 days‟ long course designed for
newly promoted ITOs and Senior
Qualified Inspectors began during
January. As against 39 nominated
participants, 24 attended the course,
out of which 2 were from Rajasthan.
There were 22 ITOs and 2 Inspectors who attended the course. The
Course was aimed at empowering
the participants with in depth
knowledge of Income-tax Act, other
related Acts, Examination of Accounts, Computer application including ITD, software skills etc.,
which will help them in carryout out
their functions as Assessing Officer
more purposefully and efficiently.
Emphasis was also put on the investigation techniques, drafting of orders etc.
A course on “Developing Managerial
Skills” for Inspectors of Gujarat and
Rajasthan Regions was started on
28/02/2011. Out of 26 nominated
Inspectors, 20 Inspectors attended
the course, out of which 4 participants were from Rajasthan charge.
DTRTI Chennai
A
three day All India Workshop on
Right to Information Act for
CPIOs of Income tax Department for
familiarizing the participants with the
theoretical and procedural aspects
related to the legislation was conducted from 09.02.2011 to 11.02.2011.
The 8 weeks orientation programme
for newly promoted Income Tax Officers (Batch 2) was held from 20-012011 to 16-03-2011 . During the
month of February, 2011, the participants were taken through important
topics like drafting of assessment orders,
penalty orders, assessment procedure,
handling scrutiny assessments, working
on tally
package and ITD applications. Besides, the in-house faculty took
a number of sessions on issues in salary,
house property, capital gains and business.. Thus, the participants were given
both theoretical and practical inputs on
the core functions needed for them to
effectively function as assessing
officers.
Training programmes outside
DTRTI, Chennai: During this
month, Shri Howard Devisser
ADIT, has attended the First
National Training of Trainers
of “Academy of ICT Essentials
for Government Leaders” at
LBSNAA, Mussoorie from 14th
to 16th February, 2011.
DTRTI Mumbai
In the month of February a total of 6 courses were conducted which included 2 in DTRI Mumbai and4 in
MSTU,Mumbai. The courses in DTRI Mumbai were Orientation Course for Newly Promoted Inspectors (Batch-V)
(continued from Jan.2011) and Workshop on General Financial Rules & Conduct Rules.A Seminar on Right to Information Act weas also conducted there. In MSTU,Mumbai the courses conducted were Refresher Course for Sr.T.A.
(Batch IV), Refresher Course for Sr.T.A. (Batch V), Special Training Course for DDOs' Staff (Batch-IV) and Special
Training Course for DDOs' Staff (Batch-V).In addition an Orientation course for Newly Promoted ITOs - Module-II
(continued) was conducted in MSTU Pune which was partly done in July.
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on basics of Tally and how to draw trading account, stock inventory and other
details from computerized accounts was
taken by Charted Accountant Mr. Balwinder Singh. Issues regarding survey
assessments and legal issues of retraction
of surrenders as well as TDS issues to be
examined during survey including remitThe participants attending the Seminar in Shri Guru Nanak Dev University at Amritsar
A
One Day Seminar to Improve
Efficacy of Income Tax Surveys
and Handling of Digital Evidence at
A mri t s a r wa s co nd u ct e d o n
08.02.2011 for Addl.CIT / DCIT /
ACIT / ITO / Inspector. The course
was conducted for Addl./Joint CsIT /
DCsIT /ACsIT / ITOs and Inspectors
working under the jurisdiction of
CCIT, Amritsar. The main objective
of the seminar was to address issues
arising during Income tax Survey u/s
133A of the I.T. Act, 1961. Since digital accounts are maintained, session
on basics of Tally and how to draw
trading account, stock inventory and
other details from computerized accounts was taken by Charted Accountant Mr. Balwinder Singh. Issues regarding survey assessments
The Valedictory Ceremony with CCIT,
Amritsar Mr. G.R. Sufi giving away the
certificates to the participants
tances under section 195 and inspection
of liaison offices to establish the existence
of PE etc. were also discussed by Mr.
Kapil Goel, CA. The session on seizure of
digital evidence was taken by Ms. Punam
K Sidhu Director RTI, Chandigarh. Total
number of Participants was 105.
Valedictory ceremony took place in the
afternoon by Mr. G.R. Sufi, CCIT, Amrit-
sar. Guest of Honour at the proceedings was the VC of Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar,
Dr. A.S. Brar who delivered the
Valedictory speech. Also present
among the participants were
Commissioners Mr. G.S. Sodhi,
Mr. Surinderjeet Singh, Mr.
Harbhajan Singh.
A One Day Seminar to “Improve
Efficacy of Income Tax Surveys
and Handling of Digital Evidence” at Ludhiana was conducted on 09.02.2011 for
Addl.CIT/DCIT/ACIT/ITO/Inspec
tor. Total number of Participants
was 121. Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. G.S. Randhawa,
CCIT, Ludhiana who delivered
the inaugural address. Valedictory ceremony took place in the
afternoon which was presided
over by Mr. B.S. Dhillon,
CCIT(CCA) NWR. It was difficult
to fit all the participants in the
training hall as also in the group
photograph. But the take away
from the Seminar was clear that
we need to take training to the
mufsils.
Regarding
Acquisition
of
Land
at
Mohali
The DTRTI, Chandigarh has made full and final payment
for land measuring 5.08 acre. Conveyance Deed has been sent
to CA GMADA for registration of land. Boundary fencing, „In
and Out Gates‟, have been installed at the site as photo shows.
Contingency for land covering the cost of fencing, sign boards,
gates foundation stone, leveling and inaugural expenses by
CPWD is tentatively provisioned at Rs. 7 to 8 Lacs and the
money is available with the CPWD. Hence, the ceremony
should be completed within the month of March 2011. Minutes
of ATC 2011 on 17th and 18th at Bangalore were received and
as per decision minuted therein, letter was issued to TCIL for
executing the project. They have sent a letter confirming time
for project and also for maintenance of the complex. The maintenance is stated to be on “mutually agreeable terms
whereas the discussion at the presentation in Bangalore was regarding maintenance at CPWD rates.
Regarding Training— Smt. Punam K Sidhu, Director of Income Tax, DTRTI, Chandigarh. attended the course for
“First National Training of Trainers of Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders” at LBSNAA Mussorefrom 14th to 16th February 2011 and also the ATC on 17th & 18th February 2011 at Bangalore.
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DTRTI Chandigarh
A One day Specialized Training
Course of Officers on Role and Obligation of Deductors under TDS Provisions of I.T. Act was held at Chandigarh on 17.02.2011 for Officers/Officials of PCDA and officers of
the CIT (TDS). The main objective of
the course was to provide comprehensive overview of TDS Provisions under I.T. Act and obligations of TDS
Deductors.
This course was inaugurated by Mr.
H.C. Negi, CIT (TDS), Chandigarh.
The Faculty members included Mr.
Kapil Goel, CA. Total number of Participants was 44. Valedictory ceremony was presided over by Shri Sham
Dev, IDAS Additional Controller, Pr.
Controller of Defence Accounts
(Western Command).
One Day “Training Course on Budget
Estimates, Grants and Financial Matters” was held at Chandigarh on
23.02.2011 for HOOs, DDOs, and
A.Os. The main objective of the course
was to provide comprehensive knowledge on preparation of Budget estimates, Utilization, forecasting of next
year‟s requirements and filling of
monthly, quarterly, ten monthly and
revised estimates expenditure statements.
This course was inaugurated by Mr.
Jaswant Singh DGIT(Inv.) Chandigarh, who shared his personal experience and illustrated his talk with examples of practical value. The Faculty
members included Sh Negi Ram, ZAO,
Central Excise and Customs, Chandigarh, Sh. S.R. Mathur, AAO, Sh. Vi-
nod Malhan, ZAO(Retd). Total
number of Participants was 47.
Valedictory ceremony took place in
the evening and certificates were
given away by Raja Shivdev Singh.
MSTU, Delhi– A 35 Days Long
Term Course for Newly recruited
TA‟s commenced at New Delhi on
17 January for 35 working days. 23
out of the 25 TAs nominated are
attending the course.
MSTU, Patiala- One Day Hindi
Karyashala conducted on 02.02.11
at DTRTI, Lecture Hall, 17 who
were nominated attended the
course.
To,
The NADTree Team.
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R Ravichandran
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