Jovani Reddy Chinniah ACA BFP CFE

Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women around the world.
Today we celebrate the strength, resilience, leadership, and impact that women bring to our workplaces, communities, and families every day.
Let’s continue to champion equality, create opportunities, and empower the next generation of women to lead, innovate, and thrive.

As we celebrate Chap Goh Mei, the final day of the Lunar New Year, may this occasion mark new opportunities, and continued growth for the year ahead.
Wishing everyone prosperity and success in all endeavors. 🌕✨

AMLA Enforcement Trends!

Attended the MACFE Members Meet a few weeks ago featuring Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad, President of AMLAC Academy and former Chief Commissioner of MACC, on evolving AMLA enforcement trends.

Clear message: AMLA enforcement today is faster, broader, and more disruptive — often before charges are filed.

Key enforcement trends shared include:

1. Investigations without a complainant
2. Early-stage arrests
3. Media amplification of enforcement
4. Blanket freezing of assets (Section 44)
5. Early demands for asset declarations (Section 49)
6. Forfeiture for non-declaration
7. Multi-agency joint operations
8. Overseas asset prohibitory orders (Section 53)

Compliance is no longer back-office. It is governance, leadership, and readiness.

A timely wake-up call for boards and executives.

Ramadan Kareem! 🌙
To all our valued clients, dedicated staff, business partners, and dear friends — may this holy month bring you peace, happiness, and endless blessings. Wishing you and your families a joyful and spiritually fulfilling Ramadan - from all of us at Jovani & Co Chartered Accountants.

Happy Lunar New Year to all those celebrating! 🧧🐎✨
As we usher in the Year of the Horse, we are reminded of the strength, resilience, speed, and determination it symbolizes.
May the year gallop in with bold opportunities, sustained momentum, and meaningful growth for us all.
We also extend our sincere appreciation to our colleagues, partners, clients, and friends for your continued trust and collaboration. Wishing you prosperity, success, and new milestones in the year ahead.

Happy Lunar New Year to all those celebrating! 🧧🐎✨
As we usher in the Year of the Horse, we are reminded of the strength, resilience, speed, and determination it symbolizes.
May the year ahead bring bold opportunities, sustained momentum, and meaningful growth for us all.
We also extend our sincere appreciation to our colleagues, partners, clients, and friends for your continued trust and collaboration. Wishing you prosperity, success, and new milestones in the year ahead.

To all those celebrating, wishing you a Blessed Thaipusam!
Warm wishes for a meaningful day of reflection and gratitude.
From all of us at Jovani & Co Chartered Accountants

An evening at the CCI France Malaysia Bonne Année Networking Cocktail. ✨
Always good to reconnect. Thank you CCI France Malaysia for hosting!

💸Working Capital Mistakes SMEs Make!

Many SMEs don’t fail because they lack sales — they fail because they run out of cash.

This is especially common in growing businesses scaling faster than their cash flow.

The most frequent working capital issues we see:
1. Poor inventory management
2. Slow customer payments
3. Mismanaged short-term liabilities

Left unchecked, these quietly strain cash and limit growth.

Advice:
1. Optimize inventory levels
2. Track receivables and payables weekly
3. Forecast cash needs and maintain a buffer

👉Which of these challenges affects your business the most?

Reach out to us if you need any assistance.
Email : [email protected]
Tel: 0377338983

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𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲:

If your business operates on a 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭-𝐛𝐲-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬, relying solely on trading accounting can distort profitability and hide risks. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 for clear financial visibility, stronger cost control, and better decision-making.

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Happy Pongal! 🌾🌞
Wishing everyone prosperity, happiness, and new beginnings. May this harvest festival bring continued success to all.

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is one of the most common areas where we see audit adjustments — and often, the issues are avoidable.

From recognising revenue too early to overlooking contract milestones and cut-off errors, these mistakes can impact 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

I have highlighted the 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 in the post below.

Getting this right early saves time, cost, and difficult conversations at audit time.