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Notes to Accounts and Disclosures Audit Working Paper — ICAI Audit Working Paper

The notes to accounts and disclosures audit working paper working paper from ICAI AASB's Audit Working Paper Templates (June 2023). Pre-stamped with your firm letterhead, editable in Word.

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Updated 28 May 2026
Source
ICAI AASB (June 2023)
Chapter
5. Financial Reporting
Section
5.2
Format
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Notes to Accounts/ Disclosures with checklist

Notes to Accounts/ Disclosures

Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 should be seen for disclosures.

  • After that note down all the important events during the year. All relevant documents of important events like resolution, if amalgamation done- method followed for amalgamation with documents, any subsidiary acquired or disposed off, or any major business line closed or change in business. For all these relevant papers must be taken and disclosed in notes to accounts.
  • In case of deferred tax- components of deferred tax has to be seen and disclosed.
  • As regards contingent liabilities- the same should be disclosed and properly documented. In all cases previous year figures should be seen and checked with current year changes. It should also be checked from board minutes. Note on system of contingent liability recognized by the company.
  • In case of Corporate/ Bank guarantee given- all papers as regards guarantee papers, sanction letter, limits certificate, resolution, modification if any etc. and confirmations should be taken. The guarantee for subsidiary and others should be disclosed separately.
  • In case of segment reporting the required primary segment and secondary segment should be identified and all disclosures given in AS 17 should be done and properly documented. In case of Ind AS, provisions of Ind AS 108 need to be checked. How the chief operating decision maker reviews and identifies the segments as per Ind AS 108 is important for documentation purposes.
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Common questions

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What is the auditor checking across the full set of notes, beyond individual balance testing?
Completeness and consistency — that every disclosure Schedule III (or the applicable Ind AS/AS) requires is actually present, and that figures in the notes tie back to the face of the balance sheet and P&L without unexplained differences.
Why is the related-party disclosure note often a specific focus area?
It draws on SA 550 and depends on the completeness of the related-party population identified earlier in planning — an incomplete related-party list understates this note regardless of how well the disclosed transactions themselves are tested.
What's a common gap found when cross-checking notes to the face of the financials?
A rounding or reclassification difference between a note's total and the corresponding line item on the balance sheet or P&L — small individually, but indicative of a control gap in how the notes are compiled.
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