CORAA

Certificate for Bank / Financial Institution Empanelment (CA Firm, Word)

A CA firm's net worth, experience and infrastructure certificate supporting empanelment with a bank, NBFC or financial institution as a statutory/concurrent/stock auditor.

Free · CORAA original — SA-aligned
Updated 28 Jul 2026
Type
Firm-constitution certificate (not an audit opinion)
Confirms
Constitution, tenure, partner/staff strength
Issued for
Bank / NBFC / FI empanelment applications
UDIN
Not applicable — firm-constitution certificate, not a client-engagement certificate
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Your firm — letterhead
Appears at the top of the document as the audit firm letterhead.
Used as the letterhead block.
Engagement details
The client and period this document is for.
What’s inside

An excerpt from the template.

CERTIFICATE FOR BANK / FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPANELMENT

This is to certify, in support of the empanelment application of ___ (Firm Registration No.: ___) for the category of ___, the following particulars regarding the firm's constitution and standing, based on the firm's own records and constitution documents.

We confirm that the firm holds a valid Certificate of Practice and Firm Registration Number issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and that the particulars above are true and correct as per the firm's constitution deed/LLP agreement and internal records as at the date of this certificate.

This certificate does not itself confer empanelment — the bank or financial institution's own empanelment committee separately evaluates eligibility against its published criteria (which may additionally test peer review status, RBI/NFRA debarment history, and other conditions not addressed here). This certificate is based on the firm's own records and does not constitute an audit opinion within the meaning of the Standards on Auditing.

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About this template

What you’re downloading, and when to use it.

This template follows the format published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in the AASB Audit Working Paper Templates (June 2023), the authoritative reference for Indian statutory-audit documentation. Fill in your firm’s letterhead and the engagement details on the form above, click Download Word file, and you’ll get a fully formatted .docx ready to use.

Everything is generated in your browser and on a stateless API endpoint — no account, nothing stored on our servers. We’ll ask for a work email once before your first download so we can send you the file and the occasional relevant update; after that, downloads on this device are instant. Edit freely in Word, Google Docs or Pages before sending to your client.

Common questions

FAQs.

Does this certificate guarantee the firm will be empanelled?
No. It only confirms factual particulars of the firm's constitution and standing. Each bank or FI runs its own empanelment process — evaluating peer review status, RBI/NFRA debarment history, past assignment track record and other criteria — and makes the empanelment decision independently of this certificate.
Why is UDIN not required on this one, unlike most CA certificates?
UDIN is required for certificates issued in respect of a client's financial information or attest function. This certificate speaks to the CA firm's own constitution and staffing — it is a firm-credential document, not a client-facing attest certificate, so it doesn't fall within ICAI's UDIN mandate the way a net worth or turnover certificate does.
What if the firm has a branch office structure — does that need separate disclosure?
Yes — list every branch location the firm wants to be considered for, since most empanelment frameworks (especially for statutory branch audit panels) allocate assignments by the auditor's registered branch locations, not just the head office.
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