10.09.2014 Views

Audit Exemption for Small Companies - Accounting and - ACRA

Audit Exemption for Small Companies - Accounting and - ACRA

Audit Exemption for Small Companies - Accounting and - ACRA

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Purpose <strong>and</strong> reason <strong>for</strong> a statutory audit (cont’d)<br />

• regulatory requirements; the <strong>Companies</strong> Act, Cap.<br />

50 (“the Act”) requires<br />

– the directors of the company to lay be<strong>for</strong>e the<br />

company at its AGM a duly audited profit <strong>and</strong><br />

loss accounts <strong>and</strong> balance sheet made up to a<br />

date not more than six months be<strong>for</strong>e the date of<br />

the AGM<br />

– an auditor to examine the company’s accounting<br />

records <strong>and</strong> financial statements <strong>and</strong> to obtain all<br />

the in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>and</strong> explanations needed so as to<br />

enable him to <strong>for</strong>m an opinion<br />

© 2010 Foo Kon Tan Grant Thornton LLP

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!