Internal Audit

Applicaions are invited from Partnership Firms only indicating details of the Firms as indicated below for appointment. The application shall contain the following details : (1) Year of establishment (2) Details of Partners (3) Photo copy of certificate of Institute of Chartered Accountants / Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, (4) Location of Registered Office & Branch of the Firm (5) Name of Qualified Assistants alongwith membership no. (6) Experience in Co.. Full Article

The circular states that audit envisaged under Regulation 22 of the SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 shall include an internal audit to be conducted on a half yearly basis by Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries or Cost and Management Accountants who are in practice and who do not have any conflict of interest with the CRA. Full Article

In terms of the decision taken by the Council of the Institute at its 260th meeting held in June 2006, the following Standard onInternal Audit shall be re-commendatory in nature in the initial period. The Standard shall become mandatory from such date as may be notified by the Council in this regard. Full Article

The internal audit to be conducted on a half-yearly basis by chartered accountants, company secretaries or cost accountants, and will cover all aspects of CRA operations and procedures, including investor grievance redressal mechanism, the regulator said in its circular. The report will have to state the methodology adopted, deficiencies observed and consideration of response of the management on the deficiencies. Besides a summary of operations and of the audit, coverin.. Full Article

It is clarified that for the half-year October 2009 - March 2010, the CRA shall receive the report of the internal audit by May 31, 2010. Its Board of Directors shall consider the report and take appropriate measures to rectify the deficiencies and the CRA shall send the Action Taken Report to SEBI by July 31, 2010. Full Article

The issue relating to the internal assignments allotted to the audit firms at the time of their appointment as statutory auditors has been examined afresh and it has been decided as under: “Audit firms should not undertake statutory audit assignment while they are associated with internal assignments in the bank during the same year. In case the firms are associated with internal assignment it should be ensured that they relinquish the internal assignment before acce.. Full Article

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has revised its internal audit standards to strengthen internal audit practices in the country. The current revision, approved by the ICAI council last week, addresses issues such as effects of laws and regulations in conducting internal audit, responsibility of management for compliance with laws and regulations, responsibility of internal auditor and internal audit procedures. Full Article

International accounting and consulting firm Deloitte will treble its India headcount from the current 11,000 and shift more of its top talent to the country over the next four years, a company official said. James Brady, CEO of Deloitte's assurance and risk assessment services, said the company has identified India as a 'high priority market' after the economic downturn. The 165-year-old group employs around 1.77 lakh people in 140 countries across the globe and is part.. Full Article