Practical compliance guides

Startup & MSME · 7 min read

Udyam Registration Documents Checklist: Everything You Need Before You Apply in 2026

Udyam Registration is the simplest government registration in India-no document uploads, no fees, no renewal. But simplicity creates a trap:...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Income Tax · 14 min read

ITR For Capital Gains Notifications 2026: What Changed and What You Must Do

Between February and March 2026, three separate notifications reshaped the capital gains landscape for Indian investors: Budget 2026 (1 Febr...

CACA Poonam Kadge · Apr 2

GSTAT & GST Litigation · 15 min read

GSTAT Anti-Profiteering Appeal for Complex Business Structures: Lessons from Our CA Team

Anti-profiteering under GST was designed for a simple idea: when GST rates go down, prices should go down proportionately. In practice, howe...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

FSSAI & Food Business · 7 min read

FSSAI Registration Documents Checklist: Everything You Need Before You Apply in 2026

FSSAI registration is mandatory for every food business in India-from a home kitchen selling homemade pickles to a Rs 500 crore food manufac...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Copyright & Patent · 13 min read

Expert CA Analysis: Copyright Registration Under New 2026 Rules - What Really Changed

Between June 2025 and March 2026, Indian copyright law saw more regulatory activity than in any comparable nine-month period since the 2012...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Startup & MSME · 8 min read

What is Startup Registration? Complete Guide for Indian Businesses in 2026

Over 1.97 lakh startups have received DPIIT recognition since the Startup India initiative launched in 2016. Yet most founders confuse compa...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

TDS & Compliance Returns · 15 min read

Common TDS Return Filing (24Q / Form 16) Mistakes Delhi Businesses Make - and How to Avoid Them

A wrong PAN in Form 24Q today becomes a TDS credit mismatch in your employee's Form 26AS tomorrow and a demand notice from the Income Tax De...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Payroll & HR · 17 min read

ESIC Returns Complex Scenarios: Edge Cases from Our Practice and How We Resolved Them

ESIC compliance seems straightforward on paper: if you have 10+ employees and wages are below Rs 21,000/month, register, deduct 0.75% from e...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Company Changes & Secretarial · 14 min read

Can ESIC Calculation & Compliance Be Transferred When the Business Changes Hands?

A manufacturing company in Pune is being acquired through a slump sale. The buyer's due diligence team asks: "What happens to the ESIC regis...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Income Tax · 18 min read

Notice For Defective Return: The Questions Our Clients Ask Most - CA Answers Inside

The defective return notice is the most misunderstood notice in the Indian income tax system. When clients receive it, they assume it is a p...

CACA Puja Pradhan · Apr 2

Copyright & Patent · 13 min read

Copyright Registration vs Alternatives: Which Is Right for Your Business?

A client recently asked us: 'We designed a logo, wrote a product manual, and built a proprietary algorithm - should we register all three un...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2

Copyright & Patent · 15 min read

Copyright Registration in Pune: Our Pune Office’s Step-by-Step Filing Approach

Pune is home to thousands of software companies, creative agencies, content studios, music producers, and independent creators. Every piece...

CACA Sundaram Gupta · Apr 2