1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Aditya Birla Money
Limited (''the Company'') as at March 31, 2011 and also the Profit and
Loss account and the cash flow statement for the year ended on that
date annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose
in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4
and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in para 3
above, we report that:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
ii. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
iii. The balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv. In our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash
flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the
Companies Act, 1956.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31, 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors are disqualified as on
March 31, 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956, in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India;
a) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2011;
b) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the loss for the year
ended on that date; and
c) in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR REPORT OF EVEN DATE
Re: Aditya Birla Money Limited (‘the Company’)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a phased program for physical verification of all
its fixed assets which in our opinion, is reasonable having regards to
the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. During the year,
material discrepancies noticed on verification of information
technology assets and V – SAT equipments have been properly dealt in
the books of the accounts in the manner described in note 17.2(A).
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) The Company is a stock broker and therefore does not have any
inventories. Accordingly, Clause (ii) of the Companies (Auditors’
Report) Order 2003 (as amended) is not applicable to the Company.
(iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured
or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, clauses 4 (iii)(b), 4 (iii)(c) and 4(iii)(d) of the Order
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of Section 227 of the Act, are not applicable to the Company.
(b) As informed, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or
unsecured from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, clauses 4 (iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Order issued by
the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section
227 of the Act, are not applicable to the Company.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business, for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. The activities
of the Company do not involve any purchase or sale of inventory. During
the course of our audit, no major weakness has been noticed in the
internal control system in respect of these areas. During the course
of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct
major weakness in internal control system of the company.
(v) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that there are no contracts or
arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under
section 301. Accordingly, clauses 4(v)(a) and 4(v)(b) of the Order
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of Section 227 of the Act, are not applicable to the Company.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for
the products of the Company.
(ix) (a) The Company is generally regular in depositing with
appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident
fund, employees’ state insurance dues, service tax investor education
and protection fund, income-tax, wealth-tax, cess and other material
statutory dues applicable to it. Statutory dues in respect of sales
tax, customs duty and excise duty are not applicable to the Company.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441 A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of
the company in depositing the same.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees’ state insurance, income-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were
outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from
the date they became payable.
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax, service tax and cess on account of any dispute, are as
follows:
Name of Nature of Amount Period to which the Forum where
the Statute Dues (Rs.) amount relates dispute is
pending
Income Tax Income Tax 21,891,567 AY-2008-09 CIT (Appeals)
Act, 1961
Finance Service tax 7,283,390 April 2004- Commissioner
Act, 1994 June 2008 of Service
tax
Finance Service tax 376,714 October 2004- Commissioner
Act, 1994 March 2009 of Service
tax
Finance Service tax 1,116,339 December 2008- Commissioner
Act, 1994 November 2009 of Service
tax
Finance Act, Service tax 21,821 November 2009- Commissioner
1994 March 2010 of Service
tax
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year. However, the Company has incurred cash losses in the current year
but not in the immediately preceeding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to banks. There are no
dues to a financial institutions or debenture holders.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In respect of dealing/trading in shares, securities, debentures
and other investments, in our opinion and according to the information
and explanations given to us, proper records have been maintained of
the transactions and contracts and timely entries have been made
therein. The shares, securities, debentures and other investments have
been held by the Company, in its own name.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
or financial institutions.
(xvi) The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report
that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issue during
the years Accordingly Clause (xx) of the Companies (Auditors Report)
Order 2003 (as amended) is not applicable to the Company.
(xxi) Based on information and explanations given to us, we report
that, during the year there have been certain instances of fraud on the
Company by employees where unauthorized trades/ cheque forgery related
embezzlements have occurred for amounts aggregating Rs 637,700/-. The
Company does not consider these to be material to the financial
statements and has taken legal against these persons and has provided
for amounts which are not considered to be recoverable.
Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting
the true and fair view of the financial statements and as per the
information and explanations given by the management, we report that no
other fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Firm registration number: 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per Amit Majmudar
Partner
Membership No: 036656
Place: Mumbai
Date: April 21, 2011
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