We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Infosys
Limited (''the Company'') which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st
March, 2012, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow
Statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with
the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211
of the Companies Act, 1956 (''the Act''). This responsibility
includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control
relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial
statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Those standards require that we comply with
ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether
due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor
considers internal control relevant to the Company''s preparation and
fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also
includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and
the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Management,
as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information
required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India :
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31 March, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (''the
Order''), as amended, issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act, we give in the
Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of
the said Order.
2. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, we report that :
a. we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
b. 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;
c. the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d. in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss,
and Cash Flow Statement comply with the Accounting Standards referred
to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956; and
e. on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on 31 March, 2012, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors are disqualified as on 31 March, 2012, from being
appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of
Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure to the auditors'' report
The Annexure referred to in our report to the members of Infosys
Limited (''the Company'') (formerly Infosys Technologies Limited) for
the year ended 31 March, 2012. We report that :
(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 fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In accordance with this programme, certain
fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification. In our opinion, this
periodicity of physical verification is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets.
(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)(a) The Company has granted a loan to a body corporate covered in
the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956
(''the Act''). The maximum amount outstanding during the year was Rs
26,95,65,993 and the year-end balance of such loan amounted to Rs
12,39,007. Other than the above, the Company has not granted any loans,
secured or unsecured, to companies, firms or parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
on which the loan has been granted to the body corporate listed in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act are not, prima facie,
prejudicial to the interest of the Company
(c) In the case of the loan granted to the body corporate listed in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act, the borrower has been
regular in the payment of the interest as stipulated. The terms of
arrangement do not stipulate any repayment schedule and the loan is
repayable on demand. Accordingly, paragraph 4(iii)(c) of the Order is
not applicable to the Company in respect of repayment of the principal
amount.
(d) There are no overdue amounts of more than Rs 1 lakh in respect of
the loan granted to a body corporate listed in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act.
(e) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured from
companies, firms or parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii)(e) to 4(iii)(g)
of the Order are 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 sale of services. The activities of the
Company do not involve purchase of inventory and the sale of goods. We
have not observed any major weakness in the internal control system
during the course of the audit.
(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that section.
(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 (v)(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 the nature of its business.
(viii) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Act 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, Investor Education and
Protection Fund, Income tax, Sales tax, Wealth tax, Service tax and
other material statutory dues have been regularly deposited during the
year by the Company with the appropriate authorities. As explained to
us, the Company did not have any dues on account of Employees'' State
Insurance, Customs duty and Excise duty.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Investor
Education and Protection Fund, Income tax, Sales tax, Wealth tax,
Service tax and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31
March, 2012, for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
are no material dues of Wealth tax and Cess which have not been
deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any dispute.
However, according to information and explanations given to us, the
following dues of Income tax, Sales tax, and Service tax, have not been
deposited by the Company on account of disputes :
Name of the
statute Nature of
dues Amount (in Rs) Period to
which the
amount Forum where
dispute is
relates pending
Income Tax
Act, 1961 Interest
on
Income-tax 50,84,704 Assessment
year
2006-2007 Commissioner
of Income
demanded
Tax (Appeals),
Bangalore
Income Tax
Act, 1961 Demand
under
Section (1) 7,30,25,295 Assessment
year
2009-2010 Commissioner
of Income
156 Tax (Appeals),
Bangalore
Service tax Service
tax
demanded (1) 5,75,63,973 July 2004
to October
2005 Custom Excise
and Service
Tax Appellate
Tribunal,
Bangalore
Service tax Service
tax
demanded (1) 2,57,84,864 January
2005 to
March
2009 Custom Excise
and Service
Tax Appellate
Tribunal,
Bangalore
Service tax Service
tax and
penalty 23,15,20,178 February
2007 to
March
2009 Custom Excise
and Service
demanded Tax Appellate
Tribunal,
Bangalore
Service tax Service
tax
demanded 4,19,72,658 April 2009
to March
2010 Commissioner,
Bangalore
APVAT Act, 2005 Inter-state
sales 4,17,650 April 2006
to March
2007 Sales Tax
Appellate
demanded Tribunal,
Andhra Pradesh
APVAT
Act, 2005 Sales tax
demanded (1)31,12,450 April 2007
to March
2008 High Court of
Andhra
Pradesh
KVAT Act, 2003 Sales tax,
interest
and (1)(2) 24,53,43,
982 April 2005
to March
2009 High Court of
Karnataka
penalty
demanded
MVAT Act, 2002 Excess
refund
along (1) 13,20,455 January
2006 to Deputy
Commissioner,
with
interest
demanded. December
2007 Sales Tax,
Pune
CENVAT Credit Irregular
availment
of (1)11,14,13,495 October
2004 to
March 2009 Custom Excise
and Service
Rules, 2004 CENVAT
credit Tax Appellate
Tribunal,
Bangalore
A stay order has been received against the amount disputed and not
deposited.
(2) Net of amounts paid under protest.
(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.
(xvi) The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
(xvii) The Company has not raised any funds on short-term basis.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act.
(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 B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm''s registration No. 101248W
Natrajh Ramakrishna
Bangalore Partner
13 April, 2012 Membership No. 32815 |