12.07.2015 Views

Financial Reporting and Ethics - The Institute of Chartered ...

Financial Reporting and Ethics - The Institute of Chartered ...

Financial Reporting and Ethics - The Institute of Chartered ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS
  • No tags were found...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ETHICS<strong>Financial</strong> Statements (Section 334)Annually, directors shall prepare financial statements, the contents <strong>of</strong>which, should comply with the requirement <strong>of</strong> schedule 2 <strong>of</strong> theCompanies <strong>and</strong> Allied Matters Act, Cap.C20, Laws <strong>of</strong> the Federation <strong>of</strong>Nigeria 2004 <strong>and</strong> Statements <strong>of</strong> Accounting St<strong>and</strong>ards issued from timeto time by the Nigerian Accounting st<strong>and</strong>ards Board.Within 18 months after incorporation, the directors <strong>of</strong> the company shallfile financial statements which include:(a) Statement <strong>of</strong> Accounting Policies;(b) Pr<strong>of</strong>it <strong>and</strong> Loss Account or in the case <strong>of</strong> a company not – for pr<strong>of</strong>it,an Income <strong>and</strong> Expenditure Account for the year;(c) Balance Sheet or the year;(d) Notes on the Accounts;(e) Cash flow statement;(f) <strong>The</strong> auditors’ report;(g) <strong>The</strong> directors’ report;(h) Five-year financial summary; <strong>and</strong>(i) Group financial statements in the case <strong>of</strong> a holding company.Private <strong>and</strong> small companies shall deliver modified financial statements.<strong>The</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> a small company in any particular year are:(a) It is a private company having a share capital;(b) <strong>The</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> its turnover is not more than N2million or as maybe fixed by the Corporate Affairs Commission;(c) <strong>The</strong> net assets value is not more than N1millionor as may befixed by the Corporate Affairs Commission;(d) None <strong>of</strong> its members is an alien;(e) None <strong>of</strong> its members is a government or a governmentcorporation or agency or its nominee; <strong>and</strong>(f) <strong>The</strong> directors, between them, hold not less than 51% <strong>of</strong> its equityshare capital.<strong>The</strong> directors shall at the first meeting <strong>of</strong> the company, determine whatdate in each year shall <strong>Financial</strong> statements be made up.Penalty for Non-Compliance (Section 346)Every <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> the company who is in default shall be guilty <strong>of</strong> an <strong>of</strong>fence<strong>and</strong> be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to afine <strong>of</strong> N500.7.6.2 Audit Committee (Section 355)An audit committee elected <strong>and</strong> made up <strong>of</strong> maximum <strong>of</strong> 6 membersconsisting <strong>of</strong> equal number <strong>of</strong> directors <strong>and</strong> representatives <strong>of</strong>164

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

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!