« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Income Tax Rules 2026: CBDT Introduces Revised Form 161 for Penalty Waiver, Clarifies Misreporting Categories and Taxpayer Relief  ITR Filing and Income Tax Audit Deadline Extended: 5 Critical Things Taxpayers Must Know  Filing Belated ITR for AY 2026-27? Know Which Losses You Can Carry Forward and Which You May Lose  CBDT Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to October 21, ITR Filing Last Date to November 21 for AY 2026-27  CBDT Extends AY 2026-27 ITR Filing Deadline for Tax-Audit Cases: New Dates and Key Compliance Details  Foreign Assets Missing From Your ITR? Income Tax Department Opens One-Time Disclosure Window  Tax Audit Deadline September 30: Why AIS, TDS and GST Figures May Not Match Your ITR and What Taxpayers Should Do  Tax audit deadline September 30: Common mistakes taxpayers should avoid  Your ITR says ‘verified’, but the refund hasn’t arrived? 5 reasons why your money could be stuck  Missed the ITR Deadline but TDS Refund Is Due? Here’s How You Can Still Claim Your Money  ITAT Cuts ?4.85 Lakh Penalty After ?14.02 Lakh Interest Income Was Missed in ITR «  Tax sops to units in hill states may go... Income tax collections up by 42%... » Good response to ICAI`s new curriculum December, 22nd 2006 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indias (ICAI) new scheme of Chartered Accounts curriculum, which was launched in September 2006, has received a good response from the students.    A total of 27,565 students appeared for the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) held on November 12 this year. The examination was held at 160 centres across India and in Dubai and Kathmandu outside the country. The pass percentage was 66.55 with 18,345 students clearing the exam.    Students can enroll for the CPT which is a simplified entry to the chartered accountancy profession after passing 10th standard and can prepare for it as they pursue 11th and 12th standard studies.    They can however appear for CPT only after they appear for 12th standard examination, T N Manoharan, president of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India said.    ICAIs new scheme has reduced the duration of the course from five years to four years. Under the scheme a new objective type test, Common Proficiency Test, has replaced the existing professional education (course-I)    The institute has also decided to promote Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) in India. XBRL is a language which provides a uniform reporting format for business and financial data.    It will facilitate the measurement of the financial result in a uniform manner. ICAI will constitute a sub group to develop taxanomy which is a dictionary of financial terms to promote XBRL in the country.    It will work with Sebi, the government and other regulators to promote this language, Manoharan said. XBRL international has 450 members. Korean, Australian, Canadian and UK chartered accountants institutes are members of this body.    While speaking about the institutes other initiatives, Manoharan said ICAI is formulating standards for urban local bodies and it has offered its support to the ministry of urban development in developing Standardised Service Level Benchmarks (SSLBS) for various municipal services.