Mphasis
BSE: 526299 | NSE: MPHASIS | ISIN: INE356A01018 | Computers - Software
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| Auditor's Report | Year End : Oct '08 |
We have audited the attached balance sheet of MphasiS Limited (the
Company) as at 31 October 2008, and also the profit and loss account
and the cash flow statement for the period from 1 April 2008 to 31
October 2008, 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 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.
As required by the Companies (Auditors 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 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, the profit and loss account and the 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 the
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 written representations received from the
directors, as at 31 October 2008 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as at
31 October 2008 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956 on the
said date; and
(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 31 October 2008;
(b) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the profit of the
Company for the period from 1 April 2008 to 31 October 2008; and
(c) in the case of the cash flow statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the period from 1 April 2008 to 31 October 2008.
Annexure to the Auditors Report on the Financial Statements
The Annexure referred to in our report to the members of the Company
for the period from 1 April 2008 to 31 October 2008. We report that:
1. The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
2. 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, the Company has physical verified certain fixed assets and
are in the process of reconciliation with the books of accounts.
Management represents that discrepancies, if any are not expected to be
material.
3. Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
4. The Company is a service company, primarily rendering information
technology solutions and related services. Accordingly, it does not
hold any physical inventories. Thus, paragraph 4(ii) of the Order is
not applicable.
5. 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.
6. 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 inventories and the sale of goods.
We have not observed any major weakness in the internal controls during
the course of the audit.
7. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no contracts and arrangements the particulars of
which need to be entered in to the register maintained under section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
8. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
9. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
10. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under section 209(1 )(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for
services rendered by the Company.
11. 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, Employees State Insurance,
Income-tax, Sales-tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Wealth tax and any
other material statutory dues have been generally regularly deposited
during the period 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 Investor Education
and Protection Fund and Excise duty.
Further, there were no dues on account of cess under section 441A of
the Companies Act, 1956 since the date from which the aforesaid section
comes in to force has not yet been notified by the Central Government
of India.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees
State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth tax, Service tax,
Customs duty and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31
October 2008 for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable.
12. According to the information and explanations given to us, there
are no dues in respect of Wealth tax, Service Tax, Excise duty and Cess
which have not been deposited with the appropriate authorities on
account of any dispute.
According to the information and explanations given to us, the
following dues of Income-tax, Sales-tax and Customs Duty have not been
deposited by the Company on account of disputes:
Name of the Statute Nature of the Dues Amount (Rs.)*
Internal Revenue Tax/Interest 46,513,169
Services (IRS), USA
Income tax Act, 1961 Tax/penalty/interest 120,900,000
Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty/penalty 800,000
Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty/penalty 5,190,000
Karnataka Sales tax Tax/penalty/interest 2,067,781
Act, 1957
Period to which Forum where dispute
the amount relates is pending
2002 - 05 IRS Supervisor
2004 - 05 CIT Appeals
2002 03 Commissioner of
Customs (Appeals)
2002 - 03 Commissioner of
Customs (Appeals)
2004 - 05 Sales Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Karnataka
* The amounts paid under protest have been reduced from the amounts
demanded in arriving at the aforesaid disclosure.
13. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial period and has not incurred cash losses in the current period
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
14. In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
bankers. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institutions and debentureholders during the period.
15. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
16. In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/mutual benefit
fund/society.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
18. 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.
19. The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
period.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
period.
23. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
period.
24. According to the information and explanations given to us, no
fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the
course of our audit.
for B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Zubin Shekary
Partner
Membership No. 48814
Bangalore
26 November 2008
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