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Forensic Accounting vs Internal Audit: Key Differences

CA, CS, CMA : This explains how internal audit focuses on ongoing risk prevention while forensic accounting investigates suspected fraud. The ke...

December 22, 2025 825 Views 0 comment Print

Internal Audit under Companies Act, 2013: Thresholds, Appointment & Reporting Obligations

Company Law : Learn which companies must appoint internal auditors under Section 138, the eligibility criteria, and the statutory compliance ste...

December 2, 2025 4272 Views 0 comment Print

Use of Financial Management Concepts in Internal Audit

CA, CS, CMA : Discover how internal auditors use financial management concepts like inventory, cash, and capital management to assess efficiency...

September 11, 2025 726 Views 0 comment Print

AI-Driven Internal Auditing: A Practical Guide for Finance & Audit Professionals

CA, CS, CMA : A practical guide to integrating AI into internal auditing, covering its applications in risk assessment, fieldwork, reporting, an...

September 11, 2025 876 Views 0 comment Print

Use of Cost Accounting Concepts, Techniques & Methods In Internal Audit

CA, CS, CMA : Explore how cost accounting methods enhance internal audit through variance analysis, marginal costing, CVP, and risk-based auditi...

September 10, 2025 657 Views 0 comment Print


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Empanelment of Auditors with J&K Bank for Internal Audit & Compliance

CA, CS, CMA : A public sector bank has invited quotations to appoint external auditors for reviewing its internal audit and compliance functions...

January 14, 2026 2439 Views 0 comment Print

CA Firms Engagement in PSBs: Recent Changes and Trends

CA, CS, CMA : Discover the latest developments in the engagement of CA firms by PSBs. Explore changes in concurrent audit policies, RBI directiv...

December 5, 2023 1608 Views 0 comment Print

Allow company Secretaries to do Internal Audit of Companies under Section 138: ICSI

CA, CS, CMA : Proposed amendments to Section 138 of Companies Act, 2013 by ICSI. Understand why Company Secretaries are equipped to conduct inte...

September 8, 2023 36153 Views 1 comment Print

FAQs: Professional ethics of members pertaining to Bank Assignments

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 ...

April 10, 2023 13473 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI clarifies on LFAR & Certification by Concurrent/Internal Auditor

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...

April 10, 2023 9054 Views 0 comment Print


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ROC Imposed Penalty for Failure to Appoint Internal Auditor Despite High Turnover

Company Law : The issue involved non-compliance with mandatory internal auditor appointment requirements. The authority imposed penalties as the...

March 25, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty Under Section 450 After Compounding of Internal Auditor Default

Company Law : ROC Mumbai held that once delay in appointing an Internal Auditor was compounded by the Regional Director and default rectified, n...

February 13, 2026 417 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Chennai Imposed Penalty for Failure to Appoint Internal Auditor

Company Law : ROC Chennai held that listed companies must appoint an internal auditor under Section 138. Non-compliance over multiple years resu...

January 7, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty Imposed for Failure to Appoint Mandatory Internal Auditor

Company Law : The adjudicating authority held that non-appointment of an internal auditor despite crossing the statutory turnover threshold viol...

January 5, 2026 438 Views 0 comment Print

RD Hyderabad Rejected Appeal for Failure to Prove Internal Auditor Appointment

Company Law : The appeal was dismissed as no documentary evidence of internal auditor appointment was produced. The key takeaway is that statuto...

December 17, 2025 285 Views 0 comment Print


Exposure Draft of Standard on Internal Audit (SIA), Internal Audit Evidence

May 18, 2018 951 Views 0 comment Print

IASB of ICAI invites comments on a revised Standard on Internal Audit (SIA) 000 – Internal Audit Evidence. Comments are most helpful if they indicate a clear rationale and, where applicable, provide a suggestion for alternative wording.

Exposure Draft of Standard on Internal Audit (SIA), Internal Audit Documentation

May 18, 2018 741 Views 0 comment Print

IASB of ICAI invites comments on a revised Standard on Internal Audit (SIA) 000 – Internal Audit Documentation. Comments are most helpful if they indicate a clear rationale and, where applicable, provide a suggestion for alternative wording.

Exposure Draft of Standard on Internal Audit (SIA), Managing Internal Audit Function

May 18, 2018 594 Views 0 comment Print

IASB of ICAI invites comments on a new Standard on Internal Audit (SIA) 000 – Managing the Internal Audit Function. Comments are most helpful if they indicate a clear rationale and, where applicable, provide a suggestion for alternative wording.

Role of Internal Audit in Fraud Prevention and Detection

January 2, 2018 14133 Views 0 comment Print

Fraud is not a recent phenomenon associated to some highly-publicized cases of financial fraud from the last two centuries. It can be found early in the history of our world as men have made use of tricks, manipulation, and deceit in order to acquire money, land, goods, or trust, with the overall objective of making profit.

ICAI Exposure Draft Framework Governing Internal Audits

January 1, 2018 1356 Views 0 comment Print

Internal audits are conducted within a defined framework that lays down the boundaries and identifies, in a broad manner, how the internal audit activity is performed. This framework provides the required clarity on key components of the audit activity and helps aggregate all aspects of the internal audit process in a cohesive manner thereby ensuring standardization of key requirements governing internal audit assignments.

Exposure Draft of Preface to Framework & Standards on Internal Audit

December 28, 2017 1032 Views 0 comment Print

EXPOSURE DRAFT PREFACE TO THE FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS ON INTERNAL AUDIT* (Last date for comments- January 17, 2018) The Internal Audit Standards Board of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) invites comments on proposed revision to the Preface to the Framework and Standards on Internal Audit. Comments are most helpful if they indicate […]

How to Implement Effective Internal Controls to Prevent Revenue Leakage

December 7, 2017 2961 Views 2 comments Print

Small business dealers dealing in unorganized markets has always faced the problem of revenue leakage due to lack of availability of Man Power Resources as well as too much dependence and trust on existing employees.

Internal Audit And Scope For “Other” Professionals

November 2, 2017 26679 Views 0 comment Print

The term audit is derived from the Latin term audire which means to hear. In early days an auditor used to listen to the accounts read over by an accountant in order to check them.

Exposure Draft of the proposed revised definition of internal audit

October 26, 2017 1917 Views 0 comment Print

EXPOSURE DRAFT – PROPOSED REVISED DEFINITION OF INTERNAL AUDIT (Last date for comments -November 25, 2017) The Internal Audit Standards Board of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) invites comments on proposed revised definition of internal audit. An explanation has also been included as part of the revised definition to provide additional clarity […]

Emerging Issues And Challenges in Internal Auditing

September 4, 2017 4659 Views 1 comment Print

Traditionally, the internal audit function focused on providing core assurance around business process risk and controls. But, with increasing market volatility and complexity, internal audit is being asked to deliver deeper insights and value beyond assurance, particularly in the areas of strategy execution, emerging risk, and increasing the use of analytics.

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