Esteemed members of the Branch,
Greetings !!
Hope this E Newsletter finds you all a little relieved yet steady as expected. Income tax filing dates this year have earned the popular award for the ‘A Song That Doesn't End’. Unexpected yet needed delays and extensions have been around for months together. Though Tax Audit Filing is over, Income Tax return filing is still to be chased and finished and then filing of Annual Returns of GST shall start building the pressure, unless there comes a reasonable extension for the same.
We have worked long hours. We haven’t rested enough, we have connected enough, we haven’t refreshed enough !! As Sir William
Henry Davies said –
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
The silver lining is that we professionals know how to recharge ourselves amidst all these pressures. Even when we relax, we network, we find new avenues, we learn newer concepts. It is that time of the year, when we all come together to participate in the annual flagship event of our Branch, i.e. the National Conference. The Conference is scheduled for 19th and 20th December 2025, so that we can come to make together to greet, meet, learn and enjoy the company of fraternity for two days just after the annual Income Tax filing dates are over and the annual GST filing dates are yet to press hard. Preparations for the Conference have started and you all must be aware that this time, it is being organized at a different venue with a different set up and different vibe. The objective is to bring together the fraternity of the Branch together for two days where we can learn, interact, network and enjoy the winter sun with tea and coffee, flaunting our blazers and lapel pins as icons of the profession and listening to national level speakers and luminaries on topics of current and futuristic value in an elegant and tastefully done auditorium. But then, everything else that we say, will carry value, only if our members join together and participate. The Managing Committee is working hard to make it a remarkable one, but no event can fetch it success without the presence and participation of its attendees and audience. There is no great event without the remarkable audience it is set for.
We all are proud professionals who remain students for a lifetime. This Shloka from the Vidura Niti applies apt to us all :
आचार्यात् पादमादत्तेपादं शिष्यःस्वमेधया।
पादं सब्रह्मचारिभ्यः पादं कालक्रमेणच॥
It means that one who is committed to learn, gains a quarter of knowledge from the teacher, a quarter through their own intelligence (self-study), a quarter from their fellow students (peers/ fraternity), and a quarter in due course of time (experience).
Thus, on behalf of the Managing Committee, I take this opportunity to invite you all to the National Conference 2025 themed as “Lakshya – Where Dreams meet Direction” where we will have expert teachers, peers as well as fraternity to match our experience which is growing day by day.
We promise to deliver a great Conference, if you promise your esteemed presence and participation for the two days, 19th and 20th December 2025. We are waiting to see each one of you there. For anything that you would like to know, we are just a call away !!
Warm Regards,
CA. Raginee Goyal
Chairperson,
Guwahati Branch (EIRC), ICAI