Statutory audit and internal auditor

can a internal auditor of f.y. 20-21 become a statutory auditor of f.y. 21-22 ?
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An internal auditor for one financial year cannot typically become the statutory auditor for the subsequent year. This is primarily to maintain the independence required for a statutory audit, preventing threats like self-interest or self-review. While statutory audits provide an opinion on the true and fair view of financial statements, internal audits focus on error and fraud detection and prevention.

No, Internal Auditor cannot be appointed as statutory auditor

No internal auditor of f.y. 20-21 cannot become a statutory auditor of f.y. 21-22

No ,internal auditor can not be statutory auditor because maker checker should be different ,if internal auditor himself do auditing then there is independence examination of financial statement
No internal auditor cannot become statutory auditor because there is threat of audit independence
it could be self interest threats or self review threats.

Statutory Audit is done annually to form an opinion on the financial Statement of the Company i.e. whether they are showing the true and fair views of the affairs of the Company or not Whereas Internal Audit is done basically to detect and prevent errors and frauds.

Whether an internal audit has been carried out or not, statutory audit is done that comments on the effectiveness of the financial statements of the company. ... While internal auditors are appointed by the management of the company, statutory auditors are appointed by the shareholders of the company.

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