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Audit & AssuranceA stock audit is not a scaled-down statutory audit. It exists because a bank has lent working capital against stock it has never physically seen, and wants independent proof the collateral is real.
Audit & AssuranceAn auditor can walk away from an audit with a letter and a filing. A company that wants to walk an auditor out the door before their term ends needs a special resolution and the government's approval first. That asymmetry is deliberate, and it runs through rotation, resignation, and removal alike.
Audit & AssuranceMost CA articles can define a statutory audit before they have ever actually walked through one. Here is the real sequence, from the engagement letter to the signed opinion, and how each stage feeds the next.