A dress code for CAs
If lawyers can have a professional dress, though very complicated and most unsuited for a tropical country like India, why not chartered accountants? There was a time when CAs used to appear before Income Tax Officers in buttoned up coats. But with the proliferation of CAs and ITOs, this unofficial dress code gave way to very casual and flashy dresses. What’s in a dress when other things matter more? Now the Institute of Chartered Accountants proposes to prescribe a dress code for its members according to the vice-president of the Institute, T N Manoharan. He said that a proposal had been sent to the government to allow the chartered accountants to practice in Central excise and service tax fields also. Where is the restriction Sir? You are welcome! Incidentally why is it that lawyers do not wear their professional dress while appearing before authorities lower than the Tribunal?