Fees
How we price financial auditing work
Fees reflect entity size, number of locations, quality of records, and whether inventory observation or overseas confirmations are required. The figures below are starting points for a written estimate—not a menu you can checkout online.
Single-entity companies with one primary warehouse and clean year-end packages. Multi-location groups and first-year audits sit above this floor.
Walkthrough of ledgers, cut-off procedures, and disclosure drafts before statutory fieldwork begins.
Focused testing of cash, inventory, and revenue controls with a written letter of observations.
Priced against the written procedure list—earn-out checks, grant claims, or specific balance verification.
What moves an estimate up or down
- Number of legal entities and consolidation packs
- Inventory locations requiring physical observation
- Volume of related-party balances and foreign-currency receivables
- Whether prior-year working papers from another auditor are available
- Deadline pressure relative to the bank or group reporting calendar
Deposits and billing
Statutory audits usually begin with a planning deposit of 30% after engagement acceptance. The balance is invoiced at report issuance, with interim billing if fieldwork spans multiple months. Travel within Ishikawa for inventory counts is included in the estimate; overnight trips farther afield are itemised in advance.