Company Law : The issue concerns ineffective communication between auditors and governance bodies despite existing legal requirements. NFRA clar...
CA, CS, CMA : Analysis of legal and ethical limits on an Independent Director becoming Statutory Auditor, focusing on cooling-off restrictions u...
Company Law : Failure of the Board to appoint the first auditor within 30 days shifts the power to shareholders. The case clarifies strict adher...
Company Law : The case highlights how inadequate communication between auditors and those charged with governance violates auditing standards. T...
Company Law : Explains the legal requirement for signing financial statements and clarifies that responsibility rests with management, not the a...
Company Law : The issue involved auditor independence concerns arising from network relationships and control weaknesses. The report highlights ...
Company Law : NFRA identified serious deficiencies in audit quality, including poor documentation and weak independence checks. The report highl...
Company Law : NFRA found significant gaps in audit documentation and quality control systems during inspection. The report emphasizes the need f...
Company Law : The issue involved deficiencies in audit documentation and firm-wide quality control systems. The report highlights the need for s...
Company Law : NFRA found major deficiencies in audit documentation and archival practices. The report highlights the need for stronger controls ...
CA, CS, CMA : Supreme Court permits NFRA to continue audit regulatory proceedings against CAs where no final orders exist, but stays execution o...
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...
Income Tax : Read the full text of Madras High Court's judgment on condoning the delay in income tax return filing by Kalvadangam Primary Agric...
Company Law : Challenge to constitutional validity of section 140(5) of Companies Act, 2013 fails and it is observed and held that section 140(5...
Company Law : The company has stated in its application that the auditor was not able to conduct the audit in timely manner also the auditor was...
Company Law : The CAG has issued revised directions for statutory auditors of government companies, effective May 23, 2025, covering investment ...
Company Law : The National Financial Reporting Authority imposes penalties on Deloitte and auditors for misconduct in the ZEEL audit, resulting ...
Company Law : CA Chirag Doshi faces a ₹5 lakh penalty for professional misconduct in the statutory audit of Ushdev International Limited for F...
Income Tax : NFRA imposes penalties on Venkatesh & Co. and debarment of partners for negligence during the audit of Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd,...
Company Law : NFRA reiterates that auditors shall understand their responsibility under CA 2013 and SA 600 with their concomitant responsibiliti...
SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA) has recommended mandatory rotation — every five years — of the partners of the audit firms signing the accounts of a listed company.
PD/A-32/2009 9th September, 2009 Smt. Usha Thorat Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India Central Office Building 18th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road Mumbai-400 001. Madam, Sub: Procedure for allocation of Central Statutory Audits of Public Sector Banks As you are already aware that we have been expressing our serious reservations and concern in respect of […]
Circular Issued by: – Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Office of Registrar of Companies. Issued to: Local Chapter, ICAI/ICSI/ICWAI Sub: – Panel for outsourcing of work of Technical Scrutiny of Balance Sheets. This office (ROC Office) is in process of preparing a panel of professionals for outsourcing the work of Technical scrutiny of Balance sheets filed […]
Learn about the new amended form No. 704 under the MVAT and the issues surrounding it. Get insights into additional responsibilities for auditors and welcome changes in this blog post.
The Government has said that the appointment of statutory auditor is made by the shareholders of a company in its annual general meeting and that it has no proposal to have the statutory auditors appointed by a Regulatory Authority in respect of listed companies. Giving this information in the Lok Sabha today in a written […]
I New firms to be empanelled from the list of audit firms whose Chartered Accountants should have Diploma in Information and System Accounting (DISA) qualification. II Selection for new audit firms to be made only from category III and from category IV SP upto 20% of the total requirement in respect of vacancies.
Suppose Firms A & Co, B& Co. merge in C & Co during the year (a) All three firms are empanelled in bank branch auditor’s panel and audit is allotted to M/s B& Co. only. In the above case, B& Co. will be allowed to take up the audit assignment in the name of C […]
BIODATA FORMAT-2009 Allahabad Bank invites applications in the under noted prescribed format from practising firms of Chartered Accountants of India who are willing to have their firm empanelled as Concurrent/ Revenue Auditor in the Bank. The panel of auditors maintained last year (excluding existing concurrent auditors) since expired and will not be used for appointment […]
As everybody is already aware, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) takes panel from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the empanelment of Statutory Auditors of Regional Rural Banks. (RRBs). In this context, it is advised that members should refrain from sending separate empanelment application/bio data directly to the NABARD for […]
The Satyam scam had its auditors PWC red in the face. Raju had cooked the books for many years and did the auditors fail or were partners in the crime, is for the investigative agencies to find out.But life must go on for Satyam and that’s why the new management is making important changes on […]
