Audit of multi location entities would require examination (among others) of thefollowing:
- Cost incurred commonly at or by the Head Office – e.g. Marketing and Brand BuildingCosts;
- Head Office providing supportto Branches – e.g. Centralized Accounting Services; HR Servicesetc.,
- Branches without billings to thirdparties;
- Branches with billings to third parties;
- Identification of Branches which are notregistered;
- E-Way bill to track supplies which have been marked as stock transfers;
- Credit of ‘State A’ availed in ‘State B’ especially in cases of where the place of supply is State B (e.g. Accommodation Services of employee of ‘State A’ availed as credit in ‘StateB’);
- Basis of bifurcation of credits intoISD;
- Valuation of supply especially when credits are not available in the hands of the receivingBranches.