GUEST LECTURE ON TAX PLANNING

The School of Business and Management (MBA) organized a Guest Lecture on Tax Planning on 17th December 2021 from 2:00 PM to 3:25 PM at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus.

The event started with Ravula Gowthami introducing the guest speaker, Mr Poorav Doshi. Mr Doshi is certified by ICAI in forensic accounting & fraud detection. He established his CA firm PV Doshi & Associates which provides professional services including auditing & assurance, taxation, book-keeping, and advisory Service. He is also a cyber enthusiast and has hands-on knowledge in the field of information security and ethical hacking. The speaker, then, commenced his talk with the basics of income tax and talked about Arthasastra with reference to the modern Indian tax system. Then he explained various classifications of income heads such as landed property, professions, and trades, securities salaries, and pensions. He elaborated on the important sections amongst the taxpayers. Moreover, he provided detailed information on various tax savings for LLPs U/s 80ccc, 80ccd(1), and 80ccd (1b). He discussed deductions U/s 80c and deduction U/s 80ccd(1). The talk was followed by a Q & A session. The program ended with Vote of Thanks by Aman Kumar Karna.

The session was informative and insightful with the students having a better understanding of computing the tax and planning for it. The students actively engaged and resolved their queries.