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Chartered Accountants
Practice
Engagement
Insights
MUMBAI · ESTABLISHED MMXIV
CA Vikram Aggarwal, F.C.A., LL.B.
We work with a small number of clients each year — direct tax, GST, audits, and structuring — with a long view, written advice, and a phone that actually rings on a Sunday when it must.
YEARS IN PRACTICE
ENGAGEMENTS COMPLETED
CUMULATIVE TRANSACTIONS
ADVERSE FINDINGS, 11 YRS
§ 01
PRACTICE AREAS
Each engagement begins with a written scope, a named partner-in-charge, and a timeline. No surprises in the invoice. None in the workpapers either.
I.
Corporate and personal income tax planning. Capital gains and ESOP advisory. Transfer pricing for closely-held companies with cross-border subsidiaries. Representation before the AO and CIT(A).
DESK
Section 9 / Sec. 92
II.
GST registration and monthly filings, input credit reconciliations, refund claims, e-invoicing compliance, and litigation support before the Advance Ruling Authority and tribunals. Multi-state assignments accepted.
DESK
CGST / IGST
III.
Statutory audit under the Companies Act, tax audit u/s 44AB, internal controls review, IndAS conversion, and special-purpose audits for fundraises and M&A diligence. Reports written for boards, not just auditors.
DESK
Sec. 143 / Sec. 44AB
IV.
Holding-company structures for Indian operating businesses. M&A diligence (buy- and sell-side). Founder equity, ESOP, and sweat-equity design. FEMA compliance for outbound investments and NRI repatriations.
DESK
FEMA / Cos. Act
V.
Annual ROC and MCA filings. Quarterly TDS returns. PF, ESI, and Professional Tax for in-house payrolls. We maintain the schedule so the finance team can do its actual job. A single dashboard, sent fortnightly.
DESK
MCA / EPFO / TRACES
§ 02
ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
Most of our engagements start the same way: a half-hour conversation, no obligation, conducted on a Friday afternoon over filter coffee. What follows below is the rest of the path.
ONE
30 minutes, on the phone or in our office. We listen first, talk briefly, and decide whether we're the right fit. No commitment.
TWO
Within five working days, you receive a proposal in writing. Scope, deliverables, fee, timeline, named partner-in-charge. Two pages, no riddles.
THREE
Work begins. Weekly written status if monthly retainer. Workpapers, recommendations, and risk register live in a shared vault you control.
FOUR
Most relationships continue past the first engagement. We keep a long memory of your business so the next year of advice picks up where the last one left off.
§ 03
INDUSTRIES SERVED
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Seed → Series C · SaaS, fintech, consumer
62 clients
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Manufacturing, retail, real estate
44 clients
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Law firms, design studios, clinics
31 clients
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Repatriation, FEMA, estate planning
27 clients
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12A, 80G, FCRA compliance
14 clients
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Wealth, succession, advisory
8 clients
§ 04
ENGAGEMENT STUDIES
Details adjusted to protect client privilege. Numbers are not.
ENGAGEMENT I
FY 23–24 · Q4
GST refund litigation
Their previous consultant had failed to reconcile GSTR-2A across three financial years. We rebuilt the credit ledger from invoice level, filed a writ before the High Court for time-barred claims, and obtained an order within eight months. The client kept the original team. We were brought in as second opinion and stayed.
RECOVERED
8 months end-to-end
ENGAGEMENT II
FY 24–25 · ongoing
Family business succession
Designed a holding-company structure that keeps voting control with the founder for the next seven years while transferring economic ownership progressively to the daughters. Filed Sec. 56 valuation, drew up shareholder agreements, and coordinated with their long-standing law firm. The conversations were harder than the paperwork.
TAX SAVING
Over a seven-year horizon
ENGAGEMENT III
FY 22–23
Sell-side diligence
Cleaned five years of records, restated revenue accruals under IndAS, ran the data room, and surfaced three pre-emptive disclosures that prevented a downward valuation adjustment we estimated at ~12%. Closed in 11 weeks, less than half the founder's worst-case expectation. They still send a bottle of single malt every Diwali.
VALUATION HELD
vs. probable cut
§ 05
ENGAGEMENT MODELS & FEES
Indicative starting ranges. Final fee is agreed in writing before any work begins, and tied to the scope rather than to time spent.
MODEL I
Full compliance calendar — direct tax filings, GST, ROC, payroll statutory, board minutes. A dedicated partner you can call. A second one if the first is unreachable.
FROM
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Monthly written status report
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Quarterly board-ready summary
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Up to 6 ad-hoc advisory hours / month
MODEL II
MOST CHOSEN
A single defined engagement — statutory audit, due-diligence, M&A advisory, GST refund litigation, ESOP design. Fixed fee. Fixed timeline. Fixed deliverable.
FROM
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Two-page written proposal in 5 days
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Named partner-in-charge
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Workpapers vaulted, you hold the key
MODEL III
For founders, family principals, and CFOs who already have counsel but want a second view on a particular question. Bookable by the hour, with a written follow-up note.
RATE
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60-min consultation, in person or remote
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Written follow-up within 48 hrs
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No retainer required
§ 06
CREDENTIALS & MEMBERSHIPS
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India · Membership No. 142876
ENROLLED 2014
Government Law College, University of Mumbai
CONFERRED 2017
Committee on International Taxation · ICAI
AWARDED 2019
Comptroller & Auditor General of India · Bank branch audits
ACTIVE
Bombay Chamber of Commerce · CA students' continuing education
SINCE 2021
§ 07
RECENT INSIGHTS
Notes from the desk on changes in tax, audit, and structuring. Published quarterly. Free, but you have to ask.
Q1 '26
Column · MoneyControl Tax Talk
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Q4 '25
Newsletter · Aggarwal Advisory Quarterly
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Q3 '25
Op-Ed · Mint Lounge · 2,400 words
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Q2 '25
Taxsutra · Practitioner's Note
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§ 08
FROM CLIENTS
Quoted with permission. References available upon a written request.
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We engaged Vikram in 2018 for what was meant to be a small GST query. We are still with him in 2026, through a fundraise, two audits, and one acquisition. He is the rare adviser who writes things down before he speaks them, and who tells you in plain terms when you are wrong.
Rohan Sethi
Founder, Briar SaaS · ARR ₹140 Cr
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He took our father's 36-year-old factory through succession with my sister and me without breaking the marriage between any of us. The structure he designed will outlast the three of us. I cannot pay him what that is worth.
Naina Bhatia
Director, Bhatia Industries Pvt. Ltd.
§ 09
BEGIN AN ENGAGEMENT
We accept a small number of new engagements each year. The first step is always the same — a 30-minute conversation, no obligation, no charge. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you so within that call and point you to someone who is.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE
204, Heritage Court
Veer Nariman Road, Fort
Mumbai 400 001
DIRECT
+91 98203 14782
Mon — Fri · 10 a.m. → 7 p.m. IST
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