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When a part of the surrender can be accepted on proper explanation the rest can also be allowed to be explained. The assessee’s claim that balance was from cash withdrawals from cash book has to be tested on the facts appearing in the case. For that test it would be necessary that cash book be examined. Both members agree to that effect – the Accountant Member stating that if cash is found withdrawn it should be excepted whereas the Judicial Member directs to verify as to how the cash was generated in the cash book. In my opinion the later course appear to be more reasonable as the cash availability is to be examined with reference to entries made therein.
The Delhi-based franchise of audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers today approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against it by the government in the aftermath of Satyam scam. It pleaded before the court that the government proceedings were illegal as they have no connection with the Bangalore-based franchise which had audited Satyam accounts.
The extra freedom given to the 26 public sector banks from this year to choose their statutory auditors has auditing companies — both those chosen and those left out — restive. They have approached the Union finance ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office to say that the decision will affect the quality of audits.
No doubt that the possession of three currency notes with the assessee has raised a presumption that the amount stated on those currency notes was paid by the assessee to the said Shri Shankar Lai. However, the same was a rebuttable presumption. The assessee has explained that these payments were made by the assessee subsequent to the date of survey
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is likely to restrict to two the number of entities an audit firm can register. The move follows denials by PWC of any connection with the tainted entity that conducted the audit on Satyam Computers, whose promoter confessed to fraud in January this year.
Any dealer who files Audit Report on or after 1st October 2009 for any period shall file the same in the new Form-704. Now, it is mandatory for all the dealers who are required to get their books of account audited as per the provisions of the section 61 of the MVAT Act, 2002 to file Audit Report in Form-704 electronically.
Quarterly cost audit by internal auditors in the listed companies should be explored in consultation with the market regulator SEBI to improve corporate governance, an expert group appointed by Corporate Affairs Ministry has suggested. “The possibility of introducing quarterly limited review of cost details, in case of listed companies, may be examined in consultation with SEBI,” […]
1. Background SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA) is the standing Committee of SEBI that advises on matters relating to disclosures and accounting standards. As part of a review of the extant norms relating to disclosure requirements and accounting standards for listed entities, the Committee has deliberated on certain issues, the details of […]
SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA) has recommended mandatory rotation — every five years — of the partners of the audit firms signing the accounts of a listed company.
It may now become compulsory for all big and medium manufacturing companies to get their cost accounts audited, if an expert group’s recommendation on the same is accepted by the government.