Q.Draft a letter, on behalf of Sahyadri Engineering Works Limited, requesting the bank to furnish a certified Statement of Account for its Current Account for the half-year ended 30th September, for the purpose of preparing its Bank Reconciliation Statement.

A statement request needs only the account number, the exact period, and the purpose, so the bank knows precisely what to prepare and why. …

SAHYADRI ENGINEERING WORKS LIMITED

Registered Office: Shivaji Udyog Nagar, Kolhapur – 416008

CIN: U28900MH2012PLC145678

Date: 3rd October

The Branch Manager

State Bank of India

Kolhapur Industrial Estate Branch

Kolhapur

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Request for Statement of Account No. 30456789012 for the half-year ended 30th September

We request you to kindly furnish us with a certified Statement of Account for our Current Account No. 30456789012, for the period from 1st April to 30th September, at the earliest, to enable us to complete our Bank Reconciliation Statement for the half-year.

Kindly forward the statement to our registered office address given above at your earliest convenience.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For Sahyadri Engineering Works Limited

(Prasad Joshi)

Company Secretary …

Students sometimes forget to state the exact period the statement should cover, leaving the bank to guess how far back to go — the …