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Audit Planning Memo Template (Word)

Record the entity, materiality, significant risks, approach, team and timetable for an audit engagement.

Free · CORAA original — SA-aligned
Updated 17 Oct 2026
Records
Plan and reasons
Covers
Materiality · risks · team
Update
If plan changes
Format
Editable Word
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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.

Audit Planning Memo — ___

Period / scope: ___ | Prepared by: ___ | Reviewed by: ___ | Date: ___

Records the plan for the engagement: understanding of the entity, risks, materiality, approach, team and timetable. Update it if the plan changes, and keep the reasons.

1. Engagement and entity

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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.

What should an audit planning memo contain?
The entity and period, materiality, significant risks and the planned response, the approach to controls and substantive work, the team and the timetable.
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