About The Maharashtra Tax Practitioners Association
The Maharashtra Tax
Practitioner's Association (formerly known as The ITSTP Association) was formed in 1950 with the
object to study the complicated provisions of various taxation laws and to resolve common
problem faced by the tax professional. Association is presently having about 1200 members
consisting of Tax Consultants, Advocates, Chartered Accountants &Cost Accountants who are
practicing in taxation laws. All these are collectively known as "TAX PRACTITIONERS". The
association is meant to discuss common problems of tax professionals & find the solution for
the problems faced by them by way of representing legal, procedural and administrative issues to
the Commissioner of SGST, CGST and Finance Minister of Maharashtra as well as Central
government. The business community many times enjoy the fruits of this representation.
The MTPA is
governed by its own constitution and is registered with the Charity Commissioner and also under
the Societies Act. The elected President, Officer Bearers and members of the Managing Committee
conduct the activities of the Association.
The association
conducts fortnightly Study Circle Meetings, Seminars &Residential Refresher Courses. The
association regularly publishes monthly journal viz. "Tax Tribune, News & Views" consisting
of articles on burning tax related issues, amendments, case laws, etc.. This monthly magazines
has become the mouthpiece of this association. Association organises every year one national
outstation seminar and one international seminar. Earlier the association had limited
jurisdiction area of Pune city only. From 2004 it has expanded its wings from Pune to whole of
the western Maharashtra region. Now the Association has members from Sangli, Satara, Karad,
Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Chipalun, Osmanabad, Solapur also. The profession of taxation has not
remained only as Income Tax, Company Law, Partnership Act but also other taxes such as newly
implemented GST.
The MTPA has
promoted number of members as speakers in the area of their interest. The association has good
team of experts & speakers on various taxation subjects. Our members have delivered lectures
on taxation, accounting and related issues in number of Seminars & Study Circles. Some of
our members have educated the staff of the sales tax department, on earlier vat and on the newly
introduced GST Act which is introduced in July 2017. Some of our members were on VAT panel of
Maharashtra Sales Tax Department. Many of our members are called by Sales Tax & Income Tax
Department at the time of drafting new proposals & procedures in the Act. The association is
proud to have such professionals, as our members.
The MTPA every
year organise "Certificate Course in Tax Laws” for the new comers in tax practice and More than
1800 students have taken benefit of this Certificate Course and most of them are practicing in
Taxation field. The association presently carries various cultural activities such as
“Makar-Sankranti” programme at Income Tax Office, GST Bhavan, Trust Office, Partnership office,
etc. Every year 1st May we celebrate our Annual Day from the year 2017-18. The association
provides the library facility for the benefits of its members, wherein there is availability of
various reference book on taxation and other allied laws. Our library cum reading room is known
as "S A Birajdar Reading Room", which is well furnished and well equipped with books on all
direct and indirect tax. The association presently has a well-furnished and well equipped
Air-conditioned hall of 180 sitting capacity in which Association arranges Study Circle,
Certificate Course &Seminars. During the year 2017-18 Association has purchased two new
offices having approx. area of 200 sqft each in the leadership of President Mr. Narendra
Sonawane,
Members can
also login to the website 'www.wmtpa.org'. It contains the monthly Tax Tribune, Association
News, Trade Circulars, Acts, Rules, Notifications, DDQs, and Important Judgments etc. Members
can also get information about forthcoming events of the Association & latest updates on
direct and indirect taxes. A link to various acts like GST, Income Tax has also been provided on
website and member can log in through our website.
The Association
has a You Tube channel on which various lectures of professional interest are available at any
time. We have arranged no. of seminars and workshops for upgrading knowledge of our members from
inception of GST. We also have a face book page from where we are arranging study circle
meetings lively available for outstation members on “Face Book live”
Adv. Prasad Deshpande - President MTPA Adv. Anurudra Chavan - Vice-President