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Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) 3rd series of Chennai Members Networking Meet

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[ . . . ]

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Industry closed-door interaction with H.E. Mr. Philip Green OAM, High Commissioner of Australia

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[ . . . ]

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Gala Dinner by Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI)

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[ . . . ]

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Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) CEO Committee Meeting

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[ . . . ]

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Australia-India Skill Summit

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar on Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud and Evaluation of Misstatements identified during the Audit organized by AASB of ICAI

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar on ISD vs Cross charge under GST & Complexities in TDS/TCS

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[ . . . ]

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47th Joint Meeting of IJBCC and JIBCC in Tokyo

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[ . . . ]

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Sunil Arora achieves The Great Indian Tax Leader Award at the 16th Edition of CFO Vision & Innovation Summit & Awards 2024

Sunil Arora, National Head of Taxation, ASA, received the esteemed Tax Leader Award, a testament to his exemplary leadership and contribution to the field.

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Japan India Business Confluence

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[ . . . ]

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4th India Japan Intellectual Conclave

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.[ . . . ]

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Roundtable on “Indian Economy and FEMA at the 16th Edition of CFO Vision & Innovation Summit & Awards 2024

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[ . . . ]

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Meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron

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[ . . . ]

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NGG India Compendium launch at the Australian High Commission

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.[ . . . ]

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Hybrid session for the Consumer Goods and Services Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI)

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[ . . . ]

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CA CPE Study Circle, ICAI Conference

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[ . . . ]

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Capacity-building workshops for senior officials of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and representatives from the State Rural Livelihood Mission

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[ . . . ]

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Workshop on Consolidated Financial Statements

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[ . . . ]

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Tech Talks Season 2

Parveen Kumar, National Head , Assurance, ASA was a guest speaker at the “Tech Talks Season 2“ and shared his insightful views on Challenges & Impact of IT System Breach[ . . . ]

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ASA joins Baker Tilly International network as their member firm in India

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.[ . . . ]

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Session on Audit Quality Standards and Assurance Practices

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[ . . . ]

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Overview of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP)

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[ . . . ]

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90th year Valedictory celebrations of the Society of Auditors in Chennai

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar on “Specialized Auditing Considerations and Reporting -SA 800, SA 805 and SA 810

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Webinar – Future of Financial Reporting – More rigour and discipline

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[ . . . ]

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ASA and Indo Australian Chamber of Commerce released Doing Business in India Guide

ASA and Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce’s “Doing Business in India” guide was officially released by Sarah Storey, Chargé d’affaires, Australian High Commission, New Delhi along with Anil Wadhwa, Vice-Chair, IACC,[ . . . ]

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Training and Induction of Professional Staff (TIPS) July 2023

Bi-annual Training and Induction of Professional Staff (TIPS), July 2023 was organized where pan-India trainees acquired the knowledge of different verticals in ASA and the working methodologies to serve the[ . . . ]

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Sandeep Balooja was invited as the speaker at the National Convention on Merger and Acquisitions: Accelerating towards Mobility Diversity

Sandeep Balooja, Sr Member Advisor Board- Advisory, ASA was invited to the National Convention on Merger and Acquisitions: Accelerating towards Mobility Diversity. He shared perspectives on joint ventures and technological[ . . . ]

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ASA is now recognized as “Team France Export Solution” for India! 🇮🇳🇫🇷

ASA is now recognized as "Team France Export Solution" for India! 🇮🇳🇫🇷 This collaboration underscores our commitment to serving the needs of French SMEs and mid-sized companies by providing tailored[ . . . ]

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ASA was delighted to host the Governing Council meeting of Asian Confluence (ASCON) at our Delhi office

ASA was delighted to host the Governing Council meeting of Asian Confluence (ASCON) at our Delhi office which included Sabyasachi Dutta, Executive Director, Asian Confluence, Madan Bezbaruah, Permanent Representative (Hon.)[ . . . ]

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CFOs: Leading The Charge in ESG Strategies

Moderator: Santhosh Jayaram, Global Head Sustainability, HCL Tech. Speakers: Raj Mullick SR. EVP & CAO, Reliance Industries Ltd, TK Sridhar, CFO, ABB India, Ltd., Gaurav Bhatia, Executive Partner, Risk Advisory,[ . . . ]

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The Global Trends in Auditing

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[ . . . ]

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Devalla Ramprasad, Partner, Assurance moderated the “Ease of Doing Business: Economic Landscape, Finance, and Legal” session

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[ . . . ]

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Other Commercial Laws: IBC, Labour laws, Banking laws

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[ . . . ]

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ASA is now a “Recognized Employer Partner” with CPA Australia

Caption: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, and Rajiv Arya, National Head - Accounting and Business and Support, received the certificate from Leo Bremanis, Trade and Investment Commissioner in India at the[ . . . ]

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The Art of Successful Investment in India

While deal-making slowed down elsewhere, India saw deal volumes and values reach an all-time high in 2022. As one of the fastest-growing markets globally, India is a key market for[ . . . ]

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Award of Excellence

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.

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Blood donation camp – Delhi/Gurgaon office

We took a small step to contribute back to our society by hosting a blood donation camp at our Delhi/Gurgaon office.

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Rahis Saifi, Associate Director, Assurance, was a guest speaker at ICAI’s “AASB Webinar on Audit of Accounts Receivable and its Impairment Assessment”.

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[ . . . ]

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Nitin Arora – Re-elected to the Board of M&A WORLDWIDE

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.

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3rd India Japan Intellectual Conclave in Agartala, Tripura

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[ . . . ]

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Harnessing Digital Technology for Finance Function

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,[ . . . ]

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Australia-India Insights | Simplifying AI-ECTA

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[ . . . ]

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Mr Ajay Sethi won Innovation Leadership award

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[ . . . ]

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Sunil Arora elevates as the new Joint National Head, Taxation

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[ . . . ]

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APMM 2023 organized in Lonavala

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[ . . . ]

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Pragathi – Grooming the professionals for the next decade

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[ . . . ]

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Workshop on Audit Software

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[ . . . ]

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Union Budget 2023 seminar hosted in association with Indo-German Chamber of Commerce

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

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Union Budget 2023 seminar hosted in association with MUFG

Speakers: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner, Himanshu Srivastava, Partner, Business Advisory Services, Satoshi Noguchi

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Analysis of Union Budget 2023′ organized in association with Chennai branch of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, India

Speakers: K Venkatraman, National Head – Taxation, ASA and G. Viswanathan, Director, Accounting & Business Support, ASA

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Analysis of Union Budget 2023′ organized in association with Karnataka branch of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, India

Speakers: D Ramprasad, Practice Head, Jayashree SK, Associate Director - Indirect Tax, ASA and Karthik SS, Associate Director, Taxation

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Decrypting India’s Budget 2023 in French

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[ . . . ]

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Training and Induction of Professional Staff (TIPS)

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[ . . . ]

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Panel Discussion at the Indo-Japan Conclave

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[ . . . ]

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Masterclass on Taxation of Cryptocurrency

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar – CXO Vigilance – Insider Scams and Ethical Violations

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar on Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures

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.)[ . . . ]

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Webinar and Guide Launch – Doing Business in India for French Companies

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[ . . . ]

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Quality Cafe – A virtual series on Audit Quality

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.

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CFO Round-table Discussion ‘Insights on the CFO’s Role in Capability Building’

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[ . . . ]

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Winglobally Global Meet

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[ . . . ]

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Decoding National Logistics Policy 2022

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[ . . . ]

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Doing Business in India: Opportunities and challenges of the country

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[ . . . ]

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Key Considerations in Audit of Non-Profit Organisations

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[ . . . ]

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How to achieve everything you want to achieve

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[ . . . ]

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Standards on Review Engagements

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[ . . . ]

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Election for Governing Council of IFCCI

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar | CXOs New Dilemmas – Frauds, Regulatory Risks, Weakened Controls

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[ . . . ]

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Simplifying Doing Business in India

Speaker: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay was invited by the Professionals in International Trade and their partner Newland Global Group as a speaker for a leading event ‘Simplifying Doing Business[ . . . ]

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Audit Quality – A Key Pillar of Corporate Governance

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[ . . . ]

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Address Newly Qualified Chartered Accountants

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.

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The panel discussion on Exposure Drafts of 7 Standards

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,[ . . . ]

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Exclusive CEOs Interaction with H.E. Dukgeun Ahn, Minister of Trade, Republic of Korea

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar | Marketing Roadmap and the New Marketing Mandates by Business Leaders

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[ . . . ]

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Technical session on Key highlights on Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 & Global Trends in Internal Audit

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[ . . . ]

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Indian Accounting Firms Going Global – July 23, 2022

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[ . . . ]

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Auditing Consideration in Schedule III – July 22, 2022

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[ . . . ]

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Financial Reporting & Control – July 21, 2022

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.[ . . . ]

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The Society of Auditors: 90th Anniversary Conference – July 15, 2022

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[ . . . ]

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Current Business Environment and mitigation of Risks through Hedging

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[ . . . ]

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No Tax in Holcim and Adani Cement Deal – Truth or Dare?

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[ . . . ]

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Powering India’s Entrepreneurial Journey

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[ . . . ]

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Session for Finance Executives

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[ . . . ]

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New Age Opportunities, Sectoral Potential

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[ . . . ]

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Overview of the Indian Economy

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[ . . . ]

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Refresher Course on 360 of Annual Report

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[ . . . ]

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Financial Professional and Legal Services Sector Advocacy Group Meeting

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[ . . . ]

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CPE Meeting on Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements

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[ . . . ]

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Key Changes in CARO 2020 & Schedule III to the Companies Act

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar | ESG Impact – The Road Ahead

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[ . . . ]

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Seminar on Internal Audit

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[ . . . ]

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Proposed Bills Regulating Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants and Company Secretaries

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[ . . . ]

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Seminar on Future Perspective – Industry & Practice Panel Discussion

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[ . . . ]

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Virtual CPE Meeting on Quality Control for Audit of Financial Statements and Materiality in Planning & Performance of Audit

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[ . . . ]

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Virtual CPE Meeting on Global Trends in Internal Audit

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[ . . . ]

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International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) Roundtable by City of London Corporation

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[ . . . ]

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‘The Race to Zero Emissions’ Panel Discussion

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[ . . . ]

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Key Changes – Amendments to Schedule III and CARO 2020

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[ . . . ]

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Masterclass on Good Governance Practice for Not-For-Profit Organisations

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[ . . . ]

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National Highways for EV Working Group

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[ . . . ]

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Asian Confluence Indo-Japan Second Intellectual Dialogue

Speaker: Ajay Sethi, Managing Partner Ajay Sethi was invited as a panelist by the Asian Confluence for the “Development of North Eastern Indian Region: Indo-Japan Collaboration for Fostering Entrepreneurship and[ . . . ]

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Production Linked Incentive Scheme – Overview

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India’s EV Policy and Trends

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Setting-up Factory in India: procedure, opportunities and challenges, impact of COVID-19

Organized a session for Japanese clients where Himanshu Srivastava, Partner – Business Advisory and Head – Japan Practice shared our experience on setting-up factory in India and key issues faced[ . . . ]

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Interview with Deepa Wadhwa for the BBG Delhi Women’s Leadership Series

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

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Budget 2022 – Reading the Fine Print

Our webinar on Budget 2022 - Reading the Fine Print by Sunil Arora, Sundeep Gupta, Krishnamurthy Venkatraman and Himanshu Srivastava

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Managing Talent in a Pandemic – Podcast

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[ . . . ]

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Indian Accounting Standards Recent Amendments, Emerging Practices and Challenges: Webinar

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

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Global Minimum Tax – The Antidote for Race to The Bottom

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[ . . . ]

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Top 10 Red Flags While Tax Planning

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[ . . . ]

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Export of Services under GST – Concerns & Challenges

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[ . . . ]

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Top 10 warning signals a CFO should not ignore

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[ . . . ]

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The Great Divide: Digitalisation and Tax Administration

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[ . . . ]

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Synopsis of Guidance Note on ‘Audit on Revenue’

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

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Practical Aspects of Digitalising the Finance and Accounting Function

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[ . . . ]

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The Challenges for Medium Sized Businesses Post COVID-19

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

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Synopsis of Guidance Note on ‘Audit on Payment of Dividend’

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

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Top 10 Warning Signs No CFO Should Ignore

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[ . . . ]

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Setting-up Factory in India: procedure, opportunities and challenges, impact of COVID-19

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[ . . . ]

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Corporate Governance Symposium Series 2 – Effective Risk Management Committee

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.

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ICAI Guidance Note on “Audit of Investments”

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”

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Transfer Pricing – Impact of COVID Part I & II

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[ . . . ]

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RoDTEP Scheme – A Snapshot

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[ . . . ]

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Establishing a Joint Venture in India

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

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How can India Inc gain incentives from SEZ Units?

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[ . . . ]

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Faceless Assessments: Season I – Sweet or Bitter?

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[ . . . ]

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Corporate Restructuring

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

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M&A – Taxing Earn-out Consideration

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.[ . . . ]

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Can RWA collect GST when the monthly subscription is below INR 7,500

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.[ . . . ]

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Applying MFN Clause in Tax Treaties – Indian Court Paves Way!

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[ . . . ]

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Guidance Note on ‘Audit of Cash & Bank Balances’

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[ . . . ]

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Guidance Note on ‘Audit of Property, Plant & Equipment’ (PPE)

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[ . . . ]

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What the MSME sector requires post second wave of Covid-19 ?

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[ . . . ]

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IBC Updates: Recent Amendments & Judgements

Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) invited Himanshu to speak at a panel discussion on “IBC Updates: Recent Amendments & Judgements”

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Embracing Technology & Digital Transformation

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,[ . . . ]

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Guidance Note – Reports/Certificates for Special Reports

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.

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Reports or Certificates for Special Purposes

This article, published by Taxsutra Greentick, covered the interpretation and impact of the guidance note on Reports or Certificates for Special Purposes. Click Here to access the article

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Groundbreakers: Gen Z and the future of Accountancy

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[ . . . ]

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The New Labour Codes – Impact on Services Sector

A summary of the impact of the new Labour Codes on employers and employees in the services sector. Click Here to access the article

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RBI’s new audit norms a shot in the arm for Indian firms

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

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The New Labour Codes – Impact on Manufacturers

A summary of the impact of the new Labour Codes on employers and employees in the manufacturing sector. Click Here to access the article

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The New Labour Codes – Impact on Services Sector

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.

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Covid lockdowns: India Inc seeks more time from SEBI to file Q4, FY21 results

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[ . . . ]

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Recent amendments in Schedule III of Companies Act, 2013

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.[ . . . ]

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The New Labour Codes – Impact on Manufacturers

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.

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Ind-As: Is deferment of new accounting norms saving investors or harming them?

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[ . . . ]

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Finance Act 2021 proposed insertions – 206AB & 206CCA, thorn in the flesh of tax payers?

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.

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Decoding Labour Codes 2020 and its impact on Business

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[ . . . ]

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Story by M&A Worldwide – Celebrating our Indian Partner ASA’s 30 years anniversary

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

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GST reality: Only 50% taxpayers file annual return for FY 18-19 March

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[ . . . ]

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GST Audit Abolition: An onerous onus on CFOs

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

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Labour Codes 2020

A Japanese webinar on The Code on Social Security and The Industrial Relations Code spearhead by Himanshu Srivastava Click here to access the article.

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Is the Automobile industry on a path to recovery – Post covid lockdown?

An article by G Vishwanathan, Director, Accounting and Business Support in Motoring Trends Magazine for their anniversary edition Click here to access the article.

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Labour Codes 2020

A Japanese webinar on The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 spearhead by Himanshu Srivastava Click here to access the article.

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Webinar: Charting the Recovery

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[ . . . ]

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Union Budget 2021 Webinar

#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[ . . . ]

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Insolvency regimes: challenges, developments and opportunities

A webinar by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP with ASA & Associates LLP, Khaitan & Co and The Law Society. Click here to access the recording.

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CARO 2020: What deferment of new stricter rules means for CFOs, auditors

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[ . . . ]

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Webinar for Clients on CARO 2020 & E-invoicing

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.

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ASA in CII 7th Banking and Finance Summit

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.

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New Labour laws a painful proposition for India Inc?

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[ . . . ]

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Road to Recovery – Going Digital: Harnessing the Power of Technology

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.

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MSME Summit with The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

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[ . . . ]

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Road to Recovery – Rethinking Your Business Model

ASA in discussion with various panel of experts towards ROAD TO RECOVERY, Rethinking Your Business Model. Click here to access the recording.

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Road to Recovery – Business Continuity: Risk Management

ASA in discussion with various panel of experts towards ROAD TO RECOVERY, Business Continuity: Risk Management. Click here to access the recording.

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Road to Recovery – Tax Planning

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.

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Road to Recovery – Working Capital

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[ . . . ]

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Commercial Vehicle – The Conundrum

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.[ . . . ]

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Basis of Going Concern Assumption

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.

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Responsible SMP Pacesetters

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.

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これからインドでのビジネスを検討される方に

第二回目の今回は、インドで製造会社を立ち上げる際に注目すべきキーポイントをケーススタディー形式に、CCI日系ビジネス担当役員のヒマンシュよりお話し致します。続きまして、KAI Indiaのインド社長パンディア氏より、中堅企業の貝印刃物様が、設立から僅か5年で、どの様にして日本の物づくり精神を現地企業に浸透させ、市場での成功に結び付けたのかを、お話し頂きます。これからインドでのビジネスを検討される方にとって、有意義なものになる事を願っております。 Click here to access the recording.

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これからインドでビジネスを検討される方に

「新型コロナウィルスの世界的蔓延により、生産活動やサプライチェーンで色々な面から新たな方針を打ち出す企業も増えてきております。 その様な状況下、大きな可能性を秘め拡大する大市場を持つインドに、改めて目を向ける機会になればと、今回はこれからインドでのビジネスを検討される方々に焦点を当て、インドへのご理解を深め、ビジネス立上げの何がしかのヒントになればと考えます。 Click here to access the recording.

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The Art of Video Conferencing

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 PDF.

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5 Key Changes Expected in GST

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[ . . . ]

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CFO Responsibilities, Indirect and Direct Taxes Relevant to Startups

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)[ . . . ]

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Decoding India Digital Tax

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[ . . . ]

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Careers in Small and Medium Sized Practices

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[ . . . ]

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Working Capital and Treasury Management in Covid Times

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[ . . . ]

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Significant Regulatory Updates from 1st April,2020

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,[ . . . ]

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Navigating the Storm

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 read[ . . . ]

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Logistics & Transportation Sector in India

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.

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Demystifying Applicability of Sec. 56(2)(viib) on Preference Shares

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[ . . . ]

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Valuation under transfer pricing & Customs – will they ever converge

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,[ . . . ]

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Equalization levy extended to E-commerce activities

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[ . . . ]

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Govt must give more time for e-invoicing implementation

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[ . . . ]

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Vivad se Vishwas Scheme

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[ . . . ]

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Banking & Finance Summit 2019

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[ . . . ]

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Business Opportunities in India – Workshop

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[ . . . ]

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Smart Factory India ’19

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.[ . . . ]

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AGM of Confederation of MSME

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[ . . . ]

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Cross Border Stock Exchange Mergers

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[ . . . ]

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Indian Accounting Standard Seminar by DMA

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[ . . . ]

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Change Management Session

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[ . . . ]

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Audit Software Training

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.[ . . . ]

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Budget Session with WACIA

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[ . . . ]

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New Amnesty Scheme – Sabka Vishwas

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.[ . . . ]

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Direct Tax Conference by ICAI

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),[ . . . ]

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Budget Impact for Dutch Companies

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[ . . . ]

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Indian Revenue Services Lecture

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[ . . . ]

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Indian Budget by HCI

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[ . . . ]

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World Trade Summit

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[ . . . ]

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French Strategies in India

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[ . . . ]

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Insider Trading and Price Sensitive Information in India

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[ . . . ]

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India Day in Germany

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.[ . . . ]

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To the Ramparts

‘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[ . . . ]

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Corporate Frauds with BTG legal and VDMA

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[ . . . ]

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Beyond the EU – India

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[ . . . ]

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France By French – Project Partner

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[ . . . ]

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MoU between FICCI and the Ireland India Business Association in Dublin

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[ . . . ]

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Techincal Development session by Christine Ballard

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[ . . . ]

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Technical Development session by Dr. Girish Ahuja

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[ . . . ]

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Technical #ClientClinic on Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS)

Our Assurance team organized a Technical #ClientClinic on Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS). Arvind Kumar, our Manager Assurance, ran the session where he highlighted the 5 step model to be applied[ . . . ]

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Deal Announcement

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[ . . . ]

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Global Tax Co Andersen Zeroes in on Four Firms for India Foray

We are one of the four firms shortlisted by Andersen Tax to represent the global tax major in India.

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Indo German Business Forum in Chennai

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[ . . . ]

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Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS)

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[ . . . ]

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Best Joint Deal at the M & A Worldwide

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[ . . . ]

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Mahindra Group for its independent directors.

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[ . . . ]

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Annual Partner Manager Meeting

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[ . . . ]

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India-Korea Business Summit 2018

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[ . . . ]

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Budget Panel Discussion – 2018

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.[ . . . ]

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Fiscal Budget 2018

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[ . . . ]

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New India Confluence for Public and Private Enterprises – Governance, Risk and Compliance

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[ . . . ]

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Protecting Interests of Foreign Investors and Founders

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[ . . . ]

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India–Japan Economic Forum in Ahmedabad

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[ . . . ]

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The India Opportunity by Ajay Sethi at Swiss Embassy

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[ . . . ]

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Article published in ICAI journal

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Invest Japan Symposium, New Delhi

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[ . . . ]

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Article published in Business Today

The 'indirect transfer provisions' monster by Partner, Vaijyantimala Beslare - Assurance, Mumbai

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Implications Of Fiscal Budget 2017

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Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017

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.

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Press Release – M & A Worldwide Network Convention

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[ . . . ]

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Global Investment and Acquisitions Forum 2016

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[ . . . ]

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Client Awareness on GST

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,[ . . . ]

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Presentation On Critical Issues Of Financial Statements

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’.[ . . . ]

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Preparedness For The Imminent GST

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[ . . . ]

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RAMPING UP IN-HOUSE PREPAREDNESS FOR GST

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[ . . . ]

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Seminar at Neemrana Industrial Area

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[ . . . ]

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Knowledge Partnership with Austrade

‘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[ . . . ]

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Seminar Organized by NORTHERN INDIAN REGIONAL COUNCIL (NIRC)

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[ . . . ]

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India Investment Seminar

Mr Himanshu Srivastava, Director Business Advisory is invited to be part of the said “India Investment Seminar" at KOTRA HQ, Seoul, South Korea. On this occasion he will be speaking[ . . . ]

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Session on Internal Financial Control over Financial Reporting

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.[ . . . ]

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Challenges and Opportunities for CA Firms

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.

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Silver Jubilee Celebrations at the Claremont

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[ . . . ]

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Fiscal Budget Seminars – Mumbai

ASA, in collaboration with leading trade chambers, as a service to its clients, is hosting a series of seminars on India Fiscal Budget Synopsis 2016, to be held in Delhi,[ . . . ]

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Office Anniversary Puja Ceremony

As we complete 25 years of our existence in the industry, this puja is organized for the completion and beginning of another set of successful 25 years.