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-9.8 (-0.58%) | Auditor's Report (Maruti Suzuki India) | Year End : Mar '12 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Maruti Suzuki India
Limited (the Company), as at 31st March, 2012, and the related
Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended
on that date annexed thereto, which we have signed under reference to
this report. 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 the 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 by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the Order) issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of ''The Companies Act, 1956''
of India (the ''Act'') and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we further report that:
i) (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management
according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items, except
furniture and fixtures, office appliances and certain other assets
having an aggregate net book value of Rs. 1,645 million, over a period of
three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets have been physically verified
by the Management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
off by the Company during the year.
ii) (a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been
physically verified by the Management during the year. In respect of
inventory lying with the third parties, these have substantially been
confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the Management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
iii) The Company has not taken / granted any loans, secured or
unsecured, from / to companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanation that certain items
purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources
do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, there is an adequate
internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and
the nature of its business for the purchase of inventory and fixed
assets and for the sale of goods and services. Further, on the basis of
our examination of the books and records of the Company, and according
to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come
across nor have been informed of any continuing failure to correct
major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
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 such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five lakhs in respect of
any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable
having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time. In
respect of purchase of goods and materials including components from
the holding company, the prices paid for these items are not comparable
as these are of special nature.
vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the
Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
Act and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed accounts
and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a
detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
they are accurate or complete.
ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including provident
fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state
insurance, income tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs
duty, excise duty and other material statutory dues as applicable with
the appropriate authorities.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty and excise
duty as at 31st March, 2012 which have not been deposited on account of
any dispute are as follows:
(Rs. in million)
Name of
the statute Amount Amount Period to Forum where the
dispute is
(Nature of
Dues) under deposited which the pending
dispute under amount
protest relates
Income Tax
Act, 1961 10,847 6,135 1991 to 2011 Income Tax
Appellate
Tribunal/
(Tax & Interest) High Court/
Commissioner
Income Tax
(Appeals)/AO(TDS)
Wealth Tax
Act, 1957 (Tax) 1 1 1997 to 1998 High Court
Haryana
General Sales
Tax Act
(Tax & Interest) 3 - 1983 to 1988 Assessing
Authority
Delhi Sales
Tax Act (Tax) 47 2 1987 to 1991 Additional
Commissioner
The Central
Excise
Act, 1944 2,149 6 May 1989 to Customs Excise &
Service Tax
(Duty, Interest
& Penalty) September Appellate
Tribunal/ High
Court/
2010 Supreme Court
The Finance
Act, 1994
(Service 171 3 July 2003 to Customs Excise &
Service Tax
Tax, Interest
& Penalty) March 2011 Appellate Tribunal
Customs
Act, 1962 27 22 February Customs Excise &
Service Tax
(Duty &
Interest) 2003 to Appellate Tribunal
August 2003
For detailed listing refer Note 54
x) The Company has no accumulated losses.
xi) According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
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) The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
nidhi / mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the
Company.
xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
xv) In our opinion and 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 during the year.
xvi) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
xvii) On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of
the Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
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 during the year.
xix) The Company has not issued any debentures during the year; and
does not have any debentures outstanding as at the year end.
xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the
year.
xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
4. Further to our comments in paragraph 3 above, 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 purposes 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 Account 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
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 Act and Accounting Standard 30, Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India to the extent it does not contradict any other
accounting standard referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on 31st March, 2012 and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2012 from being
appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of
Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act, 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 31st March, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss Account, 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.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: FRN 301112E
Chartered Accountants
Abhishek Rara
Partner
Membership Number - F 77779
Place: Gurgaon
Date: 28th April, 2012 |
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