Announcement [17.9.2015]
Sub.: Amendment in ICAI Website Guidelines
It is hereby announced that the Council at its 345th Meeting held on 14th - 16th
August, 2015 decided to amend the ICAI Website Guidelines, based on the
recommendations of the Ethical Standards Board. The amendment has been
carried out between paras 6(ix) and (7) of the Website Guidelines, and is shown in
bold hereunder:-
"6(ix) Nature of assignments handled (to be displayable only on
specific "pull" request). Names of clients and fee charged cannot
be given.
Note: Disclosure of names of clients and/or fees
charged, on the website is permissible only where
it is required by a regulator, whether or not
constituted under a statute, in India or outside
India, provided that such disclosure is only to the
extent of requirement of the regulator.
Where such disclosure of names of clients and/or
fees charged is made on the website, the member/
firm shall ensure that it is mentioned on the website
[in italics], below such disclosure itself, that "This
disclosure is in terms of the requirement of [name
of the regulator] having jurisdiction in [name of the
country/ area where such regulator has
jurisdiction] vide [Rule/ Directive etc. under which
the disclosure is required by the Regulator].
(7) Since Chartered Accountants in practice/firms of Chartered
Accountants are not permitted to use logo with effect from 1st
July, 1998, they cannot use logo on Website also."
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