If you are a director, promoter or CFO of a GST registered entity, here is the most useful thing you can do this week: open the GST portal and check the email address and mobile…
If your Indian company bills a foreign group entity for engineering, product, support or management work, transfer pricing is not a question of whether your margin gets examined. It is a question of when, and…
There is a fixed date on your desk this quarter that will not appear in any compliance calendar: 30 September 2026. That is when the Reserve Bank's concessional treatment for fresh FCNR(B) and NRE term…
Key Takeaways A US subsidiary for an Indian startup is a business decision, not a growth milestone. Open one when a customer, an investor or a hire makes it necessary, not because it signals ambition.…
On 6 August 2026 the Reserve Bank of India issued nine circulars on the same day, each amending the Responsible Business Conduct framework for a different class of lender. Together they replace scattered recovery instructions…
There are now two filing deadlines sitting in most founders' calendars, and they belong to two different taxpayers. Your company's date did not change. Yours very likely did. The Finance Act, 2026 substituted Explanation 2…
Key Takeaways In India, ESOPs are taxed at two separate moments, not one: when you exercise the options, and later when you sell the shares. At exercise, the difference between the fair market value of…
If you export from India and you have ever been told by your banker that rupee settlement "needs RBI approval", that answer is now out of date. On 17 July 2026 the Reserve Bank issued…
There is a number sitting on your GST dashboard that most founders have never deliberately looked at, and it quietly decides four separate compliance obligations. It is your Annual Aggregate Turnover, and for FY 2025-26…
The valuation on the front page of a startup term sheet is the number founders celebrate. The clauses on the pages behind it are what actually decide how much you walk away with. This guide…
