The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) recently modified its syllabus for December 2017 Exams incorporating a paper on Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws.
GST, a new tax reform was implemented on 1st July 2017 in the Country replacing all the indirect tax laws except the Customs Act.
This historical rollout of GST has infused optimism in the job market. With this path-breaking change in the law, the companies across sectors are rushing to get their GST teams in place, leading to a jump in demand for tax and technology professionals.
Company Secretaries, who are playing a pivotal role in corporate management as well as in practice has a very significant part under the new indirect tax law too.
In order to make maximum use of this opportunity for its students, the ICSI has announced a change in its syllabus.
In a notification issued by the Institute on Tuesday said that the selected topics of Part B of the syllabus for “Advance Tax Laws and Practice” (Module 3 Paper 7) of Professional Programme has been replaced with Goods and Services Tax (GST) for December, 2017 examinations.
It also released the detailed syllabus of Part B of Advance Tax Law and Practice Paper (Module – 3 Paper– 7) for Professional Programme for December, 2017 exam.
Read the Full Text of the Notification Below
