The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Set up by an Act of Parliament) Bangalore Branch of SIRC N e w s l eEnglish t t Monthly e r ` 5/- per copy Volume 04 | Issue 04 | November, 2015 | Pages : 36 For Private Circulation only Heritage of Namma Bengaluru Damaruga Trishula Suryapana Chandrapana Mystic Monolithic Monuments at Shri Gavigangadhareshwara Cave Temple “Very often we forget the economic truth that “Happiness is when what you think, if all around us are happy, what you say, and we ourselves are bound to be happy.” what you do are in harmony” Advt. Advt. Advt. Advt. On many counts, India is widely perceived as a corrupt nation. In a 2014 study of 189 nations, India ranked 134th in “ Ease of Guest Editorial Doing Business” and 179th in “ Ease of Starting a Business”. In a increasingly global environment, such an adverse perception Ethics for the Profession can have serious consequences. Similarly, a World Bank Study has estimated that because of corruption, India loses every Padma Shri CA Y H Malegam year 0.5% of its Gross Domestic Product. - Past President, ICAI (1979-80) The profession owes its existence to the evolution of the joint - Past Chairman of National stock system which enabled the savings of the community to Advisory Committee on be pooled and made available to talented entrepreneurs and Accounting Standards (NACAS) - Was the Chairman of the innovators, which in turn resulted in much of the improvement famous Malegam Committee in quality of life we enjoy today. The essential element in this (formulated by RBI) system is the segregation between ownership and management and the trust which the owners need to repose in he accountancy profession the managers. The instrument through which this trust is Tfaces two major challenges communicated is the financial statement and the profession, today. First, it is required to function in a business environment through an independent and informed opinion on this which is increasingly affected by corruption and second, a statement, provides the basis of that trust. However, when this spate of corporate failures, both in India and abroad have trust is destroyed, the system gets destroyed and consequently resulted in a massive erosion of trust in the role of the also the role of the profession gets destroyed. professional accountant both in industry and in practice. These In the last few years, there has been a significant erosion of are issues, which if not adequately addressed can seriously that trust. It perhaps started with Enron. There were of course affect the long-term future of the profession. corporate failures before Enron, but it was the sheer size of Corruption has often been described as the sand which clogs Enron and the consequent destruction of Arthur Anderson, a up the machine of economic progress. While on the one hand, blue-chip Big Six accounting firm which caught the public it involves a theft of the tax payer's money, in a more important attention. Enron was followed by the collapse of Lehman sense, it impacts negatively on the nation's economic Brothers and the consequent financial crisis of 2008 whose development and destroys the moral fibre and the value effects are still being felt. In India, we have had Satyam, system of its citizens. Deccan Chronicle and others. (Contd. on Page 8) dams, irrigation channels, flood control, hydro electric power generation (clean energy) and as well in administration. 2. Mahatma Gandhi - as a missionary Jnanasagara The hall mark of Mahatma was spiritualism laced swadeshi CA. S. Krishna Swamy movement with the purist of means like non violence, quest for truth, eradication of social evils like un-touchablituy etc. says Einstein said of him “generations to come , it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.” Gandhiji had deep, inexhaustible spiritual reserves. Nehru says “He was obviously not of the Comparing two great leaders world's ordinary coinage; he was minted of a different and rare variety and often the unknown stared through his eyes.” In the happiness of his subjects lies his happiness, Top 10 Qualities of Sir M. Vishvesvaraya (leadership) in their welfare; whatever pleases him (personally), 1. Punctuality and Diligence he shall not consider good, but whatever makes his subjects happy, he shall consider good. Even as a student, Visvesvaraya was punctual, diligent and intelligent. These qualities together with his pleasing manners – Arthashastra endeared him to his teachers. He was a brilliant student. The principal of Central College, Charles Waters, took special In the last article, I spoke about the two great leaders, liking for him. Even after he retired and returned to London he 1. Sir, M. Vishvesvaraya as a visionary and remembered Visvesvaraya with special affection. He 2. Mahatma Gandhi as a missionary. bequeathed his own gold cuff-links to Visvesvaraya as a memento. Mrs. Waters came to India specifically to present 1. Sir. M. Vishvesvaraya - as a visionary the cuff-links to Visvesvaraya. These facts show the The hallmark of him was integrity and perfection in every extraordinary impression that Visvesvaraya had made on his aspect of engineering that he undertook construction of teacher, Charles Waters. (Contd. on Page 9) 4 Bangalore Branch of SIRC of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India PÀ£ÀßqÀ gÁeÉÆåÃvÀìªÀzÀ ±ÀĨsÁ±ÀAiÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ GUEST EDITORIAL by Padma Shri CA. Y.H. Malegam: This month’s guest editorial is written by Padma Shri Chairman’s Communique... CA. Y.H. Malegam. He has rendered his services in various capacities and the Fraternity and the Nation at Dear Esteemed Member, large stands benefited. Namasthe, He was the Past President of ICAI (1979-80), Past GST BUSINESS PROCESS & STAKEHOLDER Chairman of National Advisory Committee on Accounting CONSULTATION: Standards (NACAS) and the past Chairman of the famous Malegam Committee (formulated by RBI). The Bangalore n mid October 2015, The Department of Revenue Branch expresses its profound gratitude for accepting our (Ministry of Finance, Government of India) has published I request and obliging to write the guest editorial for us. the Reports of the empowered Committee on business processes for GST relating to Registration, Refund and I thank all the authors of the Articles for writing Payment and invited comments from the stakeholders and interesting Articles and thereby making the News Letter the public at large. more purposeful than ever before. I thank - CA. K.S. Satish, Mysore, for his Digest of Court, This is a very radical step taken by the Ministry of Finance 1. Tribunal and Appellate Decisions on Income Tax , in the implementation of proposed GST, consequently, exclusively focusing on domestic taxation; under the aegis of the Indirect Taxes Committee of ICAI, the Bangalore Branch of SIRC is hosting a One Day 2. CA. K. Gururaja Acharya for providing us useful Seminar on GST on 14th of November 2015. Updates on Companies Act 2013; This is a unique Seminar where we have four Statutory 3. CA. Annapurna Kabra, for compiling a Digest on Authorities rendering their key note Addresses on the recent decisions under the VAT Laws; new development. Details of the event are elsewhere 4. CA. N.R.Badrinath and CA. Madhur Harlalka for published in the News Letter. I request our Members to writing on updates in Central Excise and Customs; utilize this opportunity and submit their comments and and for giving relevant articles on Service Tax. feedbacks on the Business Processes. 5. CA. A. Saiprasad for provding us a Digest on Service CORPORATE ACCOUNTANTS MEET: Tax Case Laws; The annual Corporate Accountants Meet will be held 6. CA. Sachin Kumar B.P., for writing updates exclusively under the aegis of the Committee for Members in Industry on case laws relating to International Taxation. on 20th of November 2015 at Shangri La Hotel, Bengaluru. From this issue, we have also started publishing humorous I request the members in Industry to participate and avail cartoons (YAKTOON’s) written by CA. Vinayak Pai and we the benefit of the event.The Registration is restricted to are thankful to him for permitting us to use his Cartoons 250 members, on first come first served basis. I request in our News Letter. the interested members to confirm their participation by I am sure that all these new initiatives would make the sending an email to: [email protected] News Letter more interesting, informative, educative and OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS: exciting. One Day workshop on ICDS is organized on 21st of With warm regards November 2015 and One Day Workshop on Internal Dhanyavada Financial Controls (IFC) is scheduled on 17th of December 2015. Members are requested to make a note of the CA. Allama Prabhu M.S. same and participate in the events. Chairman November Follow us on www.facebook.com/bangaloreicai 5 2015 £ÀªÀÄä ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ 9 Bengaluru sold for 3,00,000 ! ll the successors of Kempe Gowda remained indicates about the busy commercial activities of Aloyal to the Vijayanagara Empire. All those noble Bengaluru. The inscription throws light not only about convictions, charitable principles and endowment the uprightness of Kempe Gowda II but also about policies and other such profound thoughts and the social, religious and benevolent activities of the concepts that guided the Vijayanagara Empire, as it is, inhabitants of Bengaluru. were followed by Kempe Gowda and his successors; I cannot resist the temptation of quoting the exact they were declaring themselves as the feudatories of words of Mr. M.Fazlul Hasan : Vijayanagara, surprisingly even after the Empire had “..From this inscription, it is obvious that the revitalized ceased to exist. Hindu Culture which blossomed into perfection by the Immadi Kempe Gowda or Kempegowda II, who magnificent efforts of Vidyaranya, the religious and succeeded his elder brother Gidde Gowda, was as political preceptor of the founders of the Vijayanagar charitable and noble as his father.