A periodic secretarial audit helps companies maintain compliances with the corporate and other relevant laws.

How Secretarial Audit works at Real Tax ?

Why Secretarial Audits?

• It acts as an effective tool for corporate compliance management.
• It benefits in detecting the non compliance and to take the respective measures.
• It helps in spreading a level of confidence to the directors and key management personal.
• It helps in reduce the work of law enforcement authorities.
• Productive governance and compliance risk management tool.
• Right path to investors by showcasing your legal records.
• fees & Remuneration detail paid to directors. 

To which companies, Secretarial Audit is applicable.
Type of companies for which Secretarial Audit is applicable are listed below:

• Listed  Company.
• Unlisted Public Company having paid up capital ≥ 50 Crores.
• Unlisted Public Company having paid up capital ≥ 250 Crores.

What are the services provided under Secretarial Audit?

The Services Provided under Secretarial Audit are given below:

• To check report on compliances.
• To protect the interest of employees, customers and society etc.
• To avoid any unnecessary legal actions by the law enforcement agencies.
• Inadequate compliances and non-compliances.
• The procedural and legal requirements are suitably complied.

What are the documents required for Secretarial Audits?
The documents required for secretarial Audits were given below:

• Charter Documents.
• Last year secretarial audit report. 
• Statutory Registers.
• Bond & General Meeting Minutes and Notices.
• Audited Financial Statement.
• Fillings and Intimations with RoCs, Stock Exchanges, Newspaper Advt.
• Annual performance reports, Lease Deed, LUT cum Bond, ------- return.
• Filing with RBI.
• ECB returns.
• Registers maintained under Labour Laws.
• Disclosures and declaration for code of conduct received from directors.
• Sitting fees and Remuneration details paid to directors.
• Proof of spending CSR amount.
• SAST disclosures.
• Bank Account details for dividend.