Statutory audit of banks explained

In our previous posts we talked about (1) Tax audit, (2) What is the stock audit, and (3) What is a forensic audit?  (4) What is a Legal Audit? (5) Concurrent Audit System in bank. In this post let us study what is a statutory audit. RBI issues new guidelines for the Appointment of Statutory…

Security Arrangements in banks and ATMs

Given the prevailing law and order situation and other subversive activities carried out by antisocial/extremist organizations in the country mainly targeting the banks, the Reserve Bank of India and Indian Bank Association had prepared checklists of guidelines for stringent security arrangements for implementation in banks. The “Report of the Working Group to Review Security Arrangements…

How nominees/legal heirs can claim money from PPF, NSC, SCSS, and other post office deposits

The Ministry of communication, Government of India has made certain amendments to make the process of claiming money from the small savings schemes such as Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC), Post Office Monthly Income Scheme (PO-MIS), etc.  The process of claiming money has been streamlined by the department via a circular dated…

What is a Long Form Audit Report (LFAR)?

In our previous posts, we talked about What is a statutory audit? In addition to the normal audit report as per the statutory requirements, the terms of the public, private & foreign sector banks involve the auditors to furnish an LFAR. The overall objective of the Long Form Audit Report (LFAR) is to identify and…