Chartered Accountants must offer a comprehensive support to business.
With the expansion of the scope of the requirements of Clients beyond the traditional roles of Auditing, Taxation and Pure Accountancy Services especially in the context of a developing economy such as GHANA's, our basic policy is to offer our Clientele a broad based package across the following areas:
- General Accounting Services eg designing and implementing systems of accounting and controls, as well as maintaining the books of account Development, compilation and Installation of Accounting Manuals.
- Auditing - Statutory Audit of Limited Liability Companies, Sole Traders, Partnerships, Charities, Friendly Societies, and other unincorporated bodies.
- Investigation of Internal Control procedures and other irregularities and Installation of appropriate systems.
- Development and installation of Internal Audit Procedure, Programmes and Manuals.
- Preparation of Statutory Accounts.
- Payroll Service and Staff Rating Schemes.
- Preparation of Periodic Management Accounts.
- Advice on Computing - Office Automation (Selection & Installation) - Negotiation with Hardware and Software Suppliers including advice on contract terms.
- Cost Accounting Studies development and installation of costing systems.
- Project Audit - eg Projects funded by International or Local Agencies.
- Study of Working Capital requirements.
- Professional Assistance in obtaining Working Capital.
- Advising on the most suitable forms of Finance.
- Raising Equity/Loan Capital.
- Receivership Services; Liquidations, etc .
- Preparation of Feasibility Reports including forecasts and Business Plans required by lenders and other specified users.
- Determining share prices in close Companies for purposes of sale or for collateral reasons.
- Re-organisation of Financial Structure and Recapitalisation.
- Preparation of Company Prospectus for listings on the Stock Exchange.
- Personal Tax Planning.
- Corporate Tax Planning.
- Specialised Tax Planning (Real Estate, Petroleum, Mining, Overseas/Offshore Tax Strategies (in concert with affiliates and correspondents worldwide).
- Advice on Value Added Tax Implementation Strategies, Tax Refund applications and Customs and Excise procedures.
- Negotiations with Internal Revenue Service Computation and agreement of assessed Tax Liabilities.
- Tax Clearance Certificates - Companies and Individuals.
- Registrations with Internal Revenue Service and VAT Service and Filing of appropriate periodic Returns.
- Time and Motion Studies
- Survey of Planning and Related Records.
- Development of Production Standards.
- Waste/Cost Reduction Studies.
- Materials Handling Studies.
- Stock Control Investigations and Planning Stocktaking.
- Business Process Improvements and Reengineering.
- Business Valuation.
- Operational Audit (ie financial reviews).
- Design and Computerisation of Accounting Systems.
- Decisions affecting the Sales and Procurement function including Profitability Studies, Pricing Policy, Market Analysis, Advertising methods and outlet locations.
- Advice on general Business matters viz-Commercial and Financial Strategy.
- Advice on Government Regulations having an impact on Business Operations.
Corporate Planning:
- Preparation and training in corporate planning techniques to staff of organisations. In-Plant training, assisting and working with Managements to develop and install their own corporate plans.
- Organisational/Corporate Studies, analysis and preparation for divestiture/sale/restructuring or advice on Institutional Management.
- Survey of Accounting/Audit Personnel.
- Executive Search.
- Recruitment/Selection Interview of New Accounting/Audit Personnel.
- Survey of Non-Accounting Personnel.
- Studies of Training Procedures.
- Job Analysis Description & Specification and Personnel Specification
- Advice as to payment methods including profit sharing plans.
- Studies of the effectiveness of Employees (Evaluation).
- Conducting Training Seminars and Design of Training Schemes for Accounting staff.