Mar 31, 2022
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Mindtree Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2022, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and 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 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (ââInd AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2022, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibility 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 (ICAI) 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 made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI''s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit 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 year. We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor''s Report Thereon
The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Message from the Chairman, Message from the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Message from the Chief Financial Officer, Management Discussion and Analysis, Business Responsibility Report, Director''s Report, Corporate Governance, Risk Management Report and Global Presence but does not include the consolidated financial statements (including financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board), standalone financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon, which we obtained prior to the date of this auditor''s report, and any other information which is expected to form part of the annual report, which is expected to be made available to us after that date.
⢠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 during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
⢠If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to the date of this auditor''s report, 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.
Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company''s Board of Directors is 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 financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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 financial statement 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 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.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.
Auditor''s Responsibility 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 financial 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 system 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.
⢠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 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
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 year 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 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 Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity 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 March 31, 2022 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 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 the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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 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;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of it''s knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either
individually or in the aggregate) 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.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of it''s knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) 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 Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures 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 sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
The interim dividend declared and paid by the company during the year is in compliance with section 123 of the act.
As stated in note 13.1 to the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividend proposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020 ("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.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants (Firm''s Registration No. 008072S)
Monisha Parikh
Partner
(Membership No. 47840)
Bengaluru, April 18, 2022 UDIN: 22047840AHGEHB3905
Mar 31, 2021
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR''S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MINDTREE LIMITED
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of MINDTREE LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2021, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and 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 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2021, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibility 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 ("ICAI") 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 made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI''s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
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. We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor''s Report Thereon
⢠the company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. the other information comprises the information included in the Message from the chairman, Message from the cEO & MD, Message from the cFO, Management Discussion and analysis, Business Responsibility Report, Director''s Report, corporate Governance, Risk Management Report and Global Presence, but does not include the consolidated (including financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International accounting Standards Board) and standalone financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon, which we obtained prior to the date of this auditor''s report, and any other information which is expected to form part of the annual report, which is expected to be made available to us after that date.
⢠Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not and 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 and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
⢠If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to the date of this auditor''s report, 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.
Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
the company''s Board of Directors is 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 financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the company in accordance with the Ind As and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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 financial statement 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 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.
those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company''s financial reporting process.
auditor''s Responsibility 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 financial 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 system 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.
⢠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 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
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 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 cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity 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 March 31, 2021 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 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 the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid/provided by the company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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 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;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
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.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants (Firm''s Registration No. 008072S)
Monisha Parikh
Partner
(Membership No. 47840)
Bengaluru, April 16, 2021 UDIN: 21047840AAAABH3912
Mar 31, 2019
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR''S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MINDTREE LIMITED
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements Opinion
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of MINDTREE LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2019, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and 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 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2019, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing prescribed under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibility 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 ("ICAI") 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 made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI''s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
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. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Sr. No. |
Key Audit Matter |
Auditor''s Response |
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Revenue |
Principal audit procedures performed |
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Revenue from rendering of services amounting to Rs, 70,215 Millions for year ended March 31, 2019 (Refer Note 17 to the standalone financial statements) is recognized based on the application of the new revenue accounting standard (Ind AS 115- ''Revenue from Contracts with Customers'') which involves certain key judgments (Refer Note 2.1 (c)(i) to the standalone financial statements) relating to identification of distinct performance obligations, determination of the transaction price of the identified performance obligation and the appropriateness of the basis used to measure revenue recognized over a period. Due to the large variety and complexity of contractual terms, significant judgments are required to estimate the amount applied. If the actual amount differs from the amount applied or estimated amount, this will have an impact on the accuracy of the revenue recognized in the current period. The new accounting standard additionally requires disclosures (Refer Note 17 to the standalone financial statements) which involve information with regard to disaggregated revenue and periods over which the remaining performance obligation will be satisfied subsequent to the balance sheet date. |
We have performed the following procedures: i. Evaluated the design and implementation of the relevant controls (automated and manual) over implementation of the new revenue accounting standard and from a sample of continuing and new contracts, tested the operating effectiveness of such internal controls. ii. Selected a sample of continuing and new contracts and performed the following procedures: - Read the agreements with the customers to identify the distinct performance obligations, the transaction price and its allocation to the performance obligations in the contract, and the classification of the contract for the basis of revenue recognition in accordance with Ind AS 115. - Compared and agreed these with the information and classification identified by the Company. - For time and material contracts, verified the determination of revenue with the approved time sheets, including customer acceptance, where necessary. - For fixed maintenance contracts, verified the period of the contract with the customer agreements and the determination of the amount of revenue. Verified if the revenue was recognized appropriately over the period of contract as services were being rendered and whether the revenue recognized was based on the estimate of the amount of consideration to which the Company is entitled in exchange for transferring the services. - For fixed price contracts, verified the measurement of revenue for the extent of delivery of performance obligations with the actual and estimated cost of efforts as per the time recording system and project budgets. - Verified a sample of credit notes raised subsequent to revenue being recognized for any net settlements to confirm revenue recognized during the period was appropriate. - Agreed the revenue as recognized with the underlying accounting records, including the Company''s revenue monitoring system. iii. Tested the relevant controls in the Company''s Information Technology ("IT") systems, including change management, and also the report logic, the report parameters and consideration of the source data in the information produced / used by the Company from its IT systems. iv. Verified the basis of preparation and tested for a sample, the details considered in the various reports generated from the Company''s IT systems to prepare the necessary revenue disaggregation and other disclosures required. v. Performed analytical procedures, as applicable, for reasonableness of revenues disclosed by type and service offerings. |
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor''s Report Thereon
- The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, for example, Business Responsibility Report, Director''s Report, Corporate Governance Report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Risk Management Report, etc. but does not include the consolidated (including financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board) and standalone financial statements and our auditor''s 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 during the course of our 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.
Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company''s Board of Directors is 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 financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
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 financial statement 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 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.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.
Auditor''s Responsibility 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 financial 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 system 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.
- 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 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
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 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 Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity 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 prescribed under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2019 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 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 the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid/provided by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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 financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term 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.
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.
ANNEXURE "A" TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR''S REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 1(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 ("the Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of MINDTREE LIMITED ("the Company") as of March 31, 2019 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone 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. 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 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 Companies Act, 2013.
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") issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. 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 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 auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the 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, 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, 2019, 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.
ANNEXURE "B" TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR''S REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' section of our report of even date)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) The Company has a program of verification of fixed assets to cover all the items in a phased manner over a period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the program, certain fixed assets were physically verified by the Management during the year. 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 registered conveyance deed/ approved building plan provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of buildings which are freehold as at the balance sheet date, are held in the name of the Company. In respect of immovable properties of land that have been taken on lease, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company, where the Company is the lessee in the agreement.
(ii) The Company does not have any inventory and hence reporting under clause (ii) of the Order is not applicable.
(iii) 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 Section 186 of the Act in respect of investments made. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loan or provided any guarantees and securities.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposits during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits.
(vi) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s business/ activities, reporting under clause (vi) of the Order with regard to cost records is not applicable.
(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, Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Goods and Services Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it to the appropriate authorities.
(b) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as on March 31, 2019 on account of disputes are given below:
|
Name of the statute |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount (Rs, in million) |
|
AY 2002-03 to 2004-05 |
147.294 |
|||
|
Commissioner of Income Taxes |
AY 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
3.145 |
||
|
(Appeals) |
AY 2010-11 |
5.65 |
||
|
Income-tax Act, 1961 |
Income-tax |
AY 2013-14 and 2014-15 |
15.43 |
|
|
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
AY 2005-06 and 2007-08 |
27.926 |
||
|
Assessing Officer |
AY 2006-07 |
-7 |
||
|
AY 2008-09 and 2009-10 |
30.84# |
|||
|
Customs, Excise and Service Tax |
July 2003 to May 2008 |
125.83## |
||
|
The Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Appellate Tribunal |
||
|
Commissioner (Appeals)- LTU |
March 2008 to March 2009 |
0.68### |
||
|
The Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 |
Value added tax |
Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Recovery) |
Upto July 2004 |
0.29#### |
|
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 |
Sales tax |
Commissioner (Appeals) |
2011-12 |
0.46 |
|
Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 |
Value added tax |
Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax |
2013-14 |
0.17 |
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans to bank and government. There are no borrowings from financial institutions and the Company 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 (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 (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 for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the financial statements etc. 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 (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 noncash transactions with its directors or directors of its subsidiaries or persons connected with them and hence provisions of section 192 of the Act are not applicable.
(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
(Firm''s Registration No. 008072S)
V. Balaji
Bengaluru, April 17, 2019
Partner
(Membership No. 203685)
Mar 31, 2018
Independent Auditor''s Report to the Members of Mindtree Limited
Report on the Standalone Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of MINDTREE LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2018, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone 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 and the Order issued under section 143(11) of the Act.
We conducted our audit of the standalone 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 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 financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone 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 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 Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone 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 financial statements.
Opinion
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 Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2018, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. 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 Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity 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 prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of the Company as on March 31, 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 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 financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term 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.
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.
Annexure "A" to the Independent Auditor''s Report
(Referred to in paragraph 1(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 ("the Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of MINDTREE LIMITED ("the Company") as of March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone 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. 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 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 Companies Act, 2013.
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") issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. 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 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 auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the 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, 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, 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 on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Annexure "B" to the Independent Auditor''s Report
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' section of our report of even date)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) The Company has a program of verification of fixed assets to cover all the items in a phased manner over a period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the program, certain fixed assets were physically verified by the Management during the year. 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 registered conveyance deed/ approved building plan provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of buildings which are freehold as at the balance sheet date, are held in the name of the Company. In respect of immovable properties of land that have been taken on lease, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company, where the Company is the lessee in the agreement.
(ii) The Company does not have any inventory and hence reporting under clause (ii) of the Order is not applicable
(iii) 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 Section 186 of the Act in respect of investments made. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loan or provided any guarantees and securities.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposits during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits.
(vi) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s business/ activities, reporting under clause (vi) of the Order with regard to cost records is not applicable.
(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, Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Goods and Services Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it to the appropriate authorities.
There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Goods and Services Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at March 31, 2018 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as on March 31, 2018 on account of disputes are given below:
|
Name of the statute |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount ('' in million) |
|
Commissioner of Income Taxes (Appeals) |
AY 2002-03 to 2004-05 |
147.293 |
||
|
AY 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
3.144 |
|||
|
Income-tax Act, 1961 |
Income-tax |
AY 2013-14 and 2014-15 |
15.43 |
|
|
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
AY 2005-06 to 2007-08 |
27.925 |
||
|
Assessing Officer |
AY 2006-07 to 2009-10 |
30.846 |
||
|
Customs, Excise and Service Tax |
July 2003 to May 2008 |
125.83# |
||
|
The Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Appellate Tribunal |
||
|
Commissioner (Appeals)- LTU |
April 2008 to March 2009 |
0.68## |
||
|
The Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 |
Value added tax |
Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Recovery) |
Upto July 2004 |
0.29### |
|
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 |
Sales tax |
Commissioner (Appeals) |
2011-12 |
0.46 |
|
Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 |
Value added tax |
Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax |
2013-14 |
0.17 |
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans to bank and government. There are no borrowings from financial institutions and the Company 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 (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 (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 for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the financial statements etc. 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 (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 noncash transactions with its directors or directors of its subsidiaries or persons connected with them and hence provisions of section 192 of the Act are not applicable
(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
(Firm''s Registration No. 008072S)
V. Balaji
Bengaluru, April 18, 2018 Partner
(Membership No. 203685)
Mar 31, 2017
Report on the Standalone Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of MINDTREE LIMITED (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2017, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone 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 thereunder and the Order under section 143(11) of the Act.
We conducted our audit of the standalone 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 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 financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditorâs judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone 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 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 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 financial statements.
Opinion
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 Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with Ind AS and 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, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, to the extent applicable 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 Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity 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 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 âAnnexure Aâ. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs 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 financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term 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.
iv. The Company has provided requisite disclosures in the standalone 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.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Annexure âBâ to the Independent Auditorâs Report
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report of even date)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) The Company has a program of verification of fixed assets to cover all the items in a phased manner over a period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the program, certain fixed assets were physically verified by the Management during the year. 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 registered conveyance deed/ approved building plan provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of buildings which are freehold as at the balance sheet date, are held in the name of the Company. In respect of immovable properties of land that have been taken on lease and disclosed as fixed asset in the financial statements, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company, where the Company is the lessee in the agreement.
(ii) The Company does not have any inventory and hence reporting under clause (ii) of the Order is not applicable.
(iii) 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 investments made. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loan or provided any guarantees and securities.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposits during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits.
(vi) Having regard to the nature of the Companyâs business/ activities, reporting under clause (vi) of the Order with regard to cost records is not applicable.
(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, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it to the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, 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, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as on March 31, 2017 on account of disputes are given below:
|
Name of the statute |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount (Rs. in million) |
|
Income-tax Act, 1961 |
Income-tax |
Commissioner of Income Taxes (Appeals) |
AY 2002-03 to 2004-05 |
202.29* |
|
AY 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
3.14* |
|||
|
AY 2013-14 and 2014-15 |
15.43 |
|||
|
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
AY 2005-06 to 2009-10 |
115.69* |
||
|
The Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal |
July 2003 to May 2008 |
125.83* |
|
Commissioner (Appeals)- LTU |
April 2008 to March 2009 |
0.68* |
||
|
The Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 |
Value added tax |
Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Recovery) |
Upto July 2004 |
0.29* |
|
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 |
Sales tax |
Commissioner (Appeals) |
2011-12 |
0.46 |
|
Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 |
Value added tax |
Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax |
2013-14 |
0.17 |
*net of amounts paid under protest and/or adjusted against refunds.
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans to bank and government. There are no borrowings from financial institutions and the Company 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 (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 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 (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 for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the financial statements etc. 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 (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 noncash transactions with its directors or directors of its subsidiaries or persons connected with them and hence provisions of section 192 of the Act are not applicable.
(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
(Firmâs Registration No. 008072S)
V. Balaji
Partner
(Membership No. 203685)
Bengaluru, April 20, 2017
Mar 31, 2015
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of
Mindtree Limited (''Mindtree'' or ''the Company''), which comprise the
balance sheet as at 31 March 2015, the statement of profit and loss and
the cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of
significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone 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 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 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
financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone
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 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 standalone
financial statements.
Opinion
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 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 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 of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order,
to the extent applicable.
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 standalone 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 31 March 2015 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2015
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the
Act; and 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 financial statements - Refer Note 3.8 to the
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
3.3.2 to the 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.
Annexure to the Independent Auditors'' Report With reference to the
Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 in Report on Other Legal and
Regulatory Requirements of the Independent Auditors'' Report to the
members of the Company on the standalone financial statements for the
year ended 31 March 2015, we report that:
1. 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 its 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 fixed assets. In accordance with this
programme, certain fixed assets were verified during the year and no
material discrepancies were observed on such verification.
2. The Company is a service company, primarily rendering software
development services. Accordingly, it does not hold any physical
inventories. Thus, paragraph 3(ii) of the Order is not applicable.
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, 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 fixed assets and with regard to the sale of services.
The Company does not have any purchase of inventories or sale of goods
since it is a service Company. We have not observed any major weakness
in the internal control system during the course of the audit.
5. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
6. The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost
records under section 148(1) of the Act, for any of the services
rendered by the Company.
7 (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, Income tax, Wealth tax, Sales-
tax, Service tax, Value added tax, cess and any other material
statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited during the year
by the Company with the appropriate authorities. As explained to us,
the Company did not have any dues on account of Employees'' State
Insurance, Custom Duty and Excise duty.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Income tax,
Wealth tax, Sales-tax, Service tax, Value added tax, cess and other
material statutory dues were in arrears, as at 31 March 2015, 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 Wealth tax, Customs duty and Cess which have not been
deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any dispute.
The Company, however, disputes the following Income tax, Service tax
and Sales tax dues:
Name of the statute Nature of the dues Amount
(Rs. in million)
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 197.74*
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 46.70*
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 60.84
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 8.45*
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 11.16
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 10.10
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 27.91*
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 23.56
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 122.95*
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 62.90
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 61.46
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax and interest 11.29
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax and interest 24.27
Name of the statute Period to which Forum where dispute
is pending
the amount relates
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2002-03 Assessing Officer,
Bangalore**
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2003-04 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2004-05 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2007-08 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2007-08 Commissioner of
Income Taxes (Appea
-ls), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2008-09 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2007-08 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2009-10 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore$$
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2008-09 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2009-10 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year 2010-11 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
The Finance Act, 1994 June 2005 to March 2007 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore***
The Finance Act, 1994 July 2003 to March 2006 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore***
Name of the statute Nature of the dues Amount
(Rs. in million)
The Finance Act, 1994 Tax, interest and penalty 64.47
The Finance Act, 1994 Tax, interest and penalty 3.11*
The Finance Act, 1994 Tax, interest and penalty 22.68
The Finance Act, 1994 Tax, interest and penalty 4.68
The Finance Act, 1994 Tax, interest and penalty 4.80
Karnataka Sales Tax and penalty 0.28*
Tax Act, 1957
Name of the statute Period to which Forum where dispute
is pending
the amount relates
The Finance Act, 1994 July 2004 to November
2005 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore****
The Finance Act, 1994 April 2007 to March 2008 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore ****
The Finance Act, 1994 September 2004 to March
2007 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore****
The Finance Act, 1994 April 2007 to February
2008 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore
The Finance Act, 1994 April 2008 to March 2009 Assistant Commissioner
of Commercial taxes
(Recovery), Bangalore
Karnataka Sales
Tax Act, 1957 Upto July 2004 Assistant Commissioner
of Commercial taxes
(Recovery), Bangalore
* The above amounts are net of amount paid under protest.
$$ The Company is awaiting the order giving effect order from the
Assessing Officer as at the date of this report
** The Company has not obtained the final assessment order as at the
date of this report.
*** Stay granted by Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore vide original order dated 6 January 2012 and further order
received dated 21 February 2013.
**** Stay granted by Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore vide order dated 27 September 2012.
Note: The Income-Tax authorities have adjusted refund amounting to Rs.162
million in respect of the aforementioned demands without earmarking
amounts to the Assessment Year which has not been reflected in the
above disclosure.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us the
amounts which were required to be transferred to the investor education
and protection fund in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) and rules there under has been
transferred to such fund within time.
8. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceeding financial year.
9. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to financial
institutions, banks or debenture holders during the year.
10. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
11. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not taken any term loans during the year.
12. 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 B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No. 101248W / W-100022
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No. 205385
Bangalore 16 April, 2015
Mar 31, 2014
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Mindtree
Limited (''the Company''), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31
March 2014, the statement of profit and loss and the cash flow
statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
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 sub-section (3C) of section 211
of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") read with the General Circular
15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in
respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013. This responsibility
includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control
relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial
statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor''s 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 misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and 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 control relevant to the Company''s 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 entity''s
internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting
estimates made by 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 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, 2014;
(b) in the case of the statement of profit and loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the cash flow statement, of the 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, 2003 ("the
Order"), as amended, issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of sub-section (4A) of section 227 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:
(i) we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
(ii) in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(iii) the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss 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, statement of profit and loss
and cash flow statement comply with the Accounting Standards referred
to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 read
with the General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the
Companies Act, 2013; and
(v) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on 31 March 2014, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2014, from being
appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of
section 274 of the Act.
Annexure to the Auditor''s Report
The Annexure referred to in the Auditor''s Report to the members of
Mindtree Limited (''the Company'') for the year ended 31 March 2014.
We report as follows:
1. 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 fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In our opinion, the periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. In accordance with this programme, certain
fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were observed on such verification.
c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial and
therefore do not affect the going concern assumption.
2. The Company is a service company, primarily rendering software
development services. Accordingly, it does not hold any physical
inventories. Thus, paragraph 4(ii) of the Order is not applicable.
3. The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to or from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, 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 fixed assets and sale of services. The activities of the
Company do not involve purchase of inventory and the sale of goods. We
have not observed any major weakness in the internal control system
during the course of the audit.
5. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no contracts and arrangements the particulars of
which need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301
of the Companies Act, 1956.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under section 209(1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for
any of the services rendered by the Company.
9. 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, Investor Education and
Protection Fund, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Service tax, Customs duty, and
other material statutory dues have been generally regularly deposited
during the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities. As
explained to us, the Company did not have any dues on account of Wealth
tax, Employees State Insurance and Excise duty.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Investor
Education and Protection Fund, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Service tax,
Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory dues were in arrears as
at March 31, 2014 for a period of more than six months from the date
they became payable.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are
no dues of Customs duty and Cess which have not been deposited with the
appropriate authorities on account of any dispute. The Company,
however, disputes the following Income tax, Service tax and Sales tax
dues:
* The above amounts are net of amount paid under protest.
$$ The Company is awaiting the order giving effect order from the
Assessing Officer as at the date of this report.
** The matter is currently pending with the Assessing Officer, as per
ITAT order dated 12 July 2007.
*** Stay granted by Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore vide original order dated 6 January 2012 and further order
received dated 21 February 2013.
**** Stay granted by Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore vide order dated 27 September 2012.
Note: The Income-Tax authorities have adjusted refund amounting to Rs.
162 million in respect of the aforementioned demands without earmarking
amounts to the Assessment Year which has not been reflected in the
above disclosure.
10. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
bankers. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institution or debenture holders during the year.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit
fund/ society.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
16. The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/ firms/ parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
19. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. 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 B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No. 101248W
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No. 205385
Bangalore
16 April, 2014
Mar 31, 2012
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of MindTree
Limited ("the Company"), which comprises the balance sheet as at
March 31, 2012, the statement of profit and loss, cash flow statement
for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting
policies and other explanatory information.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
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 sub- section (3C) of section
211 of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"). This responsibility
includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control
relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial
statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor's 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 misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and 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 control relevant to the
Company's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting
estimates made by 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 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, 2012;
(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 (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 ("the
Order"), as amended, issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of section 227 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:
(i) we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
(ii) in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(iii) the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss 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, statement of profit and loss and
the cash flow statement comply with the Accounting Standards referred
to in subsection (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956;
(v) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2012, and 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 clause (g) of sub-section (1) of
section 274 of the Act.
Annexure to the Auditor's Report
The Annexure referred to in the Auditor's Report to the members of
MindTree Limited ('the Company') for the year ended March 31, 2012. We
report as follows:
1. 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 fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In our opinion, the periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. In accordance with this programme, certain
fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were observed on such verification.
c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial and
therefore do not affect the going concern assumption.
2. The Company is a service company, primarily rendering software
development services. Accordingly, it does not hold any physical
inventories. Thus, paragraph 4(ii) of the Order is not applicable.
3. The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to or from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanation that purchase of
certain items of fixed assets are for the Company's specialized
requirement and suitable alternative sources are not available to
obtain comparable quotations, there is an adequate internal control
system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business for purchase of fixed assets and sale of services. The
activities of the Company do not involve purchase of inventory and the
sale of goods. We have not observed any major weakness in the internal
control system during the course of the audit.
5. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no contracts and arrangements the particulars of
which need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301
of the Companies Act, 1956.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under section 209(1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for
any of the services rendered by the Company.
9. 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, Income- tax, Sales-tax,
Service tax, Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory dues have
been generally regularly deposited during the year by the Company
with the appropriate authorities. As explained to us, the Company did
not have any dues on account of Employees State Insurance, Wealth
tax, Excise duty and Investor Education and Protection Fund.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Income tax,
Sales tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues were in arrears as at March 31, 2012 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are
no dues of Customs duty and Cess which have not been deposited with the
appropriate authorities on account of any dispute. The Company,
however, disputes the following Income tax, Service tax and Sales tax
dues:
Name of the
statute Nature of
the dues Amount (Rs.) Period to
which
Forum where dispute
is pending
in 000's the amount
relates
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 78,981* Assessment
year 2002-03
Honourable High
Court of Karnataka**
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 46,764* Assessment
year 2003-04
Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 60,837 Assessment
year 2004-05 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 28,484 Assessment
year 2005-06 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 57,669 Assessment
year 2006-07 Income Tax
Appellate Tribunal
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 118,620 Assessment
year 2007-08 Income Tax
Appellate Tribunal
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 11,163 Assessment
year 2007-08 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 10,103 Assessment
year 2008-09 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 34,604* Assessment
year 2007-08 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 16,440 Assessment
year 2005-06 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 6,480 Assessment
year 2005-06 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 23,560 Assessment
year 2009-10 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 1,630 Assessment
year 2009-10 Commissioner of
Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Name of the
statute Nature of
the dues Amount
(Rs.) Period to
which Forum where
dispute is
pending
in 000's the amount
relates
Income
Tax Act,
1961 Tax and
interest 219,400 Assessment
year 2008-09 Dispute Resolution
Panel ('DRP'),
Bangalore"
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 151,210 July 2003 to
June 2007 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal,
Pune
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 66,940 July 2007 to
March 2008 Customs, Exciseand
Service Tax
AppellateTribunal,
Pune
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 11,290 July 2005 to
March 2007 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
and interest Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore***
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 24,270 July 2003 to
March 2006 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
and interest Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore***
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 22,680 Sept. 2004 to
March 2007 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
and interest Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore***
The Finance
Act, 1994 Tax, interest 64,469 July 2004 to
Nov. 2005 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
and penalty Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore
The Finance
Act, 1994 Tax, interest 3,116* April 2007 to
March 2008 Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
and penalty Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore
Karnataka
Value Added Tax and
interest 5,860* April 2005 to
March 2007 Joint Commissioner
of Commercial
Tax Act,
2003 taxes (Appeals),
Bangalore
Karnataka
Value Added Tax and
interest 4,283* April 2007 to
March 2009 Joint Commissioner
of Commercial
Tax Act,
2003 taxes (Appeals),
Bangalore
Karnataka
Sales Tax Tax and
penalty 287* Upto July
2004 Assistant
Commissioner of
Commercial
Act, 1957 taxes (Recovery),
Bangalore
" The Company has preferred an appeal to the DRP in respect of the
draft assessment order received for the Assessment Year 2008-09. The
Company has not obtained the final assessment order as at the date of
this report.
* The above amounts are net of amount paid under protest
** Stay granted by Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka vide order dated 4
November 2008
*** Stay granted by Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore vide order dated 6 January 2012
10. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
bankers. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institution or debenture holders during the year.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit fund
/ society.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
16. The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/ firms/ parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
19. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. 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 B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No. 101248W
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No. 205385
Bangalore
April 16, 2012
Mar 31, 2011
We have audited the attached balance sheet of MindTree Limited
(MindTree or the Company) as at March 31, 2011, the profit and loss
account and the cash flow statement for the year ended on that date,
annexed thereto [in which results of erstwhile MindTree Wireless
Private Limited (formerly Kyocera Wireless (India) Private Limited) has
been incorporated with appointed date of April 1, 2010 on its
amalgamation with the Company as fully explained in note 4 of schedule
15 to the financial statement]. 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.
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 misstatement. 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 Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
amended, by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2004, (the Order)
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act), we enclose in
the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5
of the said Order.
Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we report
that:
(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 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 comply with the
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
(v) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2011, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified as at March 31, 2011
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the
Act; and
(vi) 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 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, 2011;
(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.
Annexure to the Auditors Report
The Annexure referred to in the Auditors Report to the members of
MindTree Limited (the Company) for the year ended March 31, 2011. We
report as follows:
1. 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 fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In our opinion, the periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. In accordance with this programme, certain
fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were observed on such verification.
c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial and
therefore do not affect the going concern assumption.
2. The Company is a service company, primarily rendering software
development services. Accordingly, it does not hold any physical
inventories. Thus, paragraph 4(ii) of the Order is not applicable.
3. The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured to or from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the
Act).
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanation that purchase of
certain items of fixed assets are for the Companys specialized
requirement and suitable alternative sources are not available to
obtain comparable quotations, there is an adequate internal control
system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business for purchase of fixed assets and sale of services. The
activities of the Company do not involve purchase of inventory and the
sale of goods. We have not observed any major weakness in the internal
control system during the course of the audit.
5. a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to
in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to
be maintained under that section.
b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts and
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of rupees
five lakhs with each party during the year have been made at prices
which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at
the relevant time except for purchase of certain items of fixed assets
which are for the Companys specialized requirements and for which
suitable alternative sources are not available to obtain comparable
quotations. However, on the basis of information and explanations
provided, the same appear reasonable.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Act for any of the
services rendered by the Company.
9. 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, Income- tax, Sales-tax,
Service tax, Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory dues have
been generally regularly deposited during the year by the Company with
the appropriate authorities. As explained to us, the Company did not
have any dues on account of Employees State Insurance, Wealth tax,
Excise duty and Investor Education and Protection Fund.
There were no dues on account of Cess under Section 441A of the Act
since the date from which the aforesaid section comes into force has
not yet been notified by the Central Government of India.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Income tax,
Sales tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues were in arrears as at March 31, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are
no dues of Customs duty and Cess which have not been deposited with the
appropriate authorities on account of any dispute. The Company,
however, disputes the following Income tax, Service tax and Sales tax
dues:
Name of the statute Nature of the dues Amount (Rs.) Period to which
in 000s the amount relates
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 78,981* Assessment year
2002-03
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 46,764* Assessment year
2003-04
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 60,837 Assessment year
2004-05
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 28,484 Assessment year
2005-06
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 57,669 Assessment year
2006-07
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 51,447 Assessment year
2006-07
Name of the statute Forum where dispute is pending
Income Tax Act, 1961 Honourable High Court of Karnataka**
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Lncome Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Name of the statute Nature of the dues Amount (Rs.) Period to which
in 000s the amount relates
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 11,163 Assessment year
2007-08
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 32,236 Assessment year
2007-08
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 10,103 Assessment year
2008-09
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 42,268 Assessment year
2008-09
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 34,604 Assessment year
2007-08
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 616 Assessment year
2001-02
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax 151,210 July 2003 to
June 2007
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax 66,940 July 2007 to
March 2008
Karnataka Value Added Tax and interest 5,860* April 2005 to
March 2007
Tax Act, 2003
Karnataka Value Added Tax and interest 4,283* April 2007 to
March 2009
Tax Act, 2003
Karnataka Sales Tax Tax and penalty 287* Upto July 2004
Act, 1957
Name of the statute Forum where dispute is pending
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Honorable High Court of Karnataka
The Financial Act, 1994 Customs, Excise and Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal, Pune
The Financial Act, 1994 Customs, Excise and Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal, Pune
Karnataka Value Added Joint Commissioner of Commercial
Tax Act, 2003 taxes (Appeals), Bangalore
Karnataka Value Added Joint Commissioner of Commercial
Tax Act, 2003 taxes (Appeals), Bangalore
Karnataka Sales Tax Assistant Commissioner of Commercial
Act, 1957 taxes (Recovery), Bangalore
* The above amounts are net of amount paid under protest
** Stay granted by Honble High Court of Karnataka vide order dated 4
November 2008
10. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
bankers. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institution or debenture holders during the year.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit
fund/ society.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
16. The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/firms/parties covered in the register mentioned under Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
19. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. 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 B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No. 101248W
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No. 205385
Bangalore
April 21, 2011
Mar 31, 2010
We have audited the attached balance sheet of MindTree Limited
(MindTree or the Company) as at March 31, 2010, the profit and loss
account and the cash flow statement 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.
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 misstatement. 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 Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
amended, by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2004, (the Order)
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act), we enclose in the
Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of
the said Order.
Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we report
that:
(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 appears from our examination of
those books;
(iii) the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(iv) in our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and
cash flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
(v) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2010, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified as at March 31, 2010
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274( 1) (g) of
the Act; and
(vi) 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 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 31,2010;
(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.
Annexure to the Auditors Report
The Annexure referred to in the Auditors Report to the members of
MindTree Limited (the Company) for the year ended March 31,2010. We
report as follows:
1. 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 fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In our opinion, the periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. In accordance with this programme, certain
fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were observed on such verification.
c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial and
therefore do not affect the going concern assumption.
2. The Company is a service company, primarily rendering software
development services. Accordingly, it does not hold any physical
inventories. Thus, paragraph 4(ii) of the Order is not applicable.
3. The Company has neither granted nor taken any toans, secured or
unsecured to or from companfes, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the
Act).
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanation that purchase of
certain items of fixed assets are for the Companys specialized
requirement and suitable alternative sources are not available to
obtain comparable quotations,"there is an adequate internal control
system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business for purchase of fixed assets and sale of services. The
activities of the Company do not involve purchase of inventory and the
sale of goods. We have not observed any major weakness in the internal
control system during the course of the audit.
5. a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that section.
b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts and
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of rupees
five lakhs with the party during the year have been made at prices
which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at
the relevant time except for purchase of certain items of fixed assets
which are for the Companys specialized requirements and for which
suitable alternative sources are not available to obtain comparable
quotations. However, on the basis of information and explanations
provided, the same appear reasonable.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under Section 209(1 )(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for
any of the services rendered by the Company.
9. 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, Investor Education
and Protection Fund, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth tax, Service tax,
Customs duty, Cess and other material statutory dues have been
regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the appropriate
authorities. As explained to us, the Company did not have any dues on
account of Employees State Insurance and Excise duty.
There were no dues on account of Cess under Section 441A of the Act
since the date from which the aforesaid section comes into force has
not yet been notified by the Central Government of India.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Investor
Education and Protection Fund, Income tax, Sales tax, Service tax,
Customs duty, Wealth tax, Cess and other material statutory dues were
in arrears as at March 31,2010 for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are
no dues of Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs duty and Cess which have
not been deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any
dispute. The Company, however, disputes the following Income tax and
Sales tax dues:
Name of the statute Nature of the dues Amount (Rs.) Period to which
in 000s the amount
relates
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 78,981* Assessment year
2001-02
Name of the statue Forum where dispute is pending
Income Tax Act, 1961 Honourable High Court of Karnataka
Name of the statute Nature of the dues Amount (Rs.) Period to which
in 000s the amount
relates
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 46,764* Assessment year
2002-03
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 60,837 Assessment year
2003-04
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 28,484 Assessment year
2004-05
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 51,447 Assessment year
2006-07
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 11,163 Assessment year
2007-08
Income Tax Act, 1961 Tax and interest 32,236 Assessment year
2007-08
Karnataka Value
Added Tax Act, 2003 Tax and interest 5,860* April 2005 to
March 2007
Karnataka Sales Tax and penalty 287* Upto July 2004
TaxAct,1957
Name of the statue Forum where dispute is pending
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Taxes
(Appeals), Bangalore
Karnataka Value
Added Tax Act, 2003 Joint Commissioner of Commercial
taxes (Appeals), Bangalore
Karnataka Sales
Tax Act, 1957 Assistant Commissioner of Commercial
taxes (Recovery), Bangalore
* The above amounts are net of amount paid under protest
10. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
bankers. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institution or debenture holders during the year.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit
fund/ society.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
16. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans taken by the Company have been applied for
the purpose for which they were raised.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/firms/parties covered in the register mentioned under Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
19. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
20. We have verified the end-use of money raised by public issue as
disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.
21. According to the information and explanations given to us, no
material fraud on or by tle Company has been noticed or reported
during the course of our audit.
for B S R & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No. 116231W
Rajesh Arora
Partner
Membership No. 076124
Bangalore
April 28, 2010
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