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-5.7 (-0.38%) | Auditor's Report (Tata Consultancy Services) | Year End : Mar '12 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TATA CONSULTANCY
SERVICES LIMITED (the Company) as at March 31, 2012, the Statement of
Profit and Loss 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.
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 misstatements. 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 the 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003
(CARO) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section
227(4A) 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 paragraph 3
above, we report as follows:
(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 it appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the
books of account;
(d) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss
and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance
with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C) of the
Companies Act, 1956;
(e) 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:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit of
the Company for the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
5. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the
Directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2012 from being appointed as
a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
1. Having regard to the nature of the Companys business / activities
for the year, clause (xiii) of paragraph 4 of CARO is not applicable to
the Company.
2. In respect of the Companys fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the
Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of the fixed
assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do
not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company.
3. In respect of the Companys inventory:
(a) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during
the year by the Management at reasonable intervals.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
4. In respect of unsecured loans granted by the Company to companies
covered in the Register under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956
and according to the information and explanations given to us -
(a) During the year, the Company has not given any loans, secured or
unsecured to companies, firms and other parties covered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of
sub clauses (a) to (d) of clause 4(iii) of CARO are not applicable to
the Company.
(b) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Therefore, the provisions
of sub-clauses
(e), (f) and (g) of clause 4(iii) of CARO are not applicable to the
Company.
5. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items
purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are
not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an
adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the
Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of
inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services. During
the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in
such internal control system.
6. In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register
maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to
the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to Section
301 that were needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the
said Section have been so entered.
(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs 5 lakhs in respect
of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima
facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time except in respect of certain purchases for which
comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are
unable to comment.
7. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted deposits from the public
during the year. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(vi) of CARO are
not applicable to the Company.
8. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
9. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect to the manufacture of electronic products and are
of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed accounts and records
have been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed
examination of the records with a view to determining whether they are
accurate or complete. To the best of our knowledge and according to the
information and explanations given to us, the Central Government has
not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any other product or
services of the Company.
10. According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
Employees State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service
Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, cess and other material statutory dues
applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) No undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund,
Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees State Insurance,
Income Tax, Sales Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and cess were in
arrears, as at March 31, 2012 for a period of more than six months from
the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Sales Tax, Service Tax and Income Tax which have
not been deposited as at March 31, 2012 on account of disputes are
given below:
Particulars Period to which
the amount relates Forum where the Amount
dispute is pending (Rs
crores)
Sales Tax 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05,
2005-06, 2007-08 High Court 5.33
2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05,
2005-06, 2006-07, Tribunal 7.81
2007-08
2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09,
2009-10 Deputy Commissioner 11.82
2001-02, 2002-03 Commissioner of
Sales Tax 0.03
2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05,
2005-06, 2006-07, Joint Commissioner 9.12
2007-08, 2008-09
2001-02, 2005-06 Assistant
Commissioner 0.48
2007-08 Additional
Commissioner 0.01
Service Tax 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07,
2007-08, 2008-09, Commissioner of
Service Tax 4.34
2009-10
Income Tax 2005-06 Appellate Tribunal 75.33
2007-08, 2008-09 Commissioner of
Income 324.71
Tax (Appeals)
11. The Company does not have accumulated losses. The Company has not
incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit and
in the immediately preceding financial year.
12. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company did not have any amount outstanding to a
financial institution or a bank. Therefore the provisions of clause
(xi) of paragraph 4 of CARO are not applicable.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given 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.
14. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not dealing in shares, securities and
debentures. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiv) of CARO are not
applicable to the Company.
15. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the fact that the subsidiary is wholly
owned the terms and conditions of the guarantee given by the Company
for loan taken by the subsidiary from a bank are not prima facie
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
16. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purpose for which
they were raised.
17. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the
Company, we report that funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used during the year for long- term investment.
18. According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the period covered by our audit, the Company has not made preferential
allotment of equity shares to parties and companies covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
19. According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the year covered by our report, the Company has not issued any secured
debentures.
20. During the year covered by our report, the Company has not raised
any money by way of public issue.
21. To the best of our knowledge and belief and 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 DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No.117366W)
P. R. RAMESH
Partner
(Membership No. 70928)
Mumbai, April 23, 2012 |
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