Our Mumbai Seminar - invigorating example of Indian Democracy
WRITING in the Asian Tax Review, Larry Lipsher, China based American Tax Expert, who was one of our speakers, states,
“I spoke on March 18 at the 10th anniversary budget conference in Mumbai sponsored by www.taxindiaonline.com. The key speaker was S. Dutt Majumder, chair of the Central Board of Excise and Customs. I was lucky to see the question and answer period that Majumder conducted after. It was truly an invigorating example of what is so refreshing about Indian democracy. There was no reticence in the questions asked of Majumder, the government's designated point man who will head the division that is expected to implement the nation- wide goods and services tax. Majumder was confronted with pointed and challenging questions, and he fielded them with aplomb.
Vijay Kumar, editor in chief of taxindiaonline and an attorney, questioned Majumder about how one can impose a service tax on Indian attorneys — after all, what true service do they perform? The statement aroused laughter from an audience that largely consisted of lawyers.”