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Background Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013 (2013 Act) , an auditor of a company is required to state in his/her audit report whether the company has an adequate internal financial controls (IFC) system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls. Explanation to Section 134(5)(e) of the 2013 Act defines IFC to include policies and procedures adopted by the company for ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of its business, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and timely preparation of reliable financial information. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) had issued a Guidance Note in November 2014. This Guidance Note has been revised subsequently and the ICAI issued a revised ‘Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting’ (Guidance Note) on 14 September 2015. What is Internal Financial Control Over Financial Reporting? Internal Controls are to be an integral part of any organization’s fina...

  Background During 2019 and 2020, as many as 29 labour laws amalgamated, simplified, rationalized into 4 labour codes as below: The code on Wages 2019 The Industrial Relations Code 2020 The code on Social Security 2020 The Occupancy Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 These four codes are likely to be implemented soon as around 23 states have already come out with draft rules (as Labour is Concurrent subject) How New Labour Code Impact Employees? The four codes, if implemented, will drastically alter the way industrial houses treat their employees and also impact the working hours, take home salary and other rights of employees. Once the wages code comes into force, there will be significant changes in terms of salary restricting, basic pay, provident fund, gratuity of employees are calculated. A key change is that it would impact take-home pay, but increase retirement savings—something that a section employers are opposed to as it may increase their employee costs. As...

5 Things to Look for Before Outsourcing Once you decided to outsource, the next step should be to choose an outsourcing company that will be a great fit with your goals and objectives, but most importantly, would be able to match your needs and requirements. We believe, that when outsourced bookkeeping services in India  and accounting services, the service providers’ experience, quality of resources, and track record must be the top priority. However, a few more essential factors must be considered, as well. 1. What Accounting and Bookkeeping Services do you Need? Is it to prepare the end of the month reports, balance sheet, payroll services, tax compliance, or taking care of your account payables and receivables? You may need someone to prepare your bank reconciliations and analysis or just enter the data into the accounting software? Whatever it would be, you need to be clear on what you will do personally, what’s your in-house staff is responsible for and what you want someone ...