Dear Members,
I am charged with emotions, while I am writing this last
message as the President of STPAM.
I will remain indebted forever of the members of our
Association for the love and encouragement that they have shown to me.
At this moment I am having ambivalent feeling : feeling of
happiness; and feeling of sorrow.
Feeling of happiness for what I could do for the cause of the
Association and feeling of sorrow for the dreams which could not be realized
till my presidentship.
Before reaching this prestigious post of President, I started
my journey in the Association as a member of the Committee a decade ago. That
time I had never dreamt that in the years to come I would become the President
of this Association. No doubt, the dedicated services of ‘Joshi’ family to the
Association in various levels weighed heavily in my favour at
the time of selection to the prestigious post.
Now, that the time has arrived to take stock of the items on
agenda setforth by me for the year when I took over as President. They are :
-
VAT Audit u/s 61
It was my top priority when I took over to see that the Audit will be allowed
to all the
members
-
Regional Centres
-
Seminars at
district places in the State
-
Launching of
STPAM News Bulletin
-
Felicitation of
Senior members above 70 years of age
-
Contributory
Judgments on CD
-
Compilation of
MVAT Rules
-
Compilation of
book for beginners
-
Group Insurance
cover for members
Success and/or progress of each of the above stated
programmes were intimated at regular intervals to the readers through the pages
of this Journal.
During the last month following activities were undertaken:
Study Circle
On 5th July, 2007 we were fortunate to have with us the
Hon’ble Commissioner of Sales Tax, Shri Sanjay Bhatia, who spoke on "Road map
for the Sales Tax Department". Coincidentally, on the same day it was his
birthday and we celebrated the occasion by cutting a beautiful delicious cake at
his gracious hands. On the same day, we released five publications namely:
-
Compilation of
VAT Rules
-
Study Material
for Beginners
-
Compilation of
DDQ for the Year 2006
-
Short
Publication on HSN with schedule entries
-
Tribunal
judgments from January 2000 to December 2006 on CD.
Outstation Seminars
On 14th July, 2007, the 12th outstation seminar was organised
for the first time jointly with Ahmednagar Tax Bar Association. The same was
well attended by the local professionals as well as professionals from nearby
district places too.
While I lay down my office of President and pass on the same
to yet another dynamic leader, Shri Deepak Bapat, I leave with a feeling of
satisfaction about the progress made on each of the programmes. There are,
however, several loose ends which are required to be properly tightened up in
future.
I wish all the best to the new team under the leadership of
the new President.
Good Bye...
Tushar Joshi
President
