CA, CS, CMA : Explore the ethical issues in auditing, their consequences, and strategies for maintaining integrity. Understand how ethical stand...
CA, CS, CMA : Delve into the CRB Scam case study of 1996, exposing loopholes exploited by Bhansali, implications on public funds, and the vital ...
CA, CS, CMA : Discover how SQC-1 enhances your firm's quality control, ensuring compliance and boosting credibility. Unlock your full potential ...
CA, CS, CMA : Discover the Supreme Court's ruling on ICAI's 60 tax audits limit per Chartered Accountant, its implications, and future impact on...
CA, CS, CMA : Analysis of ICAIs disciplinary action against EY India affiliates for professional misconduct, implications, and insights into reg...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI announces the extended deadline to 10th September 2023 for online empanelment of members as observers for the Nov/Dec 2023 CA...
CA, CS, CMA : CMA Santosh Pant elected Chairman of Northern India Regional Council of ICMAI for 2024-25. Key members include CMA Satya Narayan M...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI President's August 2024 message highlights India's economic growth, recent exam results, and the Union Budget's role in achie...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI schedules Advanced ICITSS - Adv. IT Test in CBT mode for August and September 2024. Check eligibility, test dates, applicatio...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI has declared the CA Foundation June 2024 results. With 91,900 candidates and a 14.96% pass rate, find detailed results and an...
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...
Income Tax : Explore the detailed analysis of P. A. Jose Vs Union of India judgment by Kerala High Court regarding the valuation methodology fo...
CA, CS, CMA : Despite concerns over elections, Delhi High Court rejects plea to delay CA exams. Detailed analysis of the judgment provided....
CA, CS, CMA : Delhi High Court ruling upholds disqualification of bid by Sunshine Caterers in IRCTC tender due to non-mention of certified infor...
Income Tax : In the case of Cavalcade Properties Pvt. Ltd. vs. DCIT, ITAT mandates re-evaluation of advances against flat bookings, challenging...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore Section 12(e) of the Partnership Act 1932 and its implications on sharing firm financials with legal heirs. Detailed analy...
Company Law : Explore NFRA's order under Companies Act 2013 on CA Krishna Bihari Chaturvedi for audit misconduct at DHFL branches in FY 2017-18....
CA, CS, CMA : Explore the detailed analysis of a professional misconduct case under the Chartered Accountants Act 1949. Learn about findings, ch...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore the ICAI Board of Discipline's ruling on an audit dispute where the respondent's communication via registered post was dee...
CA, CS, CMA : The ICAI's Board of Discipline reprimanded CA Devarajan K.E. for misconduct, following an investigation into professional and othe...
The corporate affairs ministry and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) are confident of meeting the April 2011 deadline to shift to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). But industry says a complete transition from Indian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to IFRS may take time.
The issues of opening up of accountancy services in India and recognition to Indian accountancy professionals in the UK are likely to get a push at the forthcoming India-UK talks on Corporate Governance. The key issue will be the reciprocal recognition to the members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and its British counterpart.
No. 54-EL(1)/18/ 2009: In exercise of the powers vested under clause (2) of Para 6 of Schedule 6 to the Chartered Accountants (Election to the Council) Rules, 2006 read with Regulation 134 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, the undersigned after satisfying himself, as the Returning Officer of the elections to the Twenty First Council and the Twentieth Regional Councils, that the polling held on 5th December, 2009 in polling booth No. C-097 in Aryan Public School, Sector-IV, Vaishali, Ghaziabad (UP) has been interrupted/ obstructed with sufficient cause, hereby declare that the polling held at the said polling booth on 5th December, 2009 was void and consequently order a fresh polling on 18th December, 2009.
The elections to the 21st Central Council and the 20th Regional Councils of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) ran into rough weather after a booth capturing incident. At least four unidentified men, including one toting a pistol, stormed an ICAI election booth atVaishali (near Ghaziabad) on Saturday, tampering the ballot box and stuffing ballot papers, sources said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the multi-crore Satyam accounting fraud, has given a clean chit to PricewaterhouseCoop ers (PwC), the firm’s erstwhile statutory auditors. The CBI, in its supplementary chargesheet filed on November 24 at the XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, revealed that the auditors S Gopalkrishnan and Srinivas Talluri, were employees of Lovelock & Lewes (L&L) and that the remuneration, which Satyam paid to the auditors, reached the accounts of L&L instead of PwC, which was appointed as the statutory auditor in 2001.
The results of CPT online examination held on 21st & 22nd November 2009 has been declared on 7th December 2009.
In the first part, I discussed the broad para-meters such as — the importance of Code of Ethics (COE), important statistics about the disciplinary cases, reasons for delays in disposal, procedure adopted by the Council prior to the CA Amendment Act, 2006, criteria adopted by the Council, perception of various agencies towards the COE, types of punishments, and so on. I also narrated a few real-life instances of complaints. It is my experience that whenever our fellow members hear me on this topic, they confess that it is an eye-opener. Indeed, it makes one lose one’s sleep at least for a few nights. It calls for lot of awakening since people have realised the nuisance value of the complaint. The most unfortunate part is that our own members out of petty self-interests, rivalry, mean-mindedness etc., bring the other members into serious trouble. At the same time, all of us need to do lot of introspection.
We are currently in the diamond jubilee year of our Republic as well as of our Institute. The motto of our nation is Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs). We can only dream of poetic justice of truth winning over untruth. In this Kaliyug, real life events often shatter this fond belief. The recent episode of ‘Satyam Computers’ has evoked a storm in our profession as well. The motto of our Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is ‘Ya esha Supteshu Jagarti’ (He who is awake when others are asleep.) This was actually spoken about the ‘Soul’ — the ‘Atman’ in the Upanishadas. It implies that our conscience should always be awake. Unfortunately, the overall scenario is such that not only others but our own professionals have started losing faith in the profession. The situation calls for a good degree of introspection and self-criticism.
The role of modern day accounting professionals has come a long way, from a core accounting function to that of being viewed as a corporate gatekeeper. Today’s professionals are not just auditors, certifying routine book of accounts, but also on the boards of companies as directors. This multi disciplinary role puts emphasis on “always taking the correct decisions and doing everything right”. While accountants look to successfully achieve the set standards, they are increasingly exposed to being targets for easy lawsuits, bought against them by third parties. A series of lawsuits filed against some of the reputed accounting firms and professionals is a beginning of the trend.
Officials at Icwai have been lobbying the government to include cost accountants under the definition accountant as defined in the subsection 2 of Section 288 of the Income-tax Act. The finance ministry has ignored calls by cost accountants that they be treated at par with chartered accountants and be allowed to sign off on the financial statements of companies.
