Is stat auditor to sign his report on bm date??

hi as in AGM there are four ordinary business to be adopted as per sec173 of co. act 1956 and out of them one is adoption of audited financial a/c and audit report and also according to co. act auditor has to submit their report before AGM
and please correct me if i wrong anywhere

Hi Saran,

Auditor will dates his Audit Report after the date of Board Meeting and date of Audit Committee. This is because :-

Auditor (theoretically) starts Audit after approval of Fin Statements in Board Meeting.

Audit Committee (as per Clause 49 of Listing Agreement and Sec. 292A of Co Act) has to arrange at least TWO meeting with Stat Auditor viz. one before commencement of Stat Audit and second after completion of it but before FINALIZATION of Audit Report.

Hence, Auditor generally dates his Audit Report after aforesaid two meetings but before the date of AGM (at least 23 days before AGM).

Kindly rectify me if Im wrong.

You are absolutely right Mr.Yogesh shah.

Do u have any idea, why every auditor signs on Board meeting date?????

  Refer Page112   of RIL Annual Report from below link.

  https://www.ril.com/rportal1/DownloadLibUploads/1337076407252_AR08052012R.pdf

Its not for those on this tread..
Its for every one

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.