NFRA finalises and recommends the Auditing Standards
NFRA finalises and recommends Auditing Standards to the Central Government for notifying under Section 34A of LLP (Amendment) Act 2021
The Authority decides to recommend the 40 Standards on Auditing(SAs) and related Standards on Quality Management (SQMs)
Posted On: 25 NOV 2024 7:25PM by PIB Delhi
The National Financial Reporting Authority held its 19th Meeting on 25 November 2024 to finalise and recommend Auditing Standards to the Central Government for notifying under Section 34A of LLP (Amendment) Act 2021. The Authority decided to recommend the 40 Standards on Auditing (SAs) and related Standards on Quality Management (SQM), which were finalised by the Authority in its18th Meeting held on 11-12 November 2024 for audit of Companies, to be applicable to audit of LLPs on a mutatis mutandis basis.
Out of 8 Members of NFRA attending the meeting, 7 Members-the representatives of CAG, RBI, two independent experts Prof Narayanswamy, Retired Professor IIM Bangalore, Professor Sanjay Kallapur, Professor ISB, Hyderabad, two Full-Time Members of NFRA and Chairperson of NFRA were in support of the proposal. The ICAI members also supported the proposals (President, ICAI attended, and Chairman, ASB and Chairman AASB conveyed views vide email) except for their reservations to SQMs, SA 299, SA 600 and SA 800, 810, 805, as expressed by them earlier in respect of the SAs and SQMs finalized in the last meeting and which were reiterated in respect of the proposal under consideration for the audit of LLPs.
Upon the approval of the Central Government, these Standards are recommended to be effective from 1.04.2026.
