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 : 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, ...
Income Tax : Held that rule 12 Chartered Accountants (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Ru...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI Disciplinary Committee reprimands CA. Jayaraman Dindigul Viswanathan for professional misconduct in issuing an unverified cer...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI sets limit of 60 tax audit assignments per CA or partner annually, effective from 1 April 2026, replacing earlier 2008 guidel...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI found two CAs guilty of professional misconduct in the NSEL audit case and ordered one-year membership removal for CA Shrawan...
CA, CS, CMA : The ICAI Disciplinary Committee has ordered the removal of CA Srinivas Talluri's name from the Register of Members for 10 years an...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI suspends CAs Praveen Murarka and Subhash Chander Sharma for professional misconduct, with removal from Register of Members ef...
NFRA makes the following order in terms of Sec 132(4)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013. (i) A monetary penalty of Rs Twenty Five lakhs is levied upon CA Udayan Sen. (ii) In addition, CA Udayan Sen is debarred for a period of seven years from being appointed as an auditor or internal auditor or undertaking […]
Any SMP with Gross Annual fees income of Rs. 25L and manages to get any audit assignment from a mid-sized group with fees above Rs 5L then it was easily possible prior to 30/06/2020, since such assignment was less than 40% of total fees as per earlier code which had been in force since inception. […]
ICAI issued revised 12th edition of Code of Ethics which has come into effect from 1st July, 2020. Code of Ethics are in 3 Volumes. Due to the prevailing situation due to Covid-19, few provisions of Volume-I of Code of Ethics, 2020 are been deferred till further notification. Ethical Standards Board The Institute of Chartered […]
It may be clarified that there is NOT a bar in the revised Code of Ethics on acceptance of more than 15% fees from a single client. There is only requirement of disclosure , and taking safeguards prescribed therein, if the total gross annual professional fees from the audit client and its related entities represent more than 15% of the total fees received by the firm expressing the opinion on the financial statements of the client for two consecutive years.
Can a Practicing Chartered Accountant become Director in a Company? One of the most common question indeed! Q1. Can a Practicing CA become a director in a company? Yes. Q2. Is prior approval required to be obtained from Council by practicing CA to become a director in a company? Yes, in case of holding of […]
ICAI had no power to conduct any disciplinary proceedings without written allegations and in the absence of any information as prescribed under Rules 7 of the Rules 2007 the prima facie opinion derived by the authority lacked jurisdiction and had no foundation.
ICAI was under an obligation to provide reasons to the complainant for its prima facie conclusion of the Chartered Accountant being member not guilty of any misconduct on the complaint made by a Complainant.
Neville Nadir Mistry Vs Board of Discipline (Appellate Authority) only a member of the Institute can file an appeal before the Appellate Authority if he is aggrieved by any order as provided under Section 21 A(3) or Section 21B(3) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. During the course of arguments, the complainant conceded that under […]
What should be the correct procedure to adopt when a prospective client tells you that he wants to change his auditor and wants you to take up his work? Is NOC (no objection certificate) required from previous auditor?
As you are aware, ICAI Code of Ethics, 2009 was aligned with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) Code of Ethics 2005 for the first time in 2009.This edition of the Code was divided into two parts – A and B , Part-A representing provisions of IESBA Code of Ethics as suitably incorporated […]
