Ahimsa, Adharma, Ashanti, and Asatya was penetrated into the Indian mindset by beloved Bapu. On his birthday today, I wish to dedicate this to fellow professionals and the countrymen who make India proud. A nation with an undying dream and burning desire for Growth.
We did become independent decades ago, but do we feel free? Are we in a right sweet spot each minute of our work and life balance? Do we feel the treatment right from the Government all the time?
It may be Modi or Congress, I am not speaking who is better and why. Of course, the PM is highly regarded with the utmost reverence by me and this article only is about the way the time is spent by the Professionals.
CA - when interns come to us for an interview, they wish to do CA as one is looked upon with great respect, they say it is prestigious. Well, for a while now I have my doubts.
Banks, Assessing Officers, Investigation cells, family members of the client, Board of Directors, Shareholders, Entrepreneurs all of them need a CA. No one can ever say in today's time, I am ok not to have a CA around.
But, the question is, is there enough self-commitment from those who need us? Does the government give us a platform with virtual assistance, or are we always needed to reach them physically? May it be as small as PT, as small as rectification or as much as GST enquiry, one has to visit the offices physically.
The best part is to realize whether the concerned person will be present or would have gone for sick leave, Navratri, Diwali, whatsoever whenever.
Officers and Inspectors refuse to come on the telephone line and see all the taxpayers as Pirates and take professionals as the Captain of their ships.
No no no, this is uncalled for by young India, fresh India.
The lower level and lower-ranked officers do not know what they are doing. They do not realize how much time are they wasting of the Judiciary for reseeing the law of the land all the time.
Unpreparedness, unreadiness is penetrating when there is a change in the law in the legal departments, but the baton of fulfilling the requirement is left to the Professionals.
There is a "GO FIGURE IT OUT ATTITUDE" at Tax Department levels until now, and at this hour we can only see long hours of work with only Management of time which has to match a deadline.
6 -9 months of the year are lived in the past life, for previous financial year/s. Can except the Government think of growth? The minds get tired and all we are doing is fighting a law. My question, why? Why is it that we need to curse ourselves due to the changes every minute.
I do not remember a day when there was no notification or no change in law.
Can't the government work in sacrosanct to be able to merge the technological advancement? Can they stop calling for gigantic information that scanners and machines crash with loads of paperwork being asked for? Why would someone ask for information already available with them?
If the professional leads the poser to see their Big Data, the orders can come against the Client being assisted. Constant anxiety and fear exist.
Think of those who are one-man army in today's time. The scenario is like Walmart eating away all the small shopkeepers. Likewise, the changes will kill the proprietors. On the hindside, we want the entrepreneurs to come up. But, how will they create employment when innumerable Labour Laws exist.
Beyond the labor law for the protection of wage earners, what more are they getting from the government? What protection? Have they read those laws?
45 national laws and more than 200 State Laws for labor.
You gotta be kidding me!
Who will create a workforce if this is the state of the land?
Like demonetization, we should cut the laws overnight. Once the Minister of Law has to come on the podium and rescind as many laws as possible.
Those pending matters at the Labour Commissioner should be heard by a higher bench and the deadline should be of the next 6 months. I do not think there is a problem with the population with intelligence to solve this. The country has CAs and Lawyers and enough Charitable organizations to stand up for Organization and the workers.
Who will take charge for the above? Who will be ever able to come together to give this clearance in one shot? There is enough of the past and enough in the present for the professionals to deal with daily to work for a cause and assist their client.
It is a double whammy, the Government has to stop chasing those having good track records. Those who are appealing in higher forums should not be questioned annually for their way of conduct of business. There has to be clarity.
One wing should be able to dissect the big data into pieces to evaluate who can be questioned and why. It can be based on AIR information which is computer generated. It is senseless in the time of technology change. Gone are those old days when men work to figure our who should be questioned.
Change the law in favour of the citizens and citizens will change for the good of the land.
My patience is less to even speak of Traffic living in Mumbai.
P.S. I am not against anyone, any Government, nor for any nation outside my Country.
Everyone has a right to speak and I am just using that as the writer in me will always stay alive!
