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Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Role and functions of the Quality Review Board established u/s 28A of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949

Government of India has, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 28A of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, constituted a Quality Review Board (the 'Board') to perform the following functions u/s 28B of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949:-
a)      to make recommendations to the Council with regard to the quality of services provided by the members of the Institute;
b)     to review the quality of services provided by the members of the Institute including audit services; and
c)      to guide the members of the Institute to improve the quality of services and adherence to the various statutory and other regulatory requirements.

2.         Government of India has also issued 'Chartered Accountants (Procedures of Meetings of Quality Review Board, and Terms and Conditions of Service and Allowances of the Chairperson and Members of the Board) Rules, 2006'. In terms of its Rule 6, in the discharge of its functions, the Board may, inter alia, evaluate and review the quality of work and services provided by the members of the Institute in such manner as it may decide and also lay down the procedure of evaluation criteria to evaluate various services being provided by the members of the Institute and to select, in s