ICAI has issued a revised Code of Ethics 2019 which is applicable from 1st April 2020. The purpose of the Code is to promote an ethical culture in auditing.
The term Small Shareholders have been defined as persons holding shares of a nominal value of not more than INR 20,000 or such other sum as may be prescribed.
The management needs to have a certain benchmark to assess the adequacy of controls for the mitigation of risks. Without these benchmarks, the risk assessment will be subjective without any guiding post.
The new provisions have removed the concept of perpetuity and have provided that the registration of even existing organizations registered u/s 12A and 12AA would be renewable after 5 years.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide Notification dated 24 March 2021 has amended Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013, which shall be effective from the 1st day of April 2021.
Cyber security risks and controls are within the scope of the auditor's concern only to the extent that it could impact the financial statement. For this purpose, the auditor needs to have an understanding of the impact of IT on the financial statement.
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.
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.
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.
Proper inventory control enables successful cost control of operations. In this article, we discuss some of the potential risks, data analysis and exception tests that an organisation can implement, for effective inventory management.