Accounting, Audit & Tax Preparation Support for Firms

When part of a client engagement needs additional delivery support, the work must fit your instructions and remain understandable to the person reviewing it.

ZEHN PARTNERS undertakes accounting, audit, tax preparation and selected finance assignments commissioned by CPA, accounting and advisory firms. We agree what will be prepared, how it will enter your review and how questions about the work will be addressed.

Your firm retains the client relationship, professional judgement, final review, required approvals and sign-off. ZEHN takes responsibility for its agreed preparation and checking, with exceptions and outstanding matters presented alongside the work.

A brief or anonymised outline is enough to start the discussion.

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Accounting & CAS Preparation

Your firm may need bookkeeping completed, reconciliations prepared or supporting schedules assembled for a client file. For client accounting services (CAS), we undertake the agreed accounting preparation within your instructions and reporting conventions.

Work can include bookkeeping, reconciliations, working papers, accounting schedules and financial-statement preparation support. We agree the entities, periods and accounts covered, including how proposed adjustments are presented and which matters require referral to your reviewer.

You receive the prepared files and supporting schedules, with references to source information where relevant, proposed adjustments and outstanding queries. Together, these give your reviewer a basis for assessing accounting treatments and proposed adjustments without having to reconstruct the supporting work. Your firm approves the final information and determines what is issued to the client.

Audit Support

An audit team may require particular schedules, workpapers or specified testing tasks to be prepared within its engagement instructions.

We support documentation, reconciliations, evidence organisation and testing prescribed by your firm. The work records the procedures performed, the information examined and the results and exceptions arising. Questions requiring additional evidence or auditor judgement are identified for your team.

The referenced workpaper package lets your reviewer follow the procedures and results and identify where further evidence is needed. Your firm retains audit direction, assessment of evidence, professional judgement, final review, engagement conclusions and responsibility for the audit opinion. ZEHN’s checking supports the preparation; it does not replace that audit review.

Tax Preparation Support

Tax preparation commissioned by a professional firm follows that firm’s review and filing arrangements. We can organise source information, prepare tax workpapers and supporting schedules, and undertake the preparation tasks agreed for the assignment.

US and Pakistan are our current target markets. Before accepting work, we confirm the jurisdiction, relevant federal, state or local requirements, tax type, entity or taxpayer type, period and preparation system. We establish delivery coverage for that combination before acceptance.

You receive the preparation files, supporting calculations and unresolved-information questions, so your reviewer can examine the tax treatment and identify what is needed to complete the return. Your firm retains final technical review, approval and sign-off; we also confirm the authorised filing party and submission responsibilities. This offer is distinct from tax or business setup assistance commissioned directly by an individual or business.

Specialist Finance Workstreams

A client engagement may require a financial model, reporting analysis or control documentation beyond the routine preparation file.

We can prepare these selected outputs against your brief, with the purpose, information basis and limits of the assignment agreed at the outset. A model identifies its assumptions; an analysis distinguishes supported findings from questions; control documentation identifies the process and responsibilities covered.

The supporting information and limitations let your firm test the result before incorporating it into client advice. Your firm retains professional interpretation and approval for onward release. Any specialist input needed is arranged before acceptance.

What enters your review

A reviewer needs to follow both the preparation and the matters that remain unresolved. The output should show the agreed work completed, the supporting references, the checking performed and the questions requiring further attention.

Clarification and correction of ZEHN’s agreed work remain our responsibility. New procedures, changed instructions or additional coverage are addressed through a further agreement. Responses and revisions should show what has been resolved and which matters still need your firm’s attention.

A specified audit-testing package

Illustrative assignment — not a completed ZEHN client engagement.

An audit firm commissions documentation of specified tests over selected purchasing transactions. The firm determines the audit objective, population, selection and procedures. ZEHN prepares the workpapers from the information and instructions provided.

Work completed.: The package identifies the selected items and records each instructed procedure, its result and the preparer. Any procedure left incomplete because information is missing is marked as such.
Evidence references.: Entries refer to the relevant invoices, receiving records and other information examined. The reviewer can trace each recorded result to its support and assess whether the evidence is sufficient.
Checking recorded.: For this illustration, the allocated checker would compare the documented work with the instructions, inspect references and raise inconsistencies for correction. The package would identify the checks performed and any outstanding points for the firm’s reviewer.
Issues brought forward.: One selected transaction lacks the receiving record required by the instructed procedure. The workpaper records the missing information and the steps completed. It does not treat the item as an exception-free result or assume the goods were received.
Matters for the firm.: The audit team decides whether further evidence or procedures are required, assesses the implications and reaches the audit conclusion. The missing document is brought forward for that assessment rather than treated as a settled audit conclusion.
Response to review.: ZEHN addresses questions about the preparation and corrects its work where needed. If the firm instructs further testing or extends coverage, the additional work and timing are agreed. The package returns to the firm with revisions and remaining issues identifiable.

Agreeing the working arrangements

Before work begins, we agree the brief, inputs, deliverables, file conventions and how the work will enter your review. We confirm systems compatibility and access, the information deadlines and the timing of the package your reviewer needs.

We allocate preparation, checking and communication duties, including who handles instructions, missing records and matters affecting delivery. Any additional talent, specialist or partner involvement is confirmed with your firm, together with their duties and permitted access. End-client contact requires your express permission.

Confidentiality safeguards must be agreed and implemented before client information is received. This includes approved file-sharing methods, access permissions and restrictions on storage and onward disclosure.

We also agree how review comments will be returned and how responses, corrections and unresolved matters will be recorded. Your reviewer receives an identifiable version of the work and a record of the points still requiring attention.

The practice behind the preparation

ZEHN PARTNERS is led by co-founders Imad Ul Amin, ACA, and Muhammad Moazam Bhatti, CBA, with delivery coordinated from Pakistan. The co-founders will organise delivery according to the nature, complexity and timing of each assignment.

Imad Ul Amin, ACA, completed professional articleship at A. F. Ferguson & Co., a member firm of the PwC network. Muhammad Moazam Bhatti, CBA, also completed professional articleship at A. F. Ferguson & Co. and is a CA finalist. These are individually attributed credentials and prior experience, separate from ZEHN’s own engagements.

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What does your firm need prepared?

Share an anonymised outline of the work, the broad timing and the output your reviewer expects. For tax work, include the jurisdiction and tax type if known. You do not need a complete specification or client records to begin.

Accounting, audit support and tax preparation for your firm's review.

Workstreams commissioned by your firm