Audit Trail - A Practical Guide
- Year of Publication: 2023
- ISBN: 978-93-94163-41-6
- No.of Pages: 257
Audit Trail – A Practical Guide is equipped with the following features:
- Introduction
- Difference in financial years for accounting (FY 2023-24) and auditing (FY 2022-23) – A conundrum
- Audit trail for books of accounts or accounting software
- Whether appropriateness of audit trail needs to be assessed retrospectively
- Accounting Software – one for books of accounts and another for financial statements
- Consolidated financial statements
- Using the accounting software which is supported by service providers
- Internal controls and audit approach for assessing the appropriateness of audit trail
- Retention of audit trail
- Audit trail operated throughout the year for all transactions recorded in the software
- Management’s Responsibility and Directors’ Report
- Written Representations
- Risk assessment in IT environment
- Standards on Auditing (SA) Checklists
- Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 — Checklist
Guidance from Implementation Guide issued by AASB of ICAI has also been incorporated at appropriate places in the Book.
CA. Kamal Garg is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a First Class Commerce Baccalaureate from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi and an academic resource partner in KGMA, Delhi. He has also qualified post qualification course on Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA) conducted by ICAI. Besides this he is also an Insolvency Professional registered with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). He was also the member of Board of Studies (BOS) Study Material Research Group (2009-2010) of NIRC of ICAI and a special invitee member of Accounting Standards Board (ASB) [2012-2013 and 2020-2021] and Ind- AS (IFRS) Implementation Committee [2014-2015] of ICAI. He was also nominated as a special invitee member to the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Pension (2014-2015) of NIRC of ICAI. He is also the faculty resource of Ethical Standards Board (ESB) and Peer Review Board (PRB) of ICAI. He is also a key resource person for development and review of various study contents and webcasts for BOS of ICAI, such as study material and practice manual on Advanced Auditing for CA Final, eLectures for CA IPCC and CA Final studies, etc.
Besides being a regular guest speaker for IFRS and Management Development Programmes at various forums including ICAI and ICSI, he is also an author of over dozens of book(s) and commentaries on company and commercial laws including Ind AS. He possesses a rich industry experience in the areas of Corporate Laws (like Companies Act, FEMA, Taxation, Foreign Collaborations, Joint Ventures, etc.), Audits and Management Consultancy.
Bharat is a 'trade-name' for a group of concerns, popularly known as Bharat Law House and Bharat Law House Pvt. Ltd. Bharat is one of the most reputed publishers of law books with an experience of over six decades. It possess a very diverse range of publications covering not only the area of taxation - direct and indirect - but also company law, insolvency capital market, finance, industrial law, foreign exchange, commercial, civil and criminal laws. The students publications for CA, CS, CMA, CFA, MBA, graduate and post-graduate studies have carved out a niche for themselves. The Publication House has a professionally qualified team with strong in-house capabilities. Their strength lies in the patronage of legal luminaries in every field. They strive for accuracy, authenticity and sincerity.
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- Year of Publication: 2023
- ISBN: 978-93-94163-41-6
- No.of Pages: 257
Audit Trail – A Practical Guide is equipped with the following features:
- Introduction
- Difference in financial years for accounting (FY 2023-24) and auditing (FY 2022-23) – A conundrum
- Audit trail for books of accounts or accounting software
- Whether appropriateness of audit trail needs to be assessed retrospectively
- Accounting Software – one for books of accounts and another for financial statements
- Consolidated financial statements
- Using the accounting software which is supported by service providers
- Internal controls and audit approach for assessing the appropriateness of audit trail
- Retention of audit trail
- Audit trail operated throughout the year for all transactions recorded in the software
- Management’s Responsibility and Directors’ Report
- Written Representations
- Risk assessment in IT environment
- Standards on Auditing (SA) Checklists
- Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 — Checklist
Guidance from Implementation Guide issued by AASB of ICAI has also been incorporated at appropriate places in the Book.
CA. Kamal Garg is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a First Class Commerce Baccalaureate from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi and an academic resource partner in KGMA, Delhi. He has also qualified post qualification course on Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA) conducted by ICAI. Besides this he is also an Insolvency Professional registered with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). He was also the member of Board of Studies (BOS) Study Material Research Group (2009-2010) of NIRC of ICAI and a special invitee member of Accounting Standards Board (ASB) [2012-2013 and 2020-2021] and Ind- AS (IFRS) Implementation Committee [2014-2015] of ICAI. He was also nominated as a special invitee member to the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Pension (2014-2015) of NIRC of ICAI. He is also the faculty resource of Ethical Standards Board (ESB) and Peer Review Board (PRB) of ICAI. He is also a key resource person for development and review of various study contents and webcasts for BOS of ICAI, such as study material and practice manual on Advanced Auditing for CA Final, eLectures for CA IPCC and CA Final studies, etc.
Besides being a regular guest speaker for IFRS and Management Development Programmes at various forums including ICAI and ICSI, he is also an author of over dozens of book(s) and commentaries on company and commercial laws including Ind AS. He possesses a rich industry experience in the areas of Corporate Laws (like Companies Act, FEMA, Taxation, Foreign Collaborations, Joint Ventures, etc.), Audits and Management Consultancy.
Bharat is a 'trade-name' for a group of concerns, popularly known as Bharat Law House and Bharat Law House Pvt. Ltd. Bharat is one of the most reputed publishers of law books with an experience of over six decades. It possess a very diverse range of publications covering not only the area of taxation - direct and indirect - but also company law, insolvency capital market, finance, industrial law, foreign exchange, commercial, civil and criminal laws. The students publications for CA, CS, CMA, CFA, MBA, graduate and post-graduate studies have carved out a niche for themselves. The Publication House has a professionally qualified team with strong in-house capabilities. Their strength lies in the patronage of legal luminaries in every field. They strive for accuracy, authenticity and sincerity.
