CA Inter May 2023 Exam Amendments / Applicability of Standards/Guidance Notes by ICAI

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Board of Studies The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

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Applicability of Standards/Guidance Notes/Legislative Amendments etc. for May, 2023 Examination

Intermediate Level (New Course)

Paper 1: Accounting

List of Applicable Accounting Standards

AS 1 : Disclosure of Accounting Policies AS 2 : Valuation of Inventories

AS 3 : Cash Flow Statements

AS 10 : Property, Plant and Equipment

AS 11 : The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates AS 12 : Accounting for Government Grants

AS 13 : Accounting for Investments AS 16 : Borrowing Costs

Applicability of the Companies Act, 2013 and other Legislative Amendments for May, 2023 Examination

The relevant notified Sections of the Companies Act, 2013 and legislative amendments including relevant Notifications / Circulars / Rules / Guidelines issued by Regulating Authorities up to 31st October, 2022 will be applicable for May, 2023 Examination.

Non-Applicability of Ind AS

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 on 16th February, 2015, for compliance by certain class of companies. These Ind AS do not form part of the syllabus and hence are not applicable.

Paper 2: Corporate and Other Laws

The provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 along with significant Rules/ Notifications/ Circulars/ Clarification/ Orders issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the laws covered under the Other Laws, as amended by concerned authority, including significant notifications and circulars issued up to 31 st October 2022 are applicable for May 2023 examination.

Inclusions /Exclusions from the syllabus

(1)

(2)

(3)

Chapters/ Topics of the syllabus

Inclusions

(Provisions which are included from the corresponding chapter/topic of the syllabus)

Exclusions (Provisions which are excluded from the corresponding chapter/

topic of the syllabus)

Part I: Company Law

The Companies Act, 2013

(Sections 1 to

148)

The entire content included in the September 2021 edition of the Study Material is applicable.

Also, the Legislative amendments hosted on the website for May 2023 examinations, shall also be relevant for the said examinations.

(i) Sections 24, 30, 33, 38 & 41 [from chapter 3- Prospectus and Allotment of Securities]

(ii) Sections 44, 45, 60, 65 & 72 [from chapter 4- Share capital and Debentures]

  1. Section 75 [from chapter 5- Acceptance of deposits by companies]
  2. Section 81 & 85 [from chapter 6- Registration of Charges]

Part II: Other Laws

1. The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Specific contracts from section 123

onwards)

The entire content included in the September 2021 edition of the Study Material is applicable.

-.

2.The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

The entire content included in the September 2021 edition of the Study Material is applicable.

3.The General Clauses Act, 1897

The entire content included in the September 2021 edition of the Study Material is applicable.

4. Interpretation of Statutes

The content of the chapter covering Principles of Interpretation in the September 2021 edition of the study material shall form the base for May 2023 examination.

Note: September 2021 edition of the Study Material is relevant for May 2023 examinations. The amendments made after the issuance of this Study Material for the period of 1 st May 2021 to 31st October 2022– are also relevant for May 2023 examinations. The Relevant Legislative amendme nts will be available on the BoS Knowledge Portal.

Paper 4: Taxation

Section A: Income-tax Law

The provisions of income-tax law, as amended by the Finance Act, 2022, including significant circulars, notifications, press releases issued and legislative amendments made upto 31st October, 2022, are applicable for May, 2023 examination. The relevant assessment year for income-tax is A.Y. 2023-24.

Note – The May, 2022 edition of the Study Material for Intermediate (New) Paper 4A, based on the provisions of income-tax law, as amended by the Finance Act, 2022, is relevant for May, 2023 examination. The said Study Material is available at https://www.icai.org/post.html?post_id=18481. The Study Material has to be read along with the Statutory Update for May, 2023 examination, webhosted at the BoS Knowledge Portal. The initial pages of the Study Material available at https://resource.cdn.icai.org/71132bos57143-m-ip1.pdf contains the Study Guidelines which specifies the list of topic-wise exclusions from the scope of syllabus.

Section B: Indirect Taxes

Applicability of the GST law : The provisions of the CGST Act, 2017 and the IGST Act, 2017 as amended by the Finance Act, 2022, including significant notifications and circulars issued and other legislative amendments made, up to 31st October, 2022, are applicable for May 2023 examination.

The Study Guidelines given below specify the exclusions from the syllabus for May 2023 examination.

List of topic-wise exclusions from the syllabus

(1)

(2)

(3)

S.No. in the syllabus

Topics of the syllabus

Exclusions

(Provisions which are excluded from the corresponding topic of the syllabus)

2(ii)(c)

Charge of tax including reverse charge

CGST Act, 2017

  1. Rate of tax prescribed for supply of goods*
  2. Rate of tax prescribed for supply of services*
  3. Categories of supply of goods, tax on which is payable on reverse charge basis under section 9(3)

IGST Act, 2017

  1. Rate of tax prescribed for supply of goods
  2. Rate of tax prescribed for supply of services
  3. Categories of supply of goods, tax on which is payable on reverse charge basis under section 5(3)
  4. Determination of nature of supply – Inter-State supply; Intra-

State supply; Supplies in territorial waters

  1. Special provision for payment of tax by a supplier of online information and database access or retrieval [OIDAR] services

2(ii)(d)

Exemption from tax

CGST Act, 2017 & IGST Act, 2017

Exemptions for supply of goods

2(iii)

Basic concepts of time and value of supply

CGST Act, 2017 & CGST Rules, 2017

  1. Provisions relating to change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services
  2. Chapter IV: Determination of Value of Supply [Rules 27-35] of CGST Rules, 2017

2(iv)

Input tax credit

CGST Act, 2017 read with CGST Rules, 2017

  1. Manner of determination of input tax credit in respect of inputs or input services and reversal thereof [Rule 42]
  2. Manner of determination of input tax credit in respect of capital goods and reversal thereof in certain cases [Rule 43]
  1. Input tax credit provisions in respect of inputs and capital goods sent for job work
  2. Input tax credit provisions relating to distribution of credit by Input Service Distributor [ISD]
  3. Manner of recovery of credit distributed in excess
  4. Manner of reversal of credit of additional duty of customs in respect of Gold dore bar

2(ix)

Payment of tax

CGST Act, 2017

  1. Tax deduction at source
  2. Collection of tax at source

*Rates specified for computing the tax payable under composition levy are included in the syllabus. Notes:

  1. The syllabus includes select provisions of the CGST Act, 2017 and IGST Act, 2017 and not the entire CGST

Act, 2017 and the IGST Act, 2017. The provisions covered in any topic(s) of the syllabus which are related to or correspond to the topics not covered in the syllabus shall also be excluded.

  1. In the above table, in respect of the topics of the syllabus specified in column (2) the related exclusion is given in column (3). Where an exclusion has been so specified in any topic of the syllabus, the provisions corresponding to such exclusions, covered in other topic(s) forming part of the syllabus, shall also be excluded. For example, since provisions relating to ISD and tax collection at source are excluded from the topics “Input tax credit” and “Payment of tax including reverse charge” respectively, the provisions relating to
    1. registration of ISD and person required to collect tax at source and (ii) filing of returns by an ISD and submission of TCS statement by an electronic commerce operator required to collect tax at source are also excluded from the topics “Registration” and “Returns” respectively.
  2. August 2021 edition of the Study Material read with Supplementary Study Paper for May 2023 examination are relevant for said examination. The amendments in the GST law made after the issuance of the Study Material – to the extent covered in the Supplementary Study Paper for May 2023 examination alone shall be relevant for the said examination.
  3. The entire content included in the August 2021 edition of the Study Material (except the exclusions mentioned herein) and the Supplementary Study Paper for May 2023 examination shall be relevant for the said examination.

Paper 5: Advanced Accounting

List of Applicable Accounting Standards

AS 4 : Contingencies and Events Occurring After the Balance Sheet Date

AS 5 : Net Profit or Loss for the Period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies AS 7 : Construction Contracts

AS 9 : Revenue Recognition

AS 14 : Accounting for Amalgamations AS 17 : Segment Reporting

AS 18 : Related Party Disclosures

AS 19 : Leases

AS 20 : Earnings Per Share

AS 22: Accounting for Taxes on Income AS 24 : Discontinuing Operations

AS 26 : Intangible Assets

AS 29 : Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.

Applicability of the Companies Act, 2013 and other Legislative Amendments for May, 2023 Examination

The relevant notified Sections of the Companies Act, 2013 and legislative amendments including relevant Notifications / Circulars / Rules / Guidelines issued by Regulating Authorities up to 31st October, 2022 will be applicable for May, 2023 Examination.

Non-Applicability of Ind AS

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 on 16th February, 2015, for compliance by certain class of companies. These Ind AS do not form part of the syllabus and hence are not applicable.

Paper 6: Auditing and Assurance

List of topic-wise inclusion in the syllabus

I. List of applicable Engagements and Quality Control Standards on Auditing

S.No

SA

Title of Standard on Auditing

1

SQC 1

Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Historical Financial Information, and Other Assurance and Related Services Engagements

2

SA 200

Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Standards on Auditing

3

SA 210

Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements

4

SA 220

Quality Control for Audit of Financial Statements

5

SA 230

Audit Documentation

6

SA 240

The Auditor’s responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial

Statements

7

SA 250

Consideration of Laws and Regulations in An Audit of Financial Statements

8

SA 299

Joint Audit of Financial Statements

9

SA 300

Planning an Audit of Financial Statements

10

SA 315

Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement through Understanding the Entity and its Environment

11

SA 320

Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit

12

SA 500

Audit Evidence

13

SA 501

Audit Evidence – Specific Considerations for Selected Items

14

SA 505

External Confirmations

15

SA 510

Initial Audit Engagements-Opening Balances

16

SA 520

Analytical Procedures

17

SA 530

Audit Sampling

18

SA 550

Related Parties

19

SA 560

Subsequent Events

20

SA 570

Going Concern (Revised)

21

SA 580

Written Representations

22

SA 610

Using the Work of Internal Auditors

23

SA 700

Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements

24

SA 701

Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor’s Report

25

SA 705

Modifications to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor’s Report

26

SA 706

Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the

Independent Auditor’s Report

27

SA 710

Comparative Information – Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements

II Applicability of the Companies Act, 2013 and other Legislative Amendments

  1. The September, 2021 Edition of the Study Material on Intermediate Paper 6: Auditing and Assurance [comprising of 2 Modules – Modules 1 – 2] is relevant for May, 2023 Examinations. This is an integrated Study Material cum Practice Manual.

Students are expected to be updated with the notifications, circulars and other legislative amendments made upto 6 months prior to the examination. For instance, for May, 2023 examination, significant notifications and circulars issued upto 31st October, 2022 would be relevant.

The relevant notified Sections of the Companies Act, 2013 and legislative amendments including relevant Notifications / Circulars / Rules / Guidelines issued by Regulating Authority up to 31st October, 2022 will be applicable for May, 2023 Examination. It may be noted that the significant notifications and circulars issued up to 31st October, 2022, which are not covered in the September, 2021 Edition of the Study Material, would be given as Academic Update in the Revision Test Paper for May, 2023 Examination.

NOTE:

Applicability of the Amendments to Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 : The Central Government made certain amendments in Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 (vide Notification dated 24th March, 2021), with effect from 1st day of April, 2021.These amendments to Schedule III are applicable for May, 2023 Examination.

  1. Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs is

applicable for May, 2023 Examination. List of topic-wise exclusion in the syllabus

  1. Statement on Reporting under Section 227(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956 (Section 143(1) of the Companies Act, 2013) excluded.
  2. Following Engagements and Quality Control Standards on Auditing excluded:

(1)

(2)

(3)

S.

No

SA

Exclusions

1

SA 260

Communication with Those Charged with Governance (Revised)

2

SA 265

Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management

3

SA 330

The Auditor’s Responses to Assessed Risks

4

SA 402

Audit Considerations Relating to an Entity Using a Service Organization

5

SA 450

Evaluation of Misstatements Identified during the Audits

6

SA 540

Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures

7

SA 600

Using the Work of Another Auditor

8

SA 620

Using the Work of an Auditor’s Expert

9

SA 720

The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information

  1. Following Guidance Notes are excluded:
    1. Guidance Note on Audit of Inventories.
    2. Guidance Note on Audit of Debtors, Loans and Advances.
    3. Guidance Note on Audit of Investments.
    4. Guidance Note on Audit of Cash and Bank Balances.
    5. Guidance Note on Audit of Liabilities.
    6. Guidance Note on Audit of Revenue.
    7. Guidance Note on Audit of Expenses.
    8. Guidance Note on Reporting under section 143(3)(f) and (h) of the Companies Act, 2013
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