Evolving to Lead ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Evolving to Lead
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Evolving to Lead ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Evolving To Lead This year’s cover illustration depicts MIA’s role in helping accounting professionals evolve their traditional functions—represented by the colourful numbers entering the funnel—to one that contributes meaningfully to industry and nation building, as symbolised by the light bulbs exiting the funnel. In today’s competitive environment where leadership must evolve in tandem with the ever-changing landscape of commerce and industry, MIA reinforces its commitment to help shape the accounting profession to lead a knowledge-based economy, as represented by the Evolving to Lead persons holding the funnel. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 The graphic fingerprint underscores MIA’s recognition of the contribution of the individual accounting professional in the industry’s collective effort to raise the standard of the profession. Chartered Accountants Malaysia and MIA The Chartered Accountant Malaysia or “C.A.(M)” is Working closely alongside strategic business a designation conferred by the Malaysian Institute of partners and stakeholders, MIA connects its Accountants (MIA) to a professional in accountancy, members to a wide range of continuous professional business and finance with a recognised accountancy development programmes, updates and networking qualification and relevant work experience. C.A.(M) opportunities. Presently, there are over 30,000 are the industry captains, corporate leaders and members making their strides across all industries in decision makers that play significant roles in Malaysia and around the world. nation building. MIA was established under the Accountants Act 1967 as the statutory accountancy body that regulates, develops, supports and enhances the integrity and status of the profession while upholding the public interest. MIA’s Vision MIA’s Mission To be a globally recognised and renowned institute To develop, support and monitor quality and of accountants committed to nation building. expertise consistent with global best practices of the accountancy profession in the interest of stakeholders. MIA’s Strategic Objectives MIA’s Functions • Develop and enhance the competency of Section 6 of the Accountants Act 1967 (the Act) Accountancy Professionals to meet market states that the functions of the Institute shall be: demand; • To determine the qualifications of persons for • Advance and enhance the status of members admission as members; and the accountancy profession in Malaysia; • To provide for the training and education • Support the practice of the accountancy by the Institute or any other body, of persons profession in Malaysia consistent with global practising or intending to practice the profession standards and best practices; of accountancy; • Regulate the Practice of the Accountancy • To approve the MIA Qualifying Examination(QE) Profession in Malaysia consistent with Global and to regulate and supervise the conduct of Standards; that Examination; • To regulate the practice of the profession of accountancy in Malaysia; Our Management Core Values • To promote, in any manner it thinks fit, the interest of the profession of accountancy • Integrity in Malaysia; • Mutual Trust and Respect • To render pecuniary or other assistance to • Professionalism members or their dependents as it thinks fit with • Accountability a view to protecting or promoting the welfare of • Commitment members; and • Teamwork • Generally to do such acts as it thinks fit for the purpose of achieving any of the aforesaid objects. Contents 04 Notice of the 29th Annual General Meeting Messages Sustain 06 Immediate Past President 62 Surveillance and Enforcement - Executive Summary 12 President 63 CPE Compliance 16 Chief Executive Officer 63 Practice Review 65 Financial Statements Review Report of the Council For 2014/2015 66 Ensuring Checks and Balances 22 Governance Framework in the Profession 22 Institute’s Functions - Complaints 23 Institute’s Governance and - Investigation Internal Control Statement - Disciplinary Action Taken 23 Council - Disciplinary Appeals 23 Executive Committee (EXCO) 23 Nominating Committee (NC) Committees: 23 Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARMC) Statutory and Other Committees 24 Institute’s Control Environment and Structure 72 Statutory 26 Composition of the Council/ Governance Committees 73 Technical 80 Surveillance 81 Representative of Membership Nurture 30 Membership Development and Education - Executive Summary Financial Statements for the 30 Membership Development Financial Year Ended 30 June 2015 36 Accelerating Knowledge and 86 Report of the Auditor General Competency Development 88 Statement by the Council 43 Promoting Quality and Competency 88 Statutory Declaration Through Education 89 Statement of Financial Position 47 Stakeholder Engagement 90 Statement of Profit and Loss and 47 International Relations Other Comprehensive Income 92 Statement of Cash Flows Develop 93 Notes to the Financial Statements 52 Professional Standards & Practices - Executive Summary 54 Auditing and Assurance Significant Event Highlights 116 Stakeholder Linkages 55 Ethics, Regulatory and Governance 120 Enhancing Competency and 56 Accounting Maintaining Integrity 57 Taxation 123 Corporate Social Responsibility 58 Professional Accountants in Public Practice 126 Regional Activities 59 Professional Accountants in Business 133 Media & Communications 4 Malaysian Institute of Accountants • ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Notice of the 29th Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Rule 10 of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (Membership and Council) Rules 2001, the Twenty Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants will be held on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 12.00 noon at the Mahkota Ballroom, Istana Hotel, 73 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur. AGENDA 1. To elect three (3) members of the Council for the 6. To approve the following Resolution proposed by the ensuing year pursuant to the provisions of paragraph Council: (g) of subsection (1) of section 8 of the Accountants Ac t, 19 67. “IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED THAT the final examination of Management and Science University for The following members of Council have retired the Degree of Bachelor in Accountancy (Hons) for the pursuant to sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 2B of academic programme for which first commenced from the Second Schedule to the Accountants Act, 1967 the Academic Session November 2010 onwards, be and are not offering themselves for re-election at the recognised by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants forthcoming annual general meeting: (“Institute”) as equivalent to the final examinations specified in Part I of the First Schedule to the • Paul Chan Wan Siew Accountants Act 1967, and that the Minister of Finance • Dealanathan J. Lourdes be advised by the Institute to amend Part I of the First • Soo Hoo Khoon Yean Schedule to the Accountants Act 1967 accordingly”. Nominations have been received for the following 7. Any other business. members for election to the Council: • Brian Wong Wye Pong • Dato’ Narendra Kumar Jasani By Order of the Council • Salihin bin Abang • Sam Soh Siong Hoon 2. President’s address. 3. To consider and accept the minutes of the Twenty Eighth Annual General Meeting held on SUDIRMAN MASDUKI 27 September 2014. Registrar 4. To adopt the annual report of the Council. 26 August 2015 5. To receive the financial statements of the Institute for the year ended 30 June 2015 and the report of the auditors thereon. Messages from the Immediate Past President, President, and Chief Executive Officer “ If adopted, reforms proposed by the Committee to Strengthen the Accountancy Profession (CSAP) will transform the profession’s regulatory and operational landscape and affect the Institute’s raison d’etre significantly.” Datuk Johan Idris > IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Malaysian Institute of Accountants • ANNUAL REPORT 2015 7 Immediate Past President’s Message Dear members, As the outgoing President of MIA, it is an honour to pen Whilst this addresses the issue of upgrading accountants a brief review of the Institute’s strategy and key thrusts in midstream, we need to start early to attract high-calibre undertaken during the FY14/15 period. candidates to the profession and compete with other sectors which face the talent crunch as well. An ongoing initiative Fundamentally, the Institute sought to discharge its is to attract youth to accounting careers and professional overarching mandate of developing the accountancy qualifications by engaging with students in secondary profession to support nation-building and good governance schools and institutes of higher learning. We also worked in the public interest. together with Talent Corporation on the MIA – TALENTCORP Incentive Programme to organise mini career fairs focused Building Capacity and Competency on attracting talent to the accounting and tax sectors. A major thrust of my term as President was to build up the Broadening the net, the Institute is emphasising on diversity supply and quality of professional accountants to meet in talent to enrich the talent pool. Rather than confining market demands, hence furthering the nation’s economic the search to professional and graduate accountants, we and social aspirations of becoming a highly developed and actively seek out non-accountants and non-accounting high income nation. Currently, there are more than 31,000 students to take up professional accounting exam and join accountants registered with the Malaysian Institute of the world of accountants. Talent