Secretarial audit
Private, public, and listed companies that need a practising Company Secretary to examine the records and issue the prescribed report or certificate.
A practising Company Secretary conducts secretarial audit under the Companies Act, signs annual returns, and issues certifications required by FEMA, SEBI, stock exchanges, and other regulators. Acting as scrutinizer for a postal ballot is a related engagement.
The underlying company-law records are retainership work, listed under Company Law. Write to a partner with the class of company and the certificate or report required.
- Secretarial Audit
- FEMA related CS certification
- SEBI related CS certification
- Stock Exchange related CS certification
- Regulator related CS certification
- Acting as Scrutinizer for Postal Ballot
- Signing of Annual Return of Private / Public / Listed companies
Other practices
Advisory and Consultancy
Setting up of new business, FDI related guidance, and check-lists for internal audit for CEO / CFO certification.
Business Set-up
Incorporation of private and public companies, plus PAN, GST, Professional Tax, and Shop & Establishment registrations.
Company Law
DIN and DSC, retainership for private, listed, JV and not-for-profit companies, and meetings, filings, buy-back, and governance.
Approval and Appearances
Liaison with Registrar and Share Transfer Agents, Stock Exchange(s), and appearances before RD, ROC, and NCLT.
FEMA and RBI
Liaison with the Reserve Bank of India and obtaining necessary approvals, including FDI reporting.
Questions about this work
Does NVK & Associates conduct secretarial audit?
Yes. The engagement is secretarial audit under the Companies Act, annual-return signing, and the FEMA, SEBI, and stock-exchange CS certificates.
Does NVK & Associates issue stock-exchange CS certification?
The firm issues stock-exchange CS certification, alongside SEBI, FEMA, and other regulator-related CS certification.
Does NVK & Associates sign annual returns?
The firm signs the annual return of private, public, and listed companies.
Can NVK & Associates act as postal-ballot scrutinizer?
Acting as scrutinizer for a postal ballot is a related engagement to secretarial audit and the CS certificates.