If your startup runs a foundation, backs a charitable trust, or routes CSR spend through an implementing agency, a quiet CBDT circular from July matters more than it looks. Circular No. 06/2026, dated 2 July…
The CBDT has notified the Cost Inflation Index (CII) for FY 2026-27 at 384, up from 376 the previous year. The notification, S.O. 3889(E) dated 15 July 2026, was issued under Section 72(8)(a) of the…
If your startup has moved its registered office, opened in a new state, or been reassigned between Central and State GST authorities, one question quietly hangs over any open dispute: what happens to the show…
Co-founder vesting is the single cheapest insurance policy a startup can buy, and the one founders skip most often. Two people split the equity 50-50 on day one, shake hands, and start building. Eighteen months…
If your company leases an aircraft or a ship through an International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) unit, two CBDT notifications just removed a quiet drag on your cash flow. From 1 April 2026, the lessee…
Most tax changes announce themselves as a new rate or a new threshold. This one is quieter, and for your finance function it is more disruptive. From the quarter ended 30 June 2026, the first…
Key Takeaways Gross burn is the total cash you spend each month. Net burn is gross burn minus the cash you collect. Runway is built on net burn, not gross. Runway = current free cash…
If your company runs a laboratory, a product team or a clinical programme, one line in the new tax law changes how you model your R&D spend. The deduction for expenditure on scientific research has…
If you export goods or services, one FEMA number governs your cash flow more than almost any other: the realisation period, the outer limit within which you must bring in and repatriate the full value…
If your business sells to large corporates, PSUs or government departments and then waits 60, 90 or even 120 days to get paid, the Reserve Bank of India just handed you something rare: a regulatory…
