You’re not buying it. You’re deciding whether to put your name on it.
Which is a different question, so here’s the short version. Fixed price, fixed turnaround, a sample report you can forward, and nothing that lands on your desk or your timeline.
Three steps, and none of them are yours.
You mention it
Forward the sample report, or just say we use this. There’s no portal to log into and no agreement to sign before you can send someone.
They engage us directly
Your client pays us, not you. You’re not in the billing, not in the scope, and not responsible for the outcome.
You get the report too
If your client chooses to share it. When they do, it is the operational half of a picture you already have the financial half of.
Where it fits your practice.
What your clients need from it is different depending on what you advise them about, so each of these goes somewhere different.
Business brokers
Buy-side is the safe referral. Sell-side is the one that raises the asking price.
For brokers →CPAs
You reconcile the books and already see where the hours are going.
For accountants →Attorneys
Operational risk that shows up in the documents, and drag inside the practice.
For attorneys →Fractional CFOs
You build the model and see the operational drag behind every number in it.
For CFOs →Send them a real phase before you send them us.
A full redacted audit, start to finish, including the findings that say leave this alone. If it doesn’t hold up in front of your client, don’t refer it.
See the sample →Before you decide.
How does referring an audit work?
You mention it or forward the sample report. Your client engages Onizuka Studio directly and pays us, not you. You are not in the billing, not in the scope, and not responsible for the outcome.
Is there a referral agreement to sign?
No. There is no portal, no agreement, and no onboarding step before you can send someone.
Does an audit slow a transaction down?
A Pre-LOI Screen takes five business days and happens before exclusivity begins. Buy-side diligence takes ten business days and runs alongside the other diligence workstreams.
Should a seller run an audit while under contract?
No. Findings surfaced during exclusivity give the buyer grounds to renegotiate. Onizuka Studio declines sell-side engagements on businesses already under contract.
Can I see a report before referring anyone?
Yes. One complete phase from a real report is published, with every finding and every field filled in. The remaining phases and the AI handoff blocks are not, since the ordered sequence is the product.
Forward the report. That’s the whole referral process.
Your client engages us directly. You’re not in the billing, not in the scope, and not responsible for the outcome.