Taxmanns Practical Workbook for Bank Branch Auditors Onestopreference Manual cum Audit Notebook (with Hints & Checklists)

This practical workbook, i.e. work programme cum audit notebook, is a one-stop reference for bank branch auditors providing a systematic audit approach and procedures. Overall, the aim of the workbook has been to provide an efficient and effective approach for accomplishing branch auditing, simultaneously documenting the audit work.This workbook contains a five-staged approach: Acceptance of Audit Planning the Audit Conducting the Preliminary Audit Conducting the Final Audit Reporting the AuditIn each stage, the audit approach and procedures have been suggested in accordance with the RBI Norms and ICAI Standards on auditing.This book is helpful for branch auditors in accomplishing their branch audit more purposefully & bringing more comfort to the Statutory Central Auditors, Boards and Management.The Present Publication is the 7th Edition & amended up to 24th February 2023. This book is authored by CA Ishwar Chandra, with the following noteworthy features: [RBIs Extant Notifications/Circulars & Audit Procedures] each chapter has been divided into two paragraphs. In the first paragraph, RBIs extant notifications /circulars have been discussed to help acquaint them with relevant legal/regulatory guidelines. While in the next section, audit procedures have been suggested [References of RBI Notifications & ICAI Standards on Auditing] have been given below the audit procedures [Audit Hints for Technology Environment of Banks], i.e., Finacle, B@NCS and Flexcube have been given [LFAR Procedures] contain what and how to evaluate and how to report. For reporting help, audit comments have been illustrated [CBS Environment] An entire chapter has been devoted to the useful system-generated reports for branch auditing in CBS environments, along with relevant commands/shortcuts and menus/navigations [Examples for Independent Bank Branch Auditors Report] for forming different forms of audit opinions and memorandum of changes (MOCs) have been suggested [SBA Formats] To collect and evaluate the information in each stage, audit templates/SBA Formats have been suggested The structure of the booko In the initial chapters, pre-acceptance, post-acceptance and planning procedures are giveno Subsequent chapters devoted to the bank branch auditing, which are as follows: Audit of New Advances, including Audit of Credit Monitoring Audit of Special Mention Accounts (SMAs) Audit of IRACP and Resolution of Stressed Assets Audit of Financial Statements LFAR Procedures Audit Procedures of Capital Adequacy Norms Audit Procedures for Special-purpose Certificationso The book includes two appendices, Appendix - A and Appendix - B In Appendix - A (24 Nos.), audit templates (SBA Formats) have been provided to help seek and obtain information and to evaluate the information obtained. In Appendix - B, various notifications (e.g. RBI Circulars and ICAI Standards) are appended for quick reference of branch auditors The contents of the book are as follows:o Introduction to Audit of Financial Statementso Pre-Acceptance Procedureso Post-Acceptance Procedureso Planning Considerationso CBS Environment | Useful System-Generated Reportso Offsite Planningo Onsite Planningo Performing Preliminary (Routine) Audit Procedureso Audit of New Advanceso Audit of Credit Monitoringo Audit of Special Mention Accounts (SMA)o Audit of Income Recognition and Asset Classificationo Audit of Provisioningo Audit of Resolution of Stressed Assetso Performing General Ledgers (GL) and Profit & Loss (PL) Audit Procedureso Long Form Audit Reporting (LFAR) Procedureso Audit of Capital Adequacyo Special-Purpose Certification Procedureso Issuing Independent Branch Auditors Report