All the Chartered accountant Firms/ LLPs are informed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI ) that if desired to get empanelled with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year 2019-2020 for the appointment of Auditors for their company, can file applications from 1st January 2019 onwards.
As per the ICAI statement, it was said that, “Online Applications are invited from Chartered Accountant firms/LLPs who desire to be empanelled with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year 2019-2020 for the purpose of appointment of auditors of Companies as per Sections 139 (5) and 139(7) of the Companies Act 2013 and of Statutory Corporations/Autonomous Bodies as per the provisions of their respective Acts. The online application along with detailed instructions in this regard will be available on our website www.cag.gov.in from 01 January 2019 to 15 February 2019”.
The statement further continued that, “The firms/ LLPs can apply/update the data showing the status of their firm as on 01 January 2019. After filling/updating the data, the Firms/LLPs will be required to generate an online acknowledgement letter for the year.
If the Firms/LLPs fail to generate an online acknowledgement letter, their application would not be considered for empanelment. The Firms/LLPs will be required to submit a printout of the acknowledgement letter generated online and also hard copies of the documents in support of their online application by 28 February 2019”.