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January 2023

New Year Resolution!

By C. N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
Reading Time 4 mins
Shrikrishna: Hello, Arjun, all set to usher in New Year?

Arjun: Yes, Lord. Planning so many ambitious things!

Shrikrishna: Very good. For example?

Arjun: I am taking a pledge. I won’t start any work unless and until I am properly appointed.

Shrikrishna: Why? What makes you think that way? Of course, it is a good thing.

Arjun: Our friends are suffering unnecessarily for this reason.
        
Shrikrishna: What happened?

Arjun: Bhagwan, you know everything. Still, you are asking me?

Shrikrishna: True, I know what you are referring to. But tell it again so that other Pandavas also know.

Arjun: Fine. There was a large listed NBFC engaged in housing finance.

Shrikrishna: OK. What of that?

Arjun: Now it is facing many enquiries due to a big fraud of a few thousand crores!

Shrikrishna: Mostly, such frauds are sponsored by the management itself. One has to be very careful.

Arjun: True. For over 15 years, the company has been appointing only statutory auditors.

Shrikrishna: OK. Then?

Arjun: Then the company started appointing 25 to 30 SME firms to conduct branch audit of over 200 branches. This was in consultation with the statutory auditors.

Shrikrishna: So, the branch auditors were not appointed by the company directly in its annual general meeting. Right?

Arjun: Yes. The appointment letter of branche