Officials of the air intelligence unit at Delhi’s IGI Airport recently identified a traveler suspected to be carrying huge cash in his baggage. But before the suspect could be detained, he had boarded the aircraft for Hyderabad. All that the airline staff could divulge about the traveller were his initials and mobile number. The number […]
The Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in special economic zones (SEZ) after it foundthat many of these firms were using their SEZ operations as a vehicle for claiming undue tax benefits. The modus operandi adopted by a number of companies is to manipulate the accounts to transfer the […]
The Income-Tax department has mobilised a large number of staff members from its local offices for a comprehensive investigation into the fraud in Satyam Computers. A top official said the staff will join duty in a day or two following the IT Chief Commissioner’ s orders earlier this week. He said the investigations would not […]
Appointment of external auditors for bank audits continue to be mired in controversy. After the auditing profession regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), it is now the turn of the bank employees to oppose the freedom given to public sector bank boards to choose the statutory auditor.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has initiated probe against 25 individuals and 325 companies related to Satyam. That includes Pricewaterhouse Bangalore, the auditors of the firm. At a time when the government is acting against the auditor in this case, the question that arises now is, will the ICAI act?
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will pass a ruling directing all firms to get their internal audits reviewed by an outside’. Uttam Prakash Agarwal, who has replaced Ved Jain as president of ICAI with effect from February 5, said that this practice of an external firm reviewing the internal books of a company […]
