How revenue audit carried out in Banks?

Revenue audit of a bank branches is the audit of items governing income & expenditure of banks.The audit is conducted with a view to verify the accuracy, relevance of expenditure incurred & Incomes earned by the banks according to applicable latest notification and circulars. The audit is entrusted to a Charted Accountant who has to…

Concurrent Audit System in Banks

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) What is a statutory audit? In this post let us study what is a concurrent audit? All scheduled bank branches with deposits over Rs. 50…

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…

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…

What is sampling?

We all know ‘Sample’ means a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like. Similarly, the ‘Random Sampling’ is a way of selecting a portion chosen from the population in order to make inferences about the whole population. For example, pre-polls or exit polls results obtained from random voters aims to…