Mar 31, 2023
To the Members of
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements Opinion
We have audited the standalone financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (the "Company") which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31 March 2023, and the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), standalone statement of changes in equity and standalone statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2023, and its profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act.
Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Revenue recognition- Fixed price contracts where revenue is recognized using percentage of completion method |
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Refer Note 4(a) and 10 to the standalone financial statements |
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The key audit matter |
How the matter was addressed in our audit |
The Company inter alia engages in Fixed-price contracts, wherein, revenue is recognized using the percentage of completion computed as per the input method based on the Company''s estimate of contract costs. We identified revenue recognition of fixed price contracts where the percentage of completion is used as a Key Audit Matter since - 1. there is an inherent risk and presumed fraud risk around the accuracy and existence of revenues recognised considering the customised and complex nature of these contracts and significant inputs of IT systems; |
Our audit procedures included the following: 1. Obtained an understanding of the systems, processes and controls implemented by the Company for recording and computing revenue and the associated contract assets, unearned and deferred revenue balances. 2. Involvement of our Information technology (''IT'') specialists, as required: i. Assessed the IT environment in which the business systems operate and tested system controls over computation of revenue recognised; ii. Tested the IT controls over appropriateness of cost and revenue reports generated by the system; |
The key audit matter |
How the matter was addressed in our audit |
2. application of revenue recognition accounting standard (Ind AS 115, Revenue from Contracts with customers) is complex and involves a number of key judgments and estimates mainly in identifying performance obligations, related transaction price and estimating the future cost-to-completion of these contracts, which is used to determine the percentage of completion of the relevant performance obligation; 3. these contracts may involve onerous obligations which requires critical assessment of foreseeable losses to be made by the Company; and 4. at year-end, significant amount of work in progress (Contract assets), related to these contracts are recognised on the balance sheet. |
iii. Tested the controls pertaining to allocation of resources and budgeting systems which prevent the unauthorized recording/ changes to costs incurred; and iv. Tested on a random sampling basis the controls relating to the estimation of contract costs required to complete the respective projects. 3. On selected specific and statistical samples of contracts, we tested that the revenue recognized is in accordance with the revenue recognition accounting standard includingâ i. Evaluated the identification of performance obligations and the ascribed transaction price; ii. For testing Company''s computation of the estimation of contract costs and onerous obligations, if any. We: ⢠assessed that the estimates of costs to complete were reviewed and approved by appropriate designated management personnel; ⢠performed a retrospective analysis of costs incurred with estimated costs to identify significant variations and challenged whether those variations are required to be considered in estimating the remaining costs to complete the contract; ⢠assessed the appropriateness of work in progress (contract assets) on balance sheet date by evaluating the underlying documentation to identify possible changes in estimated costs to complete the remaining performance obligations; and ⢠inspected underlying documents and performed analytics to determine reasonableness of contract costs. |
The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company''s annual report, but does not include the financial statements and auditor''s report(s) thereon. The Company''s annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor''s report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
Management''s and Board of Directors'' Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act
with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/ loss and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company''s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease
operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.
Auditor''s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor''s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
⢠Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
⢠Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
⢠Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Management and Board of Directors.
⢠Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting in preparation of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company''s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor''s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor''s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.
We describe these matters in our auditor''s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2 A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report
that:
a. We have sought and 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 standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), the standalone statement of changes in equity and the standalone statement of cash flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on 31 March 2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2023 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
B. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2023 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements- Refer income tax liabilities disclosed in the balance sheet along with Note 8(f) and Note 19 to the standalone financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
c. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
d. (i) The management has represented that,
to the best of it''s knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 21 to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that, to the best of it''s knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 21 to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities
identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Parties ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under subclause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
e. The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the date of this audit report is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act.
The final dividend paid by the Company during the year, in respect of the same declared for the previous year is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
As stated in note 25 to the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company has proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
The dividend declared is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
f. As proviso to rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable for the Company only with effect from 1 April 2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor''s Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
Chartered Accountants Firm''s Registration No.: 101248W/W-100022
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No.: 060154
Date: 12 April 2023 ICAI UDIN: 23060154BGXCZS4294
Mar 31, 2022
To the Members ofTata Consultancy Services Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial
Statements
Opinion
We have audited the standalone financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (hereinafter referred to as âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022, and the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and Standalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as âthe standalone financial statementsâ).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2022, and its profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters (âKAM'') are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Description of Key Audit Matter |
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Key audit matter |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
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Revenue recognition- Fixed price contracts |
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The Company inter alia engages in Fixed-price contracts, wherein, revenue is recognized using the percentage of completion computed as per the input method based on the Company''s estimate of contract costs (Refer Note 4(a) and Note 10 to the standalone financial statements). We identified revenue recognition of fixed price contracts where the percentage of completion is used as a Key Audit Matter since - ⢠there is an inherent risk and presumed fraud risk around the accuracy and existence of revenues recognised considering the customised and complex nature of these contracts and significant inputs of IT systems; ⢠application of revenue recognition accounting standard (Ind AS 115, Revenue from Contracts with customers) is complex and involves a number of key judgments and estimates mainly in identifying performance obligations, related transaction price and estimating the future cost-to-completion of these contracts, which is used to determine the percentage of completion of the relevant performance obligation; |
Our audit procedures included the following: ⢠Obtained an understanding of the systems, processes and controls implemented by the Company for recording and computing revenue and the associated contract assets, unearned and deferred revenue balances. ⢠Including involvement of our Information technology (âIT'') specialists, as required: > Assessed the IT environment in which the business systems operate and tested system controls over computation of revenue recognised; > Tested the IT controls over appropriateness of cost and revenue reports generated by the system; > Tested the controls pertaining to allocation of resources and budgeting systems which prevent the unauthorized recording/changes to costs incurred; and > Tested on a random sampling basis the controls relating to the estimation of contract costs required to complete the respective projects. |
Key audit matter |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
⢠these contracts may involve onerous obligations which requires critical assessment of foreseeable losses to be made by the Company; and ⢠at year-end, significant amount of work in progress (Contract assets), related to these contracts are recognised on the balance sheet. |
⢠On selected specific and statistical samples of contracts, we tested that the revenue recognized is in accordance with the revenue recognition accounting standard including> Evaluated the identification of performance obligations and the ascribed transaction price; > For testing Company''s computation of the estimation of contract costs and onerous obligations, if any. We: ⢠assessed that the estimates of costs to complete were reviewed and approved by appropriate designated management personnel; ⢠performed a retrospective analysis of costs incurred with estimated costs to identify significant variations and challenged whether those variations are required to be considered in estimating the remaining costs to complete the contract; ⢠assessed the appropriateness of work in progress (contract assets) on balance sheet date by evaluating the underlying documentation to identify possible changes in estimated costs to complete the remaining performance obligations; and ⢠inspected underlying documents and performed analytics to determine reasonableness of contract costs. |
Other Information
The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company''s annual report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditors'' report thereon. The Company''s annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor''s report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Company''s annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance and take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
Managementâs and Board of Directorsâ Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/ loss and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company''s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.
Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor''s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
⢠Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
⢠Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
⢠Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Management and Board of Directors.
⢠Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting in preparation of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company''s ability to continue
as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor''s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor''s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.
We describe these matters in our auditor''s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the âAnnexure Aâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act,
we report that:
a) We have sought and 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 Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone
Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2022 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2022 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in âAnnexure Bâ.
(B) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditor''s) Rules, 2014, in our
opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2022 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 19 to the standalone financial statements.
b) The Company did not have any longterm contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
c) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
d) (i) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities (âIntermediariesâ),
with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:
⢠directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) by or on behalf of the Company or
⢠provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has
represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities (âFunding Partiesâ), with the understanding, whether recorded
in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall:
⢠directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
⢠provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(iii) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under subclause (d) (i) and (d) (ii) contain any material mis-statement.
e) The dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company is in compliance with Section 123 of the Act.
(C) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor''s Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
Chartered Accountants Firm''s Registration No: 101248W/W-100022
Partner
Mumbai Membership No: 060154
11 April 2022 UDIN: 22060154AGVEXH5342
Mar 31, 2021
Independent Auditorsâ Report
To the Members of Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the standalone financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (hereinafter referred to as âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2021, and the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and Standalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as âthe standalone financial statementsâ).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2021, and profit and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters (âKAM'') are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Description of Key Audit Matters |
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Key audit matters |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
Revenue recognition- Fixed price contracts |
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The Company inter alia engages in Fixed-price contracts, wherein, revenue is recognized using the percentage of completion computed as per the input method based on the Companyâs estimate of contract costs (Refer Note 4(a) and Note 10 to the standalone financial statements). We identified revenue recognition of fixed price contracts as a Key Audit Matter since - ⢠there is an inherent risk and presumed fraud risk around the accuracy and existence of revenues recognised considering the customised and complex nature of these contracts and significant inputs of IT systems; ⢠application of revenue recognition accounting standard (Ind AS 115, Revenue from Contracts with customers) is complex and involves a number of key judgments and estimates mainly in identifying performance obligations, related transaction price and estimating the future cost-to- completion of these contracts, which is used to determine the percentage of completion of the relevant performance obligation; |
Our audit procedures included the following: ⢠Obtained an understanding of the systems, processes and controls implemented by the Company for recording and computing revenue and the associated contract assets, unearned and deferred revenue balances. ⢠Including involvement of our Information technology (âITâ) specialists, as required: > Assessed the IT environment in which the business systems operate and tested system controls over computation of revenue recognised; > Tested the IT controls over appropriateness of cost and revenue reports generated by the system; > Tested the controls pertaining to allocation of resources and budgeting systems which prevent the unauthorized recording/changes to costs incurred; and > Tested on a random sampling basis the controls relating to the estimation of contract costs required to complete the respective projects. |
Key audit matters |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
⢠these contracts may involve onerous obligations which requires critical assessment of foreseeable losses to be made by the Company; and ⢠at year-end, significant amount of work in progress (Contract assets), related to these contracts are recognised on the balance sheet. |
⢠On selected specific and statistical samples of contracts, we tested that the revenue recognized is in accordance with the revenue recognition accounting standard> Evaluated the identification of performance obligations and the ascribed transaction price; > Tested Companyâs computation of the estimation of contract costs and onerous obligations, if any. We: ⢠assessed that the estimates of costs to complete were reviewed and approved by appropriate designated management personnel; ⢠performed a retrospective analysis of costs incurred with estimated costs to identify significant variations and challenged whether those variations are required to be considered in estimating the remaining costs to complete the contract; ⢠assessed the appropriateness of work in progress (contract assets) on balance sheet date by evaluating the underlying documentation to identify possible changes in estimated costs to complete the remaining performance obligations; and ⢠inspected underlying documents and performed analytics to determine reasonableness of contract costs. |
Key audit matters |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
Evaluation of key tax matters |
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The Company operates in multiple jurisdictions and is subject to periodic challenges by local tax authorities on a range of tax matters during the normal course of business including transfer pricing and indirect tax matters. These involve significant judgment by the Company to determine the possible outcome of the uncertain tax positions, consequently having an impact on related accounting and disclosures in the standalone financial statements. Refer Note 4(e) and Note 19 to the standalone financial statements. |
Our audit procedures included the following: ⢠understood, assessed and tested the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of key controls over taxes; ⢠Obtained an understanding of key tax matters; ⢠The audit team, along with our internal tax experts - > read and analysed select key correspondences, external legal opinions/ consultations obtained by the Company for key tax matters; > evaluated and challenged key assumptions made by the Company in estimating the current and deferred tax balances; > assessed and challenged the Companyâs estimate of the possible outcome of the disputed cases by considering legal precedence and other judicial rulings; and > Assessed and tested the presentation and disclosures relating to taxes in the standalone financial statements. |
Assessment of provision towards legal claim |
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Refer to Note 4(f) to the standalone financial statements - âUse of estimates and judgements - Provisions and contingent liabilitiesâ and Note 19 to the standalone financial statements - âCommitments and contingenciesâ |
Our audit procedures included the following: ⢠obtained management assessment on the litigation along with the communications made to the Board of Directors and regulators; |
Key audit matters |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
The Company has ongoing legal proceedings with Epic Systems Corporation (referred to as Epic), for alleged unauthorised access to and download of Epicâs confidential information and use thereof in the development of the Companyâs product MedMantra. The Company in the current year has recorded a provision of ''1,218 crore (US $165 million) towards this legal claim in its âStandalone Statement of Profit and Lossâ. This has been presented as an âexceptional itemâ in the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss. Due to the complexity involved in this litigation, the Company applied judgement in measuring and recognizing provision towards the legal claim. This process involved an evaluation based on judicial precedents and views shared by the lawyers (external and internal) of the Company and detailed deliberations with the Companyâs senior management. Accordingly, it has been considered as a key audit matter. |
⢠read and considered final orders by various courts on this matter; ⢠read and considered all available submissions filed by both Epic and the Company to various courts till date; ⢠considered legal views obtained by the Company from external law firms and the relevant judicial precedents considered by the Company in their assessment of provision towards this legal claim; ⢠conducted detailed discussions with in-house legal head and Companyâs senior management, to understand their assessment on the most likely outcome of this litigation and to understand the basis considered for the provision towards this legal claim; and ⢠assessed the adequacy of provision recorded and evaluated disclosures in the standalone financial statements in relation to this legal claim. |
true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/loss (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company''s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company''s management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company''s annual report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditors'' report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Managementâs and Board of Directorsâ Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company''s management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.
Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor''s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
⢠Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
⢠Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
⢠Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures in the standalone financial statements made by the Management and Board of Directors.
⢠Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company''s ability to continue
as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required
to draw attention in our auditor''s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor''s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.
We describe these matters in our auditors'' report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the âAnnexure Aâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act,
we report that:
(a) We have sought and 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 Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2021 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2021 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of the Company and
the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in âAnnexure Bâ.
(B) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors'' Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2021 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 19 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any longterm contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company; and
iv. The disclosures in the standalone financial statements regarding holdings as well as dealings in specified bank
notes during the period from 8 November 2016 to 30 December 2016 have not been made in these standalone financial statements since they do not pertain to the financial year ended 31 March 2021.
(C) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors'' Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
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Mar 31, 2019
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements Opinion
We have audited the standalone financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2019, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as âthe standalone financial statementsâ).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2019, and profit (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters (âKAMâ) are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
The key audit matters |
How our audit addressed the key audit matter |
Revenue recognition - Fixed price development contracts |
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The Company inter alia engages in Fixed-price development contracts, where, revenue is recognized using the percentage of completion computed as per the input method based on managementâs estimate of contract costs (Refer Note 2(d) to the standalone financial statements). We identified revenue recognition of fixed price development contracts as a KAM considering -- There is an inherent risk around the accuracy of revenues given, the customised and complex nature of these contracts and significant involvement of IT systems; |
Our audit procedures on revenue recognized from fixed price development contracts included - Obtaining an understanding of the systems, processes and controls implemented by management for recording and calculating revenue and the associated contract assets, unearned and deferred revenue balances. - Involving Information technology (âITâ) specialists to assess the design and operating effectiveness of key IT controls over: - IT environment in which the business systems operate, including access controls, program change controls, program development controls and IT operation controls; |
- Application of revenue recognition accounting standard is complex and involves a number of key judgments and estimates including estimating the future cost-to-completion of these contracts, which is used to determine the percentage of completion of the relevant performance obligation; - These contracts may involve onerous obligations on the Company that require critical estimates to be made by management; and - At year-end a significant amount of work in progress (Contract assets and liabilities) related to these contracts is recognised on the balance sheet. |
- Testing the IT controls over the completeness and accuracy of cost and revenue reports generated by the system; and - Testing the access and application controls pertaining to allocation of resources and budgeting systems which prevents the unauthorized changes to recording of costs incurred and controls relating to the estimation of contract costs required to complete the project. - On selected samples of contracts, we tested that the revenue recognized is in accordance with the accounting standard by - - Evaluating the identification of performance obligation; - Testing managementâs calculation of the estimation of contract cost and onerous obligation, if any. We: - Observed that the estimates of cost to complete were reviewed and approved by appropriate levels of management; - Performed a retrospective review of costs incurred with estimated costs to identify significant variations and verify whether those variations have been considered in estimating the remaining costs to complete the contract; - Assessed the appropriateness of work in progress (contract assets) on balance sheet by evaluating the underlying documentation to identify possible delays in achieving milestones which may require change in estimated costs to complete the remaining performance obligations; and - Performed test of details including analytics to determine reasonableness of contract costs. |
Adoption of Ind AS 115 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers |
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As described in Note 2(d) to the standalone financial statements, the Company has adopted Ind AS 115, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (âInd AS 115â) which is the new revenue accounting standard. The application and transition to this accounting standard is complex and is an area of focus in the audit. The revenue standard establishes a comprehensive framework for determining whether, how much and when revenue is recognized. This involves certain key judgments relating to identification of distinct performance obligations, determination of transaction price of identified performance obligation, the appropriateness of the basis used to measure revenue recognized over a period. Additionally, the standard mandates robust disclosures in respect of revenue and periods over which the remaining performance obligations will be satisfied subsequent to the balance sheet date. The Company adopted Ind AS 115 and applied the available exemption provided therein, to not restate the comparative periods. |
Our audit procedures on adoption of Ind AS 115, Revenue from contracts with Customers (âInd AS 115â), which is the new revenue accounting standard, include - - Evaluated the design and implementation of the processes and internal controls relating to implementation of the new revenue accounting standard; - Evaluated the detailed analysis performed by management on revenue streams by selecting samples for the existing contracts with customers and considered revenue recognition policy in the current period in respect of those revenue streams; - Evaluated the changes made to IT systems to reflect the changes required in revenue recognition as per the new accounting standard; - Evaluated the cumulative effect adjustments as at 1 April 2018 for compliance with the new revenue standard; and - Evaluated the appropriateness of the disclosures provided under the new revenue standard and assessed the completeness and mathematical accuracy of the relevant disclosures. |
Evaluation of uncertain tax positions |
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The Company operates in multiple jurisdictions and is subject to periodic challenges by local tax authorities on a range of tax matters during the normal course of business including transfer pricing and indirect tax matters. These involve significant management judgment to determine the possible outcome of the uncertain tax positions, consequently having an impact on related accounting and disclosures in the standalone financial statements. Refer Note 2(i) and Note 33 to the standalone financial statements. |
Our audit procedures include the following substantive procedures: - Obtained understanding of key uncertain tax positions; and - We along with our internal tax experts - - Read and analysed select key correspondences, external legal opinions / consultations by management for key uncertain tax positions; - Discussed with appropriate senior management and evaluated managementâs underlying key assumptions in estimating the tax provisions; and - Assessed managementâs estimate of the possible outcome of the disputed cases. |
Other Information
The Companyâs management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Companyâs annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditorsâ report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Companyâs management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit / loss (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Companyâs financial reporting process.
Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditorâs report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of managementâs use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditorâs report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditorsâ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditorsâ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditorsâ Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Aâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
(A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and 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 (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2019 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2019 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in âAnnexure Bâ.
(B) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorsâ Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2019 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 33 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Note 18 and 19 to the standalone financial statements;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. The disclosures in the standalone financial statements regarding holdings as well as dealings in specified bank notes during the period from 8 November 2016 to 30 December 2016 have not been made in these standalone financial statements since they do not pertain to the financial year ended 31 March 2019.
(C) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditorsâ Report under section 197(16):
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) which are required to be commented upon by us.
Annexure A to the Independent Auditorsâ Report
With reference to the Annexure A referred to in the Independent Auditorsâ Report to the members of the Company on the standalone financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2019, we report the following:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) 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. Pursuant to the programme, certain fixed assets were physically verified during the year and no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, the title deeds of immovable properties included in fixed assets are held in the name of the Company.
In respect of immovable properties been taken on lease and disclosed as property, plant and equipment in the standalone financial statements, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company.
(ii) The inventory has been physically verified by the management during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of such verification is reasonable. The Company has maintained proper records of inventory. The discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stock and the book records were not material.
(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms, limited liability partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(iii) (a), (b) and (c) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Section 185 and 186 of the Act, with respect to the loans given, investments made, guarantees and securities given.
(v) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of the directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India, provisions of Section 73 to 76 of the Act, any other relevant provisions of the Act and the relevant rules framed thereunder.
(vi) The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under Section 148 of the Act for any of the services rendered by the Company.
(vii) (a) 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, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income-tax, Goods and Services tax, duty of Customs, Cess and other material statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income-tax, Goods and Services tax, duty of Customs, Cess and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31 March 2019, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no dues of Income-tax or Sales tax or Service tax or Goods and Services tax or duty of Customs or duty of Excise or Value added tax which have not been deposited by the Company on account of disputes, except for the following:
Name of the Statute |
Nature of the Dues |
Amount (Rs. in crore) ** |
Period |
Forum where dispute is pending |
The Income-tax Act, 1961 |
Income-tax |
2,199 |
Assessment Year -2007-2008, 2011-2012, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) |
197 |
Assessment Year -2006-2007, 2011-2012 |
Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal |
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and Value Added Tax Act |
Sales tax and VAT |
207 |
Financial Year -1994-1995, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 |
High Court |
8 |
Financial Year -1990-1991, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 |
Tribunal |
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-* |
Financial Year -1995-1996, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2011-2012 |
Assistant Commissioner |
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5 |
Financial Year -1994-1995, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
Deputy Commissioner |
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12 |
Financial Year -1997-1998, 2005-2006, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
Joint Commissioner |
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-* |
Financial Year -2007-2008 |
Additional Commissioner |
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1 |
Financial Year -2012-2013, 2014-2015 |
Commissioner |
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The Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
6 |
Financial Year -2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 |
Commissioner Appeals |
70 |
Financial Year -2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 |
Tribunal |
*Indicates amount less than Rs. 0.50 crore.
**These amounts are net of amount paid/ adjusted under protest Rs. 3,848 crore.
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to banks. The Company did not have any outstanding loans or borrowings from financial institutions or government and there are no dues to debenture holders during the year.
(ix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company did not raise any money by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans during the year. Accordingly, paragraph 3(ix) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and based on examination of the records of the Company, the Company has paid / provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in our opinion, the Company is not a Nidhi Company as prescribed under Section 406 of the Act.
(xiii) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, all transactions with the related parties are in compliance with Sections 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable, and details of such transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year. Accordingly, paragraph 3(xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not entered into non-cash transactions with directors or persons connected with him. Accordingly, paragraph 3(xv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xvi) According to the information and explanation given to us, the Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.
Annexure B to the Independent Auditorsâ Report
(Referred to in paragraph 1(A)(f) under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report of even date)
Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ)
We have audited the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (âthe Companyâ) as of 31 March 2019 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
Managementâs Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Companyâs management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control with reference to financial statements criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the âGuidance Noteâ) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (âICAIâ). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Companyâs policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls with reference to financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note and the Standards on Auditing, issued by ICAI and deemed to be prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Act, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both applicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls and, both issued by ICAI. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial control system with reference to financial statements and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls with reference to financial statements included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls with reference to financial statements, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditorâs judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls system with reference to financial statements.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls with reference to Financial Statements
A companyâs internal financial control with reference to financial statements is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companyâs internal financial control with reference to financial statements includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the companyâs assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls with reference to Financial Statements
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls with reference to financial statements, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control with reference to financial statements may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system with reference to standalone financial statements and such internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements were operating effectively as at 31 March 2019, based on the internal control with reference to financial statements criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI.
For B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firmâs Registration No: 101248W/W-100022
Yezdi Nagporewalla
Mumbai Partner
12 April 2019 Membership No: 049265
Mar 31, 2018
Independent Auditor''s Report
To The Members of
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2018, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the standalone Ind AS financial statements"). Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/loss (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company''s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.
We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under.
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company''s preparation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Board of Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
We are also responsible to conclude on the appropriateness of management''s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity''s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in the auditor''s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify the opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of the auditor''s report. However, future events or conditions may cause an entity to cease to continue as a going concern.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2018, its profit (including other comprehensive income), its changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Other Matter
Corresponding figures for the year ended 31 March 2017 have been audited by another auditor who expressed an unmodified opinion dated 18 April 2017 on the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2017.
Our opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements is not modified in respect of the above matter.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and 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, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2018 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note 33 to the standalone Ind AS financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Note 19 to the standalone Ind AS financial statements;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company; and
iv. The disclosures regarding details of specified bank notes held and transacted during 8 November 2016 to 30 December 2016 has not been made since the requirement does not pertain to financial year ended 31 March 2018.
Annexure A to the Independent Auditor''s Report
With reference to the Annexure A referred to in the Independent Auditor''s Report to the members of the Company on the standalone Ind AS financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2018, we report the following:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) 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. Pursuant to the programme, certain fixed assets were physically verified during the year and no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, the title deeds of immovable properties included in fixed assets are held in the name of the Company.
In respect of immovable properties been taken on lease and disclosed as property, plant and equipment in the standalone Ind AS financial statements, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company.
(ii) The inventory has been physically verified by the management during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of such verification is reasonable. The Company has maintained proper records of inventory. The discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stock and the book records were not material.
(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms, limited liability partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(iii) (a), (b) and (c) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Section 185 and 186 of the Act, with respect to the loans given, investments made, guarantees and securities given.
(v) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of the directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India, provisions of Section 73 to 76 of the Act, any other relevant provisions of the Act and the relevant rules framed thereunder.
(vi) The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under Section 148 of the Act for any of the services rendered by the Company.
(vii) (a) 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, Goods and Services tax, duty of Customs, duty of Excise, Value added tax, Cess and other material statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities.
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, Service tax, Goods and Services tax, duty of Customs, duty of Excise, Value added tax, Cess and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31 March 2018, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no dues of Income-tax or Sales tax or Service tax or Goods and Services tax or duty of Customs or duty of Excise or Value added tax which have not been deposited by the Company on account of disputes, except for the following:
Name of the Statute |
Nature of the Dues |
Amount (Rs, in crores)14 |
Period |
Forum where dispute is pending |
The Income-tax Act, 1961 |
Income- tax |
3,601 |
Assessment Year - 2006-2007, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 |
Income-tax Appellate Tribunal |
2,312 |
Assessment Year - 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) |
||
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and Value Added Tax Act |
Sales tax and VAT |
147 |
Financial Year - 1994-1995, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 |
High Court |
8 |
Financial Year - 1990-1991, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 |
Tribunal |
||
-15 |
Financial Year - 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2011-2012, 2014-2015 |
Assistant Commissioner |
||
-* |
Financial Year - 2016-2017 |
Commissioner Appeal |
||
7 |
Financial Year - 1994-1995, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2013-2014 |
Deputy Commissioner |
||
8 |
Financial Year - 1997-1998, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 |
Joint Commissioner |
||
-* |
Financial Year - 2007-2008, 2013-2014 |
Additional Commissioner |
||
The Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
7 |
Financial Year - 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 |
Commissioner Appeals |
80 |
Financial Year - 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 |
Tribunal |
(ix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company did not raise any money by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans during the year. Accordingly, paragraph 3(ix) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and based on examination of the records of the Company, the Company has paid/provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in our opinion, the Company is not a Nidhi Company as prescribed under Section 406 of the Act.
(xiii) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, all transactions with the related parties are in compliance with Sections 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable, and details of such transactions have been disclosed in the standalone Ind AS financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year. Accordingly, paragraph 3(xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not entered into non-cash transactions with directors or persons connected with him. Accordingly, paragraph 3(xv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xvi) According to the information and explanation given to us, the Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.
(Referred to in paragraph 2(f) under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' section of our report of even date)
Report on the Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Tata Consultancy Services Limited ("the Company") as of 31 March 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
Management''s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Company''s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI"). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Company''s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act.
Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company''s internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the "Guidance Note") and the Standards on Auditing, issued by ICAI and deemed to be prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Act, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both applicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls and, both issued by ICAI. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial control system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company''s internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting
A company''s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company''s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company''s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at 31 March 2018, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI.
For B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm''s Registration No: 101248W/W-100022
Yezdi Nagporewalla
Mumbai Partner
19 April 2018 Membership No: 049265
Mar 31, 2017
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'' REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
Report on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (''the Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2017, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Actâ) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors'' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.
In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under.
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditorâs judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Companyâs preparation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Companyâs Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2017, and its profit, total comprehensive income, the changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) We have sought and 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 including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2017 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2017 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in Annexure A''. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company''s internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses on long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. The Company has provided requisite disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements as regards its holding and dealings in Specified Bank Notes as defined in the Notification S.O. 3407(E) dated November 8, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance, during the period from November 8, 2016 to December 30, 2016. Based on audit procedures performed and the representations provided to us by the management we report that the disclosures are in accordance with the books of account maintained by the Company and as produced to us by the Management.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2016 (''the Order'') issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in ''Annexure B'' a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Report on the Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act'') of Tata Consultancy Services Limited
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (''the Companyâ) as of March 31, 2017 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended and as at on that date.
Management''s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Companyâs management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (''the Guidance Noteâ). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to Companyâs policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act.
Auditors'' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Act, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. The Guidance Note and those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditorsâ judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting
A companyâs internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companyâs internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the companyâs assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2017, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note.
Report on Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2016 (''the Order'') issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Companies
Act, 2013 (''the Act'') of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (''the Company'')
i. In respect of the Companyâs property, plant and equipment:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment.
(b) The property, plant and equipment 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 all the fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records examined by us and based on the examination of the conveyance deed provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of land and buildings which are freehold, are held in the name of the Company as at the balance sheet date.
In respect of immovable properties been taken on lease and disclosed as property, plant and equipment in the standalone Ind AS financial statements, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company.
ii. As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during the year by the Management at reasonable intervals and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
iii. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, limited liability partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act.
iv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 185 and 186 of the Act in respect of grant of loans, making investments and providing guarantees and securities, as applicable.
v. The Company has not accepted deposits during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits as at March 31, 2017 and therefore, the provisions of the clause 3 (v) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
vi. Reporting under clause 3(vi) of the Order is not applicable as the Companyâs business activities are not covered by the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014.
vii. According to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, duty of Customs, duty of Excise, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, duty of Customs, duty of Excise, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at March 31, 2017 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2017 on account of dispute are given below:
Particular |
Forum where the dispute is pending |
Financial Year to which the amount relates |
Total (Rs, Crores) |
Income Tax |
Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) |
2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 |
1,821 |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
2005-2006, 2010-2011 |
1,789 |
|
Sales Tax, and Value Added Tax |
Additional Commissioner |
2007-2008 |
* |
Assistant Commissioner |
1995-1996, 1997-1998, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2011-2012 |
* |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
1994-1995, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2010-201 1, 201 1-2012, 2013-2014 |
4 |
|
Joint commissioner |
1997-1998, 2005-2006, 2009-2010, 2010-201 1, 201 1-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 |
4 |
|
Tribunal |
1990-1991, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, |
7 |
Particular |
Forum where the dispute is pending |
Financial Year to which the amount relates |
Total (Rs, Crores) |
High Court |
2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2008-2009 1994-1995, 2001 -2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011 -2012, 2012-2013 |
142 |
|
Service Tax |
Commissioner of Service tax (Appeals) |
2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011 -2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 |
4 |
Tribunal |
2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 201 1-2012, 2012-2013 |
85 |
* Indicates amount less than Rs,0.50 crore.
There were no dues of duty of Customs, duty of Excise and Cess which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2017 on account of dispute.
viii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to banks. The Company does not have any loans or borrowings from financial institutions or government and has not issued any debentures.
ix. The Company has not raised moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) or term loans and hence reporting under clause 3 (ix) of the Order is not applicable.
x. To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.
xi. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has paid/provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
xii. The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause 3(xii) of the Order is not applicable.
xiii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us the Company is in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone Ind AS financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
xiv. During the year, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures and hence reporting under clause 3(xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
xv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its Directors or persons connected to its Directors and hence provisions of section 192 of the Act are not applicable.
xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
(Firm''s Registration No. 1 17366W / W - 100018)
P. R. RAMESH
Mumbai, April 18, 2017 Partner
(Membership No. 70928)
Mar 31, 2015
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Tata
Consultancy Services Limited (''the Company''), which comprise the
Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2015 and the Statement of Profit and Loss
and the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of
the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated
in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act'') with respect
to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and
fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash
flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility also includes
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection
and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments
and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,
implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,
that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and
presentation of these financial statements that give a true and fair
view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or
error.
Auditors'' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit.
We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting
and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in
the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made
thereunder.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require
that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant
to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a
true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on whether the Company has in place an adequate internal
financial controls system over financial reporting and the operating
effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness
of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Board of Directors,
as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial
statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the
information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a
true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as
at March 31, 2015, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended
on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2015 (''the
Order'') issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of
the Act, we give in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified
in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and 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 aforesaid financial statements comply with the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on March 31, 2015, taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2015
from being appointed as a Director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the
Act.
(f) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors''
Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:
i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its
financial position in its financial statements as of March 31, 2015;
ii) The Company has made provision in its financial statements, as
required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material
foreseeable losses on long term contracts;
iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
ANNEXURE TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'' REPORT (Referred to in paragraph
1 under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' section of
our report of even date)
1. In respect of the fixed assets of the Company:
(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
explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on
such verification.
2. In respect of the inventories of the Company:
(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 explanations
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.
3. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the Register maintained
under Section 189 of the Act.
4. 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 purchase 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.
5. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted deposits during the year and
does not have any unclaimed deposits. Therefore, the provisions of the
clause 3 (v) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
6. The provisions of clause 3 (vi) of the Order are not applicable to
the Company as the Company is not covered by the Companies (Cost
Records and Audit) Rules, 2014.
7. According to the information and explanations given to us, in
respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Employees'' State Insurance,
Income Tax, Sales Tax and Value Added Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
duty of Customs, duty of Excise, Cess and other material statutory dues
applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident
Fund, Employees'' State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax and Value Added
Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, duty of Customs, duty of Excise, Cess and
other material statutory dues in arrears as at March 31, 2015 for a
period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax, Sales Tax and Value Added Tax and
Service Tax which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2015 on
account of dispute are given below:
Particulars Period to which
the amount relates Forum where the dispute is Amount
pending (Rs.
crores)
Income Tax 2005-06, 2008-09 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal 157.16
2007- 08, 2008-09,
2009-10, 2012-13 Commissioner of Income Tax
(Appeals) 505.15
Sales Tax and 2001-02, 2003-04,
2004-05, 2005-06, High court 22.82
Value Added
Tax 2007-08, 2009-10,
2012-13
2002-03, 2003-04,
2004-05, 2005-06, Tribunal 7.06
2006- 07, 2007-08
2008- 09, 2009-10,
2010-11 Deputy Commissioner 7.56
2005-06, 2009-10,
2010-11, 2011-12,
2013-14 Joint Commissioner 4.42
2001-02, 2005-06,
2011-12 Assistant Commissioner 0.49
2007-08, 2008-09,
2009-10 Additional Commissioner 0.02
Service Tax 2004-05, 2005-06,
2006-07, 2007-08, Appellate Tribunal 12.12
2008- 09, 2009-10
2008-09, 2009-10 Commissioner of Service Tax
(Appeals) 0.15
There were no dues of Wealth Tax, duty of Customs, duty of Excise and
Cess which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2015 on account of
dispute.
(d) The Company has been regular in transferring amounts to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and Rules made thereunder within
time.
8. 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.
9. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
bank during the year and did not have any amount outstanding to
financial institutions or debenture holders.
10. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantee given by the
Company for loan taken by a subsidiary from a bank is not prima facie
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
11. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company did not avail any term loan during the year.
12. To the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and
no material fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during
the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
(Firm Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)
P. R. RAMESH
Partner
(Membership No. 70928)
Mumbai, April 16, 2015
Mar 31, 2013
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of TATA
CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (the "Company"), which comprise the
Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2013, the Statement of Profit and Loss
and the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of
the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Managements Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Companys Management is responsible for the preparation of these
financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial
position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in
accordance with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211
(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956 (the "Act") and in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility
includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal
controls relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial
statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with
ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
from material misstatements.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditors judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the
Companys preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Companys internal control. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the
information required by the Act 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 March 31, 2013;
(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit of
the Company for the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date. Report on Other Legal and
Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (the
"Order") issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A)
of the Act, we give in the Annexure a statement on the matters
specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:
(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 comply with the Accounting Standards
referred to in Section 211 (3C) of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2013 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2013
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the
Act.
ANNEXURE TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 1 under Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements section of our report of even date)
1. Having regard to the nature of the Companys business / activities
during the year, clause(xiii) of paragraph 4 of the Order 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
and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern
status of the Company.
3. In respect of the Companys inventories:
(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. The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to / from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
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 Act, 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 in Section
301 that 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.
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 the clause 4 (vi) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
8. In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during the
year by an external agency appointed by the Management have been
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business.
9. We have broadly reviewed the cost records maintained by the Company
pursuant to the Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Rules, 2011
prescribed by the Central Government under Section 209(1)(d) of the Act
and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed cost records
have been maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination
of the records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or
complete.
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
statutory 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) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident
Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees State
Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Customs
Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as
at March 31, 2013 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, 2013 on account of disputes are
given below:
Particulars Period to which the
amount relates Forum where the dispute
is pending Amount
(Rs. crores)
Sales Tax 2001-02, 2003-04,
2004-05, 2005-06, High Court 16.41
2007-08, 2009-10
2002-03, 2003-04,
2004-05, 2005-06, Tribunal 7.06
2006-07, 2007-08
2007-08, 2008-09,
2009-10 Deputy Commissioner 6.93
2001-02, 2002-03,
2009-10 Commissioner of Sales Tax 0.04
2002-03, 2003-04,
2004-05, 2005-06, Joint Commissioner 8.41
2006-07, 2007-08,
2008-09
2001-02, 2005-06,
2006-07 Assistant Commissioner 0.67
2007-08, 2008-09 Additional Commissioner 0.02
Service Tax 2005-06, 2008-09 Appellate Tribunal 0.50
Income Tax 2005-06 Appellate Tribunal 75.33
2007-08, 2008-09 Commissioner of Income
Tax (Appeals) 629.57
There were no dues of Wealth Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Cess
which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2013 on account of
disputes.
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 has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
bank. Further, in our opinion and according to information and
explanations given to us, the Company did not have any amount
outstanding to financial institutions or debenture holders.
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 the Order 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 subsidiaries are wholly
owned the terms and conditions of the guarantee given by the Company
for loans taken by the subsidiaries from banks 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 loan has been applied by the Company during the
year for the purpose for which it was obtained.
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 prima
facie not been used during the year for long- term investment.
18. According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the year 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 Act.
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 fraud by the Company and
no material fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during
the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
(Firm Registration No. 117366W)
P.R. Ramesh
(Partner)
(Membership No. 70928)
Mumbai, April 17, 2013
Mar 31, 2012
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
Mar 31, 2011
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TATA CONSULTANCY
SERVICES LIMITED ("the Company") as at March 31, 2011, the Profit and
Loss Account 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 Profit and Loss Account 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 Profit and Loss Account 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, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, 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, 2011 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
/ result for the year, clause (xiii) of paragraph 4 of CARO is not
applicable to the Company.
2. In respect of its 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 its 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. At the year end, an amount
outstanding against the loans granted to three subsidiaries aggregated
to Rs. 483.29 crores. The maximum balance outstanding during the year was
Rs. 519.47 crores.
(b) The rate of interest and other terms and conditions of such loans
are, in our opinion, prima facie not prejudicial to the interests of
the Company.
(c) The receipts of principal amounts and interest have been as per
stipulations.
(d) There are no overdue amounts and hence the provisions of sub-clause
(d) of clause 4(iii) of CARO are not applicable to the Company.
(e) 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, 2011 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, 2011 on account of disputes are
given below:
Particulars Period to which the
amount relates Forum where
the dispute Amount
is pending (Rs. crores)
Sales Tax 2001 Ã 02, 2003 Ã 04, 2004
à 05, 2005 à 06, 2006 à 07, High Court 7.60
2007 Ã 08, 2008 Ã 09, 2009
à 10, 2010 à 11
2002 Ã 03, 2003 Ã 04, 2004
à 05, 2005 à 06, 2006 à 07 Tribunal 7.67
2004 Ã 05, 2007 Ã 08,
2008 Ã 09, 2009 Ã 10 Deputy Commissioner 11.96
2001 Ã 02, 2002 Ã 03 Commissioner of
Sales Tax 0.03
2002 Ã 2003, 2004 Ã 05,
2005 Ã 06, 2006 Ã 07, Joint Commissioner 9.77
2007 Ã 08, 2008 Ã 09
2001 Ã 02, 2003 Ã 04,
2005 Ã 06 Assistant Commissioner1.02
2006 Ã 07 Additional Commissioner 2.78
Service Tax 2004 Ã 05, 2005 Ã 06,
2006 Ã 07, 2007 Ã 08 Commissioner of
Service Tax 3.23
Income Tax 2006 Ã 07 Commissioner of
Income Tax 209.77
(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)
N. VENKATRAM
Partner
(Membership No. 71387)
Mumbai, April 21, 2011
Mar 31, 2010
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TATA CONSULTANCY
SERVICES LIMITED (Ãthe CompanyÃ) as at March 31, 2010, the Profit and
Loss Account 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 CompanyÃs 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 (AuditorÃs Report) Order, 2003
(ÃCAROÃ) 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:
(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 it 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, the Profit and Loss Account 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;
(v) 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 March 31, 2010;
(b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
(c) 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, 2010 from being appointed as
a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORSÃ REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
(i) Having regard to the nature of the CompanyÃs business / activities
/ result for the year, clause (xiii) of paragraph 4 of CARO are not
applicable to the Company.
(ii) In respect of its 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.
(iii) In respect of its inventories:
(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 explanations
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.
(iv) 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 given unsecured interest-free loan
aggregating to Rs. 86.12 crores to a wholly owned subsidiary. The
Company has also given unsecured loans aggregating to Rs. 1.22 crores
to one of its subsidiary. At the year end, the loans granted to two
subsidiaries aggregates to Rs. 485.65 crores. The maximum balance
outstanding during the year is Rs. 651.45 crores.
(b) The rate of interest and other terms and conditions of such loans
are, in our opinion, prima facie not prejudicial to the interests of
the Company.
(c) The receipts of principal amounts and interest have been as per
stipulations.
(d) There are no overdue amounts and hence the provisions of sub-clause
(d) of clause 4(iii) of CARO are not applicable to the Company.
(e) 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.
(v) 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.
(vi) 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 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.
(vii) 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.
(viii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business.
(ix) 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 of
the Company.
(x) 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,
Employeesà 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) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Investor
Education and Protection Fund, Employeesà State Insurance, Income tax,
Sales tax, Customs duty, Excise duty and cess were in arrears, as at
March 31, 2010 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 on March 31, 2010 on account of disputes are
given below:
Particulars Period to which
the amount relates Forum where
the dispute is Amount
pending (Rs. in crores)
Sales Tax 2001 - 02, 2003 - 04,
2004 - 05, 2005 - 06, High Court 5.36
2006 - 07, 2007 - 08,
2008 - 09, 2009 - 10
2002 - 03, 2003 - 04,
2004 - 05, 2005 - 06, Tribunal 7.78
2006 - 07
2004 - 05, 2007 - 08,
2008 - 09 Deputy
Commissioner 12.83
2001 - 02, 2002 - 03 Commissioner
of Sales Tax 0.03
- 05, 2005 - 06, 2006
- 07 Joint
Commissioner 3.01
2001 - 02, 2003 - 04,
2005 - 06 Assistant
Commissioner 1.02
Service Tax 2004 - 05, 2005 - 06,
2006 - 07, 2007 - 08 Commissioner of
Service Tax 3.23
Income Tax 2004 - 05 Commissioner of
Income Tax (Appeals) 3.42
(xi) 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.
(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
financial institution or bank.
(xiii) 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.
(xiv) 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.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) 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.
(xvii) 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.
(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us,
during the period covered by our audit report, 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.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the year covered by our audit report, the Company has not issued any
secured debentures.
(xx) During the year covered by our audit report, the Company has not
raised any money by way of public issue.
(xxi) 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)
N. VENKATRAM
Partner
(Membership No. 71387)
Mumbai, April 19, 2010
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