« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Old or new tax regime for TDS on salary? This post-election 2024 event will impact your tax planning  What Are 5 Heads Of Income Tax?  Income Tax Dept releases interim action plan for FY25 on tax collection, refund approvals   Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Why you need not rush to file your ITR immediately  Income tax returns: ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 available for e-filing  Section 80DDB tax benefits for specified illnesses: 5 things to know  Income tax slabs FY 2024-25: Five tips to help taxpayers decide between old and new income tax regimes  ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) available now on e-filing income tax portal  How To Save Tax For Salary Above 15 Lakhs? «  Indirect tax mop-up sees 12.7% increase... Pitfalls of hurried imposition of service tax... » ICA to focus on finance, retail modules July, 13th 2007 The Institute of Computer Accountants (ICA) is going to introduce specialised courses on banking and finance, inventory management and retail this August and is in talks with several finance sector and retail giants for internship offers.   At present, the institute offers accounts training spread over ten modules.   "ICA courses come with a 50 per cent classroom training and 50 per cent internship, we are talking to 3 banks right now and close to 10 retail companies for internship offers," claimed Narendra Shyamsukha, chairman, ICA.   The new courses would vary from short-term courses to 12-month training period, course fee for which has not been decided yet.   Eligibility would be a class XII degree holder.   "We will try to bridge the demand-supply gap from industries and provide executive upgradation," pointed out Shyamsukha.   On an average, executives with 5-25 years experience are the ones who take up ICA courses for upgradation.   "A lot of executives, who started off their careers some time ago, did not learn how to tackle accounts on a computer. At ICA, most executives who come for an upgradation training are the ones who were more used to manual execution of accounts and related work. But now as 80 per cent of any company's operations is carried out on computer, these executives essentially look for a transition to computer-trained-literate profile in their domain areas," explained Shyamsukha.   The company registered a turnover of Rs 45 crore as on March 2007 and plans to end this fiscal at Rs 100 crore.   Growth for the company is expected to come from introduction of new industry-specific courses as well as expansion of training centres.   The company plans to add 35 centres this year. At present it has more than 200 centres with 3 zonal offices, 9 regional offices and 30 placement offices across India.   In the last seven years of operations, the company claims to have placed more than 25,000 candidates with starting salary ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 30,000 per month.