CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 12-Oct-2026 A founder called in a mild panic: “The investor paid ₹1,000 per share, but the certificate says ₹10. Did we file something wrong?” Nothing was wrong — that gap is exactly how startup investment is supposed to...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 12-Oct-2026 “Just register a Private Limited — that’s what startups do.” Sometimes that is exactly right. Often it is an expensive default. The honest answer to “which structure?” is not a fashion question; it is a money question:...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 For years, the cruellest tax a startup could face was a tax on raising money. Bring in capital at a valuation the tax officer disagreed with, and the “extra” was taxed as your income. That was angel...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 Your cap table — who owns what — looks like a spreadsheet, not a tax problem. But the way you hand out, vest and buy back shares quietly decides whether someone walks into a tax bill on...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 The startup didn’t work. The team has moved on, the bank account is empty, and the obvious thing is to simply stop filing and walk away. It feels like closure. It is the single most expensive way...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 A 22% tax rate when the headline company rate is 30%? It looks like free money — just tick a box and pay less. That is exactly how Section 115BAA is sold, and for many companies it...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 A 22% tax rate when the headline company rate is 30%? It looks like free money — just tick a box and pay less. That is exactly how Section 115BAA is sold, and for many companies it...
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 A SaaS founder lands a US customer, raises the first invoice, and freezes on one question: do I add 18% GST? Many add it “to be safe.” Others ignore GST entirely and quietly build up a liability....
CA Vijay R Singh, FCA·Startups · Mumbai·Updated 15-Jun-2026 For a decade, the standard advice to an ambitious Indian startup was simple: put a US company on top. Over 8,000 Indian startups — and roughly a fifth of the country’s unicorns — ended up registered abroad....
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