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D Somani & Associates · Chartered Accountants

Audit that changes what happens next.

Audit beyond the audit.

A practice built around internal audit, risk advisory, continuous control monitoring, financial due diligence, international taxation and FEMA - for promoters who want their auditor to think with them, not just sign with them.

Our practice

Six anchors. One firm.

01
Internal Audit & Risk Advisory

Process review, re-engineering, IFC testing and reporting that audit committees actually read. Our core practice.

Scope
Trigger
Board or audit committee wants assurance beyond the statutory audit
Deliverable
Risk-ranked observation report with a management response tracker
Rhythm
Quarterly, aligned to the audit committee calendar

Illustrative. Actual scope is set per engagement.

02
Financial Due Diligence

Buy-side, sell-side and pre-IPO due diligence - quality of earnings, working capital, red-flag reports.

Scope
Trigger
A term sheet is signed, or a seller wants the surprises found first
Deliverable
Quality of earnings, working capital and net debt findings, with a red-flag summary
Rhythm
Four weeks, deal-driven

Illustrative. Actual scope is set per engagement.

03
International Taxation

Cross-border structuring, DTAA analysis, withholding-tax certifications and transfer pricing under the Income Tax Act, 2025.

Scope
Trigger
A cross-border payment, structure or transfer-pricing position needs a defensible view
Deliverable
Withholding and DTAA position paper, with certifications where required
Rhythm
Transaction-led, reviewed annually

Illustrative. Actual scope is set per engagement.

04
FEMA Advisory

FDI, ODI, ECB, compounding and routine FEMA filings: the regulatory layer of cross-border work.

Scope
Trigger
An FDI, ODI or ECB transaction is planned, or a past filing was missed
Deliverable
Filing pack with the regulatory position recorded, compounding application where needed
Rhythm
Transaction-led

Illustrative. Actual scope is set per engagement.

05
GST Health Check-up

A focused diagnostic on a company's GST position: exposure, missed credits and classification risk.

Scope
Trigger
A notice has arrived, or the ITC and reconciliation position is untested
Deliverable
Exposure schedule with return-wise reconciliation and a missed-credit list
Rhythm
One-time diagnostic, annual refresh

Illustrative. Actual scope is set per engagement.

06
Continuous Control Monitoring & IFC

Key controls tested on full populations every cycle - not once a year - with IFC design and operating-effectiveness reviews.

Scope
Trigger
Sample-based testing keeps missing exceptions
Deliverable
Exception dashboard with an IFC design and operating-effectiveness memo
Rhythm
Monthly data pull, quarterly reporting

Illustrative. Actual scope is set per engagement.

+ Statutory audit, tax audit, direct & indirect tax compliance and other assurance work → What We Do

What our internal audit returns to our clients

Audit, measured in outcomes.

₹5 Cr+
Direct cash recoveries identified and recovered for our clients
₹15 Cr+
Total financial impact flagged across engagements
100%
Engagements led personally by the founder

Numbers cumulative to date. Recoveries and impact are net of management's acceptance.

Why our internal audit reads differently

"A risk-based audit checks whether the wheels are turning. We are paid to ask whether the cart is going in the right direction."

Our internal audit programmes are designed for promoters and audit committees who want a watchdog that does more than tick controls: one that benchmarks the process, flags compliance risk and proposes the structural change that closes the gap. Read our full view →

How we engage

Four steps from brief to outcome.

01

Brief

One scoping call. We agree the risk universe, the calendar and the people. No fieldwork yet.

02

Field

Walk-throughs first, then analytics on full populations. Validated with process owners as we go.

03

Report

One readable report. Executive summary fits a page. Root cause, not just symptom.

04

Follow-through

We sit with the audit committee for the close-out. We return next quarter to see if it stuck.

Continuous control monitoring

Controls, tested every cycle. Not once a year.

An annual audit sees a control once. A monitoring programme watches it every cycle - three-way matches, duplicate vendor bank accounts, segregation-of-duties conflicts, off-hours journal entries - run on full populations from your ERP, with exceptions triaged while they are still small. How we build it →

0
controls tested this cycle
0
operating effectively
0
exceptions flagged for triage

Illustrative simulation of a monitoring cycle, for general information. Actual engagements run on client ERP data under an agreed scope.

A signature finding

What four weeks of labour-cost audit at a manufacturer uncovered.

The brief was a focused labour-cost analysis at a mid-sized manufacturing company.

In the first two weeks, our contractor-rate reconciliation surfaced an overpayment to the labour contractor of roughly ₹85 lakhs, billed at rates that no longer matched the renegotiated contract.

In the third week, the payroll review uncovered something the company had not seen. The HR head had been drawing salaries against ghost labour entries. Over the prior twelve months, the leakage came to about ₹35 lakhs.

What the audit committee received was a one-page note, the recovered amount on the contractor side, and one structural recommendation: pre-payroll headcount reconciliation against gate-pass data, every cycle.

Sector, names and figures structurally adjusted where needed to preserve client confidentiality.

From the founder
CA Dheeraj Somani, Founder & Proprietor
"I started this firm because I wanted to do internal audit the way I'd been trained to read it - for what it changes in the business, not for what it ticks off in the file."
CA Dheeraj Somani · Founder & Proprietor · Read the full letter →
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