The branches that are required to be covered for reporting on Internal Financial Control will be determined and scoped in by the Statutory Central Auditors.
Audit trails are records (manual or electronic) that chronologically catalogue events to provide supporting documentation used to establish authentication and integrity of a transaction.
Let us review the role of an audit committee and the applicability of the audit committee as per the Companies Act, 2013 to understand its importance in Corporate Governance & role in Internal Financial Control.
The general purpose financial statements of an entity are prepared using the going concern basis of accounting unless the management intends to liquidate or to cease the operations or there is no realistic alternative to do so.
Audit risk is a risk that an auditor will not detect errors or fraud while examining the information collected and a material misstatement may go undetected.
An MRL is issued by the client (Auditee) to the auditor in writing as a part of Audit Evidence. This document during the audit clarifies the separation of responsibilities of the auditor and auditee (management).
It is very important to establish adequate controls in the payroll process. Further, it is also important to know that the controls established are working adequately.
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.
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
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.