Mar 31, 2023
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
OPINION
We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2023, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as âthe Standalone Financial Statementsâ).
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 Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (âInd ASâ) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2023, and its profit, total comprehensive income, the changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (âSAâs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (the âICAIâ) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI''s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matter is a matter that, in our professional judgment, is of most significance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. This matter was addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on this matter. We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
Revenue from fixed-price contracts using the percentage-of-completlon method - Refer Notes 2 (Ul)(a), 3(xUI)B and 22 to the financial statements.
Key Audit Matter Description
Revenue from fixed-price contracts, including software development, and integration contracts, where the performance obligations are satisfied over time, is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method.
Use of the percentage-of-completion method requires the Company to determine the project costs incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated project costs at completion. The estimation of total project costs involves significant judgement and is assessed throughout the period of the contract to reflect any changes based on the latest available information. In addition, provisions for estimated losses, if any, on uncompleted contracts are recorded in the period in which such losses become probable based on the total estimated project costs.
We identified the revenue recognition for fixed-price contracts where the percentage-of-completion method is used as a key audit matter because of the significant judgement involved in estimating the efforts to complete such contracts.
This estimate has a high inherent uncertainty and requires consideration of progress of the contract, efforts incurred to-date and estimates of efforts required to complete the remaining performance obligations.
This required a high degree of auditor judgment in evaluating the audit evidence supporting estimated efforts to complete and a higher extent of audit effort to evaluate the reasonableness of the total estimated efforts used to recognise revenue from fixed-price contracts.
How the Key Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to estimates of efforts to complete for fixed-price contracts accounted using the percentage-of-completion method included the following, among others:
⢠We tested the effectiveness of controls relating to (1) recording of efforts incurred and estimation of efforts required to complete the remaining performance obligations, and (2) access and application controls pertaining to time recording and allocation systems, which prevents unauthorised changes to recording of efforts incurred.
⢠We selected a sample of fixed-price contracts with customers accounted using percentage-of-completion method and performed the following:
⢠Read the contract and based on the terms and conditions evaluated whether recognizing revenue over time using percentage-of-completion method was appropriate, and the contract was included in management''s calculation of revenue over time.
⢠Evaluated the appropriateness of and consistency in the application of management''s policies and methodologies to estimate progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.
⢠Compared efforts incurred to date with Company''s estimate of efforts incurred to date to identify significant variations and evaluate whether those variations have been considered appropriately in estimating the remaining efforts to complete the contract.
⢠Tested the estimate for consistency with the status of delivery of milestones, customer acceptances and other related information to identify possible delays in achieving milestones, which require changes in estimated efforts to complete the remaining performance obligations.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITORâS REPORT THEREON
⢠The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board''s Report including Annexures to Board''s report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report and Corporate Governance Report, but does not include the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor''s report thereon.
⢠Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
⢠In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
⢠If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of 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 including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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 Financial Statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company''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 the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company''s Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.
AUDITORâS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone 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 Standalone 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 Standalone 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.
⢠Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to Standalone Financial Statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
⢠Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the 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 Company''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 Standalone 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 Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the Standalone Financial Statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
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 Standalone 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.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit
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 including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows 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 Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2023 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 with reference to the Standalone Financial Statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in âAnnexure Aâ. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company''s internal financial controls with reference to Standalone Financial Statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our
information and according to the explanations given
to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Standalone Financial Statements - Refer Note 34 to the Standalone Financial Statements;
b. 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 Financial Statements;
c. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
d. (a) The Management has represented that, to
the best of it''s knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entities (âIntermediariesâ), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of it''s knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entities (âFunding Partiesâ), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and
appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
e. The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
f. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is applicable to the Company w.e.f. April 1, 2023, and accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2023.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 117366W/W-100018
Anand Subramanian
Partner
Membership number: 110815
UDIN: 23110815BGXVKZ4655
Bengaluru
May 24, 2023
Mar 31, 2022
To The Members of Wipro Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2022, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as âthe Standalone Financial Statementsâ).
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 Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended (âInd ASâ) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2022, and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act (âSAâs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (âICAIâ) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAIâs Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Revenue from fixed price contracts using the percentage of completion method -Refer Notes 2 (iii)(a), 3(xiii)B and 22 to the financial statements
Key Audit Matter Description
Revenue from fixed price contracts, including software development, and integration contracts, where the performance obligations are satisfied over time, is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method.
Use of the percentage-of-completion method requires the Company to determine the project costs incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated project costs at completion. The estimation of total project costs involves significant judgement and is assessed throughout the period of the contract to reflect any changes based on the latest available information. In addition, provisions for estimated losses, if any, on uncompleted contracts are recorded in the period in which such losses become probable based on the total estimated project costs.
We identified the revenue recognition for fixed price contracts where the percentage-of-completion method is used as a key audit matter because of the significant judgement involved in estimating the efforts to complete such contracts.
This estimate has a high inherent uncertainty and requires consideration of progress of the contract, efforts incurred to-date and estimates of efforts required to complete the remaining performance obligations.
This required a high degree of auditor judgment in evaluating the audit evidence supporting estimated efforts to complete and a higher extent of audit effort to evaluate the reasonableness of the total estimated efforts used to recognise revenue from fixed price contracts.
How the Key Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to estimates of efforts to complete for fixed price contracts accounted using the percentage-of-completion method included the following, among others:
⢠We tested the effectiveness of controls relating to (1) recording of efforts incurred and estimation of efforts required to complete the remaining performance obligations, and (2) access and application controls pertaining to time recording and allocation systems, which prevents unauthorised changes to recording of efforts incurred.
⢠We evaluated managementâs ability to reasonably estimate the progress towards satisfying the performance obligation by comparing actual information to estimates for performance obligations that have been fulfilled.
⢠We selected a sample of fixed price contracts with customers accounted using percentage-of-completion method and performed the following:
⢠Read the contract and based on the terms and conditions evaluated whether recognizing revenue over time using percentage of completion method was appropriate, and the contract was included in managementâs calculation of revenue over time.
⢠Evaluated the appropriateness of and consistency in the application of managementâs policies and methodologies to estimate progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.
⢠Compared efforts incurred to date with Companyâs estimate of efforts incurred to date to identify significant variations and evaluate whether those variations have been considered appropriately in estimating the remaining efforts to complete the contract.
⢠Tested the estimate for consistency with the status of delivery of milestones and customer acceptances to identify possible delays in achieving milestones, which require changes in estimated efforts to complete the remaining performance obligations.
⢠Evaluated other information that supported the estimates of the progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditorâs Report Thereon
⢠The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Boardâs Report including Annexures to Boardâs report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report and Corporate Governance Report, but does not include the Consolidated Financial Statements, Standalone Financial Statements and our auditorâs report thereon.
⢠Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
⢠In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements, or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
⢠If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters
stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation
of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and
fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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 Financial Statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Companyâs 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 Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Companyâs financial reporting process.
Auditorâs Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditorâs 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 Standalone 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 Standalone 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.
⢠Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial
controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
⢠Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
⢠Conclude on the appropriateness of managementâs 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 Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditorâs report to the related disclosures in the Standalone 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 auditorâs report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the Standalone Financial Statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
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 Standalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditorâs 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.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit
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 (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2022 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2022 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 âAnnexure Aâ. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with the requirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, 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;
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;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented, that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually and in aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company, to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity (âIntermediariesâ), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, no funds (Which are material either individually or in aggregate) have been received by the Company, from any person or entity, including foreign entities (âFunding Partiesâ), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company, shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
b) The interim dividend declared and paid by the company, during the year and until the date of this report is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2020 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 117366W/W-100018
Vikas Bagaria
Partner
Membership Number: 60408
Bengaluru
June 8, 2022
Mar 31, 2021
To The Members of Wipro Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements Opinion
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2021, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as âthe Standalone Financial Statementsâ).
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 Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (âInd ASâ) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2021, and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAIâs Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a
separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Fixed price contracts using the percentage of completion method - Refer Notes 2 (iii)(a), 3(xiii)B and 22 to the financial statements.
Key Audit Matter Description
Revenue from fixed-price contracts, including software development, and integration contracts, where the performance obligations are satisfied over time, is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method.
Use of the percentage-of-completion method requires the Company to determine the project costs incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated project costs required to complete the project. The estimation of total project costs involves significant judgement and is assessed throughout the period of the contract to reflect any changes based on the latest available information. In addition, provisions for estimated losses, if any, on uncompleted contracts are recorded in the period in which such losses become probable based on the estimated project costs.
We identified the revenue recognition for fixed price contracts where the percentage-of-completion method is used as a key audit matter because of the significant judgment involved in estimating the efforts to complete such contracts.
This estimate has a high inherent uncertainty and requires consideration of progress of the contract, efforts incurred to-date and estimates of efforts required to complete the remaining contract performance obligations over the lives of the contracts.
This required a high degree of auditor judgment in evaluating the audit evidence supporting the application of the input method used to recognize revenue and a higher extent of audit effort to evaluate the reasonableness of the total estimated amount of revenue recognized on fixed-price contracts.
How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to estimates of efforts to complete for fixed-price contracts accounted using the percentage-of-completion method included the following, among others:
⢠We tested the effectiveness of controls relating to (1) recording of efforts incurred and estimation of efforts required to complete the remaining contract performance obligations, and (2) access and application controls pertaining to time recording and allocation systems, which prevents unauthorised changes to recording of efforts incurred.
How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to the allowance for credit
losses for trade receivables, unbilled receivables and
contract assets included the following, among others:
⢠We tested the effectiveness of controls over the (1) development of the methodology for the allowance for credit losses, including consideration of the current and estimated future economic conditions, (2) completeness and accuracy of information used in the estimation of probability of default, and (3) computation of the allowance for credit losses.
⢠For a sample of customers we tested the input data such as credit reports and other credit related information used in estimating the probability of default by comparing them to external and internal sources of information.
⢠We evaluated the incorporation of the applicable assumptions into the estimate of expected credit losses and tested the mathematical accuracy and computation of the allowances by using the same input data used by the Company.
⢠We evaluated the qualitative adjustment to the historical loss rates, including assessing the basis for the adjustments and the reasonableness of the significant assumptions.
Information other than the Financial Statements and
Auditorâs Report thereon
⢠The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Boardâs Report and Corporate Governance Report, but does not include the Consolidated Financial Statements, Standalone Financial Statements and our auditorâs report thereon.
⢠Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
⢠In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
⢠If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
⢠We evaluated managementâs ability to reasonably estimate the progress towards satisfying the performance obligation by comparing actual information to estimates for performance obligations that have been fulfilled.
⢠We selected a sample of fixed price contracts with customers accounted using percentage-of-completion method and performed the following:
⢠Read the contract and based on the terms and conditions evaluated whether recognizing revenue over time was appropriate, and the contract was included in managementâs calculation of revenue over time.
⢠Evaluated other information that supported the estimates of the progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.
⢠Evaluated the appropriateness of and consistency in the application of managementâs policies and methodologies to estimate progress towards satisfying the performance obligation.
⢠Compared efforts incurred with Companyâs estimate of efforts incurred to date to identify significant variations and evaluate whether those variations have been considered appropriately in estimating the remaining efforts to complete the contract.
⢠Tested the estimate for consistency with the status of delivery of milestones and customer acceptances to identify possible delays in achieving milestones, which require changes in estimated efforts to complete the remaining performance obligations.
Allowance for credit losses Refer Notes 2(iii)(g), 3(ix)(A), and 9 to the financial statements
Key Audit Matter Description
The Company determines the allowance for credit losses based on historical loss experience adjusted to reflect current and estimated future economic conditions. The Company considered current and anticipated future economic conditions on the basis of the credit reports and other related credit information for its customers to estimate the probability of default in future and has taken into account estimates of possible effect from the pandemic relating to COVID-19.
We identified allowance for credit losses as a key audit matter because of the significant judgement involved in calculating the expected credit losses. This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort when performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of managementâs estimate of the expected credit losses.
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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 Financial Statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Companyâs 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 Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Companyâs financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditorâs 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 Standalone 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 Standalone 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.
⢠Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
⢠Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
⢠Conclude on the appropriateness of managementâs 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 Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditorâs report to the related disclosures in the Standalone 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 auditorâs report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the Standalone Financial Statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
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 Standalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditorâs 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.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our
audit 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 (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2021 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2021 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 âAnnexure Aâ.
Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, 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;
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;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 1 17366W/W-100018
Vikas Bagaria
Partner
Membership number: 60408
Bengaluru
June 9,2021
Mar 31, 2019
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2019, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as âthe standalone financial statementsâ).
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 Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (âInd ASâ) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2019, its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAIâs Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Sr. No. |
Key Audit Matter |
Auditorâs Response |
1 |
Accuracy of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosures of revenues and other related balances in view of adoption of Ind AS 115 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" (new revenue accounting standard) The application of the new revenue accounting standard involves certain key judgements relating to identification of distinct performance obligations, determination of transaction price of the identified performance obligations, the appropriateness of the basis used to measure revenue recognized over a period. Additionally, new revenue accounting standard contains disclosures which involves collation of information in respect of |
Principal Audit Procedures We assessed the Companyâs process to identify the impact of adoption of the new revenue accounting standard. Our audit approach consisted testing of the design and operating effectiveness of the internal controls and substantive testing which included the following among others: - Evaluated the design of internal controls relating to implementation of the new revenue accounting standard. - Selected a sample of continuing and new contracts, and tested the operating effectiveness of the internal control, relating to identification of the distinct performance obligations and determination of transaction price. We carried out a combination of procedures involving inquiry and observation, reperformance and inspection of evidence in respect of operation of these controls. - Tested the relevant information technology systemsâ access and change management controls relating to contracts and related information used in recording and disclosing revenue in accordance with the new revenue accounting standard. |
Sr. No. |
Key Audit Matter |
Auditorâs Response |
disaggregated revenue and periods over which the remaining performance obligations will be satisfied subsequent to the balance sheet date. Refer Note 3 to the Standalone Financial Statements. |
- Selected a sample of continuing and new contracts and performed the following procedures among others: - Read, analysed and identified the distinct performance obligations in these contracts. - Compared these performance obligations with that identified and recorded by the Company. - Samples in respect of revenue recorded for time and material contracts were tested using a combination of approved time sheets including customer acceptances, subsequent invoicing and historical trend of collections and disputes. - In respect of samples relating to fixed price contracts, progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation used to compute recorded revenue was verified with actual and estimated costs from the revenue recognition systems. - Sample of revenues disaggregated by type and service offerings were tested with the performance obligations specified in the underlying contracts. - Performed analytical procedures for reasonableness of revenues disclosed by type and service offerings. - We reviewed the collation of information and the logic of the report generated from the revenue recognition system used to prepare the disclosure relating to the periods over which the remaining performance obligations will be satisfied subsequent to the balance sheet date. |
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2 |
Accuracy of revenue recognition in respect of fixed price contracts involves critical estimates. Estimated effort is a critical estimate to determine revenues and liabilities for onerous obligations. This estimate has a high inherent uncertainty as it requires consideration of progress of the contract, efforts incurred till date and efforts required to complete the remaining contract performance obligations. Refer Notes 3and 20to the Standalone Financial Statements. |
Principal Audit Procedures Our audit approach was a combination of test of internal controls and substantive procedures which included the following, among others: - Evaluated the design of internal controls relating to recording of efforts incurred and estimation of efforts required to complete the performance obligations. - Tested the access and application controls pertaining to time recording and allocation systems which prevents unauthorised changes to recording of efforts incurred. - Selected a sample of contracts and through inspection of evidence of performance of these controls, tested the operating effectiveness of the internal controls relating to efforts incurred and estimated. - Selected a sample of contracts and performed a retrospective review of completed efforts and activities with the planned efforts and activities to identify significant variations and verifiedwhether those variations have been considered in estimating the remaining efforts to complete the contract. - Reviewed a sample of contracts with unbilled revenues to identify possible delays in achieving milestones, which require change in estimated efforts to complete the remaining performance obligations. - Performed analytical procedures and test of details for reasonableness of incurred and estimated efforts. |
Sr. No. |
Key Audit Matter |
Auditorâs Response |
3 |
Evaluation of uncertain tax positions. The Company has material uncertain tax positions including matters under dispute which involves significant judgment to determine the possible outcome of these disputes. Refer Notes 3(xvi) and 33to the standalone Financial Statements. |
Principal Audit Procedures Obtained details of completed tax assessments and demands during the year ended March 31, 2019 from management. We involved our internal tax experts to challenge the managementâs underlying assumptions in estimating the tax provision and the possible outcome of the disputes. Our internal tax experts also considered legal precedence and other rulings in evaluating managementâs position on these uncertain tax positions. Additionally, we considered the effect of new information in respect of uncertain tax positions as at April 1, 2018 to evaluate whether any change was required to managementâs position on these uncertainties. |
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditorâs Report Thereon
- The Companyâs Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the Baordâs Report and the Corporate Governance Report, but does not include the consolidated financial statements, standalone financial statements and our auditorâs report thereon.
- Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
- In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
- If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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 financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Companyâs 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 Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Companyâs financial reporting process.
Auditorâs Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditorâs 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 standalone 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 standalone 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.
- Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of managementâs 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 Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditorâs report to the related disclosures in the standalone 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 auditorâs report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
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 standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditorâs 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.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, 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 (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2019 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2019 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 âAnnexure Aâ. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, 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;
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;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Annexure A to the Independent Auditorâs Report
(Referred to in paragraph (f) under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report of even date)
Report on the Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ)
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ) as of March 31, 2019 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
Managementâs Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Board of Directors of the Company are 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. 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 companyâs 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 Act.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the âGuidance Noteâ) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. 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 auditorâs judgement, 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 Companyâs internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting
A companyâs 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 companyâs 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 authorisations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the companyâs 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, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, 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, 2019, 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.
Annexure B to the Independent Auditorâs Report
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report to the members of Wipro Limited of even date)
(i) In respect of the Companyâs fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) The Company has a program of verification to cover all the items of fixed assets in a phased manner over a period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the program, certain fixed assets were physically verified by the Management during the year. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the records examined by us and based on the examination of the conveyance deeds/registered sale deeds provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of land and buildings which are freehold, are held in the name of the Company as at the balance sheet date.
(ii) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during the year by the Management at reasonable intervals. There were no material discrepancies noticed on physical verification during the year.
(iii) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 185 and 186 of the Act in respect of grant of loans, making investments and providing guarantees and securities, as applicable.
(v) The Company has not accepted deposits during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits as at March 31, 2018 and therefore, the provisions of the clause 3 (v) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(vi) The maintenance of cost records has not been specified by the Central Government under Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 for the business activities carried out by the Company. Thus reporting under Clause 3(vi) of the order is not applicable to the Company.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Goods and Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Goods and Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at March 31, 2019 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2019on account of dispute are given below:
Rs. in millions
Name of Statue |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount Involved |
Amount not deposited as at March 31, 2019 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
Assistant Commissioner |
1990-91 to 2014-15 |
64 |
59 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
Commissioner |
2004-05 to 2014-15 |
10 |
10 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
Commissioner Appeals |
1994-95 to 2012-13 |
13 |
13 |
Name of Statue |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount Involved |
Amount not deposited as at March 31, 2019 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
CESTAT |
1999-2000 to 2012-13 |
193 |
180 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
High Court |
2007-08, 2008-09 |
1 |
1 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Asst. Commissioner of customs |
1994-95 to 2010-11 |
49 |
45 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
CESTAT |
1991-92 to 2011-12 |
11 |
4 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Commissioner |
2005-06 |
6 |
6 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Commissioner Appeals |
1997-98 to 2009-10 |
383 |
327 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Deputy Commissioner - Air Customs -Chennai |
2009-10 |
5 |
5 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Madras HC |
2009-10 |
5 |
4 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Penalty |
Karnataka High court |
2001-02 to 2005-06 |
2,951 |
2,871 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Assistant commissioner |
2003-04 to -2015-16 |
341 |
340 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Commissioner Appeals |
2003-04 to 2015-16 |
371 |
371 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Penalty |
Commissioner Appeals |
2005-06 to 2015-16 |
24 |
24 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
CESTAT |
2001-02 to 2011-12 |
1,789 |
1,088 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Penalty |
CESTAT |
2001-02 to 2011-12 |
1,034 |
1,034 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Assistant commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner |
1986-87 to 2015-16 |
1,358 |
1,165 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Commissioner appeals |
1988-89 to 2016-17 |
2,306 |
2,138 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Customs Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal |
1986-87 to 2010-11 |
706 |
660 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
High Court |
1998-99 to 2013-14 |
81 |
27 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Supreme Court |
2001-02 |
12 |
12 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax -TDS |
CIT(A) - TDS |
2003-04 |
2 |
1 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax -TDS |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
2009-10 |
13 |
5 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax -TDS |
High Court |
2010-11 |
61 |
61 |
Name of Statue |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount Involved |
Amount not deposited as at March 31, 2019 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
Assessing Officer |
2013-14 |
^ |
^ |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
Commissioner of Income tax (Appeals) |
2011-12, 2012-13 |
20 |
20 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
2006-07,200910,2010-11 to 2013-14 |
5,097 |
1,220 |
A Amount less than 1 million
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to financial institutions, banks and government. The Company has not issued any debentures.
(ix) The Company has not raised moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments or term loans) during the year, hence reporting under clause 3(ix) of the Order is not applicable to the company.
(x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company or no material fraud on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has paid/ provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
(xii) The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause 3 (xii) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 where applicable, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
(xiv) During the year, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly paid convertible debentures and hence, reporting under clause 3 (xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its Directors or persons connected to its directors and hence provisions of section 192 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable to the Company.
(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 117366W/W-100018
N. Venkatram
Partner
Membership number: 71387
Mumbai
June 06, 2019
Mar 31, 2018
To the Members of Wipro Limited
Report on the Standalone Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2018, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) with respect to the preparation of these standalone 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 Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rule, 2015, as amended, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone financial statements based on our audit.
In conducting 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 and the Order issued under Section 143(11) of the Act.
We conducted our audit of the standalone 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 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 auditorâs 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 Companyâs 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 Companyâs Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us 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, 2018, and its profit, total comprehensive income, the changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, 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 including other comprehensive income, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows 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 Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act.
e) on the basis of the written representations received from the directors of the Company as on March 31, 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2018 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 âAnnexure Aâ. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, 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.
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
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Annexure A to the Independent Auditorâs Report
(Referred to in paragraph 1(f) under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report to the Members of Wipro Limited of even date)
Report on the Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting under Clause (i) of sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ)
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of WIPRO LIMITED (â the Companyâ) as of March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date. Managementâs Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Board of Directors of the Company 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. 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 respective companyâs 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 Act.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the âGuidance Noteâ) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. 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 auditorâs 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 Companyâs internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
A companyâs 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 companyâs 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 companyâs assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 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, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, 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, 2018, 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.
Annexure B to the Independent Auditorâs Report
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report to the members of Wipro Limited of even date)
(i) In respect of the Companyâs fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) The Company has a program of verification to cover all the items of fixed assets in a phased manner over a period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the program, certain fixed assets were physically verified by the Management during the year. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the records examined by us and based on the examination of the conveyance deeds provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of land and buildings which are freehold, are held in the name of the Company as at the balance sheet date.
(ii) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during the year by the Management at reasonable intervals. Material discrepancies noticed on physical verification during the year have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
(iii) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013.
(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 was repayable on demand. The loan is repaid during the current year.
(c) There is no overdue amount remaining outstanding as at the year-end.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 185 and 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 in respect of grant of loans, making investments and providing guarantees and securities, as applicable.
(v) The Company has not accepted any deposit during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits as at March 31, 2018 and therefore, the provisions of the clause 3 (v) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(vi) The maintenance of cost records has not been specified by the Central Government under Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 for the business activities carried out by the Company. Thus reporting under Clause 3(vi) of the order is not applicable to the Company.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Goods and Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Goods and Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at March 31, 2018 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as at March 31, 2018 on account of dispute are given below:
Name of Statue |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which the amount relates |
Amount Unpaid March 31,2018 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
Assistant Commissioner |
1990-91 to 2014-15 |
59 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
Commissioner |
2004-05 to 2014-15 |
10 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
Commissioner Appeals |
1994-95 to 2012-13 |
13 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
CESTAT |
1999-2000 to 2012-13 |
180 |
The Central Excise Act, 1944 |
Excise Duty |
High Court |
2007-08, 2008-09 |
1 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Asst. Commissioner of customs |
1994-95 to 2010-11 |
47 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
CESTAT |
1991-92 to 2011-12 |
4 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Commissioner |
2005-06 |
6 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Commissioner Appeals |
1997-98 to 2009-10 |
210 |
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Deputy Commissioner - Air Customs -Chennai |
5 |
|
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Customs Duty |
Madras HC |
4 |
|
The Customs Act, 1962 |
Penalty |
Karnataka High court |
2001-02 to 2005-06 |
2,871 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Assistant commissioner |
2003-04 to-2015-16 |
366 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
Commissioner Appeals |
2003-04 to 2015-16 |
273 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Penalty |
Commissioner Appeals |
2005-06 to 2015-16 |
24 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Service tax |
CESTAT |
2001-02 to 2011-12 |
1,062 |
Finance Act, 1994 |
Penalty |
CESTAT |
2001-02 to 2011-12 |
1,034 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Assistant commissioner |
1988-89 to 2006-07 |
26 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
High court |
1986-87 to 2004-05 |
53 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Commissioner appeals |
1986-87 to 2014-15 |
2,618 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Joint commissioner |
1994-95 to 2015-16 |
49 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
DY. Commissioner of sales tax. |
1994-95 to 2014-15 |
218 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax Tribunal. |
1998-99 to 2011-12 |
326 |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Sales Tax / VAT |
Commissioner |
2009-10,2010-11 |
70 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax -TDS |
CIT(A) - TDS |
2003-04, 2009-10 |
33 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
2006-07,2009-10, 2010-11,2012-13 |
1,191 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
Dispute Resolution Panel |
2013-14 |
8,701 |
The Income Tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
CIT(A) |
2011-12,2012-13 |
20 |
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to financial institutions, banks and government. The Company has not issued any debentures.
(ix) The Company has not raised 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 have been applied by the Company during the year for the purposes for which they were raised.
(x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company or no material fraud on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has paid/ provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
(xii) The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause 3 (xii) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 where applicable, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
(xiv) During the year, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly paid convertible debentures and hence, reporting under clause 3 (xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its Directors or persons connected to its directors and hence provisions of section 192 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable to the Company.
(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 117366W/W-100018
N. Venkatram
Partner
Membership number: 71387
Mumbai
June 08, 2018
Mar 31, 2017
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 (âthe Companyâ), 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 âstandalone Ind AS financial statementsâ).
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) 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.
Auditorâs 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 auditorâs 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 Companyâs 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 Companyâs 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 (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) 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 âAnnexure Bâ; and
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs 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 (âthe Companyâ) 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, employeesâ 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, employeesâ 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 Auditorâs 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 (âthe Actâ)
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Wipro Limited (âthe Companyâ) 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.
Managementâs Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Companyâs 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 (âICAIâ). 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 companyâs 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.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companyâs 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 âGuidance Noteâ) 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 auditorâs 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 Companyâs internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
A companyâs 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 companyâs 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 companyâs 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
Mar 31, 2016
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
â service tax Service tax demanded 109
The Finance Act, 1994
â 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
Mar 31, 2015
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
Mar 31, 2014
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Wipro Limited
("the Company") which comprise the balance sheet as at March 31,2014,
the statement of profit and loss and the cash flow statement for the
year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and
other explanatory information.
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for 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 Standards referred to in sub- section (3C) of section
211 of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") read with General Circular
15/2013 dated 13th September 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013.This
responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of
internal control relevantto 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.
Auditors'' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. 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 disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial
statements,whetherduetofraud orerror. In making those risk assessments,
the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company''s
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order
to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the entity''s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
the accounting estimates made by management, 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.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the 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:
(a) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31,2014;
(b) in the case of the statement of profit and loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Report on other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2003 ("the
Order"), as amended, issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Act, we give in the Annexure
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the
Order.
2. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, 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 purpose of our
audit;
(b) inouropinion proper books of accountas required by law have been
kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those
books;
(c) the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and cash flow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(d) in our opinion.the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and
cash flow statement comply with the Accounting Standards referred to in
sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act,1956 read with the
General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013;
and
(e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2014, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2014, from being
appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub- section (1) of
section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 of our report to the members of
Wipro Limited ("the Company") for the year ended March 31,2014. 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 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) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
(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 loans to two parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the
Act").The maximum outstanding during the year was ? 2,824 million and
the year-end balance of such loans was ? 1,770 million (ofwhich loans
amounting to? 1,770 million are interest free).
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest, where applicable and
othertermsand conditions on which such loans have granted to companies,
firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section
301 of the Act are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) In the case of loans granted to the parties listed in the register
maintained undersection301 of the Act, the principal amounts and
interest, where applicable, are being repaid regularly in accordance
with the agreed contractual terms.
(d) There is nooverdueamountof morethan Rupeesone lakh in respect of
loans granted to any of the parties listed in the register maintained
under section 301 of the Act.
(e) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4 (iii) (e) to
(g) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(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) (a) Inouropinion.andaccordingtotheinformationand explanations given
to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in
section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to be
maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts and
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of rupees
five lakh in respect of any party during the year have been made at
prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market
prices at the relevant time.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account relating to
material, labour and other items of cost maintained by the Company
pursuant to the Companies (cost accounting records) Rules, 2011
prescribed bytheCentral Government for the maintenance of cost records
under section 209(1) (d) 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.
(ix) (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. Wealth tax. Customs duty. Excise
duty. Investor Education and Protection Fund 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. Wealth
tax. Customs duty, Excise duty. Investor Education and Protection Fund
and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at March 31,2014
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.The
following dues of
Income tax. Excise duty. Customs duty. Sales-tax and Service tax have
not been deposited by the Company on account of disputes:
(x) 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.
(xi) 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.
(xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis
of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/ mutual benefit
fund/ society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) 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.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we are of
the opinion thatfunds raised on short- term basis have not been used
for long-term investment.
(xviii)The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/firms/parties covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Act.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
(xxi) 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 B S R & Co.LLP
Chartered Accoun tan ts
Firm''s Registration No.: 101248W
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No.: 205385
Banaalore
Mar 31, 2013
Report on the financial statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Wipro Limited
("the Company"), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 March 2013,
the statement of profit and loss and cash flow statement for the year
then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information.
Management''s responsibility for the financial statements
Management is responsible for 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 Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211
of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"). This responsibility includes
the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control 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.
Auditors'' responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the standards on auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. 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 disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditors'' 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 control relevant to the Company''s preparation and
fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also
includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and
the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, 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.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the 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:
(a) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31 March 2013;
(b) in the case of the statement of profit and loss, of the profit of
the Company for the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the cash flow statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003, ("the
Order"), as amended, issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act, we give in the Annexure
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
Order.
2. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, 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 purpose of our
audit;
b. in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been
kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those
books;
c. the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss, and cash flow
statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d. in our opinion, the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss,
and cash flow statement comply with the accounting standards referred
to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956;
e. on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on 31 March 2013, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2013, from being
appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of
Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 of our report to the members of
Wipro Limited ("the Company") for the year ended March 31, 2013.
(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 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 and no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
(ii) (a) The inventory, except goods-in-transit, has been physically
verified by the management during the year. In our opinion, the
frequency of such verification is reasonable.
(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 loans to four parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956
("Act"). The maximum amount outstanding during the year was Rs. 5,856
millions and the year-end balance of such loans was Rs. 2,535 millions
(of which loans amounting to Rs. 1,607 millions are interest free).
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest, where applicable and other
terms and conditions on which loans have been granted to companies,
firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) The principal amounts and interest, where applicable, are being
repaid regularly in accordance with the agreed contractual terms.
Additionally, there are no overdue amounts in excess of Rupees one
lakh. Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii) (c) and (d) of the Order is not
applicable to the Company.
(d) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4 (iii) (e) to
(g) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(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 sale of
goods and services. We have not observed any major weakness in the
internal control system during the course of the audit.
(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that Section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of Rupees
five lakh in respect of any party during the year have been made at
prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market
prices at the relevant time.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account relating to
material, labor and other items of cost maintained by the Company
pursuant to the Rules prescribed by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1)(d) 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.
(ix) (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, Wealth tax, Customs duty, Excise
duty, Investor Education and Protection Fund and other material
statutory dues have been generally 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, Wealth tax, Investor Education and Protection
Fund, Customs duty, Excise duty and other material statutory dues were
in arrears as at March 31, 2013 for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, there is
no disputed amounts payable in respect of Wealth tax. The following
dues of Income tax, Excise duty, Customs duty, Sales tax and Service
tax have not been deposited by the Company on account of disputes:
Amount
Name of the Statute Nature of the dues 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 26
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax and interest demanded
(based on 8,164
draft assessment order)
State Sales Tax/VAT
and CST Sales tax, interest and penalty
demanded 617
(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, Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh)
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 58
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 22
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty, interest and
penalty demanded 301
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 108
The Finance Act, 1994
- Service tax Service tax demanded 407
Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where dispute is
the amount relates
(Assessment year) pending
The Income Tax Act
1961 2001-02 to 2007-08 High Court **
The Income Tax Act
1961 2008-09 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal
The Income Tax Act
1961 2009-10 Dispute Resolution
Pannel ***
State Sales Tax / VAT
and CST 1986-87 to 2007-08 Appellate Authorities
State Sales Tax / VAT
and CST 1986-87 to 2009-10 Appellate Tribunal
State Sales Tax / VAT
and CST 1999-00 to 2006-07 High court / Supreme
court
The Central Excise Act
1944 1997-98 to 2010-11 Appellate Authorities
The Central Excise Act
1944 2004-05 CESTAT
The Customs Act 1962 1994-95, 1997-98,
2001-10 Appellate Authorities
The Customs Act 1962 1991-92 to 2006-07 CESTAT
The Customs Act 1962 1990-98 and 2005-06 High court / Supreme court
The Finance Act 1994 2003-04 to 2007-08 Appellate Authorities
The Finance Act 1994 2002-03 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.
(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial
year and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) 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.
(xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis
of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund / nidhi / mutual benefit
fund / society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) 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.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to companies/ firms/ parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
(xxi) 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.
Chartered Accountants
Firm''s Registration No.: 101248W
Supreet Sachdev
Partner
Membership No.: 205385
Bangalore
June 21, 2013
Mar 31, 2012
We have audited the attached balance sheet of Wipro Limited ("the
Company") as of March 31, 2012, the statement of profit and loss and
the cash flow statement for the year ended on that date, annexed
thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003, as
amended ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of Section 227(4A) of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"), we
enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in
paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
2. Further to our comments in paragraph 1 above, 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;
b) in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been
kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those
books;
c) the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and cash flow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d) in our opinion, the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and
cash flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the
accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act ;
e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2012 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified as of March 31, 2012
from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act; and
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts 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:
- in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as of March 31, 2012;
- in the case of the statement of profit and loss, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
- in the case of the cash flow statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 of our report to the members of
Wipro Limited ("the Company") for the year ended March 31, 2012.
(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 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. As informed to us, no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
(ii) (a) The inventory, except goods-in-transit, has been physically
verified by the management during the year. In our opinion,
the frequency of such verification is reasonable.
(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. As informed
to us, the discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical
stocks and the book records were not material.
(iii) (a) The Company has granted loans to four parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies
Act, 1956 ("Act"). The maximum amount outstanding during the year was Rs
4,060 millions and the year-end balance of such loans was Rs 3,969
millions (of which loans amounting to Rs 3,536 millions are interest
free).
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest, where applicable and other
terms and conditions on which loans have been granted to companies,
firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) The principal amounts and interest, where applicable, are being
repaid regularly in accordance with the agreed contractual terms.
Additionally, there are no overdue amounts in excess of Rupees one
lakh. Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii) (c) and (d) of the Order is not
applicable to the Company.
(d) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4 (iii) (e) to
(g) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(vi) 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 sale of
goods and services. We have not observed any major weakness in the
internal control system during the course of the audit.
(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that Section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of Rs five
lakh in respect of any party during the year have been made at prices
which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at
the relevant time.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account relating to
material, labor and other items of cost maintained by the Company
pursuant to the Rules prescribed by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under section 209(1)(d) 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.
(ix) (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, Service tax, Employees' State
Insurance, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth tax, Customs duty, Excise
duty, Investor Education and Protection Fund and other material
statutory dues have been generally 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, Service tax,
Employees' State Insurance, Income-tax, Salestax, Wealth tax, Investor
Education and Protection Fund, Customs duty, Excise duty and other
material statutory dues were in arrears as of March 31, 2012 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 is
no disputed amounts payable in respect of Wealth tax. The following
dues of Income tax, Excise duty, Customs duty, Sales tax and Service
tax have not been deposited by the Company on account of disputes:
Nature of
the Statute Nature of the dues Amount
unpaid *
Rs(Rs in
millions)
The Income Tax Act,
1961 Income Tax and interest 5,226
demanded
State Sales
Tax/VAT and CST Sales tax, interest and 866
(pertaining to
various states) penalty demanded
State Sales
Tax/VAT and CST Sales tax demanded 414
(pertaining to
various states)
State Sales Tax/VAT
and CST Sales tax and penalty 39
(pertaining to Kerala,
Karnataka Demanded
and Andhra Pradesh)
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 41
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty demanded 7
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty, interest 342
and penalty demanded
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty and penalty 40
demanded
The Customs Act, 1962 Customs duty demanded 44
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax demanded 105
Service tax
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax demanded 378
Service tax
Nature of the Statute Period to which Forum where dispute is
the amount relates pending
(Assessment year)
The Income Tax Act, 1961 2007-2008 Income tax Appellate
Tribunal
State Sales Tax/Vat and
CST(Pertaining to
Various States) 1986-87 to 2007-08 Appellate Authorities
State Sales Tax/
VAT and CST
(Pertaining to
Various States) 1986-87 to 2009-10 Appellate Tribunal
States Sales Tax/VAT
and CST (Pertaining
to Kerala, Karnataka
and Andhra Prades) 1999-00 to 2006-07 High Court / Supreme
Court
The Central Excise Act,
1944 1997-98 to 2010-11 Appellate Authorities
The Central Excise Act,
1944 2004-05 CESTAT
The Customs Act, 1962 1994-95, 1997-98, Appellate Authorities
2001-10
The Customs Act, 1962 1991-92 to 2006-07 CESTAT
The Cusotms Act, 1962 1990-98 and 2005-06 High Court / Supreme
Court
The Finance Act, 1994 2003-04 to 2007-08 Appellate Authorities
Service tax
The Finance Act, 1994
Service tax 2002-03 to 2009-10 CESTAT
*The amounts paid under protest have been reduced from the amounts
demanded in arriving at the aforesaid disclosure.
(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial
year and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) 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.
(xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis
of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund / nidhi / mutual benefit
fund / society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) 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.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
(xviii)The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/firms/parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
(xxi) 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 B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No: 101248W
Natrajh Ramakrishna
Partner
Membership No. 032815
Bangalore
April 25, 2012
Mar 31, 2010
We have audited the attached balance sheet of Wipro Limited ("the
Company") as at March 31, 2010 and the profit and loss account and the
cash flow statement for the year ended on that date, annexed thereto.
Jhese financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 ("the
Order"), as amended, issued by the Central Government in terms of
Section 227 (4A) of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"), we enclose in
the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5
of the said Order.
2. Further to our comments in paragraph 1 above, 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;
b) in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been
kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those
books;
c) the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) in our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash
flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2010, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified as at March 31, 2010
from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act; and
f) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts 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:
i) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2010;
ii) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
iii) in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS REPORT
Annexure referred to in paragraph 1 of our report to the members of
Wipro Limited ("the Company") for the year ended March 31,2010
1. 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 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. No material discrepancies were
noticed on such verification.
c) Fixed assets disposed of during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
2. 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.
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 physical verification between the physical
stocks and the book records were not material.
3. a) The Company has granted loans to 3 wholly owned subsidiaries
covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"). The maximum amount outstanding
during the year and the year-end balance of such loans are as follows:
(Rs. million)
Name of the Entity Maximum amount Year-end balance
outstanding during year
Wipro Cyprus Private
Limited 1,568 1,568
Enthink Inc. 42 42
Wipro Singapore Pte Limited 22 22
Wipro Holdings (Mauritius) Limited 3 3
b) In our opinion, the rate of interest, where applicable and other
terms and conditions on which loans have been granted to companies,
firms or other parties listed in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
c) The principal amounts and interest, wherever applicable, are being
repaid regularly in accordance with the agreed contractual terms.
Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii)(d) of the Order are not applicable to
the Company.
d) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii)(e) to (g)
of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
4. 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
regards to purchase of inventories and fixed assets and with regard to
sale of goods and services. We have not observed any major weakness in
the internal control system during the course of the audit.
5. a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to
in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to
be maintained under that Section.
b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts and
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of Rs. 5
lakh with any party during the year have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time except for purchases of certain services which are for
the Companys specialized requirements and similarly for sale of
certain goods and services for the specialized requirements of the
buyers and for which suitable alternative sources are not available to
obtain comparable quotations. However, on the basis of information and
explanations provided, the same appear reasonable.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8, We have broadly reviewed the books of accounts maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules prescribed by the Central Government
under Section 209 (l)(d) of the Act for maintenance of cost records in
respect of Vanaspati, Toilet soaps, Lighting products and Mini
computers/ Microprocessor based system and Data communication system
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.
9. 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, Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Excise
duty and other material statutory dues have been generally regularly
deposited during the year by the Company with the appropriate
authorities. As à explained to us, the Company did not have any dues on
account of Investor Education and Protection Fund.
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, Wealth tax, Service tax,
Customs duty, Excise duty and other material statutory dues were
outstanding as at March 31, 2010 for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable.
There were no dues on account of cess under Section 441A of the Act
since the date from which the aforesaid Section comes into force has
not yet been notified by the Central Government.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
following dues of Income tax, Excise duty, Customs duty, Sales tax and
Service tax have not been deposited by the Company on account of
disputes:
Name of the Statute Nature of the Amount unpaid *
dues (Rs. million)
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income tax 857.32
The Central Excise Act, Excise duty 47.49
1944
Customs Act, 1957 Customs duty 557.76
Customs Act, 1957 Customs duty 64.30
Sales Tax Act, 1956 Sales tax 48.81
Sales Tax Act, 1956 Sales tax 49.00
Sales Tax Act, 1956 Sales tax 1151.04
Finance Act, 1994 Service tax 378.85
Name of the Statue Period to which Forum where dispute is
the amount relates pending
(Assessment year)
Income Tax 2005-06 Commissioner of Income Tax
Act, 1961 (Appeals)
The Central Excise 1997-98 to 2008-09 Assistant commissioner/
Act, 1944 Appellate/Commissioner/
CESTAT (Appeals)
Customs Act, 1957 1990-91 to 2008-09 Assistant commissioner/
Appellate/Commissioner/
CESTAT (Appeals)
Customs Act, 1957 1990-91 to 2008-09 High Court/ Supreme Court
Sales Tax Act, 1956 1988-89 to 2008-09 Assistant Commissioner/
Appellate/Commissioner/
CESTAT (Appeals)
Sales Tax Act 1999-00 to 2005-06 High Court/ Supreme Court
1956
Sales Tax Act, 1956 1986-87 to 2007-08 First Appellate/Joint
Commissioner Commercial
Taxes
Finance Act, 1994 2001-02 to 2007-08 Assistant Commissioner/
Appellate/ Commissioner/
CESTAT (Appeals)
* The amounts paid under protest have been reduced from the amounts
demanded in arriving at the aforesaid disclosure.
10. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial
year and in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of any dues to
any financial institution or bank. The Company did not have any
outstanding debentures during the year.
12. The Company has not granted loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the explanations given to us, the
Company is not a chit fund/nidhi/mutual benefit fund/ society.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. 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.
16. 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 purpose for which they were raised.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short term basis have not been
used for long term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
companies/firms/parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act.
19. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. We have been informed that a junior level employee of the Company
had embezzled funds amounting to Rs 228 million over a period of three
years from November 2006 to December 2009. The Companys internal
investigation under the direct supervision of the Companys Audit
Committee related to this embezzlement has been completed.
for BSR & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm registration number: 101248W
Akeel Master
Partner
Membership No.: 046768
Bangalore
April 23, 2010