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Physical Verification of Fixed Assets under CARO 2020 – A Practical Guide for CAs

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains why physical verification is more than a compliance exercise, emphasizing the auditor's responsibility to eva...

June 30, 2026 567 Views 0 comment Print

CARO 2020 Applicability: Companies Covered, Exemptions & Reporting Requirements

Corporate Law : This article provides a comprehensive overview of CARO 2020 applicability, including exemptions for small companies, OPCs, Section...

June 1, 2026 1584 Views 0 comment Print

CARO 2020: A Guide for Auditors and Companies

Company Law : Understand the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020. This guide explains CARO's clauses, reporting requirements, and professio...

September 2, 2025 17124 Views 0 comment Print

Reporting Loans, Guarantees, Securities & Investments under CARO, 2020

Company Law : Learn about CARO, 2020 guidelines for reporting loans, guarantees, security, and investments by companies to ensure compliance and...

July 18, 2024 3873 Views 0 comment Print

Reporting Paragraphs in Audit Report & FAQs on Audit Trail under Rule 11(g)

Company Law : Ensure compliance with updated Reporting on Audit Trail under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 for 202...

July 18, 2024 32694 Views 0 comment Print


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Guidance Note on Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (Revised 2022 Edition) 

Company Law : Guidance Note on the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020) to provide detailed guidance on reporting requirement...

July 16, 2022 57162 Views 0 comment Print

Exposure Draft of Revised Guidance Note on CARO 2020

Company Law : Exposure Draft of Revised Guidance Note on CARO 2020 issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of ICAI The Auditing and...

June 11, 2022 5046 Views 0 comment Print

Implementation Guide on Reporting under Rule 11(e) & 11(f) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014

Company Law : Implementation Guide on Reporting under Rule 11(e) and Rule 11(f) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 The Ministry o...

April 26, 2022 36447 Views 0 comment Print

CARO 2016 applicable for November 2021 CA IPCC /Intermediate/Final Exams

CA, CS, CMA : This is to bring to the attention of the students that Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 issued by Ministry of Corporate ...

July 26, 2021 858 Views 0 comment Print

CARO 2020 not applicable for May 2021 CA Examinations

CA, CS, CMA : Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 is not applicable for the IPCC, Intermediate, Final (Old) and Final (New) examinations ...

February 11, 2021 5400 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 12570 Views 0 comment Print

MCA deffers Applicability of CARO 2020 to FY 2021-22

Company Law : MCA vide order dated 17.12.2020 has changed the applicability date of Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 to the financial ...

December 17, 2020 69318 Views 0 comment Print

MCA defers applicability of CARO 2020 to 1st April 2020 (FY 2020-21)

Company Law : MCA has vide its order dated 24th March 2020 announced that CARO 2020 will applies, for the financial years commencing on or after...

March 24, 2020 36501 Views 1 comment Print

Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020)

Company Law : (1) This Order may be called the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020. (2) It shall apply to every company including a foreign...

February 25, 2020 305031 Views 9 comments Print


CARO 2020-Key Clauses

March 22, 2020 10548 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of The Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020. This order shall come into force from  the date of issuing of this Order i.e. 25th February 2020. Hence the Audit Report under section 143 ,made for the year ended on 31.03.2020, will be prepared as per CARO 2020.  Matters to be included in auditor’s report made […]

Draft Guidance Note on Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020

March 16, 2020 8136 Views 0 comment Print

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020) on 25th February 2020 which is applicable for audits of financial statements for the financial years beginning on or after 1st April, 2019. We hereby inform you that the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of ICAI is in the process […]

Clausewise Comparison of CARO 2016 and CARO 2020

March 13, 2020 78372 Views 1 comment Print

Comparison of CARO 2016 and 2020 Clause 1: Reporting on Property, Plant and Equipments and Intangible Assets: CARO 2020 CARO 2016 (a) (A) whether the company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of Property, Plant and Equipment; (B) whether the company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars of […]

CARO 2020: Additional Responsibilities on Statutory Auditors – A Detailed Analysis

March 12, 2020 22017 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) after consultation with National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) notified Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order (“CARO”) 2020 in suppression of CARO 2016. CARO 2020, in comparison of earlier CAROs, emphasis more on Proprietary Elements so that the users of Audit Reports will be well aware of Company’s business and activities. This article […]

Companies Auditors Reports Order, 2020 (CARO 2020) – Clause by Clause Comparison

March 8, 2020 174189 Views 4 comments Print

Introduction: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), after consultation with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) constituted under section 132 of the Companies Act, 2013, has published in the Gazette of India an Order in supersession of the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016, which may be called the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (hereinafter referred […]

Comparison of CARO 2020 with CARO 2016

March 8, 2020 13899 Views 0 comment Print

MCA has recently released notified Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020), which is is applicable for audit of financial statements of eligible companies for the financial years commencing on or after the 1st April, 2019. CARO 2020 replaces the erstwhile CARO 2016. Article Compares CARO 2016 with CARO 2020 and explains the difference between […]

Detailed comparison of CARO 2016 with CARO 2020

March 7, 2020 3303 Views 0 comment Print

The CARO, 2020 is applicable for an audit of financial statements of eligible companies for the financial years commencing on or after the 1st April 2019. The criteria of eligibility of companies on which the CARO, 2020 shall be applicable has not been changed and hence it shall be applicable to all those companies on which CARO, 2016 was applicable.

February 2020- Monthly Statutory updates

March 4, 2020 5523 Views 0 comment Print

The monthly Newsletter – encompasses MCA notifications issued in the month of February 2020, informal Guidances given by SEBI on  SEBI SBEB , Takeover and Insider Trading Regulations and NCLT judgement in Videocon Insolvency case. Independent Directors who could not get themselves registered on IICA databank can rest easy. The deadline for registration has been extended […]

CARO 2020 – Change in Reporting with Change in Vision

March 3, 2020 7164 Views 2 comments Print

The MCA has issued the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020), on 25th February 2020 in supersession of the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016. Applicable from: Audit of financial statements for the financial year commencing on or after 1st April 2019. Based on the government’s objective to strengthen the corporate governance framework and to […]

Comparison of Caro, 2016 and Caro, 2020

March 2, 2020 8886 Views 0 comment Print

Article compares Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (CARO 2016) with recently notified   Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020). Sr.No Particulars Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 Changes in Nutshell Applicability For the financial year commencing on or after 1st April, 2015. For the financial year commencing on or after 1st […]

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