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This is how a company tricks you into thinking it's bigger than it is in realityRevenue is not always the amount written on the invoice. The final number can change because of rebates, returns, penalties, warranties, cu...
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 65: This auto ancillary is making new moves. Separate signal from noiseThis supplier is one of those businesses that grows quietly until it suddenly makes several big decisions at once. In a short span it has s...
Sold, or just shipped? How sales figures can be manipulated – and how you can spot itGoods left the warehouse. The invoice went out. So it must be a sale, right? Not always. Under the rules, a sale counts only when the custo...
ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026: Why tax has become one of the biggest trust tests for enterprise dataAs businesses generate larger volumes of financial and operational data, tax functions are becoming an unexpected proving ground for AI pro...
Big Six tighten grip on India's audit market despite mandatory rotationDespite mandatory auditor rotation, India's largest audit firms are consolidating their dominance, auditing 66% of Nifty 500 companies. Gra...
Forget fake invoices. The real risk is the assumptions made in the balance sheet to hide lossesMost accounting risks make noise. The biggest one on the Indian balance sheet doesn't. It hides inside growth assumptions, discount rates, ...
Balance sheet trick: Decoding another manipulation, and how to spot a bad apple in your portfolio before othersThere is one line in the accounts that most investors skip because it looks routine. But behind that line can sit disputed demands, old los...
When a small footnote is used as a tool to make a weak balance sheet look strongThis is the uncomfortable truth about company accounts. A number on a balance sheet is not always cash that will return, and a liability tu...
Prime Litmus Investment Management launches real estate opportunities fund, a Category II AIFPrime Securities has launched the Prime Litmus Real Estate Opportunities Fund, a Category II AIF targeting Rs 750 crore with a Rs 250 crore...
IndusInd Bank faces fresh whistleblower allegationsThe new complaint alleges insider trading by Samir Agarwal, former zonal head of eastern India at IndusInd Bank, manipulation of financial ...
Curbs on ads by accounting firms lifted: ICAIThe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has updated its ethics code. This allows chartered accountants and their firms to advertise...
Sebi mulls allowing InvITs to add major road expenses back into NDCF calculationThe proposal came after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) received representation from the Bharat InvITs Association (BIA) ...
Supreme Court pulls up Centre over food safety failures, seeks auditThe Supreme Court has directed the Centre and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to explain why a nationwide performance audi...
From $22 billion to zero: Success, not failure, brought Byju downByju's, once a $22 billion edtech giant, has collapsed. Founder Byju Raveendran faces jail for contempt. The company's downfall stems from ...
Profit on paper, loss in reality: How a routine accounting tool is used to deceive and take investors for a rideAmortisation is a number most investors skip, but it can shape reported profit. On the surface, it looks routine: A company spreads the cos...
Audit firms count the cost as India looks to tighten rulesThe landscape of corporate governance in India is on the brink of transformation, with new proposals potentially establishing some of the h...
India's urban transformation must be backed by accountability: CAG at BRICS SAI SummitDuring the BRICS Summit in Bengaluru, K Sanjay Murthy, India's chief auditor, emphasized the urgent call for heightened accountability in u...
Delhi to add 13 more air quality monitoring stations this yearDelhi is set to receive 13 new air quality monitoring stations this year. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee is developing 10 of these, ...
CAG conducting special audit of 101 cities to assess ease of living, says MurthyIndia is auditing 101 cities to understand citizen ease of living. The Comptroller and Auditor General is also examining transport and logi...
Audit watchdog to split disciplinary & probe functions, set up 4 divisionsThe National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is restructuring its operations by creating separate wings for investigation and discipli...