Sathyabama Rangarajan, Executive Partner, ASA, shared her insights on Risk Management, specifically internal audit and financial controls, during the 3rd Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) Chennai Networking Breakfast[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, joined a closed-door dialogue with H.E. Mr. Philip Green, Australian High Commissioner to India. The discussion focussed on sector specific issues targeted at building new[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, Sunil Arora, National Head, Taxation and Léa Parmentier, French Desk, ASA, at Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) Gala Dinner: Strengthening Indo-French ties over a[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA attended the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) CEO Committee Meeting on April 18, 2024, at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi. The[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, and Himanshu Srivastava, Director - Business Advisory Services, ASA were invited to a networking dinner hosted by Catherine Gallagher, Minister Commercial and Head of Australian Trade[ . . . ]
Subroto Bose, Partner, Accounting and Business Support, and Vipul Kumar Gupta, Executive Partner, Accounting and Business Support, ASA, discussed the key differences between Input Service Distributor (ISD) and cross-charging for[ . . . ]
Gaurav Bhatia, Executive Partner, Risk Advisory and Nitin Gupta, Partner, Assurance, ASA were invited for joint webinar on critical aspect of auditing - Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud and Evaluation[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner at ASA, speaking at the 47th Joint Meeting of IJBCC and JIBCC in Tokyo, emphasizing the importance of creating strong & resilient supply chains. With frequent[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, shares insights from his vast experience of working with Japan – on blending cultures and understanding Japanese workplaces at the Japan India Business Confluence in[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, chaired an interactive session ‘Towards creating Industrial Value Chains - Voices from the industry’ as a member of Governing Council Asian Confluence; joined by Prof.[ . . . ]
Himanshu Srivastava, the Director of Business Advisory at ASA, captivated the audience with his profound insights into FEMA during the session titled ‘Exploring the Indian Economy & FEMA. ASA’s presence[ . . . ]
Sunil Arora, National Head of Taxation, ASA, received the esteemed Tax Leader Award, a testament to his exemplary leadership and contribution to the field.
Léa Parmentier, French Corridor Expert, represented ASA at the Indo-French Business Lunch and met with the delegation accompanying French President Emmanuel Macron for India's Republic Day celebrations. Meeting President Macron[ . . . ]
ASA is delighted to participate at the launch of 'Case Studies - Advocating Business Success between Australia and India' by Newland Global Group, at the Australian High Commission, New Delhi.[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar, National Head of Assurance, Pankaj Aneja, Executive Partner in Taxation, and Balmukund Chaturvedi, Associate Director of Assurance, ASA shared insights and held valuable discussions on Managing Risks and[ . . . ]
ASA collaborated in organizing a hybrid session alongside the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry's Consumer Goods and Services Committee. Himanshu Srivastava, Director, Business Advisory Services, ASA, provided valuable perspectives[ . . . ]
Gaurav Bhatia, Executive Partner of Risk Advisory Services, and Arvind Agarwal, Manager of Risk Advisory Services, ASA conducted a series of capacity-building workshops for senior officials of the Ministry of[ . . . ]
ASA Corporate Catalyst (India) Pvt Ltd (ASA), one of the leading players in the Indian business advisory and accounting landscape, announces its membership in the prestigious Baker Tilly International network.[ . . . ]
Rahis Saifi, Associate Director, Assurance, conducted a hybrid IndAS Workshop on Consolidated Financial Statements for 250+ senior officials from a power generation company and its group holdings, covering key topics[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance, ASA, shared valuable insights on Audit: Quality Standards and Assurance Practices at the ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) international conference[ . . . ]
Virtual session on "Overview of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP)" with Salman Waris, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TechLegis Advocates and Solicitors as part of their employee learning[ . . . ]
Content: GN Ramaswami, Partner, Assurance, ASA as the Secretary of The Society of Auditors, Chennai welcomed Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Honorable Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs at the[ . . . ]
Moderator: Subba Rao Amarthaluru, Independent Director & Chairman of audit committee of GMR Airport sector Entities. Speakers: Kaleeswaran Arunachalam, Group CFO & Head of Strategy – Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals[ . . . ]
The panel discussion on "Exposure Drafts of 7 Standards," was moderated by Vinay K S, Partner, Assurance, ASA.He discussed the evolving auditing landscape, technology's role, and ethical considerations. Sunil Bhumralkar,[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, attended the Exclusive CEOs Interaction with H.E. Dukgeun Ahn, Minister of Trade, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE), Republic of Korea who visited India[ . . . ]
ASA organized a technical session on “Key highlights on Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 & Global Trends in Internal Audit” at the Hosur Industry Association. Jayashree S K, Associate Director, Accounting[ . . . ]
Sivaraman v, Associate Director, Assurance, delivered a technical session on Labour Laws at SIRC of ICAI on 15th June 2023. He focused on 4 labour laws having applicability to almost[ . . . ]
The seminar was organized by BCIC Karnataka, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Bengaluru, to understand the government's initiatives towards improving[ . . . ]
ASA in collaboration with the World Trade Centre - Bengaluru | Chennai | Kochi organized a webinar on "The Global Trends in Auditing". Devalla Ramprasad, Partner, Assurance, highlighted the importance[ . . . ]
Sunil Arora, National Head, Taxation, was honoured with the Award of Excellence by IEM-UEM Group for his exemplary contributions to building the HR structure in the organization.
Author: Mr Manuj Dua, Associate Director, Digital Automation and Transformation. This article discusses about Project automation, Automation projects objectives, and Tips for calculating automation project ROI. To view the complete[ . . . ]
We took a small step to contribute back to our society by hosting a blood donation camp at our Delhi/Gurgaon office.
Rahis Saifi, Associate Director, Assurance, was a guest speaker at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’s "AASB Webinar on Audit of Accounts Receivable and its Impairment Assessment", sharing insightful[ . . . ]
Nitin Arora, Partner Transaction Advisory Services, was re-elected to the Board of M&A WORLDWIDE and represented India at the 39th M&A WORLDWIDE Convention in Budapest.
Ambassador Deepa Wadhwa, Chairperson and Former Ambassador to Japan & Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, as Members of the Governing Council of Asian Confluence, chaired sessions at the 3rd India[ . . . ]
Author: Mr Ramakrishnan Y, Associate Director, Taxation This article, published in Taxmann, discusses “One Person Companies” and their differences from the sole proprietorship, tax implications, and advantages under the Companies[ . . . ]
Speakers: Sakuntala Rao, Former Partner, Cognitive Process Services, IBM, Sid Banerjee, CEO, SG Analytics, Pinky Mehta, CFO, Aditya Birla Capital Ltd, Venkatraman G S, CFO, Maveric Systems and Sundeep Gupta,[ . . . ]
Jointly with Newland Global Group, our Associate in Australia, we simplified the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI ECTA), making it easier to understand and follow. This is just[ . . . ]
ASA’s Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi won the prestigious ‘Innovation Leadership’ award at the World Innovation Congress event organized in Mumbai. This award was a well-deserved recognition of his visionary leadership[ . . . ]
Sunil has been promoted to the position of Joint National Head of Taxation. His impressive performance, expertise in complex taxation matters, and strategic vision have been integral to the firm’s[ . . . ]
Author: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Last year, the dosing line of our foreword was that the growing Indian economy needed only covid to behave. It did. This time we have[ . . . ]
ASA’s Annual Partner Manager Meeting was recently held in Lonavala and was a resounding success. The event brought together partners and managers from across the locations for two days of[ . . . ]
Authors: Sundeep Gupta, Partner, Accounting and Business Support, Indirect Tax and Adya Sharma, Senior, Accounting and Business Support The article summarized insightful analysis on the complex issue of Input Tax[ . . . ]
Speakers: Rajiv Krishnan - MD and CEO, Ma Foi, Harish HV, Managing Partner, ECube Investment Advisors, Dr Apoorva - Expert, Mental Health & Emotional Well-being, D Ramprasad, Practice Head, Sunil[ . . . ]
ASA's SC-TD in association with the Assurance division organized a full-day in-depth Workshop on Audit Software where participants from Delhi and Gurugram attended the training in person, and other branches[ . . . ]
Speakers: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, Sundeep Gupta, Partner, Accounting and Business Support, Indirect Tax, Sunil Arora, Joint National Head, Taxation and Himanshu Srivastava, National Head, Business Advisory Services The webinar[ . . . ]
Speakers: Sunil Arora, Joint National Head, Taxation, D Ramprasad, Practice Head, Vinay KS, Partner, Assurance, Jayashree SK, Associate Director - Indirect Tax, ASA and Karthik SS, Associate Director, Taxation
Speakers: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Services, Satoshi Noguchi
Speakers: K Venkatraman, National Head – Taxation, ASA and G. Viswanathan, Director, Accounting & Business Support, ASA
Speakers: D Ramprasad, Practice Head, Jayashree SK, Associate Director - Indirect Tax, ASA and Karthik SS, Associate Director, Taxation
Speakers: David Karmouni, Regional Financial Advisor & Deputy Head of SER New Delhi - French Embassy in India / Ambassade de France en Inde, Vivien Massot, Managing Director - TAC[ . . . ]
Bi-annual Training and Induction of Professional Staff (TIPS), January 2023 was organized at Hotel Le-Meridien, Gurugram where pan-India trainees acquired the knowledge of different verticals in ASA and the working[ . . . ]
Author: Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Services Foreign subsidiaries incorporated in India as Private Limited Companies are treated as domestic companies and are governed by various central and state laws,[ . . . ]
Author: Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Services Published in the French language, this article would serve as an initial guide for investors keen to engage with India, aid review and[ . . . ]
Panel: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, Kanwal Jeet Jawa, MD & CEO, Daikin India and Manabu Yamazaki, President & CEO, Canon India Ajay was a part of a panel discussion[ . . . ]
Speaker: Nikhil Merchant, Senior Manager, Taxation ATLAS SkillTech University in association with the Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship organized a Masterclass on the Taxation of Cryptocurrency where they invited[ . . . ]
Speakers: Akhilesh Thakur, National Head, Risk Advisory, ASA, Nagesh Pinge, Independent Director on Multiple Boards, Satish Shenoy, Auditing Professional, Former Head of Audit of Aditya Birla Group and L&T, Prameesh[ . . . ]
Speaker: Rahisuddin Saifi, Associate Director, Assurance Rahis was the guest speaker for a webinar organized by the ICAI where he shared the panel with other esteemed dignitaries like CA (Dr.)[ . . . ]
Speakers: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, ASA, Elodie Barria, Regional Manager - Asia Pacific, Bpifrance, Eric FAJOLE, Trade Commissioner, Embassy of France in India & Regional Head, Business France India, Frédéric[ . . . ]
Speaker: Vinay KS, Partner, Assurance Vinay was invited to a webinar CPE meeting 'Quality Cafe - A virtual series on Audit Quality' on 26th November, organized by the ICAI.
Guests: Akhilesh Thakur, National Head, Risk Advisory and Prateet Mittal, Partner, Assurance Akhilesh and Prateet were invited as eminent guests for a high-level CFO roundtable organized by CPA Australia on[ . . . ]
Speakers: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, Sunil Arora, Partner, Taxation and Sundeep Gupta, Partner, Accounting and Business Support, Indirect Tax As a part of Winglobally Global Meet, Ajay has welcomed all[ . . . ]
Speaker: Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Himanshu shared his views with other esteemed dignitaries at an online session about the recently announced National Logistics Policy. The panel discussed discuss how[ . . . ]
Speaker: Kim Collaco, Executive Director, International Affairs Cambridge Cleantech invited Kim as a panelist for a webinar hosted by them on the topic of ‘Doing Business in India'. In the[ . . . ]
Speaker: Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance Parveen was invited as a speaker with other esteemed dignitaries at a webinar CPE meeting organized by the Auditing & Assurance Standards Board of[ . . . ]
Guest Speaker: CA Sunil Sukhija ASA organized an interactive session with CA Sunil Sukhija on the work-life balance and competitive corporate world for their employees. Sunil shared his experience around[ . . . ]
Speaker: Nitin Gupta, Executive Partner, Assurance Nitin was invited as a guest speaker for a webinar organized by the ICAI where he shared the panel with other esteemed dignitaries like[ . . . ]
Sunil Arora, Partner, Taxation, was re-elected as a member of the Governing Council of IFCCI’ for a period of 3 years. The objective of the Council is to formulate plans[ . . . ]
ASA hosted a webinar on CXOs New Dilemmas - Frauds, Regulatory Risks, Weakened Controls where our expert group of panelists shared their experiences and discussed how to evaluate the new[ . . . ]
Speaker: GN Ramaswami, Partner, Assurance GNR was invited as a panelist by ICAI on ‘Audit Quality – A Key Pillar of Corporate Governance’ where he shared his thoughts on the[ . . . ]
Speaker: Gaurav Bhatia, Executive Partner, Assurance Gaurav was invited as a speaker by the Agra Branch of ICAI to address the newly qualified Chartered Accountants of Agra.
Kim Collaco, Executive Director - International Affairs was invited by the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) as a speaker for a Webinar on the 'Marketing Roadmap and the[ . . . ]
Guest: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay gave an interview to The Finance Story where he spoke about his journey and how Indian Accounting Firms are going global in this decade[ . . . ]
Speaker: Nitin Gupta, Executive Partner – Assurance Nitin was invited to speak at the Amritsar Branch of ICAI on the topic of 'Auditing Consideration in Schedule III' and had an[ . . . ]
Speaker: Parveen Kumar, National Head – Assurance Parveen was invited as a speaker by the Assocham for their 2nd International Conference on 'Financial Reporting & Control' at the Habitat Centre.[ . . . ]
Speakers: Thiru RN Ravi, Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, Debasis Mitra, President – ICAI, Prabhakar Pennathur, President – The Society of Auditors, GN Ramaswami, Partner – Assurance The Society of[ . . . ]
ASA organized an internal Technical Development Session on 'Current Business Environment and mitigation of Risks through Hedging', at the Chennai office on 6th July 2022. We wish to extend our[ . . . ]
Authors: Sunil Arora, Partner, Taxation and Ameet Baid, Senior Manager, Taxation Published in Taxmann, the article talks about Holcim and Adani signing a binding agreement in May 2022 under which[ . . . ]
Guest: Parveen Kumar, Partner and National Head, Assurance Parveen was invited by ASSOCHAM for an event on Powering India’s Entrepreneurial Journey to discuss India's economic growth & entrepreneurship in India[ . . . ]
Speakers: Sudhakar Viswanathan, India Finance Head – Lincoln Electric Company India, Bharathy K, CFO – Mahindra World City, K Venkatraman, Partner and National Head, Taxation – ASA, Giridharan DK, Partner[ . . . ]
Author: Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Services Published in Business Guide Israel – India 2022, the article covered how growth should focus on all-inclusive welfare, promoting technology-enabled development, energy transition[ . . . ]
Author: Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Services Published in Business Guide Israel – India 2022, the article looked at the Indian economy’s resilient comeback against the last two years of[ . . . ]
Speaker: GN Ramaswami, Partner, Assurance Ramaswami presented a paper on AS 3 and AS 22, on "Understanding deferred tax liability, Cash Flow Statement and MAT Computation" for the Refresher Course[ . . . ]
Speaker: Kim Collaco, Executive Director, International Affairs Kim was invited by the UK India Business Council for the first Financial Professional and Legal Services Sector Advocacy Group Meeting, focusing on[ . . . ]
Speaker: Rahis Saifi, Senior Manager - Assurance Rahis was invited to be a panelist at a virtual CPE meeting on 29th April, organized by the ICAI on ‘Agreeing the Terms[ . . . ]
Speakers: D Ramprasad, Practice Head, Bengaluru and Vinay KS, Partner, Assurance We hosted a physical event with Hosur Industries Association on “Key Changes in CARO 2020 & Schedule III to[ . . . ]
ASA hosted a webinar on ESG Impact – The Road Ahead where our expert group of panelists shared their experiences and discussed how ESG will play a pivotal role and[ . . . ]
Speakers: Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance and Gaurav Bhatia, Associate Director, Assurance Parveen and Gaurav were invited as speakers by the Gurugram Branch of NIRC at a physical seminar on[ . . . ]
Speaker: D Ramprasad, Practice Head (Bengaluru) Ramprasad was invited by Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) for a virtual session hosted on Proposed Bills Regulating Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants[ . . . ]
Speaker: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay was invited to be a panelist by the Gurugram Branch of NIRC at a physical seminar on Future Perspective – Industry & Practice Panel[ . . . ]
Speaker: Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance Parveen was invited to be a panelist at a virtual CPE meeting organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on Quality Control[ . . . ]
Speaker: Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance Parveen highlighted the key challenges in Internal Audit at a virtual meeting organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on the Global[ . . . ]
Speaker: Kim Collaco, Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy Kim was invited by the City of London Corporation to be a part of the IRSG Roundtable to gain feedback from firms on[ . . . ]
Speaker: Gaurav Bhatia, Associate Director, Assurance Gaurav was invited by the Confederation of British Industry to be a part of their panel on ‘The Race to Zero Emissions’. Jointly held[ . . . ]
Speakers: D Ramprasad, Practice Head, Bengaluru and Vinay KS, Partner, Assurance Ramprasad and Vinay were invited by Kia Park to conduct a Technical Session on Key Changes - Amendments to[ . . . ]
Speaker: Parveen Kumar, National Head – Assurance Parveen was invited to conduct a virtual masterclass by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) ASCON in association with the National Foundation for[ . . . ]
Speakers: Kim Collaco, Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy Kim was invited to speak at the NHEV Working Group on the way forward for E-Mobility in India and recommendations for the development[ . . . ]
Speaker: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay was invited as a panelist by the Asian Confluence for the “Development of North Eastern Indian Region: Indo-Japan Collaboration for Fostering Entrepreneurship and People[ . . . ]
Kim Collaco was in conversation with Deepa Wadhwa for the BBG Delhi Women's Leadership Series going into detail about her career, various highlights and her many achievements. 17th February 2022
Our webinar on Budget 2022 - Reading the Fine Print by Sunil Arora, Sundeep Gupta, Krishnamurthy Venkatraman and Himanshu Srivastava
Speaker: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay was invited by ACCA Careers to share his experience and views about the impact that pandemic had on the staff and how we have[ . . . ]
ASSOCHAM organised the 4th National Seminar on “Indian Accounting Standards: Recent Amendments, Emerging Practices & Challenges” to discuss the emerging challenges of globally accepted financial reporting standards
Can the global tax deal become an ideal Antidote for Race to The Bottom? Read it on TAXMANN from Sunil Arora, Partner and Ameet Baid, Sr. Manager, Taxation Click here[ . . . ]
Authors: Parveen Kumar, National Head - Assurance, ASA and Amarjit Chopra, Ex-President, ICAI, Ex-Chairman, NACAS 1st part of our CFO series was covered by ETCFO with the views of our[ . . . ]
Speakers: Sundeep Gupta, Partner and Jayashree SK, Associate Director, Accounting & Business Support and Indirect Taxation Organized by World Trade Center, the speakers discussed the applicable provisions, legal aspects, concerns[ . . . ]
Speakers: Sunil Arora, Partner - Taxation, ASA and Yogesh Mittal, CFO & Lead Strategy, JBM Environment Project In this 3rd part of our CFO series, the speakers discussed critical corporate[ . . . ]
Author: Sundeep Gupta, Partner, Accounting & Business Support and Indirect Taxation ETCFO published this article in which the author shared his views on wide gap between the digitilisation and tax[ . . . ]
Author: G N Ramaswami, Partner, Assurance Taxsutra published this article in which the author summarized the ICAI’s guidance note on audit of revenue. Click here to read the article
Speakers: Vikas Wadhawan – Group CFO, REA India and Manuj Dua, Associate Director, DATS, ASA In this 2nd part of CFO series, the speakers discussed key issues to be considered[ . . . ]
Author: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay was invited to contribute to ACCA’s latest report on the needs of mid-tier businesses. Click here to read the article
Author: G N Ramaswami, Partner, Assurance In this article published by Taxsutra, the author summarized the guidance note on Audit of Payment of Dividend. Click here to read the article
Speakers: Parveen Kumar, National Head - Assurance, ASA and Amarjit Chopra, Ex-President, ICAI, Ex-Chairman, NACAS This was the 1st part of our CFO series where the speakers discussed the areas[ . . . ]
Speaker: Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance Parveen was invited by ASSOCHAM to be a part of panel discussion on challenges in mitigating fraud risk from CFOs’ perspective.
Speakers: Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory and Kazuharo Kono, Advisor Organized for Japanese companies interested in setting up in India, Himanshu spoke about procedures, opportunities and challenges while setting up[ . . . ]
GN Ramaswami, Partner, Assurance summarized the ICAI’s the guidance note on Audit of Investments for Taxsutra Click below for the article. ICAI Guidance Note on “Audit of Investments”
Speakers: Sunil Arora, Partner - Taxation and Karthik SS, Associate Director - Taxation In our two-part series organized with Indo German Chamber of Commerce, Sunil and Karthik shared insights on[ . . . ]
In this article, Sundeep Gupta, Partner, Accounting & Business Support and Indirect Taxation and Jayashree SK, Associate Director shared a snapshot on Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products[ . . . ]
Himanshu Srivastava, Director, Business Advisory wrote an article stating the problems and possible remedies by ensuring adequate protection. Click below for the article. Establishing Joint Venture
Published in ETCFO, this article was jointly authored by Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory and Shyam Ramakrishnan, Senior Manager where they wrote about various incentives available for SEZ units in[ . . . ]
Published by Taxsutra, this article was jointly authored by Bikramjit Singh Bedi, Partner; Jyoti Gupta, Senior Manager and Pragya Bansal, Assistant Manager, Taxation the authors discuss about the Faceless Assessment[ . . . ]
Himanshu Srivastava, Director, Business Advisory wrote an article on how one can harness opportunities during difficult times. Click below for the article. Corporate Restructuring Summary
Sunil Arora, Partner, Taxation co-authored an article with Mayank Sharma, Deputy Manager, Taxation for Taxmann on issues while taxing taxing the earn-out consideration in M&A. Click below for the article.[ . . . ]
G Viswanathan, Director, Accounting & Business Support, Chennai wrote an article for Taxsutra on Collection of GST by RWA with Monthly Subscription below INR 7,500. Click below for the article.[ . . . ]
Sunil Arora, Taxation Partner co-authored an article with Ameet Baid, Taxation, Senior Manager for Taxmann. He wrote regarding the "Most Favoured Nation Clause in Tax Treaties." Click below for the[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar, National Head Assurance discusses with Taxsutra Greentick on how to carry out audit of Cash and Bank Balances & more. Click below to access the article ICAI's Guidance[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar, National Head Assurance discusses with Taxsutra Greentick on how to carry out audit of Property, Plant & Equipment’ (PPE). Click below to access the article Synopsis of Guidance[ . . . ]
Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) invited Himanshu to speak at a panel discussion on “IBC Updates: Recent Amendments & Judgements”
Published in ETCFO, this article covers the situation that the MSME sector in India is facing with the second wave and key policy moves that the government could take to[ . . . ]
In an interview with The Finance Story - Empowering Stories, Ajay spoke about ASA’s digital journey and how the company managed its own digital transformation and company-wide acceptance of it,[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar, National Head Assurance discusses with Taxsutra Greentick “how you should deal with such situations and issue such special purpose certificates and reports.” Click here to access the article.
The Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) invited Ramaswami G N and Vinay to speak about the recent amendments in Schedule III of the Companies Act,2013 and CARO 2020. The objective[ . . . ]
In this interview with ACCA, Prateet spoke at length about his experience in understanding the needs of younger accountants and methods to attract and retain them in the organization. Click[ . . . ]
A summary of the impact of the new Labour Codes on employers and employees in the services sector. Click Here to access the article
Published in ETCFO, this article highlights the implications of RBI’s new norms for auditors as well as for investors. Click here to access the article
A summary of the impact of the new Labour Codes on employers and employees in the manufacturing sector. Click Here to access the article
The second part is focused on analysing the likely impact of the codes on employers in the service sector. Click here to access the article.
BCIC Karnataka invited D Ramprasad and Vinay to speak about the recent amendments in Schedule III of the Companies Act,2013, what they mean for corporates in India and their impact.[ . . . ]
In this article by ETCFO discussing the impact of the current set of lockdowns on corporate compliances and quoted Keyur’s thoughts in favor of a postponement. Click Here to access[ . . . ]
The first part is focused on analysing the likely impact of the codes on employers in the manufacturing sector. Click here to access the article.
The article was published in ETCFO, where Keyur shared his views on the deferment of new accounting norms and their likely impact on the banking sector and the economy at[ . . . ]
ASA Tax Expert Karthik SS writes about the challenges tax payer could face with the proposed changes in his article published on TaxSutra.Com. Click here to access the article.
Himanshu was invited by the World Trade Centre to speak about the implications of the new labour codes on employers and employees. The new rules would be effective soon and[ . . . ]
An interview of Ajay Sethi covering the story of ASA’s journey by Catarina Pimentel of M&A Worldwide. Click Here to access the article
In this article by ETCFO investigating the low rate of GST tax filing among taxpayers, Sundeep elucidated his views on the possible reasons behind the delay in filing the annual[ . . . ]
Interviewed by ETCFO, Sundeep spoke about the likely impact of the proposed amendment of shifting the onus from the auditor to the CFO. Click Here to access the article
A Japanese webinar on The Code on Social Security and The Industrial Relations Code spearhead by Himanshu Srivastava Click here to access the article.
An article by G Vishwanathan, Director, Accounting and Business Support in Motoring Trends Magazine for their anniversary edition Click here to access the article.
A Japanese webinar on The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 spearhead by Himanshu Srivastava Click here to access the article.
A webinar with experts panel, Sumeet Anand, Ajay Sethi, Jayant Krishna, Georg Graf & Mathieu Jouve-Villard discussed the strategies on how to chart your own recovery, post Union Budget 2021 on #BudgetWithASA. Click[ . . . ]
#BudgetWithASA- A session where we went through the budget announcements and their impact on corporate India. The key speakers were Ajay Sethi, Sunil Arora, Sundeep Gupta and K Venkatraman. Click here[ . . . ]
A webinar by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP with ASA & Associates LLP, Khaitan & Co and The Law Society. Click here to access the recording.
Keyur Dave, Mumbai's Practice Head wrote an article for ETCFO on CARO 2020. He believes that while true execution of stricter audit rules certainly requires time for users but its deferment again[ . . . ]
Sounder Rajan, Associate Director of Assurance, Chennai took a webinar for clients on CARO 2020 along with Santhosh Kumar on the topic of E-invoicing. Click here to access the recording.
Parveen Kumar, our National Head Assurance was at the panel discussion at CII Northern Region 7th Banking & Finance Summit on Friday, 18th December, 2020. Click here to access the recording.
Indian mid-segment, the heart of any economy, remains fragmented. See what our Japan Practice Head & Business Advisory Partner, Himanshu Srivastava has to say in the article with ETCFO on[ . . . ]
ASA in discussion with various panel of experts towards ROAD TO RECOVERY, Going Digital: Harnessing the Power of Technology. Click here to access the recording.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telangana, recently organized the 3rd edition of MSME SUMMIT, a one day conference on Empowering MSMEs and Bringing the Growth Back on the virtual[ . . . ]
ASA in discussion with various panel of experts towards ROAD TO RECOVERY, Rethinking Your Business Model. Click here to access the recording.
ASA in discussion with various panel of experts towards ROAD TO RECOVERY, Business Continuity: Risk Management. Click here to access the recording.
ASA in discussion with various panel of experts towards ROAD TO RECOVERY, Tax Planning - Gearing Up For The Future. Click here to access the recording.
Introducing the first panel of our Road To Recovery series, Working Capital - New Ideas and Future Approach. Our panelists will discuss new ideas and deliberate future approach to managing[ . . . ]
G Vishwanathan, Director Accounting and Business Support on the situation in the commercial vehicle space. Read his article Commercial Vehicles - The Conundrum in the October edition of Motoring Trends.[ . . . ]
Article by Mr. Sivaraman V, Senior Manager, Chennai on the concept and procedures around Going Concern Assumptions published in in Taxsutra's Greentick Weekly. Click here to read the article.
Himanshu Srivastava, Business Advisory Partner was interviewed by ACCA for their report that looked at CSR activities by small and medium practices worldwide. Click here to read the article.
Author: Mr. Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner wrote an article on making video conferencing, your powerful business tool. The Article was published in Taxmann. Click here to read the article or Download[ . . . ]
Author: Mr. Sundeep Gupta, Partner – Accounting & Business Support, Indirect Taxes, highlights that even after more than 500 notifications, circulars and changes till now, GST, at best, is still work-in-progress. The Article[ . . . ]
A webinar by Sundar Rajan, Partner, Accounting and Business Support along with G Viswanathan, Director and PP Santhosh Kumar, Senior Manager in collaboration with Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council (CIIC)[ . . . ]
A webinar by Sunil Arora, Co-Practice Head, Mumbai & Partner, Taxation and Rajiv Arya, National Head, Accounting and Business Support along with Jon Davies, Partner and Marcus Sharei, Director, Armanino[ . . . ]
Our Co-Practice Head - Mumbai and Partner - Taxation, Sunil Arora, was quoted in a report published by ACCA on “Careers in small and medium sized accountancy practices (SMPs)”. ‘We[ . . . ]
An Article in Motoring Trends Magazine. Managing liquidity became the single most significant aspect for business during lockdown. Managing working capital and treasury operations are the two tasks which CFO’s[ . . . ]
A webinar with Rajiv Arya, National Head - Accounting & Business Support, Sundeep Gupta, Partner, Accounting & Business Support, Indirect Tax and Subroto Bose, Executive Partner, Accounting & Business Support,[ . . . ]
A combined article by ASA in India, NHS in Germany and EUnited in Belgium covering the essence of business continuity in the midst of a global pandemic. Click here to[ . . . ]
Webinar by Prateet Mittal An overview of the logistics companies in India, their activities, importance, and contribution to the Indian economy. Click here to access the recording.
Our Partner, Bikramjit Singh Bedi & Manager, Jyoti Gupta extensively discussed the applicability of Sec.56(2)(viib) to issuance of preference shares and the valuation methodology under Rule 11UA. The article was[ . . . ]
Author: Sunil Arora & Isha Mahawar International Taxation: Arm’s Length Price ‘ALP’ approach (Transfer Pricing) OR Fair Value ‘FV’ approach (Customs) - to examine profit earned from the imported goods,[ . . . ]
Author: Sunil Arora & Ameet Baid Taxing a digital business has its own challenges. Read the views on Equalisation Levy (‘EQL’) that was introduced at 6% in respect of non-resident[ . . . ]
Sundeep Gupta believes that the government needs to take cognizance of India's size and scale of operations, and should not rush in this significant change. "The requirements of e-invoicing to[ . . . ]
With six weeks to go and the bill yet to be passed, the first deadline of March 31 can pose a challenge for interested applicants to arrange the funds so[ . . . ]
Confederation of Indian Industry hosted the Banking & Finance Summit 2019 at India Habitat Centre. Parveen Kumar participated in the discussion as one of the panelists. He spoke about the[ . . . ]
ASA Bengaluru organised a workshop in collaboration with Business France India at the Consulat Général de France à Bangalore. Our Bengaluru Practice Head, D Ramprasad along with the Taxation Executive[ . . . ]
Our Business Advisory Partner, Himanshu Srivastava was the speaker at Smart Factory India organised by Business France India and Confederation of Indian Industry at Shangri-La's - Eros Hotel, New Delhi.[ . . . ]
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) organised Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Confederation of MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises). The meeting was attended by our[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar’s article on ‘Cross Border Stock Exchange Mergers’ was published in ‘The Chartered Accountant’ - journal of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The piece focuses on the benefits[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar was invited to speak at the seminar on Indian Accounting Standards organised by Delhi Management Association at Delhi. He threw light on the subject matter of Ind AS[ . . . ]
Sandeep Khanna, one of our panel of experts took a session on Change Management. He took a session with the senior management on how to manage and adapt to changes[ . . . ]
ASA had an audit software training for the staff by Abhishek Madathil, expert from Caseware India. The company develops audit templates and provide training, consulting and support for their product.[ . . . ]
A Budget and GST session was conducted by our Taxation Executive Partner, N Krishna and Associate Director, Basavaraja Nishani in coordination with Whitefield Area Commerce and Industries Association (WACIA). There[ . . . ]
Sundeep Gupta, our Partner of Accounting and Business Support services hosted a webinar on the new amnesty scheme introduced under indirect taxes named ‘Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme 2019.[ . . . ]
Our Practice Head, PNR Kamath was the session chairman of a two-day national conference on Direct Taxes. The conference was hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI),[ . . . ]
Our Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi together with Sunil Arora, Partner in Taxation& Subroto Bose, Executive Partner in Accounting & Business Advisory conducted a session for the Economic Team at the[ . . . ]
Our Head of Business Advisory Services, Himanshu Srivastava took a lecture on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 for the 2019 batch of Indian Revenue Services (IRS). The lecture covered provisions[ . . . ]
High Commission of India (HCI) organized an interactive session in London on Indian Budget 2019 in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and India[ . . . ]
Our Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi, was the speaker at World Trade Summit in Bristol, United Kingdom. It was organised by the Open to Export where he discussed the opportunities India have in[ . . . ]
Our Head of Business Advisory Services, Himanshu Srivastava addressed a French delegation of Healthcare. The topic for discussion was “Entry Strategies in India” in partnership with Business France for French[ . . . ]
Parveen Kumar’s article on ‘Insider Trading’ was published in Standing Conference of Public Enterprises’ (SCOPE’s) monthly magazine ‘Kaleidoscope’. The article explained the basics of Insider Trading focusing on key terms[ . . . ]
India Day was held in Germany by M+V and Lüther in Köln. ASA & Associates was proud a supporter of the German Companies intended to enter in India for business.[ . . . ]
‘To the Ramparts’ is an article written by our Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi for Accounting and Business magazine of ACCA Global. This article is about the challenges faced by medium[ . . . ]
Our Assurance National Head, Parveen Kumar was invited to speak on “Corporate Frauds – Prevention through forensics”, a CEO roundtable held in association with BTG Legal and VDMA at Shangri-La[ . . . ]
India is expected to grow significantly in the coming years, becoming one of the world's biggest markets. However, as with any market, there are several challenges to be overcome when[ . . . ]
On 25th of April France by French organized a networking event in partnership with Business France and a few more. ASA was the project partner with them having Indian French[ . . . ]
Mark Runacres, Senior Advisor International Affairs, represented the firm at the landmark signing of an MoU between FICCI and the Ireland India Business Association in Dublin on 5th March. In[ . . . ]
Ms. Christine Ballard was a guest speaker at our Friday Technical Development session. She is an International Tax Specialist having expertise in Inbound and outbound planning, lately with a heavy emphasis[ . . . ]
Dr. Girish Ahuja was a guest speaker at our Friday Technical Development session. The 45 year veteran of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and member of the committee on direct[ . . . ]
We were the exclusive advisors to a full service advertising company based in Japan, for their acquisition of a majority stake in India of a creative advertising agency based in[ . . . ]
The German Engineering Federation (VDMA) recently organised the Indo German Business Forum in Chennai in association with ASA & Associates LLP, BDB India Pvt. Ltd., and EAC International Consulting. Mr[ . . . ]
We in association with ASSOCHAM organized a workshop on Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) in New Delhi. Our Associate Director – Assurance, Nitin Gupta was a speaker at the[ . . . ]
We, together with SCS Global Japan, were awarded the best joint deal at the M & A Worldwide spring convention at Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam. Receiving the award on behalf was[ . . . ]
Our Managing Partner, Mr Ajay Sethi, in his capacity as an Independent Director of Mahindra Industrial Park (Chennai) Ltd, was a part of a workshop organized by the Mahindra Group[ . . . ]
ASA Annual Partner Manager Meeting at Goa. Our partners and staff came together to review the implementation and achievements of the 2017 workplan and finalise the 2018-2019 workplan that underpins[ . . . ]
Our National Head – Assurance, Parveen Kumar represented us at the 2nd India-Korea Business Summit 2018 held in New Delhi. The Summit saw the Prime Minister Narendra Modi address over[ . . . ]
We co-hosted a seminar with the Neemrana Industries Association on the Fiscal Budget2018. Our Chief guests were the Sh. Raghavendra Singh Yadav, Commissioner, State Tax, Rajasthan, Smt. Nishi Rani, Deputy[ . . . ]
Sunil Arora, Partner, Taxation and Subroto Bose, Executive Partner, Accounting and Business Support were invited to An After - budget panel discussion organized by Indo-Dutch Chambers of Business & Sciences.[ . . . ]
We recently co-hosted a budget seminar in Nihongo with the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ [BTMU] at the Leela Ambience in Gurgaon. This was conducted for the benefit of Japanese[ . . . ]
Our Partner, National Head, Assurance, Parveen Kumar will be speaking about the risks due to regulatory changes at the “New India Confluence for Public and Private Enterprises - Governance, Risk[ . . . ]
ASA organized an event with MOSSADAMS in Mumbai, that looked at ways and means of protecting the interests of the foreign investors and founders. Our Executive Partner, Kishor Patel took[ . . . ]
Gaurav Bhatia from our Assurance team met with several Korean firms accompanying Mr Park Won-Soon, the Mayor of Seoul, South Korea in New Delhi.
Our Managing Partner, Mr Ajay Sethi recently spoke about the India opportunity at a private corporate gathering in New Delhi. The audience included representatives from some of the leading names[ . . . ]
Our Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi, spoke at the India–Japan Economic Forum in Ahmedabad on September 14th, which was followed by the Plenary session of key announcements by PM Modi and[ . . . ]
Our Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi was invited by the Swiss Embassy & Swiss business hub to address the business delegation accompanying the Swiss President HE Doris Leuthard. He gave them[ . . . ]
More than a month having passed since India moved to GST regime on July 1, 2017 it has been a transition with ups and downs to the economy. Business processes[ . . . ]
In association with Indo American Chamber of Commerce - IACC, Bangalore, we organized a ‘Seminar on Income computation and disclosure standards- ICDS’. Our Partner/Practice Head, Assurance, Pinnapati Ramaiah Jayakumar explained[ . . . ]
A workshop on ‘The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016’ was conducted by our Partner/National Head, Parveen Kumar and Nitin Gupta, Associate Director, Assurance for Bharti Enterprise Group for[ . . . ]
Our Managing Partner, Ajay Sethi who is also Co - Chairman, Indo - Japan Business Promotion Council, ASSOCHAM presented a welcome address at an Interactive meeting with Japanese Delegation. The[ . . . ]
Seminar on Fiscal Budget 2017 was organised jointly with Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ in Delhi. Deliberations on the implications of various tax provisions were intense along with active interactions[ . . . ]
Ishikura Shun from our Japanese expat team was invited for Invest Japan Symposium, New Delhi organised by #JETRO and CII where he spoke about Osaka as a business destination for[ . . . ]
The 'indirect transfer provisions' monster by Partner, Vaijyantimala Beslare - Assurance, Mumbai
The firm's active involvement in the ongoing Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017. Himanshu Srivastava, Partner - Business Advisory representing us as a part of Japanese delegation.
25TH M&A WORLDWIDE NETWORK CONVENTION AT NEW DELHI, INDIA BRINGS TOGETHER OVER 150 INDIAN CORPORATES AND 42 M&A ADVISORS FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES Corporate Catalyst India (CCI) played host to[ . . . ]
This “first of a kind” M&A Forum envisaged to provide a platform for direct discussion and collaborations between M&A professionals and Indian corporates. Given the presence of advisors from over[ . . . ]
Hyderabad office organized a group discussion with clients to make them aware of the transitional issues and changes in processes required to be undertaken in this regard. Nitish Parameswaran, Partner,[ . . . ]
West Delhi Study Circle of ICAI invited us to give a presentation on ‘Critical Issues in Consolidation of Financial Statements and Practical Notes to Accounts with reference to Accounting Standards’.[ . . . ]
As GST comes a step closer to reality, it is the right time now for the manufacturing industries, traders and service providers to begin preparing for this tectonic change and[ . . . ]
An in-house session was conducted on “GST –Beginning of new Era” to begin ramping up in-house skills and preparedness for handling client matters under the new law. Topics such as[ . . . ]
A seminar was held at Neemrana Industrial Association on Model GST code, Cross Border Secondment and Internal Financial Controls (IFC). The session was attended by about 50 participants from companies[ . . . ]
‘Austrade’ invited our firm to address a visiting Australian business delegation to provide them an overview and share practical aspects of ‘Doing Business in India’. Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory[ . . . ]
Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner and Parveen Kumar, National Head, Assurance, were invited to share their views on building a successful practice at a Seminar organised by Northern Indian Regional Council[ . . . ]
A one-day awareness programme on CARO, IFC and Reporting Standards was organized by Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of India in Chennai. DK Giridharan, Partner-Assurance conducted the session on IFC.[ . . . ]
Mr Parveen Kumar, Partner- Assurance and Mr Sundeep Gupta, Partner-Compliance spoke on challenges and opportunities for Chartered Accountant firms at Rewari branch of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
This event has been organized to celebrate our successful journey of 25 years. In order to spread the happiness beyond limits our alumni have been invited. We believe that each[ . . . ]
