Report on Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Opinion
1. We have audited the Standalone Financial Statements of Corporation Bank (‘the Bank’), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March, 2019, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to Financial Statements including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information in which are included returns for the year ended on that date of 20 branches audited by us and 1477 branches audited by statutory branch auditors. The branches audited by us and those audited by other auditors have been selected by the Bank in accordance with the guidelines issued to the Bank by the Reserve Bank of India. Also included in the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Statement of Cash Flows are the returns from 935 branches which have not been subjected to audit. These unaudited branches account for 5.33 percent of advances, 14.75 percent of deposits, 6.93 percent of interest income and 13.99 per cent of interest expenses.
2. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in the manner so required for bank and are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in India and give:
a. true and fair view in case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Bank as at 31st March, 2019;
b. true balance of Loss in case of Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended on that date; and
c. true and fair view in case of Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Bank in accordance with the code of ethics issued by the ICAI together with ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Financial Statements in India, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the code of ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
4. Emphasis of Matter
Without qualifying our conclusion, we draw attention to :
i) Note No. 1 of Schedule 18-C regarding provisioning made on NCLT accounts and provision made on Nonperforming accounts.
ii) Note No. 8(C) of Schedule 18-B regarding nonrecognition of Deferred Tax Asset on current year tax loss.
5. Key Audit Matters
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Key Audit Matters
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Auditor’s Response
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Classification of Advances into Priority & Non Priority Sector Bank has made re-classification of borrowers’ accounts between Priority & Non Priority Sector during the year under Audit.
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We have assessed the efficacy of the system of sector wise classification by the bank.
We relied on the branch and zonal returns, branch auditors reports for sector wise classification.
We have selected sample of product wise accounts in priority sector classification to determine the correctness of reporting of sector wise classification.
The system of identification of priority/non-priority sector advances needs review and revalidation.
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Information Technology System (Finacle) based Financial reporting process The bank is operating under Core Banking Solution (CBS), the operational and Financial reporting processes are dependent on IT Systems for the large volume of transactions at the front end and at the back end.
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We conducted a review and assessment of information and data derived from Core, PLUM and treasury to assure that the reported Financial Statements are proper and reliable.
Our audit approach consisted of testing operating effectiveness of internal controls as follows:
Obtaining and reviewed the IS Audit conducted during the year.
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Core banking for all transactions including for integrated treasury management of the bank has adequate checks, balances, processes and controls designed for the effective data capturing and reporting.
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Obtaining an understanding of the Bank’s IT Control environment, IT Policies and key changes during the audit period including the notes placed before the Board.
Reviewed the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the Bank’s General IT controls over key IT systems that are critical to Financial reporting on test check basis.
Test checked key automated and manual business cycle controls and system generated reports relevant to audit.
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Responsibilities of Management and those charged with
Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
6. The Bank’s Board of Directors is responsible 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 Bank in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards issued by ICAI and provisions of Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act) and circulars and guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) from time to time. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Bank 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. In preparing the Financial Statements, Management is responsible for assessing the Bank’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 Bank or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
7. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 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 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.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by 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 bank’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 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 bank to cease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Financial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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 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.
Other Matter
8. We did not audit the Financial Statements of 2412 branches, comprising of 1477 branches audited by Statutory Branch Auditors and 935 unaudited branches, included in the Standalone Financial Statements of the Bank whose Financial Statements reflect total assets of Rs.168647.62 crore as at 31st March 2019 and Total Revenue of Rs.8666.43 crore for the year ended on that date, as considered in the Standalone Financial Statements. The Financial Statements of 1477 branches have been audited by the branch auditors whose reports have been furnished to us, and in our opinion in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of branches, is based on the report of such branch auditors.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
9. The Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss Account have been drawn up in accordance with Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
10. Subject to the limitations of the audit indicated in paragraphs 6 to 8 above and as required by the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970/1980, and subject also to the limitations of disclosure required therein, we report that:
a) 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 and have found them to be satisfactory;
b) The transactions of the Bank, which have come to our notice, have been within the powers of the Bank; and
c) The returns received from the offices and branches of the Bank have been found adequate for the purposes of our audit.
11. We further report that:
a) in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Bank so far as it appears from our examination of those books and proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audit have been received from branches not visited by us;
b) the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account and with the returns received from the branches not visited by us;
c) the reports on the accounts of the branch offices audited by branch auditors of the Bank under Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 have been sent to us and have been properly dealt with by us in preparing this report; and
d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Statement of Cash Flows comply with the applicable accounting standards, to the extent they are not inconsistent with the accounting policies prescribed by RBI.
For Datta Singla & Co. For A. K. Sabat & Co. For Pramod & Associates
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
FRN - 006185N FRN - 321012E FRN - 001557C
[CA Sanjeev Aggarwal] [CA A. K. Sabat ] [CA Ravindra Raniwala]
Partner Partner Partner
Membership No. 503932 Membership No. 30310 Membership No. 073191
For Chandran & Raman For S. Ramanand Aiyar & Co.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
FRN - 000571S FRN: 000990N
[CA S. G. Kalyanaraman] [CA Binod C. Maharana]
Partner Partner
Membership No. 10652 Membership No. 056373
Place : Mangaluru
Date : 17 May, 2019
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