Mr. Shiavux Mistry is a very senior practising chartered accountant. He has to his credit a number of books on direct taxes and finance with professional, practical approach. Among some of his books published over a period of about three decades may be mentioned:

• “Wealth Tax, Gift Tax and Estate Duty Laws in Practice”

• “Practical Tax Planning”

• “Direct Tax Laws in Practice”

• “Surtax, Wealth Tax, Gift Tax and Estate Duty Laws in Practice”

• “Direct Taxes Ready Referencer”

• “Corporate Tax and Finance Strategy and Management”.

He also contributes feature articles to various journals and papers. Each one of his publications contains illustrations with solutions, copious notes, relevant circulars, and citations, cross-references, tables, charts, models, and specimens, with in-depth judicial analysis and well-considered and balanced points of view. His publications have been accepted as reference handbooks on direct taxes for executives, professionals, officials, and students.

In his own words: “Put into practice your own skill and effort to master the subject on hand; no pains, no gains; no initiative, no action; no thinking, no progress . . . It is high time Government functioned with less powers to its officials for better, efficient administration.”

Another white feather in the Author’s cap is his own formulated, processed, compiled, and edited software, windows-based programme entitled “FIMAT” (Financial and Industrial Management Analysis Techniques), also the first of its kind. This is especially designed and developed for banks, financial institutions, multi-national corporations, public sector and private companies, stock exchanges, government boards and agencies, and above all, finance and works managers, chief executives, chartered accountants, cost accountants, company secretaries, management studies institutes, and colleges. The CD is operative for single users with such facilities as, data compilation, analysis reports, graphs, help, general and scientific calculators, and yearly calendar, all for Windows 95 to 98 and NT, and protected for confidential purposes.