The practice
Sixteen service lines.
One standard.
Assurance, taxation, corporate compliance and advisory. The work differs, the method does not: resolve the entity, resolve the year, look up the provision that actually governed it, cite it with an effective date, then compute.
A.01Assurance
Statutory Audit
Audit of companies, LLPs, firms and co-operative entities carried out under the Standards on Auditing issued by the ICAI, with the reporting obligations of the Companies Act, 2013 addressed line by line rather than by template.
- Financial statements under Schedule III, Division I, II or III as the entity requires
- CARO reporting and the clause-wise working papers that support each answer
- Internal financial controls reporting where Section 143(3)(i) applies
- Going concern, related party and subsequent events assessment on file
A.02Assurance
Tax Audit and Section 44AB Reporting
Form 3CA / 3CB and 3CD prepared from the books rather than from the return, so that the audit report and the computation cannot contradict each other later.
- Clause-wise reconciliation of 3CD to the ledgers and to the GST returns
- Disallowance mapping under Sections 40, 40A, 43B and 36 with the evidence attached
- Presumptive taxation eligibility tested before the audit route is assumed
- UDIN generated at signature and recorded against the working file
A.03Assurance
Internal and Management Audit
Risk based internal audit that reports to the people who can act on it, with findings ranked by financial exposure instead of listed alphabetically.
- Process walkthroughs, control mapping and gap identification
- Purchase, payroll, inventory and revenue cycle testing
- Management letter with a fix, an owner and a date against every point
- Follow up review of previously reported observations
A.04Assurance
Specialised Audits
Engagements governed by their own statute and their own reporting format, where the general audit approach does not survive contact with the regulator.
- Co-operative housing society audit under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act
- Trust and Section 8 company audit, including Form 10B where applicable
- RERA project account certification for registered promoters
- Stock, receivable and revenue audits for lenders
T.01Taxation
Direct Tax Compliance
Computation and return preparation for individuals, HUFs, firms, LLPs, companies and trusts, with the regime choice tested for the year rather than carried forward out of habit.
- Return preparation across ITR-1 to ITR-7 with the computation traceable to source
- Old and new regime comparison run for the relevant assessment year
- Advance tax scheduling and interest exposure under Sections 234A, 234B and 234C
- Capital gains working, including the treatment applicable on the transaction date
T.02Taxation
TDS and TCS
Deduction, deposit, return and certificate, treated as one chain. A default anywhere in it becomes a disallowance and an interest demand at the other end.
- Section-wise deduction mapping, including 194C, 194J, 194-I, 194Q and 194R
- Quarterly return preparation and correction statements through TRACES
- Form 16 and 16A issue, and reconciliation to Form 26AS and the AIS
- Lower or nil deduction certificate applications under Section 197
T.03Taxation
GST Advisory and Compliance
Monthly and annual compliance run against the books, the e-invoice data and the auto-populated returns together, because the department reconciles all three.
- GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and the annual return with GSTR-2B reconciliation on file
- Input tax credit eligibility, reversal and the Rule 42 and 43 workings
- Place of supply, classification and rate positions documented with the notification
- Refund applications for exports, inverted duty structure and excess balance
T.04Taxation
Assessment, Appeals and Representation
Notice handling from the first intimation through to appellate representation, argued on the statute as it stood in the year under assessment.
- Responses under Sections 139(9), 143(1)(a), 142(1), 143(2), 148 and 154
- Faceless assessment and faceless appeal submissions with a documented evidence trail
- Appeals before the Commissioner (Appeals) and briefs for tribunal representation
- Penalty and prosecution exposure quantified before a position is taken
C.01Corporate
Company and LLP Formation
Incorporation done with the post-incorporation calendar already built, so the first year of compliance does not arrive as a surprise.
- Private limited, OPC, LLP and partnership formation end to end
- Name approval, SPICe+ filing, PAN, TAN and statutory registrations
- Udyam, DPIIT and Startup India recognition where the entity qualifies
- First board meeting papers, registers and the opening compliance schedule
C.02Corporate
ROC and Secretarial Compliance
Annual filing, event based filing and the statutory registers, maintained so that a due diligence three years from now finds a complete record.
- AOC-4, MGT-7 and MGT-7A, with the AGM and board trail behind them
- DIR-3 KYC, DPT-3, MSME-1 and the event based forms as they arise
- Statutory registers, minutes and resolutions maintained contemporaneously
- Charge creation, modification and satisfaction filings
C.03Corporate
Payroll and Labour Compliance
Payroll run as a compliance function rather than an administrative one, because every component of it is separately regulated.
- Provident fund and ESI registration, monthly contribution and return filing
- Maharashtra professional tax registration, deduction and return
- Salary structuring within the limits the Income-tax Act actually allows
- Form 16 issue reconciled to the quarterly TDS returns
C.04Corporate
NRI Taxation and FEMA
Residential status determined first, because almost every other answer for a cross-border client depends on it and almost every error starts there.
- Residential status and scope of total income determined for the relevant year
- Form 15CA and 15CB certification for foreign remittances
- Treaty relief positions supported by the tax residency certificate and Form 10F
- Repatriation, NRE and NRO operation, and FEMA reporting obligations
V.01Advisory
Project Reports and CMA Data
The firm's deepest craft. A bank ready project report with a financial model behind it in which every number in the narrative traces to a live cell.
- Project report cum CMA prepared to the format the specific bank prescribes
- Twenty one sheet financial model with live formulas and zero hard-coded results
- Working capital assessment, MPBF, DSCR and sensitivity analysis
- Covered in detail below
V.02Advisory
Business and Financial Advisory
Structured advice written the way a decision maker reads it: the answer first, then the reasoning, then what could go wrong.
- Entity structuring and the tax consequence of each available form
- Working capital, cash conversion cycle and funding mix review
- Budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting built to be maintained
- MSME scheme and subsidy eligibility assessment
V.03Advisory
Valuation and Due Diligence
Valuation and diligence work produced to withstand the reader who is looking for a reason to discount it.
- Valuation for share transfer, fund raise and Section 56 compliance
- Financial and tax due diligence for acquirers and investors
- Net worth certification and fund utilisation certificates
- Purchase price allocation and fair value support
V.04Advisory
Insolvency and Restructuring
Support through resolution and closure processes under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and the Companies Act.
- Claim preparation and verification support for creditors
- Resolution plan financial modelling and viability assessment
- Voluntary liquidation and strike off under Section 248
- One time settlement proposals and lender negotiation support