Being a practicing firm of chartered accountants, we are eligible to carry on the statutory audit of all the companies under the Companies Act and Tax audit of all the persons under the Income tax Act. We also provide various other audits including Internal Audit, Management audit, Forensic Audit and Secretarial Audit. We also provide attestation/certification required under various laws.
We represent our client before various legal forums and authorities including Income tax Assessing officers; Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals); Income tax Appellate Tribunal; National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”); RBI authorities, CESTAT, Director General of GST Intelligence, Regional Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Official Liquidator and various other state government and Central government Authorities.
We provide regulatory compliance services required under various laws including Companies Act, Income tax Act, Goods Service Tax Act, LLP Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act and SEBI. Under this head of service, we provide assistance in filing (a) Income tax returns, (b) GST returns, (c) TDS returns, (d) annual returns under Companies Act and LLP Act, (e) forms under FEMA to report Investment in India, Investment outside India and External Commercial Borrowing. We also provide assistance in maintaining books and records including minutes books and filing of secretarial forms with Registrar of Companies under Companies Act.
We have handled many merger and acquisitions including merger, demerger, slump sale, Business Transfer arrangement and Business Takeover arrangement. We provide complete services under merger and acquisition services starting from (a) carrying on the due diligence of the acquiring company/transferor company like financial, legal and tax due diligence; (b) valuation of shares of the transferor and transferee company to arrive at the consideration for the merger or acquisition; (c) advising on suitable structure to carry out the merger or acquisition; (d) assistance in preparation and finalization of various legal documentation including Scheme of Arrangement, Share purchase Agreement, Share holder Agreement, Business Transfer/Takeover Agreement, secretarial records like board & shareholder resolution; (e) filing necessary forms with various statutory authorities; and (f) obtaining necessary approvals from appropriate authorities including Regional Director, Ministry of Corporate affairs; Official Liquidator; and NCLT.
We carry out various type of due diligences like Financial Due Diligence, Legal Due Diligence, Tax Due Diligence and Operational Due Diligence to advice on the ways to improve the compliance aspect and business aspect. We provide assistance in preparation of Project report to raise finance by way of investment or debt by our client from the prospective investor or lender, as the case may be.
We have experience in formulating strategy for business initiatives and legal matters. We provide opinion under various laws including Income tax Act, Companies Act, FEMA and GST, taking into consideration the courts’ orders and intention of the legislatures, on the queries/clarification sought by the Client, which will assist our client to follow the best course of action which is in full compliance of law and efficient. We also provide opinion on the title of the property.
We have advised and implemented many business succession plan for promoters including promoters dispute resolution in an amicable and efficient manner.
We also provide assistance in drafting of commercial agreements like General Power of Attorney, Special Power of Attorney, Trust Deeds, Sale Deed for immovable property and movable property, Partnership deed, Limited Liability Partnership Deed, Franchise Agreement, Loan Agreement, Lease Agreement, etc and negotiation support to finalize these agreements. We are skilled in drafting of legal documentation including pleadings before various legal forums and handling litigation before various legal forums including NCLT, Arbitral Tribunal, Civil Court, High Court, Supreme Court and Arbitral Tribunal.
We provide assistance in Incorporation/constitution of different type of entities like Company, Trust, LLP and Obtaining necessary registration and requirements to run these entities like Digital Signature, Director Identification Number (“DIN”), Permanent Account Number (“PAN”), Tax Account Number (“TAN”), GST Registration Number (“GSTN”), Sec 12A registration under Income tax Act, registration under Section 80G of Income tax act and registration of Intellectual Property like Trademark registration.
We carry out valuation of Securities and financial assets for the purpose of arriving at the market value of shares for further issue of shares, mergers and employee stock options. We also carry out valuation of undertakings for determination of value of an undertaking for demergers.