Audit software for CAs, by job
We have not tested or scored these audit tools, so they are not ranked. Descriptions and prices are as each vendor or ICAI publishes them.
| Tool | Audit job | What it does | Published price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICAI VERA | Statutory audit | ICAI's own audit suite: engagement management, risk-based planning, evidence documentation and automated reporting, built around ICAI's Standards on Auditing. | Free trial offered; pricing not published | ICAI |
| CORAA | Statutory and tax audit | Connects to Tally, Zoho, SAP or Excel, tests transactions and drafts Excel working papers, Schedule III statements, CARO and Form 3CD. | ₹1,200 per audit, unlimited users; ICAI member offer of two free audits | Vendor |
| Audit Suite | Statutory audit | Built for audit-led firms: SA 315 risk registers, SA 530 sampling, SA 505 confirmations generated from a Tally trial balance, CARO 2020 reporting, Schedule III (IGAAP and Ind AS). | Not published | Vendor |
| Saral TaxOffice | Tax audit and financials | Filing suite that adds balance-sheet and audit-report generation plus XBRL export to its income tax, TDS and GST modules. | From ₹9,690/year | Our review |
| CompuBal (CompuTax) | Financial statements | Prepares Schedule III balance sheets, Schedule II depreciation, cash flow statements and notes for companies and non-company cases. | Not published | Vendor |
| KDK Software | Tax audit reports | Prepares tax audit reports in Forms 3CA-3CD and 3CB-3CD within its income tax software. | Not published | Vendor |
| Tally (Auditors' Edition) | Tax audit from client books | Tally's audit tools generate Forms 3CD, 3CA and 3CB from the client's Tally data. | Not published | Tally help |
| NESL-IU for Audit | Audit evidence | Digital evidence of a client company's debts and claims reported by creditors to the information utility NeSL. | See ICAI listing | ICAI |
Prices exclude GST. Saral TaxOffice's price was checked June 2026; check the others on the vendor's site.
Statutory audit: working papers, sampling and CARO
Company audits under the Companies Act need documented planning, risk assessment, sampling, external confirmations and a CARO 2020 report. Many firms still do this in Excel templates. Specialist suites replace those templates: they import the trial balance (usually from Tally), map ledgers to Schedule III, generate confirmation letters and produce working papers in a consistent format.
ICAI VERA is ICAI's own option. CORAA prices per audit, which suits firms with a handful of company audits a year. Audit Suite targets firms whose main practice is statutory audit.
Tax audit: Forms 3CA, 3CB and 3CD
Tax audits under section 44AB end in Form 3CA or 3CB with the Form 3CD statement of particulars, filed by the auditor on the income tax portal. Most CA firms prepare these in the same suite they use for income tax returns, so the choice usually follows your filing software. Saral TaxOffice, KDK and CompuTax all cover tax audit reports, and Tally's audit tools can generate the forms directly from a client's books.
What to check before you buy
- Standards coverage. Which Standards on Auditing does it document, and does it cover all CARO 2020 clauses?
- Data import. Can it pull trial balances and ledgers from Tally and the other accounting software your clients use?
- Working paper format. Can you export papers to Excel or PDF for peer review and quality review?
- Pricing model. Per audit, per user or flat yearly: compare against the number of audits you sign each year.
- Data hosting and security. Client books are sensitive; check where data is stored and what certifications the vendor holds.
- Trial on a live file. Run one completed audit from last year through the tool before committing.
Where practice management software fits
Audit tools handle the audit file. Practice management software handles everything around it: which audits are due, who is assigned, whether the client has sent the books and whether the engagement was billed. See what practice management software does and the overall rankings.