Applicability of Internal Audit
Applicability of Internal Audit
Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 13 of
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 requires the following classes of Companies to
appoint an Internal Auditor, who shall either be a Chartered Accountant, Cost
Accountant, or such other professional as may be decided by the Board to conduct
internal audit of the functions and activities of the company:
Ø
every listed company
Ø
every unlisted public company having
o
paid up share capital of
fifty crore rupees or more during the preceding financial year; or
o
turnover of two hundred crore
rupees or more during the preceding financial year; or
o
outstanding loans or
borrowings from banks or public financial institutions exceeding one hundred
crore rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial year;
or
o
outstanding deposits of twenty
five crore rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial
year;
Ø
every private company having
o
turnover of two hundred crore
rupees or more during the preceding financial year, or
o
outstanding loans or
borrowings from banks or public financial institutions exceeding one hundred
crore rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial year.
The Central Government may, by rules, prescribe the manner
and the intervals in which the internal audit shall be conducted and reported
to the Board.
Therefore, the companies which fulfil the criteria mentioned above
should mandatorily comply with the provisions of Section 138 and should appoint
an Internal Auditor.
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