Industries
Retail & Trading
Retail and trading businesses deal with high transaction volumes, significant inventory, receivables from wholesale customers, and complex GST positions across multiple product categories. Whether you're a single-location retailer or a multi-state trading company, our services cover the full range of audit, tax, and compliance requirements specific to this sector.
Who This Is For
Wholesale traders, retail businesses, distributors, and trading companies that need inventory verification, receivable analysis, GST compliance, audit, and internal control support.
What We Offer
- ✓Statutory Audit
- ✓Internal Audit
- ✓Transaction Review
- ✓Inventory Verification
- ✓Receivable Analysis
- ✓Working Capital Review
- ✓GST Compliance & Advisory
- ✓Tax Audit & Compliance
- ✓Internal Control Assessment
- ✓Accounting & Bookkeeping
- ✓Financial Analysis
Our Approach
Start with inventory and receivables.
For trading businesses, inventory accuracy and receivable quality are the two most important financial health indicators. We review both at the start of any engagement.
Get the GST right across all product categories.
Multi-rate GST, inter-state supply, input tax credit reconciliation, and e-invoice compliance all create compliance risk for trading businesses. We address each systematically.
Build controls around the transaction volume.
High transaction volumes create audit risk and internal control gaps. Our internal control assessment identifies where the weaknesses are and recommends practical fixes.
Why SASVA & Associates
Our stock and receivable audit practice has been built across trading, manufacturing, and distribution businesses. Our taxation and GST service has direct experience with the multi-rate, multi-state GST complexity that most trading businesses deal with. For trading businesses with bank debt, our ASM practice also applies - stock and receivable verification for lender compliance is a standard part of the service.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you verify inventory for trading businesses with lender compliance requirements?
Yes. Inventory and stock verification for lender compliance is a core part of our service for retail and trading clients.
Can you handle GST for a trader supplying to multiple states?
Yes. Multi-state GST compliance and advisory, including input tax credit reconciliation and e-invoice compliance, is part of our taxation and GST service.
Do you conduct internal control assessments for trading businesses?
Yes. Internal control assessment and process review, tailored to the specific risks of high-volume trading businesses, is part of this service.
Can you handle receivable analysis and working capital review?
Yes. Receivable analysis and working capital review are specific parts of our retail and trading practice.
Do you provide bookkeeping and accounting for trading businesses?
Yes. Accounting and bookkeeping, from simple to complex, is available to retail and trading clients.