CA, CS, CMA : The article explains why ERP records alone cannot establish asset existence and why physical verification remains essential for ac...
CA, CS, CMA : The article explains why debtor realisation and ageing should be analysed over at least three months to assess receivable quality ...
CA, CS, CMA : CMA data forms the backbone of working capital assessment by helping banks determine genuine funding requirements and borrower con...
CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how unusually flawless records may signal a managed presentation rather than genuine business performance, re...
CA, CS, CMA : Focusing only on receivables can miss significant risks embedded in related-party payables. A bilateral review reveals internal gr...
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...
Company Law : Multinational companies cannot conduct surrogate audit work in India under Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and Companies Act, 2013...
CA, CS, CMA : Get expert support on auditing aspects for statutory audits. ICAIs Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) forms an expert p...
CA, CS, CMA : Discover the catalytic role of audit in enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, as emphasized by the Comptroller and Auditor Gener...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore the essential aspects of audit documentation, its nature, purposes, and compliance requirements. Learn best practices for ...
Service Tax : The High Court in this regard stayed CAG audit of a private limited company providing warehouse and logistical support services in...
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&...
Finance : The Delhi High Court has delivered a judgement in the case of Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India Versus Uni...
Income Tax : and contributed by the assessee to a firm towards capital contribution should be treated as stock in trade even during the course ...
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...
Company Law : The ROC Ahmedabad penalized the company and its director for failing to appoint independent directors and constitute an audit comm...
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...
Company Law : NFRA issued a circular highlighting statutory auditors' obligations to report fraud in accordance with Companies Act, 2013. Circu...
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...
CA, CS, CMA : Labour Department, Government of Haryana vide its Notification No. 11/38/2016-4Lab dated 10th August, 2016 formulated Third Party ...
In this age and time, Management System and auditors face greater challenges in their task. They need to respond effectively to the demands of a rapidly changing and complex business environment, while helping organizations continue comply with growing regulatory mandates and conform to other requirements.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is one of a group of classic methodologies known as structured problem solving. Today, we find that RCA is one of the hottest topics in the world of audit and accounting. It is also very much vibrant from the data shared by Future of Jobs Survey 2018, World Economic Forum that […]
Inventories are tangible property held for sale in the ordinary course of business, or in the process of production for such sale, or for consumption in the production of goods or services for sale, including maintenance supplies, consumable stores and spare parts meant for replacement in the normal course. Inventories normally comprise raw materials including components, work-in-process, finished goods including by-products, maintenance supplies, stores and spare parts, and loose tools.
In many ways not-for-profit organizations are no different from for-profit or commercial organizations. Their objectives and activities may be different but the day to day operations would more or less involve common activities like receipt and processing cash, tracking revenue and expenses, managing personnel, and financial reporting to stakeholders. Errors, misappropriations, frauds can happen in […]
Cases of financial irregularities continue unabated, both in India and abroad, bringing to the forefront yet again concerns over the need to improve audit quality. Reports of resignations of auditors to swift actions from various regulatory bodies against auditors continue to grab headlines on a routine basis these days. There are several issues that need […]
How would you rate the efficiency of the business model in the absence of an advisory team? Of course, zero or below five! In the absence of an advisory team who assist the businessmen to keep plans on the right course, the effect of business model and attainment of business goals become quite dubious. When […]
A. Internal Control verification:- As Auditor we check the Internal control, just to ascertain whether weak internal controls are materially affecting financial statements. Give separate report on internal control, wherever applicable:- – Check processing pattern of company / firm from purchase order placed by company to actual delivery to its customer. – If there are […]
Audit is a significant mechanism to protect the interest of revenue. For effective audit, the CBDT issues Instructions and guidelines from time to time, Audit Instructions were also revised by the Instruction No. 6 and Instruction No. 7 of 2017 and the work related to assessment is now being done on ITBA module, and the Audit work has also been shifted to ITBA Audit module.
Forensic Audit: Field to Explore Growing cyber crimes, failure of regulators to track the security scams, series of co-operative banks bursting – all are pinpointing the need of forensic accounting, irrespective of whether we understand the need or not. Forensic accounting seeks to uncover the what, why and how behind the computation and reporting of […]
The article briefly explains the concept of Forensic Auditing and the use of the technique in the detection of the frauds. The relevance of the concept has been highlighted -especially in the emerging scenario of continuous development in the fields of accounting and auditing. The article also touches upon the various inter-related concepts and the vital areas where the technique of Forensic Auditing can be best used in detecting the misappropriations and manipulations in the financial as well as operational matters.
