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Our Service

Audit, Assurance & Advisory Services

Audit & Assurance is an overly complex process, and the importance of auditors as a vital link in the financial reporting chain with the help of intelligent team of true professionals and innovative tools, combining them into a Process with AI support, we provide assurance in conformity of the law and stakeholder’s interest.

Our audit-related services are based on a full understanding of the client's business drivers and the environment in which they operate in compliance with the guidelines and standards prescribed for the entity. AKSA endeavors to provide a robust and risk-based audit approach to deliver audit related services that address our client's strategic priorities and business processes.

In doing so, it is designed to precisely provide the levels of assurance required by management, stakeholders and regulators.

Companies worldwide now have a greater need for fraud detection, identification of information technology vulnerabilities, internal audit, risk management, corporate governance, and internal control reporting services. Our core assurance and specialty advisory services can help you deal effectively with the myriad of issues facing business today. And you can expect globally consistent, seamless service. Around the world, our member firm professionals apply the same methodology, access shared knowledge, technology and learning resources, and collaborate in real-time across our extensive communications network.

TAX

We assist clients in understanding the regulatory framework and identifying appropriate financial / non-financial investment arrangements, timely filing of the statements, returns, obtaining exemptions and registrations and maintaining them as required.

Our Tax professionals cover the spectrum of direct, indirect and personal tax, including issues related to transfer pricing, strategies and the local tax implications for mergers and acquisitions. We assist clients in understanding the regulatory framework and identifying appropriate financial / non-financial investment arrangements.

Our approach to tax planning is multi-jurisdictional. Our Professionals include chartered accountants, MBAs, economists, and lawyers. Industry and service-line experience, international exposure and advanced training equip our tax professionals to collaborate with our clients and provide them with complete access to the resources and infrastructure of an organized and expertise and experienced firm.

Advisory Services

Our advisory services provide assistance beyond the traditional critique of numbers and on industry issues, business risks, and key business processes. Increasing regulatory requirements necessitate greater transparency in operations and disclosure norms. By means of a detailed understanding of each client's business, we endeavor to convert information into insight and thereby uncover hidden opportunities for improving client efficiency and performance and making decisions that strengthen their business. Our Risk Advisory Services practice provides Technology and Sourcing Advisory, Internal Audit Services, Corporate Governance Advisory and Business Performance Services.

Counseling Services

Some of the areas in which we offer counseling services are:

  • Assistance in the preparation of project profiles and feasibility studies based on preliminary project ideas to indicate the potential. These reports will cover technical, financial and economic aspects of the project from the point of view of their acceptance by financial institutions and banks.
  • Advising and assisting clients in preparing applications for financial assistance to Indian financial institutions, banks, FII's Mutual Funds and Venture Capital Organizations etc.
  • Assisting clients in marking applications for obtaining Letters of Intent, Industrial Licenses and DGTD registrations etc.
  • Seeking approvals from the Government of India for technical and financial collaboration agreements, FDI and ECB approvals.
  • Guidance on investment opportunities for entrepreneurs coming to India.

Management of Public Issues of Security:

Mobilization of resources from the capital market by way of public issues/offers for sale of equity shares, preference shares, debentures and bonds etc. Arranging Private equity calls for an expert study and evaluation of the prevailing market conditions. We advise on a marketing strategy for getting the desired response from the prospective investor.

  • Advice on the designing of a sound capital structure acceptable to the financial institutions and determining the quantum and terms of the public issues of a different form of securities, the extent and sources and loan finance, deployment of internal resources etc.
  • Assistance in arranging to underwrite of public issues of shares and debentures from financial institutions/banks/brokers.
  • Assistance in obtaining consents from Securities Exchange Board of India(SEBI) and other authorities
  • Advice on the timing of Public Issue and compliance with the requirements of the Companies Act/Stock Exchanges, SEBI - preparation of the Prospectus and having it cleared from the underwriters. Stock Exchanges, its printing and mailing along with application form etc.
  • Advice on the appointment of bankers and brokers to the issue and the selection of the Issue House/Registrars to the Issue.

Loan Arrangement And Syndication

Our services cover:

  • Preparing applications for financial assistance from financial institutions/Banks and monitoring their progress including pre-sanction negotiation.
  • Procurement and syndication of Loans in Indian rupees and foreign currencies from financial institutions/ banks and other Overseas Corporate Bodies.
  • Post-sanction negotiations/ liaison with financial institutions / banks.
  • Assessing the working capital requirements in relation to present and projected levels of production and sales.
  • Preparing applications for obtaining various credit facilities from banks, facilitating consortium arrangements, if required.
  • Assistance in completion of legal documents prescribed by financial institutions/ banks and leading authorities.

For our Services

Considering the variety of services offered by professionals the fees are competitive. The fee we charge would depend on the type of service rendered its dimension and complexity, the qualitative and quantitative inputs required from our professionals, the professional hours employed on each assignment, out of pocket expenses and the outdoor work required etc.

All transactions between us and the client are on a case-to-case basis, characterized by a measure of flexibility.

Even as we cherish our association with our existing clients, we look forward to establishing relationships with people in business and industry who may be new to us with the assurance that we can continuing basis as their associates in progress.

Export, Import Trade Finance

In the International Arena:

  • We offer advice on raising foreign currency loans from international money markets through the ECB route and otherwise.
  • We assist with arranging foreign currency project finance and working capital loans for joint-ventures and franchises abroad.
  • We assist in raising financial resources through PIPE's and ECB.
  • We assist in the terms and conditions relating to various firms of international finance with banks/financial institutions/merchant bankers abroad-obtaining the requisite Government approvals/clearance etc.
  • We undertake management and syndication of Eurocurrency loans for projects in an India-arranging backup guarantee from banks in India on a consortium basis.
  • We advise and assist in obtaining export credit facilities from the EXIM Bank for export of capital goods and arrange for the necessary Govt. approvals/clearances.
  • We undertake negotiations for deferred payment export finance, buyer's credits, documentary credits and other foreign exchange services like packing credit etc.
  • We provide guidance on forward cover for exchange risk.
  • We assist in arranging foreign currency guarantees and performance bonds for exporters.
  • We offer comprehensive assistance in arranging bid-bonds, performance guarantees, export credits, foreign currency loans etc. for project exports.

Joint Ventures Abroad

  • We help to locate collaboration & joint venture from both overseas partners and local partners.
  • We advise on country and product risks and provide information on local laws, Government regulations regarding shareholdings, exchange regulations, taxation, dividends, incentives and subsidies etc.
  • We assist in obtaining Government consent for financial structuring of joint venture companies overseas.
  • We assist in preparing and taking approval of FDI proposals and SEZ proposals.
  • We offer advice and guidance on negotiating foreign financial and technical collaboration agreements within the framework of Govt. policies, rules and regulations. We also assist in the formation of corporate ventures in India in collaboration with suitable foreign parties.

Venture Capital

To build a leading company there are critical milestones that you will need to meet on the journey from start-up to market leader.

To help give early-stage companies the best start on their journey, AKSA established the Venture Capital Advisory Group. This group is dedicated to working with the world's leading venture capital firms and their portfolio companies in the venture capital hotbeds around the world.

Acting as a point of contact for venture capital funds, the Venture Capital Advisory Group marshals the resources of AKSA to offer creative approaches to critical issues facing fast-growth emerging market leaders and their investors. We provide quarterly insights and market data that benefit venture capital firms, their partners and portfolio companies. Through our global alliance with leading venture capital investment research firms, we combine quantitative global investment data with the real-world perspective of our professionals and contacts across the globe.

Financial Assistances through Pipes, ECB & FCCB

In the International Arena:

In recent years due to regulatory and procedural issues and restrictions on financing due to various threats, the cost of raising financial resources has increased a lot. To minimize the cost of finance AKSA has specialized in raising finance through Private Investment in Public Equity ("PIPES") and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and External Commercial Borrowings (ECB).

We Structured for many public companies to utilize PIPEs ("Private Investment in Public Equity") to obtain equity capital to finance growth, acquisitions or for working capital. At the same time hundreds of investment funds have been established to invest in PIPEs. And many investment banking firms also specialize in placing PIPE transactions for our client companies.

Service to Non-Resident Indians

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:

Counseling for non-resident Indians in shares, debentures, and other securities.

  • Advice on portfolio investment in shares, debentures, and other securities.
  • Arrangements for purchase and sale of shares/debentures of Indian companies quoted on the stock exchanges, by non-resident Indians and other bodies corporate with non-resident Indian status.
  • Compliance with the requirements of the RBI/Stock Exchanges in respects of purchase and sale of shares.
  • Advice on matters relating to taxation in respect of Portfolio investment.

Package to Help Sick Industrial Units

The phenomenon of the widespread sickness of industrial units for reasons, both internal and external, is a disturbing feature of the Indian economic scene. We offer help in this sensitive area in one or more of the following ways:

  • Commissioning of diagnostic studies.
  • Assessment of revival prospects and preparation of rehabilitation plans - schemes of modernization and diversification-revamping of the financial and organizational structure.
  • Arranging approval of the financial institutions/banks for schemes of rehabilitation involving financial reliefs etc. assistance in getting soft loans from the financial institutions for capital expenditure and the requisite credit facilities from banks.
  • Monitoring of rehabilitation schemes.
  • Exploring possibilities of taking over of sick units and assistance in making consequential arrangements-negotiations with financial institutions/banks and other interest/authorities involved.

Other Specialized Services Rendered

The Following is a representative list of services rendered by the firm and its constituents:

I. Audit And Assurance :

  • Statutory Audit
  • Corporate Audit
  • Tax Audit
  • Compliance Audit
  • System Audit

II. General Management

  • Organisation Structure.
  • Functional Syatems, policies and procedures.
  • Management information systems.
  • Profitability studies.
  • Project feasibility and profitability studies.
  • Installation and implementation programes.

III. Financial Planning and Control

  • Budgetary control systems.
  • Business forecasting and long range planning.
  • Capital Structuring.
  • Preparation of financial statements for seeking banking and institutional finance.
  • Business acquisition and margers.
  • Accounting and Costing systems.
  • Installation, implementation, running and maintenance of financial coating, internal control and allied system.

IV. Management Audit

  • Objectives and Policies.
  • Organization structure.
  • Management Planning.
  • Management Control.
  • Information, communication and motivation.

V. Internal Audit and Investigations

  • Test verification of functional documents and records for accuracy, correctness, and adequacy of authority.
  • Verification to ascertain adherence to functional policies and procedures.
  • Verification of assets
  • Ascertain adequacy of internal controls
  • Ascertain correctness of management reports.
  • Business Losses
  • Shortages and discrepancies in assets
  • Adequacy of internal control systems and procedures.

VI. Special Audits

  • Forensic Audit
  • Inventories
  • Perpetual inventory system
  • Internal control systems
  • Functions
  • Operations.
  • Costing systems.

VII. Personal Services

  • Executive selection and placement
  • Job evaluation studies
  • Employees appraisal systems.
  • Management Training Programmes

VIII. Management Advisory Services

  • Participate in management committees
  • Advisory services pertaining to problems in the areas of management planning and control.

IX. Accounting Services

  • Maintenance of all Accounting records
  • Clerical and/or special assistance
  • Maintenance of Tax records
  • Provident fund and Gratuity records
  • Preparation of final accounts
  • Deal with annual audit of accounts.
  • Address to finance and banking matters.

X. Business Financing

  • Venture Capital
  • Equity Financing
  • Contract Financing
  • Financial Management
  • Capital Formation
  • Debt Financing (Loans)
  • PIPES Strategic Planning
  • FCCB Strategic Planning
  • ECB Strategic Planning.

XI. Management Consulting

  • Research & Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Merger/Acquisition
  • Office Administration
  • General Business Consulting
  • Organizational
  • Entrepreneurial
  • New Business Startups
  • Legal
  • Small Business Growth
  • Import/Export
  • Non-Profit Organizations
  • Government Entities
  • Patents
  • Licensing/Joit Ventures
  • Professional Practices
  • Large Corporations
  • Turnarounds
  • Quality Improvement (TQM)

XII. Miscellaneous Services

  • Tax consultancy
  • Tax planning and representation before tax authorities and appellate authorities
  • Consultancy and advice on company Law matters.
  • Consultancy and advice on the Foreign Exchange management Act
  • Consultancy and advice on the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act.
  • Services in respect of flotation of a company and collaboration arrangements.
  • Formation and running of Gratuity and Superannuation Trusts.
  • Miscellaneous consultancy viz., Payment of Bonus Act. and other commercial matters.