HYDERABAD: Dodgy Ramalinga Raju is proving to be a hard nut to crack even for the seasoned interrogators of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) questioning him, his brother Rama Raju and former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas in the multi-crore scam. On the second day of police custody, Raju proved to be a tough cookie either bluntly […]
NEW DELHI: Troubled software exporter Satyam on Tuesday said it has been approached for takeover by domestic and foreign companies, the IT company’s board member Tarun Das said on Tuesday.
Concerned over the increasing instances of financial wrongdoings by corporate, the government on Sunday said those who are guilty would not be let off just by payment of some fine. “We are making stiff provisions under the new Companies Bill, 2008. The number of crimes for which provisions of compounding are available under the present […]
The RoC’s findings which it said will be made final after all documents are made available suggest that in approving the acquisition of 100 per cent in Maytas Properties and 51 per cent in Maytas Infrastructure, Satyam’s board had violated Section 372A of the Companies Act. Sub-section 1 of Section 372A stipulates that no company […]
Today, the fraud at Satyam Computer Services is one of the hottest topics around. There are so many questions relating to various taxation issues that are constantly cropping up. One of the common questions going through everyone’s mind is: Can Satyam claim a refund of taxes already paid on its inflated income for all the earlier years?
The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, has prohibited the statutory auditors of a bank from carrying out any consultancy work for the bank to avoid a possible conflict of interest.
The Satyam scam has made auditors realise the need to have a ‘fraud-finding’ approach, rather than the conventional fault-finding mode while examining the books of companies. Looking at the need and appetite for such accounting practices, the apex body of chartered accountants, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), has introduced new study modules for […]
Plans are afoot to make International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mandatory for large-scale companies by April 2011, said K Raju, central council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
After e-enrolment is made by a registered dealer, the ‘Acknowledgment’ will be made available on the website. The signed copy of the Acknowledgment is required to be furnished in the Department only once. After furnishing such copy, there is no need to furnish the signed acknowledgment of e-return which at present is required to be furnished within 10 days from uploading the return.
“Satyam Scam has raised basic questions about the depth and devotion in statutory audit conducted by one of the big four audit firms, the PWC. In India the professional depth and devotion of small and medium size audit firms are of quite high level but unfortunately their potential remains heavily under utilized. One of the […]
