A stock audit is a systematic examination of a company's inventory to verify its accuracy and condition. It involves checking the physical stock against recorded quantities, assessing inventory management practices, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Stock Audit
A stock audit is a systematic examination of a company's inventory to verify its accuracy and condition. It involves checking the physical stock against recorded quantities, assessing inventory management practices, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
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Business Type: Must be a registered business holding inventory.
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Inventory Management: Maintain organized and accurate inventory records.
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Compliance: Adherence to relevant laws and accounting standards.
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Document Access: Willingness to provide necessary documents for the audit.
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Operational Scale: Suitable for businesses with significant stock levels, typically above a certain threshold.
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- Plan & Prepare: Develop an audit plan and gather records.
- Conduct & Execute: Perform physical inventory count.
- Record and Compare: Compare physical count with records.
- Verify Valuation: Assess inventory valuation.
- Prepare Report: Summarize findings and recommendations.
- Follow-up: Monitor implementation of recommendations.
- Plan & Prepare: Develop an audit plan and gather records.
- Inventory records and reports.
- Purchase and sales invoices.
- Stock movement logs.
- Physical stock count sheets.
- Audit Planning: Assist in preparing inventory checklists and audit plans.
- Execution: Conduct the physical count and reconciliation.
- Reporting: Prepare an audit report detailing findings, discrepancies, and recommendations for improvements.
- Resolution Support: Help in resolving discrepancies and improving inventory management.
- Audit Planning: Assist in preparing inventory checklists and audit plans.
Stock audits are usually conducted periodically, such as quarterly or annually, depending on the company’s inventory management needs.
While not a guarantee, regular stock audits can help detect and reduce inventory theft by identifying discrepancies.
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Cancellation & Refund Policy
S S AUDITORS AND TAX CONSULTANTS believes in helping its customers as far as possible, and has therefore a liberal cancellation policy. Under this policy:
• Cancellations will be considered only if the request is made immediately after placing the order. However, the cancellation request may not be entertained if the orders have been communicated to the vendors/merchants and they have initiated the process of shipping them.
• S S AUDITORS AND TAX CONSULTANTS does not accept cancellation requests for perishable items like flowers, eatables etc. However, refund/replacement can be made if the customer establishes that the quality of product delivered is not good.
• In case of receipt of damaged or defective items please report the same to our Customer Service team. The request will, however, be entertained once the merchant has checked and determined the same at his own end. This should be reported within only same day days of receipt of the products. In case you feel that the product received is not as shown on the site or as per your expectations, you must bring it to the notice of our customer service within only same day days of receiving the product. The Customer Service Team after looking into your complaint will take an appropriate decision.
• In case of complaints regarding products that come with a warranty from manufacturers, please refer the issue to them. In case of any Refunds approved by the S S AUDITORS AND TAX CONSULTANTS, it’ll take 3-5 Days for the refund to be processed to the end customer.
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