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Stock Audit Report Template — Bank Lender Engagement

The stock-audit report a bank engages a CA firm to perform on a borrower — physical verification, aging, slow-moving identification, drawing-power computation, insurance, and observations.

Free · ICAI AASB (June 2023)
Updated 28 May 2026
Engaged by
Lender bank (typically working-capital lender)
Frequency
Quarterly / half-yearly per sanction
Standard reference
SA 501 — Audit Evidence (Inventory)
Output
Report to bank + drawing power computation
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.

STOCK AUDIT REPORT

Date of stock verification: ___

Stock statement period ended: ___

1. Engagement and Scope

↑ Excerpt only — the full template is what you download as Word
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, no email gate, nothing stored. Edit freely in Word, Google Docs or Pages before sending to your client.

Common questions

FAQs.

Who engages a stock auditor?
The lender bank engages the stock auditor under the terms of the working-capital facility sanctioned to the borrower. The auditor reports to the bank, not to the borrower. The borrower bears the cost of the audit as per the sanction terms but does not control scope or appointment.
What's the typical scope of a stock audit?
Physical verification of inventory at borrower premises on the audit date, reconciliation with the stock statement submitted to the bank for the period audited, aging analysis, identification of slow-moving / non-moving / obsolete stock, valuation review, book-debt examination (for working capital with book-debt charge), drawing-power computation, insurance cover review, and compliance with sanction terms.
How is drawing power (DP) computed?
DP = (Stock value, net of creditors for goods) + Eligible book debts (typically ≤ 90 days), less the margin specified in the sanction (commonly 25%). DP is the actual permissible drawing under the working-capital limit, capped at the sanctioned limit. The stock auditor verifies the borrower's monthly DP computation against the physically verified position.
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