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Accounting Health Check & Cleanup Services

Find and organise accounting issues before they become bigger problems. CorporateWalla can review accounting records, ledgers, reconciliations, accounting-system configuration and selected supporting schedules to identify inconsistencies and cleanup requirements. The service is an accounting health check and cleanup engagement, not a statutory audit, tax audit or certification unless separately agreed.

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An accounting health check is a review of agreed accounting records and controls. It does not automatically constitute a statutory audit, tax audit, forensic audit, valuation, certification or assurance engagement.

What Is an Accounting Health Check?

An accounting health check is a structured review of books and accounting processes to identify unreconciled balances, unusual entries, classification issues, incomplete records, system configuration problems and other items requiring investigation. Cleanup then addresses agreed issues using available supporting documents and approved accounting treatment. The depth of review depends on the business, accounting system, transaction volume and purpose of the engagement.

What We Review

1. Bank Reconciliation

Review may identify:

  • Unreconciled bank entries
  • Duplicate postings
  • Missing transactions
  • Unusual balances
  • Old outstanding items
  • Incorrect classifications

Bank differences should be investigated against source records rather than automatically adjusted.

2. Ledger Review

We can review selected or material ledgers for:

  • Unusual balances
  • Negative balances
  • Old outstanding items
  • Misclassifications
  • Duplicate entries
  • Suspense balances
  • Inconsistent accounting treatment

The review is based on the agreed scope and available records.

3. Receivables & Payables

Possible checks include:

  • Customer ageing
  • Vendor ageing
  • Old outstanding balances
  • Credit balances
  • Advances
  • Unreconciled settlements
  • Ledger-to-supporting-data differences

4. Tax-Ledger Reconciliation

Where included, the review can compare accounting records with relevant tax data such as:

  • GST ledgers
  • TDS records
  • Output-tax records
  • Input-tax records
  • Filed return data

This does not automatically constitute a tax audit or guarantee that all tax issues have been identified. For a dedicated GST review, see GST reconciliation.

5. Accounting Software Review

Depending on the system, review may cover:

  • Chart of accounts
  • User access
  • Ledger structure
  • Opening balances
  • Tax configuration
  • Duplicate masters
  • Incorrect account mapping
  • Reporting configuration
  • Period controls

The areas reviewed depend on what the specific software supports.

6. Month-End Close Process

We can assess whether the business has a repeatable month-end close process for:

  • Bank reconciliation
  • Receivables/payables
  • Accruals
  • Prepayments
  • Fixed assets
  • Tax reconciliations
  • Balance-sheet schedules
  • Management reporting

Common Issues We Help Identify

  • Books maintained without regular reconciliation
  • Suspense accounts with old balances
  • Bank balances not matching statements
  • Customer/vendor ledgers not reconciled
  • Personal and business transactions mixed
  • Duplicate entries
  • Incorrect expense classification
  • Old advances remaining open
  • GST records not matching books
  • TDS differences
  • Incorrect opening balances
  • Accounting software configuration issues
  • Historical books requiring cleanup
  • No documented month-end closing process

Where books are months behind rather than wrong, see catch-up bookkeeping.

What We Do Not Automatically Include

An accounting health check does not automatically include:

  • Statutory audit
  • Tax audit
  • GST audit
  • Forensic investigation
  • Fraud investigation
  • Valuation
  • Certification
  • Legal opinion
  • Tax representation
  • Company-secretarial compliance
  • Physical stock verification
  • Independent internal-control assurance

These can be separately scoped where appropriate.

When Should a Business Consider an Accounting Health Check?

The service may be useful when:

  • A new accountant is taking over
  • Books have not been reconciled regularly
  • The company is changing accounting software
  • Historical records contain unexplained balances
  • Management reports appear unreliable
  • A business is preparing for audit
  • A business is preparing for financial due diligence
  • Multiple accounting systems have been used
  • The finance function has grown rapidly
  • Founders want to understand the condition of the books

An accounting health check does not guarantee that every historical error or irregularity will be discovered.

Accounting Cleanup Before Software Migration

Before moving from one accounting platform to another, cleanup can help identify:

  • Duplicate ledgers
  • Duplicate customer/vendor masters
  • Incorrect opening balances
  • Old unreconciled transactions
  • Inactive accounts
  • Tax configuration issues
  • Data that should not be migrated

See Tally to Zoho migration, Zoho Books accounting and Tally accounting.

Accounting Health Check Before Audit or Due Diligence

A pre-audit or pre-diligence review can help organise records and identify reconciliation gaps. However:

  • It does not replace the statutory auditor.
  • It does not guarantee an unmodified audit opinion.
  • It does not guarantee investor or buyer acceptance.
  • It does not guarantee that no additional issues will be found by another reviewer.

For diligence-specific support, see financial due diligence accounting.

Deliverables

Depending on scope, deliverables may include:

  • Accounting health-check observations
  • Reconciliation schedules
  • Exception list
  • Ledger-cleanup schedule
  • Corrected accounting entries
  • Closing balance review
  • Accounting-system observations
  • Suggested month-end controls
  • Outstanding-items tracker

The final deliverables are defined in the engagement proposal.

Pricing

The service is scope-based. Factors affecting pricing may include:

  • Number of entities
  • Number of accounting periods
  • Transaction volume
  • Number of bank accounts
  • Number of ledgers
  • Accounting software
  • Tax registrations
  • Quality of source records
  • Historical cleanup required
  • Reporting requirements

Transparent 3-tier pricing

Pick the speed and depth that matches your need. Same quality, same CA team — only the timeline changes.

Health Check

₹9,999

Timeline: Indicative, scope-dependent

Diagnostic review of agreed records
Bank, ledger and receivables/payables review
Accounting software review
Exception list with proposed next actions
Health-check observations
Cleanup entries posted
Tax-ledger reconciliation
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Cleanup

₹49,999

Timeline: Indicative, scope-dependent

Everything in Health Check
Agreed corrections posted with supporting records
Affected ledgers and control accounts reconciled
GST and TDS ledger reconciliation where included
Opening and closing balance review
Closing report with unresolved items
Ongoing bookkeeping after cleanup

Cleanup + Books

₹99,999

Timeline: Cleanup plus 12 months

Everything in Cleanup
Chart of accounts and ledger structure tidied
Suggested month-end controls
Outstanding-items tracker
12 months of bookkeeping after cleanup
Monthly close process set up

Government fee — paid by you at actuals

No government fee applies to the health check itself. Any tax return amendment or revision identified during cleanup is handled as a separate engagement, with its own charges, where required.

Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% upfront, 50% on delivery.

Final pricing depends on the number of entities, accounting periods, bank accounts and ledgers, transaction volume, accounting software, tax registrations, quality of source records, historical cleanup required and reporting requirements. Timelines are indicative and depend on scope and the records received. All fees and charges listed are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer. Final amounts may vary depending on the volume of work and the complexity involved.

How it works

Step 1

Scope Definition

Identify the accounting period, entities, ledgers, systems and review objectives.

Step 2

Data Collection

Collect accounting exports, bank statements, tax records and relevant supporting documents.

Step 3

Diagnostic Review

Analyse agreed records and identify exceptions requiring investigation.

Step 4

Exception List

Prepare a structured list of identified issues, supporting evidence required and proposed next actions.

Step 5

Cleanup

Post agreed corrections or adjustments where supporting documentation and appropriate accounting treatment are available.

Step 6

Reconciliation

Reconcile affected ledgers and control accounts after cleanup.

Step 7

Closing Report

Provide an agreed summary of issues reviewed, corrections made and items remaining unresolved.

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Documents required

Accounting-system exports or access
Bank statements
GST ledgers and filed return data
TDS records
Customer and vendor ledgers
Previous financial statements
Relevant supporting documents for entries under review

Why CorporateWalla®?

A clear exception list

Unreconciled balances, unusual entries, classification issues and incomplete records identified within the agreed scope.

Cleanup based on evidence

Agreed corrections posted only where supporting documents and an appropriate accounting treatment are available.

Ready for the next step

Books organised before a new accountant takes over, a software migration, an audit or due diligence.

A repeatable month-end

Suggested month-end controls and an outstanding-items tracker so the same issues do not build up again.

Frequently asked questions

No. A health check is a scoped accounting review and cleanup service. A statutory audit, tax audit or other assurance engagement has its own legal and professional requirements.

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