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Stock & Receivables Audit: A Beginner’s Guide to Indian Banking Audits

CA, CS, CMA : Learn how banks use stock and receivables audits to independently verify inventory and debtors before allowing working capital wit...

May 22, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Insurance Coverage of Hypothecated Stock: Key Checks for Stock Auditors

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how inadequate insurance coverage of hypothecated stock can expose banks to major financial losses despite va...

May 21, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Why Stock Statements and Audited Financials Never Match in Stock Audits?

CA, CS, CMA : Differences between audited balance sheets and stock statements can significantly impact drawing power calculations. This article ...

May 20, 2026 588 Views 0 comment Print

Audit Committees – The Conscience Keeper

CA, CS, CMA : The Audit Committee ensures oversight of audits, controls, and compliance beyond financial reporting. Its effectiveness depends on...

April 14, 2026 414 Views 0 comment Print

Materiality in Auditing: Meaning, Benchmarks & Practical Use

CA, CS, CMA : This explains what materiality means in an audit and why it matters for financial decision-making. The key takeaway is that materi...

January 6, 2026 2619 Views 2 comments Print


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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 17910 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 846 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 2241 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 471 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 2967 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 2274 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 8733 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 6538 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 2942 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 6020 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 726 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 2226 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 12390 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 11547 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 7261 Views 0 comment Print


Submission of Long Form Audit Report (LFAR) by Concurrent Auditors

June 2, 2015 8646 Views 0 comment Print

You are advised that henceforth Concurrent Auditors, who are chartered accountants, of branches below the cut-off point will submit LFAR only to the Chairman of the bank. The banks in turn will consolidate/compile all such LFARs submitted by the Concurrent Auditors and submit to Statutory Central Auditor as an internal document of the bank.

An Unveil Professional Opportunity of Cooperative Banks Audits

April 27, 2015 3847 Views 0 comment Print

It was emphasized that the business in cooperative Banks i.e. State cooperative banks and district cooperative banks needs to be conducted in a manner not detrimental to the intents of the depositors and as these entities being Banks are subject to the regulatory provisions of the banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS), it is essential that the Statutory Audit in State Cooperative banks and district cooperative banks need to be conducted by Chartered accountants.

Statutory Audit Provisions of Limited Liability Partnership

April 18, 2015 154180 Views 5 comments Print

What is LLP- LLP is a way between Company and Partnership. It takes into account the benefits of both i.e. less legal and regulatory formalities as compared to Company and a Corporate Entity form which is not in the case of Partnership. Exemption from Audit- Rule 24(8) exempt the LLP from the Audit of its accounts if its turnover does not exceed, in any financial year, Rs.40 lakhs or its contribution does not exceed Rs. 25 Lakhs.

CARO 2015- No needs to report on use of Fund

April 14, 2015 4920 Views 0 comment Print

On the one hand the authorities want us to report any mischief occurred in the Company and on the other hand they are striking off various clauses from our reports through which we could report POSSIBLE FRAUD circumstances, which can become “ACTUAL FRAUD” ingredients later in future.

Scanning Auditors @ Companies Act 2013

April 13, 2015 7670 Views 6 comments Print

The first ray of sunrise of the Ist April 2015 is not as usual to the auditing industry. With the dusk of first financial year under companies act 2013 , we are subject to the uncountable penalties and prosecutions . The Government moved to tightening of the grip on the auditors after satyam scam has taken its final step of implementation.

Brief Outline on Guidance Note on Reporting of Fraud U/s. 143(12) of Companies Act 2013

April 7, 2015 5267 Views 0 comment Print

The article briefly explains the guidelines issued by the Auditing Assurance Standards Board of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on Reporting of Fraud under Sec 143(12) of the Companies Act 2013.

CA Final Audit Amendments for May 2015 Exam

April 7, 2015 1628 Views 0 comment Print

Amendments Class – For May 2015 exam ADVANCED AUDITING AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS – C.A. FINAL. Note Covers the following Topics- Professional Ethics Audit of public sector undrtaking Audit Report corporate governance and clause 49 Tax Audit

A Ready Reckoner on Bank Branch Audit 2014-15

March 27, 2015 50459 Views 8 comments Print

Break Even Date for NPA is 01.01.2015 for the year 2014-2015. Once an account has been classified as NPA, all the facilities granted to the borrower will be treated as NPA except in respect of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)/Farmers Service Societies (FSS).

Audit 2015-Deposits–The Peripheral Aspects

March 27, 2015 9465 Views 0 comment Print

When we go to audit the banking industry, we came to know which of the Banks must be treated with respect and which are in low water ,it simply add our responsibility to take cognizance of peripheral area of DEPOSITS. Deposits are peripheral areas of attention and due diligence while conducting and concluding the branch audits.

Bank Audit 2015-Ready Referencer for Advances Categorization, Classification & Provisioning

March 24, 2015 37298 Views 16 comments Print

An attempt is made through this article to have a quick view over many issues like Categorization, Classification and provisioning of Advances. The Third Schedule to the Act requires classification of advances made by a bank from three different angles, viz., nature of advance, nature and extent of security, and place of making advance (i.e. whether in India or outside India). Accordingly, these advances are to be classified in Schedule 9 to the balance sheet

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