| The Firm follows the Best
Practices Standards of the International Federation of Accountants
(IFAC) and the Code Of Ethics as laid-out by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), governed by the
provisions of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. The Firm
recognizes that the objective of the Accountancy profession
is to work to the highest standards of professionalism, to
attain the highest levels of performance and generally to
meet the public interest requirements.
These objectives require four basic needs
to be met - Crediblity, Professionalism, Quality of Service
and Confidence.
In order to achieve the objectives of the
Accountancy profession, professional accountants have to observe
a number of pre-requisites or fundamental principles. The
fundamental principles are :
+ Integrity
A professional accountant should be straightforward
and honest in performing professional services.
+ Objectivity
A professional accountant should be fair and
should not allow prejudice or bias, conflict of interest or
influence of others to override objectivity.
+ Professional
Competence & Due Care
A professional accountant should perform professional
services with due care,competence and diligence and has a
continuing duty to maintain professional knowledge and skill
at a level required to ensure that a client or employer receives
the advantage of competent professional service based on up-to-date
developments in practice, legislation and techniques.
+ Confidentiality
A professional accountant should respect the
confidentiality of information acquired during the course
of performing professional services and should not use or
disclose any such information without proper and specific
authority or unless there is a legal or professional right
or duty to disclose.
+ Professional
Behaviour
A professional accountant should act in a
manner consistent with the good reputation of the profession
and refrain from any conduct, which might bring discredit
to the profession.
+ Technical
Standards
A professional accountant should carry out
professional services in accordance with the relevant technical
and professional standards. Professional accountants have
a duty to carry out with care and skill, the instructions
of the client or employer in so far as they are compatible
with the requirements of integrity, objectivity and in the
case of professional accountants in public practice, independence.
In addition they should conforms with the technical and professional
standards promulgated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India.
+ Independence
When in public practice
an accountant should both be, and appear to be, free of any
interest which might be regarded, whatever its actual effect,
as being incompatible with integrity and objectivity.
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