We examine whether financial statements and other documents subject to audit have been properly prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, and issue an audit report. We identify the areas where errors are most likely to occur and conduct the audit effectively and efficiently.
Discuss your audit needsWe handle a wide range of statutory audits, including Companies Act audits and audits of school corporations and social medical corporations.
We audit whether the documents you specify have been properly prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, and issue an audit report. These audits are conducted for purposes such as ensuring the reliability of financial information within your organization, reporting to a parent company or reporting to financial institutions.
We meet a wide range of needs, including internal audits, audits of consolidated subsidiaries, fund (SPC) audits and agreed-upon procedures (AUP) engagements.
Atsushi Okabe, who built his knowledge and experience at a major audit firm, handles everything from the initial consultation to the audit report, conducting the audit with a full understanding of your organization's circumstances and background. With a single point of contact, you avoid the communication burden of dealing with multiple staff members or frequent changes in personnel.
We review the documents subject to audit with a focus on the areas where errors are most likely to occur. We decide which items to examine closely based not only on their amounts but also on the content and nature of each account and disclosure.
We identify the items that require close examination and determine the necessary audit procedures. When explaining the audit plan, we carefully describe the specific procedures and their timing, as well as the documents we will ask you to prepare, and proceed once you have a clear understanding of the plan.
By organizing the content and timing of our document requests and questions, we avoid excessive requests and reduce your workload in dealing with the audit.
Using online meetings and document sharing by email and cloud services, we can conduct audits fully remotely. This keeps down the costs associated with on-site work and allows audit fees that are appropriate to the work involved. On-site audit visits are made based on your wishes and on what the audit requires.
We respond to a wide range of questions about accounting in general, including accounting treatments, internal control and how to prepare the documents subject to audit, in principle within one to two days. You can consult us by whichever method you prefer: email, chat, online meeting or in person.
We keep track of significant revisions to accounting standards and similar rules, and promptly inform you after assessing their impact on your organization.
We ask about the purpose of the audit, your organization's circumstances and your preferred timing, and provide an estimate of the number of audit days, the schedule and the audit fee.
Once you are satisfied with the estimate, we enter into an audit engagement based on it.
We gain a detailed understanding of your organization, identify the items that require close examination, and decide on the audit procedures and their timing. We then explain the plan and the documents we will ask you to prepare.
We examine the appropriateness of significant transactions and accounts, for example by checking them against supporting documents.
We examine whether the documents subject to audit have been properly prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards.
Based on the results of our audit procedures, we form an opinion on whether the documents subject to audit have been prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, and issue an audit report.
We provide an estimate after reviewing the size and industry of your organization, the purpose of the audit, the number of audit days and other factors, setting out the number of audit days, the schedule and the audit fee.
In addition to statutory audits, we are happy to discuss voluntary audits for purposes such as reporting to a parent company or to financial institutions.
