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October 2026 is a quarter-end filing month. On top of the regular monthly GST, TDS, PF and ESI cycle, it carries the Jul-Sep 2026 quarterly returns: GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B for QRMP taxpayers, CMP-08 for composition dealers, and the quarterly TDS and TCS statements in Forms 138, 140, 144 and 143…

Every option granted to an employee costs the company something, and Ind AS 102 puts that cost in the profit and loss account although no cash leaves. The ESOP expense under Ind AS 102 is fixed on the grant date, spread across the vesting period and trued up for employees…

Form 5472 filing India queries come from Indian-resident owners of US companies who have just heard about a USD 25,000 penalty. The form is an information return, not a tax return. It applies to a US corporation, or a US single-member LLC wholly owned by a foreign person, where a…

ESOP tax on sale of shares in India is a capital gains calculation that starts from a number most employees do not expect: the fair market value on the day they exercised, not the price they paid. The holding period from allotment, the listing status of the company and the…

An ESOP vesting schedule for startups is the timetable on which granted options become exercisable; the cliff is the opening period in which none vest. Indian law fixes one number, the 12 months between grant and first vesting, and leaves cadence, length and conditions to the scheme. That freedom is…

An ESOP vesting schedule for startups is the timetable on which granted options become exercisable; the cliff is the opening period in which none vest. Indian law fixes one number, the 12 months between grant and first vesting, and leaves cadence, length and conditions to the scheme. That freedom is…

A grant letter and employee agreement do different jobs in an ESOP. The grant letter records the options one employee receives under an approved scheme. The employee agreement governs the employment and should point to the scheme instead of restating it. Unlisted Indian companies get into trouble when an offer…

Every priced funding round, acquisition and joint venture in India now closes on the back of a legal due diligence report. The report decides more than whether a deal happens. It decides the conditions precedent, the indemnity cap, how much sits in escrow and sometimes the price itself. Legal due…

Employee stock option plans have gone from a listed-company perk to the standard equity instrument for Indian startups raising past seed. Every grant, every exercise and every buyback under that scheme sits on a number that a law somewhere requires to be independently valued. That number changes depending on whether…

A drone manufacturer or operator in India does not register once. The business itself is registered with the Registrar of Companies, the entity is registered with DGCA on the DigitalSky platform, every individual drone gets its own Unique Identification Number, and commercial operations need a separate operator permit. Treat any…

SEBI issued its updated Master Circular for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) on 03 June 2026, consolidating every circular, clarification, and regulatory change issued under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 up to 31 May 2026. The document runs 153 pages across 25 chapters and supersedes the previous Master Circular…

The Reserve Bank of India held its benchmark repo rate steady at 5.25% at the June 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, unanimously, under Governor Sanjay Malhotra. This is the third meeting in a row that the rate has stayed put, following a run of 150 basis point cuts between February…

India’s Cabinet approved an amendment to Press Note 3 (PN3) of 2020 in March 2026, and it is generating significant attention across the investment and startup community. Headlines have rushed to label it a sweeping FDI liberalisation. The reality is considerably more targeted. This report breaks down exactly what changed,…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently announced a major overhaul to the regulatory framework for Angel Funds under the Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) Regulations, 2012. This new framework, introduced in 2025, aims to enhance transparency, improve operational clarity, and encourage investor participation. In this article, we’ll explore…

In a significant move to invigorate India’s startup ecosystem, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), during its board meeting on June 19, 2025, approved substantial changes to the Angel Fund Framework. These revisions are designed to unlock more capital for early-stage companies while simultaneously ensuring enhanced investor suitability…