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Expanding Limits of Internal Audit - IA in Corporate Governance

  Gayathri R    25 January 2021 at 17:45

Corporate Governance means the credibility, accountability of an entity to its stakeholders. Corporate governance is the keyword in any organization as it decides the rise and fall on an entity.



Auditing Financial Internal Controls

  S Bhatnagar    19 January 2021 at 09:54

Detailed analysis of provisions regarding Sarbanes Oxley Act(SOX) , Corporate Responsibility for Financial Reports and the Internal Controls to be reviewed by the IT systems auditors while conducting an audit



Revised Code of Ethics by ICAI

  Venkat Raj    15 December 2020 at 09:51

ICAI, being the regulator, certifier, and educator of the accountancy profession since 1949 in India has brought up a new code of ethics in 2019. The same was to be made effective from 1st April 2020 however made applicable from 1st July 2020 due to COVID 19.



Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020) - Additions, Omissions and Alterations

  Rashish Gangadharani    14 December 2020 at 09:52

MCA has announced that CARO 2020 will apply for financial years commencing from 1st April 2020 instead of financial years commencing on or after 1st April 2019...



Data analysis in internal audit of retail sector

  CA Amrita Chattopadhyay    01 December 2020 at 11:34

The auditors have been using client data to form opinions and to understand financial transactions. In this article, we will discuss the data analysis of the retail sector.



CARO 2020- Only borrow money when it’s going to make you money!

  Prateek Mankad    23 November 2020 at 09:59

CARO 2020 sharpens the reporting requirements with respect to utilization and end-use of funds, including bringing back certain requirements around the use of short term funds for long term purposes



Can the Audit Committee comprise of executive directors as its members - A study

  Ramaswami Kalidas    17 November 2020 at 11:54

An Audit Committee shall function independently, and should comprise majorly of independent directors with a balance of non-executive and non-independent directors.



Analysis of Form 3CA, 3CB and 3CD - Part 1: Form 3CA

  Vivek Agarwal FCA, CS, LLB    05 November 2020 at 15:46

Tax Audit Report in Form No. 3CA is applicable, where a person having business/profession, is required to get its accounts audited under any law.



Tax Audit Report and Forms 3CA, 3CB, 3CD, and 3CE - A Comprehensive Analysis

  Shweta    05 November 2020 at 12:11

All about the Tax Audit Report and Forms 3CA, 3CB, 3CD, and 3CE including its particulars, objectives, due date, and penalty, etc.



Data analysis in accounts payable and accounts receivable - Audit perspective

  CA Amrita Chattopadhyay    02 November 2020 at 16:51

For auditors, the main driver of using data analytics is to improve the quality of an audit. In this article, we discuss two important areas where the auditors need to concentrate.