We have audited the attached balance sheet of Aztecsoft Limited (the
Company) as at March 31, 2009, the profit and loss account and the
cash flow statement of the Company for the year ended on that date,
annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements based on our audit.
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.
As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (the
Order), as amended, issued by the Ministry of Company Affairs, 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.
Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to 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, to the extent applicable;
(v) on the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as at March 31, 2009, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors are disqualified as at
March 31, 2009 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (I) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956 on the
said date; and
(vi) in our opinion, 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, 2009;
b. in the case of the profit and loss account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
c. in the case of the cash flow statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors report
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which all fixed assets are verified in a phased manner
over a period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of
physical verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the
Company and the nature of its assets. In accordance with this
programme, certain fixed assets have been physically verified by
Management during the current year and no material discrepencies were
found.
(c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial and
therefore do not affect the going concern assumption.
(ii) The Company is a service company, primarily rendering information
technology services.Accordingly it does not hold any physical
inventories. Thus, paragraph 4 (ii) of the Order is not applicable.
(iii) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured to or from Companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, paragraph 4 (iii) of the Order is not applicable.
(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 with regard
to purchase of fixed assets and the sale of services.The activities of
the Company do not involve purchase of inventories and sale of goods.
We have not observed any major weakness in the internal control system
during the course of the audit.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that the transactions that need to be entered into
the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956
have been so entered.
(b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts and
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of Rs.5
lakh with any party during the year have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time.
(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) The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of
cost records under Section 209(l)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for any
of the services rendered by the Company.
(ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts
deducted/accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Service
tax, Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory dues have been
generally regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the
appropriate authorities though there has been a slight delay in a few
cases.As explained to us, the Company did not have any dues on account
of Excise duty, Employees State Insurance, Wealth tax and Investor
Education and Protection Fund.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of Cess payable under Section 441A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment on the regularity or otherwise of
the Company in depositing the same.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Income-tax,
Sales-tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues were in arrears as at March 31,2009 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanation given to us, there are
no dues in the respect of Customs duty, Cess and other material
statutory dues which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.
According to the information and explanations given to us, the
following dues of Income-tax and Sales Tax have not been deposited by
the Company on account of dispute:
Name of the Statuse Nature of the Dues Amount (Rs.
in Thousands)
Income-tax Act, 1961 Tax/Interest demanded 78,981*
Income-tax Act, 1961 Tax/Interest demanded 46,764*
Income-tax Act, 1961 Tax/Interest demanded 60,837
Income-tax Act, 1961 Tax/Interest demanded 28,484
Karnataka Value
Added Tax Act, 2003 Tax/Interest demanded 5,859*
Karnataka Sales
Tax Act, 1957 Tax demand / Penalty 287*
Period to which the Forum where dispute is pendign
2001-2002 Honble High Court of Karnataka**
2002-2003 Commissioner of Income Taxes (Appeals), Bangalore
2003-2004 Commissioner of Income Taxes (Appeals), Bangalore
2004-2005 Commissioner of Income Taxes (Appeals), Bangalore
April 2005
to March 2007 Joint Commissioner of Commercial taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Upto July
2004 Assistant Commissioner of Commercial taxes (Recovery),
Bangalore
* The above amounts are net of amount paid under protest.
** Stay granted by the Honble High Court of Karnataka vide order dated
4 November 2008.
(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institution, banks or debenture-holders during the year.
(xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis
of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit
fund/ society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions, the terms and conditions of which are
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(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 are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to companies/ firms/ parties 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 public issues during the
year.
(xxi) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
material fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit.
for BSR & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Zubin Shekary
Bangalore Partner
April 27, 2009 Membership Number: 048814 |