CA for Startup Founders — Incorporation to Exit, One Desk

For founders

One CA desk that speaks startup — incorporation, ESOPs, valuations, FC-GPR and diligence-ready books

You should be building product, not decoding MCA forms. We run the whole compliance life of your company — and we have done the fundraise paperwork enough times to keep your data room boring for investors.

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This page is for founders who want one accountable desk for the company’s entire regulatory life — instead of a registration agent here, a GST consultant there and a valuation shop found in a panic the week a term sheet lands.

Your compliance life, mapped

Stage	What hits you	How we handle it
1. Incorporate	SPICe+ name to COI; INC-20A within 180 days; auditor within 30 days; share certificates within 60 days	Company registration with the first-year ROC calendar set on day one
2. Set the foundation	Founder agreement, IP assignment into the company, ESOP pool carve-out, accounting stack	Founder agreement advisory · ESOP plan implementation
3. Raise	Valuation report, private placement (PAS-4/PAS-3), FC-GPR within 30 days of allotment for foreign money, DPIIT recognition and the 80-IAC tax holiday window	Valuation & fundraising · FDI & FC-GPR · 80-IAC advisory
4. Scale	GST, TDS, payroll, MSME 43B(h) vendor discipline, monthly MIS your board actually reads	Monthly CFO retainer
5. Diligence & exit	Data-room requests, cap-table hygiene, secondaries/buyback mechanics, ODI when you flip or expand abroad	Due-diligence data room · Cap-table management

The services founders use most

Pvt Ltd registration Founder agreements 11UA / DCF valuations ESOP implementation FDI & FC-GPR filings 80-IAC tax holiday Cap-table management Monthly CFO retainer

Check it yourself first — free tools

Compliance Calendar FY 2026-27 — build your company’s date list
GST Registration Checker — does your startup need a GSTIN yet?

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Frequently asked questions

Private limited, LLP or OPC — which one if I plan to raise?

If venture money is on your roadmap, a private limited company is the working answer: investors need equity and preference instruments, ESOPs need a company, and LLPs cannot issue either. OPC suits a solo business that will stay bootstrapped; it converts later, but conversion mid-raise adds friction. Choose the structure for the next 3 years, not the next 3 weeks.

What hits me immediately after incorporation?

Four clocks start at once: INC-20A (declaration of business commencement) within 180 days — you cannot borrow or raise before it; first auditor appointment within 30 days; share certificates within 60 days with stamp duty paid; and the annual AOC-4/MGT-7 cycle from your first financial year. We set this calendar on day one of every incorporation.

Angel tax is gone — do I still need a valuation report to raise?

Section 56(2)(viib) does not apply from AY 2025-26, but valuation reports have not retired: FEMA pricing guidelines still require one for any foreign investment (FC-GPR), Companies Act private-placement rules reference a registered-valuer report, and serious investors ask for one in diligence anyway. What changed is the tax exposure, not the paperwork.

When must FC-GPR be filed and what if the timeline slips?

Allot shares within 60 days of receiving foreign money, and file FC-GPR on the RBI FIRMS portal within 30 days of allotment. Slippage goes through Late Submission Fee (LSF) — payable to RBI — and repeated delays complicate future rounds. The fix is procedural discipline, which is exactly what we run for you.

CA Somesh Chandak & Associates, Thane. Content is general guidance, not an opinion on your specific facts — timelines quoted are statutory or portal processing frames. Speak to us before acting.

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What's Included

One desk: incorporation, ROC, GST, TDS, payroll and FEMA together
Fundraise-ready: Rule 11UA/DCF valuations and FC-GPR filed on statutory clocks
ESOP design, implementation and perquisite-tax handling
MIS and runway reporting founders actually read
Data-room discipline from day one, so diligence stays boring

Our Process

Discovery call

Where the company is — stage, structure, pending filings, what the next 12 months look like.

Compliance map

A written map of every clock that applies to you now and at the next stage, with owners and dates.

Standing cadence

Monthly close, GST/TDS cycles, payroll and MIS on a fixed rhythm — you see status, not surprises.

Event support

Fundraise, ESOP grant, FDI, diligence or exit — the event work rides on books that are already clean.

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