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Why Physical Verification Is Essential Despite ERP-Based Fixed Asset Register

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains why ERP records alone cannot establish asset existence and why physical verification remains essential for ac...

July 3, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

Debtors Realisation Trend & Ageing Analysis in Stock & Receivables Audits

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains why debtor realisation and ageing should be analysed over at least three months to assess receivable quality ...

June 30, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

CMA Data in context of Working Capital Assessment and Stock Audits

CA, CS, CMA : CMA data forms the backbone of working capital assessment by helping banks determine genuine funding requirements and borrower con...

June 13, 2026 1116 Views 0 comment Print

When a Stock Audit Looks Too Good to Be True: Fraud Triangle in a such Audit

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how unusually flawless records may signal a managed presentation rather than genuine business performance, re...

June 8, 2026 783 Views 0 comment Print

Impact on Stock Audit Engagements for Related-Party Debtors & Creditors

CA, CS, CMA : Focusing only on receivables can miss significant risks embedded in related-party payables. A bilateral review reveals internal gr...

June 5, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Webinar on Budget 2025 – In-depth Analysis of Income Tax Amendments

Income Tax : Join us for an insightful session with CA Bikash Bogi, a seasoned tax expert with over 15 years of practical experience, as he bre...

January 31, 2025 17964 Views 1 comment Print

Surrogate Audit Work by Multinational Companies in India

Company Law : Multinational companies cannot conduct surrogate audit work in India under Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and Companies Act, 2013...

December 6, 2024 900 Views 0 comment Print

Expert Panel for Addressing queries related to Statutory Audit

CA, CS, CMA : Get expert support on auditing aspects for statutory audits. ICAIs Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) forms an expert p...

April 11, 2024 2316 Views 0 comment Print

Audit Plays Catalytic Role in Promoting Efficiency and Effectiveness: CAG

CA, CS, CMA : Discover the catalytic role of audit in enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, as emphasized by the Comptroller and Auditor Gener...

March 19, 2024 516 Views 0 comment Print

Exposure Draft SA 230 Audit Documentation

CA, CS, CMA : Explore the essential aspects of audit documentation, its nature, purposes, and compliance requirements. Learn best practices for ...

November 24, 2023 3879 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CAG cannot carry compulsory service tax audit of private agencies after GST

Service Tax : The High Court in this regard stayed CAG audit of a private limited company providing warehouse and logistical support services in...

October 17, 2020 2316 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court stays Service Tax Audit under Rule 5A by CAG

Service Tax : Gujarat High Court granted stay on conducting audit of records of taxpayers under 5A of Service Tax Rules, 1994, by Officers of C&...

October 18, 2018 8793 Views 1 comment Print

CAG can audit Pvt. Companies if Govt Revenue is in question

Finance : The Delhi High Court has delivered a judgement in the case of Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India Versus Uni...

January 7, 2014 6595 Views 0 comment Print

Surplus arising to a partner from transaction of contribution of land held by it to a firm as capital contribution shall be taxable u/s 45

Income Tax : and contributed by the assessee to a firm towards capital contribution should be treated as stock in trade even during the course ...

January 24, 2010 2996 Views 0 comment Print

Deductibility of premium on forward contracts in the year of entering into such contracts

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court (HC) [2010-TIOL­42-HC-DEL-IT] in the case of CIT v. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (Taxpayer) which...

January 21, 2010 6056 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Penalty Imposed for Delay in Forming Audit Committee & Appointing Independent Directors

Company Law : The ROC Ahmedabad penalized the company and its director for failing to appoint independent directors and constitute an audit comm...

November 13, 2025 855 Views 0 comment Print

Framework for conducting Joint Audit by CGST and SGST officers

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about the latest directive from the Ministry of Finance regarding joint audits by CGST and SGST officers. Understand the fra...

April 3, 2024 2340 Views 0 comment Print

NFRA Circular on Statutory Auditors’ Responsibilities in Reporting Fraud in a Company

Company Law : NFRA issued a circular highlighting statutory auditors' obligations to report fraud in accordance with Companies Act, 2013. Circu...

June 26, 2023 12561 Views 0 comment Print

Regulations on Audit and Accounts (Amendments) 2020

CA, CS, CMA : (1) These Regulations may be called Regulations on Audit and Accounts (Amendments) 2020 (2) They shall come into force on the date...

August 20, 2020 11703 Views 0 comment Print

Practising CS can do Third Party Certification Audits in Haryana

CA, CS, CMA : Labour Department, Government of Haryana vide its Notification No. 11/38/2016-4Lab dated 10th August, 2016 formulated Third Party ...

September 9, 2016 7282 Views 0 comment Print


Necessity of Statutory Branch Audit in Public Sector Banks

April 21, 2020 2442 Views 0 comment Print

It has come to the notice of Professional Development (PD) Committee of Institute of  Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) that one of the public sector banks (PSBs) has  requested that Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) to consider the representation on  exemption from statutory bank branch audit, for the year ended March 31, 2020, in view of […]

Audit of Expenses

April 20, 2020 99579 Views 1 comment Print

Expenses are a high-risk area for any company when comes in terms of accounting and chances of fetching quality observations are quite high as compared to other accounting processes. A financial audit is a chance for the business to double-check books for accuracy and proper documentation of expenses. When reviewing company expenses, auditors evaluate expenditures […]

Environment, Health and Safety Assessment (Environmental Audit)

April 19, 2020 5562 Views 0 comment Print

Environment, Health and Safety Assessment (EHS Assessment) in general, called and known as ‘Environmental Audit’.  Environment safety has been a major concern in previous says giving rise to need of environmental audit in all the organizations. Environmental audit is one of the areas of environmental awareness. In this article, through various slides in succeeding pages, […]

Applicability of Audit Committee under SEBI and Company Law

April 15, 2020 26772 Views 0 comment Print

Audit Committee is one of the important pillars of the corporate governance mechanism in the company. It is charged with the oversight of financial reporting and disclosures. It boost the confidence in the integrity of the company’s financial reporting, the internal control process and the risk management systems. It review and monitor the auditor’s independence […]

Cloud Computing – Digital e-Auditing and Accounting

April 15, 2020 2919 Views 0 comment Print

Overview to e-Auditing & Methodology – COVID 19 and Lockdown– This article talks about how to grab an opportunity to learn and apply new learning during this lockdown. Cloud Audit is basically about Online Financial Audits with the help of Information Technology resources available. If banking operations can be commenced at any branch, If online […]

Audit under CFR regulations – Code of Federal Regulations

April 13, 2020 2847 Views 0 comment Print

This Article talks about the overview for conducting audit as per Code of Federal Regulations CFR, standards for obtaining consistency and uniformity for the audit of Indian Government and Non-Government social bodies which are granted Aids by Government and Non-Government US agencies. In context to audits for projects executed by Healthcare and Hospital ‘s related […]

Impact of Corona Virus on Audit of Financial Statements

April 10, 2020 2874 Views 0 comment Print

Anuranjan Sahni* Impact of Corona Virus (COVID-19) on Audit of Financial Statements for the Financial Year ending March 31, 2020 Background The global pandemic COVID-19 has already had a significant impact on global trade and economy with consequential impact on global and Indian financial markets. This may also have accounting, disclosure, internal control and auditing […]

Impact of Coronavirus on Auditing of Financial Statements

April 6, 2020 4731 Views 0 comment Print

The global financial authorities are already shaken by the implications of the spread of COVID-19 on a world scale. It is highly unlikely to state when the current situation will pass and the economy will come right back on the tracks. It seems very justified to state that the pandemic which originated far away from […]

Audit areas for audit of Quality of Packing Bags for Cement Packing

April 5, 2020 2772 Views 0 comment Print

Background: Quality control is applied to achieve company’s vision to be a distinguished company. By maintaining a standard quality of packing bags often termed as PP Bags, the company can increase its brand in the market. Further, certain industries such as Cement industries are regulated by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) norms. The company has […]

Audit Evidence Protects the Auditor from Failure

April 3, 2020 3837 Views 0 comment Print

Auditor’s are expected to provide an unbiased and objective opinion on the facts they have examined. Boards and shareholders expect that the Auditor’s opinion must be near precise, however, auditing standards prescribe that auditor’s opinion is reasonable and not absolute as the auditors are never able to scrutinize all accounting and business transactions on a 100% basis. This expectation gap seems to be never narrowing down.

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