CA, CS, CMA : This explains how internal audit focuses on ongoing risk prevention while forensic accounting investigates suspected fraud. The ke...
Company Law : Learn which companies must appoint internal auditors under Section 138, the eligibility criteria, and the statutory compliance ste...
CA, CS, CMA : Discover how internal auditors use financial management concepts like inventory, cash, and capital management to assess efficiency...
CA, CS, CMA : A practical guide to integrating AI into internal auditing, covering its applications in risk assessment, fieldwork, reporting, an...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore how cost accounting methods enhance internal audit through variance analysis, marginal costing, CVP, and risk-based auditi...
CA, CS, CMA : A public sector bank has invited quotations to appoint external auditors for reviewing its internal audit and compliance functions...
CA, CS, CMA : Discover the latest developments in the engagement of CA firms by PSBs. Explore changes in concurrent audit policies, RBI directiv...
CA, CS, CMA : Proposed amendments to Section 138 of Companies Act, 2013 by ICSI. Understand why Company Secretaries are equipped to conduct inte...
CA, CS, CMA : Firm of Chartered Accountants cannot accept branch Audit of the Bank if one of the partners has taken the loan from any branch of ...
CA, CS, CMA : The concurrent Auditor of a Branch can undertake the assignment of LFAR only with respect to Branches which are not subject to Sta...
Company Law : The issue involved non-compliance with mandatory internal auditor appointment requirements. The authority imposed penalties as the...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai held that once delay in appointing an Internal Auditor was compounded by the Regional Director and default rectified, n...
Company Law : ROC Chennai held that listed companies must appoint an internal auditor under Section 138. Non-compliance over multiple years resu...
Company Law : The adjudicating authority held that non-appointment of an internal auditor despite crossing the statutory turnover threshold viol...
Company Law : The appeal was dismissed as no documentary evidence of internal auditor appointment was produced. The key takeaway is that statuto...
THE FIVE ‘I’ APPROACH FOR RISK ADVISORY & INTERNAL AUDIT 1. Innovation – Change is the only constant. 2. Interaction – For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, disagreement, argument and debate. 3. Impact -The only limit to your impact is your creativity and commitment. 4. Information – Data will talk to […]
An independent and effective internal audit function in a financial entity provides vital assurance to the Board and its senior management regarding the quality and effectiveness of the entity’s internal control, risk management and governance framework.
In response to the large corporate financial scandals like energy firm Enron Corp, telecommunications giant WorldCom and Tyco International, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was introduced, in the USA, in year 2002. Purpose of the Act was to improve accuracy of financial reporting by establishing formalized system of checks and balances and protect shareholders/ general public from […]
Each organization and its risk environment is unique, depending on different factors, including: business type, size, resources, and laws or regulations. Hence, Risk Control Matrix is an important tool to understand and optimize your organization’s risk profile.
Internal Controls are systematic and procedural steps adopted by an organization to mitigate risks, primarily in the areas of financial accounting and reporting, operational processing and compliance with laws and regulations. Internal Controls (ICs) are essentially risk mitigation steps taken to strengthen the organization’s systems and processes, as well as help to prevent and detect […]
Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value to and improve an organization’s operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. Internal auditing achieves this by providing insight and recommendations based on analyses and assessments of data and business processes. With commitment to integrity and accountability, internal auditing […]
Fixed assets, in an organization represent the long-term tangible assets which are used, -to produce and deliver its products or services, and -to manage its operations. They are assets held for the purpose of providing or producing goods or services and are not meant for sale in the normal course of business. Therefore, an asset […]
Risk-based internal audit is an internal methodology which is primarily focused on the inherent risks involved in the activities or system and provide assurance that risk is being managed by the management within the defined risk appetite level. Risk is defined as ‘the possibility of an event occurring that will have an impact on the […]
Dear readers, in the era of this competitive market, the key to success and to stay live in market is to provide best customer service/product at reasonable price. To achieve this success mantra, internal audit of organization can play a vital role. In laymen language Audit means verification/ authentication of our records, processes, goals etc […]
The Internal Audit prescribed under Section 138 of Companies Act 2013 has become an apple of discord between the Chartered Accountants and Cost Accountants simply because of defective law governing it. However nobody is addressing the issue for correcting the law to the govt. and CAs are being accused of prevailing over the prerogative to […]
