The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 26, 2005

Buzzing labs in a back-office land
Globalisation and increasing speed to market are causing many manufacturing-based industries to review all aspects of their business processes including R&D and regulatory testing, writes G. Sudesh Kumar in Outsourcing Laboratory-based Services. is a rising trend, as D. Murali discovers in his perusal of the book. More

EDITORIAL

Enforcing Clause 49
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India's commitment to the December 31 deadline on compliance of Clause 49 by listed companies was forcefully reiterated by its chairman, Mr M. Damodaran, recently. He made it clear that companies had had ... More

POLITICS

Law-makers and breakers too?
Within the bounds of the Constitution, at times a political animal may have to break the law to make a point. But if that animal is an MP what is the state of play between the different roles? More

TAXATION

Assessee in arrears — No attachment without possession
THE TAX authorities have been vested with powers to attach property when tax is in arrears. However, what can be attached is only property that belongs to an assessee in default. An interesting question arises where property is transferred for ... More

Hair-splitting over hospitality
It would have been better had the employer been called upon to pay FBT on the entire food and beverage expenses, says S. Murlidharan More

Limits of implementation
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the CBDT's instructions on monetary limits for filing of appeals More

Byte in the tale
M. S. Parthasarathy discusses a UK case on a tussle between the taxman's claim and electronic fund transfer More

No bargains break that are not this day made
MARK Twain assures, "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." So too with disputes, which get tossed about at various levels, ... More

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