CA, CS, CMA : Ethical conduct is the core of professional credibility in accountancy, directly influencing career prospects, client trust, and r...
Corporate Law : Core principles of professionalism (integrity, objectivity, independence) for CAs and bankers, enforced by ICAI, Companies Act, an...
CA, CS, CMA : A summary of the First Schedule of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, detailing professional misconduct, recent amendments, and ...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore the ICAI Code of Ethics—its structure, key rules, and disciplinary process ensuring ethical conduct by Chartered Account...
CA, CS, CMA : Understand the 60-tax audit rule for Chartered Accountants, its exceptions, and its implications on professional conduct and ethic...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI’s Code of Ethics amendments now allow advertising, website promotion, and enhanced visibility, enabling domestic CA firms t...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI's Ethical Standards Board issued an Exposure Draft for the 13th Code of Ethics, proposing revisions to the current standards....
CA, CS, CMA : ICMAI issues revised Code of Ethics for CMAs, effective June 1, 2025, including independence standards for audit and assurance eng...
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP finds improvements but notes ongoing issues in key audit areas....
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of Walker Chandiok & Co. LLP reveals ongoing issues in independence and audit procedures....
CA, CS, CMA : The Court examined whether a complaint arising from a family dispute can be entertained in misconduct proceedings. It held that su...
CA, CS, CMA : Appellant had approached this Court by way of the present intra Court appeal. It was held that BoD had failed to accord any reaso...
CA, CS, CMA : Read the full NCLT judgment/order on Union of India Vs CA. Ramaiah Nataraja. Bengaluru CA barred from statutory auditor role for c...
CA, CS, CMA : Delhi High Court rules that ICAI can hold entire CA firms accountable for misconduct, even if individual guilt isn't found. Full j...
CA, CS, CMA : Naresh Chandra Agrawal Vs Institute of Chartered Accountants of India And Others (Supreme Court of India) In a landmark judgment, ...
CA, CS, CMA : The issue involved disciplinary action for professional and other misconduct under the Chartered Accountants Act. The authorities ...
CA, CS, CMA : The issue concerns disciplinary action for professional misconduct. The ruling enforces removal from membership and bars practice ...
CA, CS, CMA : Statements recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. were held insufficient without corroborative evidence. The Board stressed admissibil...
CA, CS, CMA : The case involved alleged facilitation of tax evasion through fake political donations. The Board held that failure to timely retr...
CA, CS, CMA : The case involved a professional admitting involvement in a scheme facilitating fake donations for tax benefits. The Board relied ...
Auditor not complied with the principles and procedures laid down in the SAs, had not maintained proper audit documentation and displayed flawed understanding and interpretations of the various stipulations in the law and standards in an unprofessional manner that established the EP’s professional misconduct in terms of section 132 (4) of the Companies Act 2013.
Auditor violated several Standards on Auditing (SA) that are required to be followed during conduct of an audit of historical financial information and in providing an auditor’s certificate.
CA. Akshay Jain was found guilty by the ICAI Disciplinary Committee for professional misconduct, involving GST fraud, fake invoices, and fraudulent ITC claims.
ICAI removes name of 10 Members with effect from 16th December, 2022 In terms of the provisions of Section 21B(3) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 read with Rules 18(17) and 19(1) of the Chartered Accountants (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Rules, 2007. THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS […]
ICAI removes name of 12 Members for Professional & Other Misconduct vide various notifications issued on 11th November, 2022 THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA (Set up by an Act of Parliament) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th November, 2022 (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS) No. PPR/P/30/W/13/DD/36/INF/2015/DC/701/2017:—In terms of the provisions of Section 21B(3) of the Chartered Accountants […]
Ethical Standards Board The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 22nd October, 2022 Advisory Sub.: Use of designation “Chartered Accountant” or prefix “CA” by members while expressing views on professional/non-professional matters publicly including on social media 1. A Firm of Chartered Accountants (“Firm”) may have an account on Social Networking website(s), wherein it may mention its […]
Disclosure is required where for two consecutive years, gross annual professional fees from an audit client represent more than 40% of total fees of firm.
Discover the professional misconducts of a Chartered Accountant in Part 3 of our series. Learn about the implications and consequences.
A Practicing Chartered Accountant abstain from soliciting clients or professional work either directly or indirectly by circular, advertisement, personal communication, or interview or by any other means.
The primary function of the Auditor in the present case was to ensure compliance with SAs to achieve the necessary audit quality to lend credibility to financial statements and facilitate its users. A critical, questioning attitude, an unwillingness to be satisfied by superficial explanations, not concluding on material matters without rigorous verification, diligent and methodical […]
