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The regulator will also gauge the Big Five's compliance with the suggestions made in its December 2023 reports in which it had flagged deficiencies in their work processes, including on non-audit services that they provide to the same companies of which they are the statutory auditors, one of the persons said.
In recent times, more and more audit firms have challenged company managements, some going to the extent of resigning on the ground of incompatibility with what the management wanted or was doing. This, said Ajay Bhushan Pandey, chairman of the National Financial Regulatory Authority (NFRA), in a media interview, was a good sign. Now, the national accounting watchdog has turned the spotlight on audit firms themselves.
India Business News: NEW DELHI: The audit and non-services offered by the Big Four network and other firms to their clients are under the lens of the National Financial Re.
The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is investigating audit and non-audit services provided by the Big Four and other firms to clients. NFRA has raised concerns about conflict of interest and independence issues, leading to disciplinary actions. Violations include exceeding the revenue limit for non-audit services and breaching the cap on revenue from a single client.
The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has issued an inspection report on audit firm Walker Chandiok & Co LLP (WCCL), highlighting lapses such as the lack of integration between electronic and paper files and the provision of non-audit services prohibited under the Companies Act, 2013. The report also highlighted the existence of related entities of WCCL, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP (GTBL), Grant Thornton Advisory Private Ltd (GTAPL) which are part of a large global "GTIL Network" as per the standard on Quality Control (SQC) 1.