Questions firms ask us

$300 per fund before GST ($330 with GST), whatever the fund's size or complexity. Any extras, such as a current land title search if you ask us to get one, are listed on our fees page.

No. You can send one fund or many.

Most audits are finished within a week of us receiving complete documents. Missing documents are the usual cause of delay, so our checklist lists them all.

We tell you what's missing. We may begin a preliminary review with what you've sent, but the audit pauses until we have everything we need.

Send us a message or call. We send an engagement letter; once it's signed, you upload the first fund through our client portal.

Yes. The auditing standards require one before the audit starts. It sets out the work, the fee and who is responsible for what.

Through our secure client portal at gahak.smsfaudits.com, not by email.

A signed audit report and a management letter.

Yes. Evaluating the fund's investment strategy is part of the compliance audit.

Our management letter explains each issue and practical steps to fix it. We can't advise the trustees on their investments or prepare the fund's accounts, because that would affect our independence.

Each of our auditors who signs audits is registered with ASIC as an SMSF auditor, and you can check their numbers on ASIC's register. ASIC registers individual auditors, not firms.

We only audit. We don't prepare or advise on the funds we audit, and we never audit a fund whose accounts Dhan Accountants prepared.

Yes. Auditors are assigned per firm, and the auditor's name is on the report they sign. If you need to, you can contact the auditor through us, and we keep you informed from your enquiry until the audit is finished.

Papers come to us through our secure client portal over an encrypted connection, not by email. Our privacy policy explains how we handle your clients' information.

No. We work only through accountants and financial planners. If you're a trustee, please ask your accountant or financial planner.