Managing Corporate Finance
1051 Points
Joined March 2009
Hi Saran,
If you see my earlier reply, you will notice that I used the word 'theoretically' .. In practice, many CAs dates their Audit Report the same as that of Board Meeting (plz note that this is even NOT WRONG) .. Even I have handled many cases (including one public co.) where signature date is of Board Meeting. SO, in practice is it OK.
Now I move to Reliance issue .. In case of such HUNKS i.e. such Big Companies, Auditors don't wait till last moment. Their Audit goes on throughout the year. They take periodic reviews even. Hence, at 31st March i.e. year end, 90% of Audit generally gets over. What remains is just a closing entries and other formalities. Hence, their Audit Report gets complete before Board Meeting and they dates their Report the date of BoD meeting.
This is my opinion. Other views are welcome.