To the Members of Wipro Limited
Report on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Wipro Limited (‘the Company’), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2017, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as “standalone Ind AS financial statements”).
Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with relevant rules issued there under.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company 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 standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.
We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under.
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including the Ind AS, of the financial position of the Company as at March 31, 2017 and its financial performance including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements:
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the Annexure A, a statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, to the extent applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
(c) The balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss including other comprehensive income, the statement of cash flows and the statement of changes in equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act read with relevant rule issued there under;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2017 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2017 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure B”; and
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note 16 and 34 to the standalone Ind AS financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts
- Refer Note 18 to the standalone Ind AS financial statements;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. According to the information and explanations given to us and the audit procedures performed including management representations obtained, we report that the Company did not have any cash in hand during the period from November 8, 2016 to December 30, 2016. Accordingly, the disclosure requirement as envisaged in Notification G.S.R 308 (E) dated March 30, 2017 as to holdings as well as dealings in Specified Bank Notes during these period is not applicable to the Company. Refer Note 9 to the Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
In respect of the Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 of our report to the Members of Wipro Limited (“the Company”) for the year ended March 31, 2017, we report that:
i. a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
b) The Company has a regular program of physical verification of its fixed assets by which fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over a period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of physical verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. In accordance with this program, certain fixed assets were verified during the year and no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, title deeds of immovable properties are held in the name of the Company.
ii. The inventory, except goods-in-transit, has been physically verified by the management during the year and the discrepancies noticed on such verification between the physical stock and the book records were not material. In our opinion, the frequency of such verification is reasonable.
iii. During the current year, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to parties covered in the register required to be maintained under Section 189 of the Act. However, in an earlier year, an interest free loan was granted to a party (wholly owned subsidiary) covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act.
a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to the parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act during the current year.
b) In the case of a loan granted to the party listed in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act, the loan is interest free and the principal is repayable on demand and the Company has not sought repayment of the loan during the current year.
c) There are no overdue amounts in respect of the loan granted to a party listed in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act.
iv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company does not have any transactions to which the provisions of Section 185 apply. The Company has complied with the provisions of Section 186 of the Act, with respect to the loans, investments, guarantees and security.
v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
vi. The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under Section 148(1) of the Act, for any of the products or services rendered by the Company.
vii. a) According to the information and explanations
given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts deducted/ accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, employees’ state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, cess and other material statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, employees’ state insurance, income tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, cess and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at March 31, 2017 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the following dues of income tax, duty of excise, duty of customs, sales tax and service tax, have not been deposited by the Company on account of disputes:
Name of the Statute
|
Nature of the dues
|
Amount unpaid March 31, 20179
('''' in millions)
|
Period to which the amount relates (Assessment year)
|
Forum where dispute is pending
|
The Income Tax Act, 1961
|
Income Tax and interest demanded
|
11,127
|
2001-02 to 2004-05
|
Supreme Court
|
The Income Tax Act, 1961
|
Income Tax and interest demanded
|
20,841
|
2005-06 to 2007-08
|
High Court 10
|
The Income Tax Act, 1961
|
Income Tax and interest demanded
|
3,101
|
2007-08 to 20111211
|
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
|
The Income Tax Act, 1961
|
Income Tax and interest demanded
|
4,124
|
2013-14
|
Dispute Resolution Panel ***
|
The Income Tax Act, 1961
|
Income Tax and interest demanded
|
4
|
2012-13
|
Appellate Authorities
|
State Sales Tax/VAT and CST
|
Sales tax, interest and penalty demanded
|
2,772
|
1986-87 to 2015-16
|
Appellate Authorities
|
State Sales Tax/VAT and CST
|
Sales tax demanded
|
254
|
1998-99 to 2009-10
|
Appellate Tribunal
|
State Sales Tax/VAT and CST
|
Sales tax and penalty demanded
|
51
|
1999-00 to 2007-08
|
High court/ Supreme court
|
The Central Excise Act, 1944
|
Excise duty demanded
|
66
|
1995-96 to 2013-14
|
Appellate Authorities
|
The Central Excise Act, 1944
|
Excise duty demanded
|
177
|
2004-05 to 2010-11
|
CESTAT
|
The Central Excise Act, 1944
|
Excise duty demanded
|
1
|
2007-08
|
High Court/ Supreme Court
|
The Customs Act, 1962
|
Customs duty, interest and penalty demanded
|
296
|
1995-96 to 2009-10
|
Appellate Authorities
|
The Customs Act, 1962
|
Customs duty and penalty demanded
|
7
|
1991-92 to 2011-12
|
CESTAT
|
The Customs Act, 1962
|
Customs duty demanded
|
44
|
1990-91 to 1998-99
|
High court/ Supreme court
|
The Finance Act, 1994
|
Service tax demanded
|
109
|
2004-05 to 2010-11
|
Appellate Authorities
|
The Finance Act, 1994
|
Service tax demanded
|
386
|
2001-02 to 2011-12
|
CESTAT
|
viii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of its dues to the banks and financial institutions. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to Government or debenture holders during the year.
ix. The Company did not raise any moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) during the year. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the term loans taken by the Company have been applied for the purposes for which they were raised.
x. According to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.
xi. According to the information and explanations give to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
xii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not a Nidhi company.
xiii. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, transactions with the related parties are in compliance with Sections 177 and 188 of the Act where applicable and details of such transactions have been disclosed in the financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
xiv. According to the information and explanations give to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year.
xv. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not entered into non-cash transactions with directors or persons connected with him.
xvi. According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not required to be registered under Section 45 IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
Annexure - B to the Independent Auditor’s Report of even date on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements of Wipro Limited
Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause
(i) of Sub-Section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”)
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Wipro Limited (“the Company”) as of March 31, 2017 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (‘ICAI’). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (the “Guidance Note”) and the Standards on Auditing, issued by ICAI and deemed to be prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both applicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls and, both issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of Standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2017, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
for B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration number: 101248W/W-100022
Jamil Khatri
Partner
Membership Number: 102527
Bangalore June 2,2017
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of
Wipro Limited (''''the Company''''), which comprise the balance sheet as at
March 31, 2016, the statement of profit and loss and the cash flow
statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management''''s
Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company''''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated
in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect
to the preparation and presentation of these standalone financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with
the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility
also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance
with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the
Company 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.
Auditor''''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone
financial statements based on our audit.
We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting
and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in
the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made
thereunder.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require
that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial
statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves
performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and
the disclosures in the standalone financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditors'''' judgment, including the assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant
to the Company''''s preparation of the standalone financial statements
that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating
the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''''s
Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
standalone financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone
financial statements.
Opinion
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 Act in the manner so required and
give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as
at March 31, 2016 and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended
on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''''s Report) Order, 2016 ("the
Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure A,
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the
Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report, to the extent
applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations
which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss and the cash
flow statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements
comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the
Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2016 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2016
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the
Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls
over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness
of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B"; and
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements (continued)
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''''s
Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its
financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note
33 and 40 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable
law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any,
on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Note 34
and 35 to the standalone financial statements;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
ANNEXURE A TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'''' REPORT
In respect of the Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 of our report to
the Members of Wipro Limited ("the Company") for the year ended March
31, 2016, we report that:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. In accordance with this programme, certain
fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, title deeds
of immovable properties are held in the name of the Company.
(ii) The inventory, except goods-in-transit, has been physically
verified by the management during the year and the discrepancies
noticed on such verification between the physical stock and the book
records were not material. In our opinion, the frequency of such
verification is reasonable.
(iii) During the current year, the Company has not granted any loans,
secured or unsecured to parties covered in the register required to be
maintained under Section 189 of the Act. However, in an earlier year,
an interest free loan was granted to a party (wholly owned subsidiary)
covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act.
(a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to the
parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act
during the current year.
(b) In the case of a loan granted to the party listed in the register
maintained under Section 189 of the Act, the loan is interest free and
the principal is repayable on demand and the Company has not sought
repayment of the loan during the current year.
(c) There are no overdue amounts in respect of the loan granted to a
party listed in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company does not have any transactions to which the
provisions of Section 185 apply. The Company has complied with the
provisions of Section 186 of the Act, with respect to the loans,
investments, guarantees and security.
(v) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vi) The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost
records under Section 148(1) of the Act, for any of the products or
services rendered by the Company.
(vii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts
deducted/ accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including provident fund, employees'''' state insurance,
income-tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise,
value added tax, cess and other material statutory dues have generally
been regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the
appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, employees''''
state insurance, income- tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of customs,
duty of excise, value added tax, cess and other material statutory dues
were in arrears as at March 31, 2016 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
following dues of income tax, duty of excise, duty of customs, sales
tax and service tax, have not been deposited by the Company on account
of disputes:
Name of the Statute Nature of the dues Amount
unpaid *
(Rs. in
millions)
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest demanded 31,968
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest demanded 3,101
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest demanded
(based on 4,247
draft assessment order)
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest demanded 4
State Sales Tax/VAT and
CST Sales tax, interest and penalty
demanded 1,748
(pertaining to various
states)
State Sales Tax/VAT and
CST Sales tax demanded 375
(pertaining to various
states)
State Sales Tax/VAT and
CST Sales tax and penalty demanded 38
(pertaining to Kerala and
Andhra Pradesh)
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 59
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 175
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 1
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty, interest and
penalty demanded 296
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty and penalty demanded 7
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty demanded 44
The Finance Act, 1994
– service tax Service tax demanded 109
The Finance Act, 1994
– service tax Service tax demanded 386
Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where dispute is
the amount relates pending
(Assessment year)
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 2001-02 to 2007-08 High Court **
The Income Tax Act, 1961 2007-08 to 2011-12 Income tax Appellate
Tribunal
The Income Tax Act, 1961 2012-13 to 2013-14 Dispute Resolution
Panel ***
The Income Tax Act, 1961 2012-13 Appellate Authorities
State Sales Tax/VAT
and CST 1986-87 to 2010-11 Appellate Authorities
State Sales Tax/VAT
and CST 1998-99 to 2009-10 Appellate Tribunal
State Sales Tax/VAT
and CST 1999-00 to 2007-08 High court/Supreme court
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 1995-96 to 2012-13 Appellate Authorities
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 2004-05 to 2010-11 CESTAT
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 2007-08 High Court/Supreme Court
The Customs Act, 1962 1995-96 to 2009-10 Appellate Authorities
The Customs Act, 1962 1991-92 to 2011-12 CESTAT
The Customs Act, 1962 1990-91 to 1998-99 High court/Supreme court
The Finance Act, 1994 2004-05 to 2010-11 Appellate Authorities
The Finance Act, 1994 2001-02 to 2011-12 CESTAT
The amounts paid under protest have been reduced from the amounts
demanded in arriving at the aforesaid disclosure.
**No subsequent demand has been raised as the matter is pending with
High Court based on appeals filed by the department.
*** Pending directions from Dispute Resolution Panel, the Company has
not received any demand for payment.
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of its dues to
the banks. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any
financial institutions, government or debenture holders during the
year.
(ix) The Company did not raise any moneys by way of initial public
offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) during the
year. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans taken by the Company have been applied for
the purposes for which they were raised.
(x) According to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud
by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees has been
noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
(xi) According to the information and explanations give to us and based
on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has
paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the
requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with
Schedule V to the Act.
(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a Nidhi company.
(xiii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on our examination of the records of the Company, transactions
with the related parties are in compliance with Sections 177 and 188 of
the Act where applicable and details of such transactions have been
disclosed in the financial statements as required by the applicable
accounting standards.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations give to us and
based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has
not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or
fully or partly convertible debentures during the year.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has
not entered into non-cash transactions with directors or persons
connected with him.
(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not required to be registered under Section 45 IA of the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
ANNEXURE - B TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'''' REPORT
Annexure - B to the Independent Auditors'''' Report of even date on the
Standalone Financial Statements of Wipro Limited
Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of
Sub-Section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial
reporting of Wipro Limited ("the Company") as of March 31, 2016 in
conjunction with our audit of the standalone financial statements of
the Company for the year ended on that date.
Management''''s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Company''''s management is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control
over financial reporting criteria established by the Company
considering the essential components of internal control stated in the
Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial
Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(''''ICAI''''). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and
maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating
effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its
business, including adherence to company''''s policies, the safeguarding
of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the
accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely
preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the
Companies Act, 2013.
Auditors'''' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company''''s internal
financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We
conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of
Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (the "Guidance
Note") and the Standards on Auditing, issued by ICAI and deemed to be
prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the
extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both
applicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls and, both issued
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and
the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
adequate internal financial controls overfinancial reporting was
established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in
all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the adequacy of the internal financial controls system overfinancial
reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal
financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an
understanding of internal financial controls overfinancial reporting,
assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and
evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control
based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the
auditor''''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material
misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company''''s
internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
A company''''s internal financial control over financial reporting is a
process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. A company''''s internal financial control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors
of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition of the company''''s assets that could have a material effect
on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial
Reporting
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over
financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper
management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or
fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any
evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting
to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial
control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate
internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such
internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating
effectively as at March 31, 2016, based on the internal control over
financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the
essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on
Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
for BSR & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No.: 101248W/ W-100022
Vijay Mathur
Partner
Membership number: 046476
Bangalore
June 3, 2016
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of
WiproLimited(''the Company''), comprising the balance sheet as at March
31,2015, the statement of profit and loss, the cash flow
statementfortheyearthenended.and a summary of significant accounting
policies and other explanatory information. Management''s
Responsibility for the Financial Statements The Company''s Board of
Directors is responsible forthe matters stated in Section 134(5) of the
Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of
these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company
in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133
of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding
the assets of the Company 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,
relevanttothe 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. Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit.
We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting
and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in
the audit report under the provisions of the Actand the Rules made
thereunder. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on
Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards
require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment.including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant
to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a
true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on whether the Company has in place an adequate internal
financial controls system overfinancial reporting and the operating
effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness
of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as
evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We
believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial
statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the
information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a
true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as
at March 31,2015, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended
on that date. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2015 ("the
Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the
Order, to the extent applicable.
2. Asrequired by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) we have sought and obtained all the information and explanations
which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purposes of our audit.
(b) in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been
kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those
books;
(c) the balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss and the cash
flow statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of account;
(d) in our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;
(e) on the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2015 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2015
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section
164(2)oftheAct;and
(f) with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s
Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its
financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note 33 and 40
to the financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required undertheapplicable
laworaccounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on
long- term contracts including derivative contracts- Refer Note 35 to
the financial statements.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
ANNEXURE TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS''REPORT Annexure referred to in
paragraph 1 of our report to the members of Wipro Limited ("the
Company") for the year ended March 31,2015. We report that:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which all fixed assets are verified ina phased manner
overa period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of
physical verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the
Company and the nature of its assets. In accordance with this program,
certain fixed assets were verified during the year and no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(ii) (a) The inventory, except goods-in-transit, and stocks lying with
third parties, has been physically verified by the management during
the year. In our opinion, the frequency of such verification is
reasonable. For stocks lying with third parties at the year end,
written confirmations have been obtained for significant account
balances.
(b) The procedures for the physical verification of inventories
followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory.The
discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stocks and
the book records were not material.
(iii) (a) The Company has granted, in an earlier year an
interestfreeloantoa party (wholly owned subsidiary) covered in the
register maintained under section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the
Act").
(b) In the case of loan granted to the party listed in the register
maintained under section 189oftheAct,the loan is interest free and the
principal amounts, are being repaid regularly in accordance with the
agreed contractual terms.
(c) There is no overdue amount of more than Rupees one lakh in respect
of loans granted to any of the parties listed in the register
maintained under section 189 of the Act.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard
to purchase of inventories and fixed assets and with regard to the sale
of goods and services. We have not observed any major weakness in the
internal control system during the course of the audit.
(v) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vi) We have broadly reviewed the books of account relating to
material, labour and other items of cost maintained by the Company
prescribed by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost
records under section 148 (1) of the Act and are of the opinion that
prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and
maintained. However, we have not made a detailed examination of the
records.
(vii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records oftheCompany.amounts
deducted/accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Employees'' State Insurance,
Income-Tax, Wealth Tax, Sales-Tax, Service Tax, Duty of Customs, Duty
of Excise, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues have
generally been regularly deposited during the year by the Company with
the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees''
State Insurance, Income-Tax, Wealth Tax, Sales-Tax, Service Tax, Duty
of Customs, Duty of Excise, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material
statutory dues were in arrears as at March 31,2015 for a period of more
than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanation given to us, there are
no disputed amounts payable in respect of Wealth tax and Cess which
have not been deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of
any dispute. However, according to information and explanations given
to us, the following dues of Income tax. Duty of Excise, Duty of
Customs, Sales-Tax and Service Tax have not been deposited by the
Company on account of disputes:
Name of the Statute Nature of the dues Amount
unpaid*
(Rs.in millions)
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest
demanded 31,968
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest
demanded 2,102
The IncomeTax Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest
demanded 7,852
(based on draft assessment
order)
State SalesTax/VAT and CST Sales tax, interest and
penalty demanded 1,021
(pertaining to various
states)
State Sales Tax/VAT and
CST Sales tax demanded 366
(pertaining to various
states)
State Sales Tax/VAT and
CST Sales tax and penalty
demanded 31
(pertaining to Kerala and
Andhra Pradesh)
The Central Excise Act,
1944 Excise duty demanded 59
The Central Excise Act,
1944 Excise duty demanded 22
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty, interest and
penalty demanded 279
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty and penalty
demanded 4
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty demanded 40
The Finance Act, 1994
-Service tax Service tax demanded 109
The Finance Act, 1994-
Service tax Service tax demanded 379
Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where dispute is
the amount relates pending
(Assessment year)
The IncomeTax Act, 1961 2001-02 to 2007-08 High Court**
The IncomeTax Act, 1961 2007-08 to 2011-12 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal
The IncomeTax Act, 1961 2011 -12 Dispute Resolution
Panel ***
State Sales Tax/VAT and CST
(pertaining to various
states) 1986-87 to 2010-11 Appellate Authorities
State Sales Tax/VAT and CST
(pertaining to various
states) 1998-99 to 2009-10 Appellate Tribunal
State Sales Tax/VAT and CST
(pertaining to Kerala and Andhra
Pradesh) 1999-00 to 2007-08 High court / Supreme
court
The Central Excise Act,
1944 1995-96 to 2012-13 Appellate Authorities
The Central Excise Act,
1944 2004-05 to 2010-11 CESTAT
The Customs Act, 1962 1995-96 to 2009-10 Appellate Authorities
The Customs Act, 1962 1991-92 to 2011-12 CESTAT
The Customs Act, 1962 1990-91 to 1998-99 High court/Supreme court
The Finance Act, 1994 -
Service tax 2004-05 to 2010-11 Appellate Authorities
The Finance Act, 1994 -
Service tax 2001-02 to 2009-10 CESTAT
*The amounts paid under protest have been reduced from the amounts
demanded in arriving at the aforesaid disclosure.
**No subsequent demand has been raised as the matter is pending with
High Court based on appeals filed by the department.
*** Pending directions from Dispute Resolution Panel, the Company has
not received any demand for payment.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
amounts which were required to be transferred to the investor education
and protection fund in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) and rules there under has been
transferred made thereunder.
(viii) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of
the financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial
year and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(ix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
banks. The Company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial
institutions or debentures holders during the year.
(x) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on which the Company has given
guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial
institutions are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans taken by the Company have been applied for
the purposes for which they were raised.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the
course of our audit.
for BSR & Co.LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration No.: 101248W/W-100022
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No.: 205385
Bangalore
June 3,2015